Richard Farnsworth
Richard William Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. He is best known for his performances in Comes a Horseman (1978), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor; The Grey Fox (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama; Anne of Green Gables (1985); Misery (1990); and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1920-09-01 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- 2000-10-06
Known for
- Misery (1990) — Buster
- Gone with the Wind (1939) — Soldier (uncredited)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — Stunts
- Spartacus (1960) — Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
- Papillon (1973) — Manhunter (uncredited)
- Blazing Saddles (1974) — Sheriff (uncredited)
- The Ten Commandments (1956) — Chariot Driver (uncredited)
- The Straight Story (1999) — Alvin
- High Plains Drifter (1973) — Stunts
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) — Comanchero (uncredited)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — Stunts
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
- The Natural (1984) — Red Blow
- Red River (1948) — Dunston Rider (uncredited)
- How the West Was Won (1962) — Stunts
- Bonanza (1959) — Tate