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.
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Movies (90)
The Straight Story: On Set With David Lynch
2024 · Self
Kevin Sullivan's Classic
2006 · Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)
Una Historia Verdadera
1999 · Alvin
Best Friends for Life
1998 · Will Harper
Lassie
1994 · Len Collins
La Huida
1994 · Slim
Carretera al infierno
1991 · Sam
Havana
1990 · Professor
Miseria
1990 · Buster
The Two Jakes
1990 · Earl Rawley
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989 · Sheriff Campbell
Snake Treaty
1989 · Helmer
Good Old Boy
1988 · Percy
Space Rage
1985 · Colonel
Anne of Green Gables
1985 · Matthew Cuthbert
Chase
1985 · Judge Grand Pettitt
Wild Horses
1985 · Chuck Reese
Sylvester
1985 · John Foster
Into the Night
1985 · Jack Caper
Rhinestone
1984 · Noah Ferris
The Natural
1984 · Red Blow
Ghost Dancing
1983 · Russ Ward
Travis McGee
1983 · Van Harder
Independence Day
1983 · Evan
The Grey Fox
1982 · Bill Miner
Waltz Across Texas
1982 · Frank Walker
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981 · Jason Stayvey
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 · Wild Bill Hickok
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
1981 · Ridge Fenton
Resurrection
1980 · Esco
Ruckus
1980 · Sheriff Jethro Pough
Tom Horn
1980 · John Coble
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Dodger
Superstunt
1977 · Self
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · Stagecoach Driver
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · Comanchero (uncredited)
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1976 · Stagecoach driver
The Master Gunfighter
1975 · Stunts
Strange New World
1975 · Elder
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975 · Mover
The Front Page
1974 · Stunts
Honky Tonk
1974 · Driver
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Sheriff (uncredited)
Papillon
1973 · Manhunter (uncredited), Stunts
The Soul of Nigger Charley
1973 · Walker
High Plains Drifter
1973 · Stunts
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Outlaw, Stunts
Ulzana's Raid
1972 · Trooper
Pocket Money
1972 · Man (uncredited)
The Cowboys
1972 · Henry Williams
Skin Game
1971 · Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)
Monte Walsh
1970 · Cowboy
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969 · Workman (uncredited), Stunts
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Stunts
Sam Whiskey
1969 · Pete the Guard (uncredited)
The Stalking Moon
1968 · Man (uncredited), Stunts
Assignment to Kill
1968 · Stunts
The War Wagon
1967 · Stunts
Texas Across the River
1966 · Medicine Man
Duel at Diablo
1966 · Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited), Stunts
The War Lord
1965 · Stunts
Cat Ballou
1965 · Stunts
Major Dundee
1965 · Stunts
How the West Was Won
1962 · Stunts
Spartacus
1960 · Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
The Hard Man
1957 · Posse Man (uncredited)
The Tin Star
1957 · Posse Member (uncredited), Stunts
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Chariot Driver (uncredited)
The Indian Fighter
1955 · Stunts
A Lawless Street
1955 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Violent Men
1955 · Anchor Rider (uncredited)
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Stunts
The Wild One
1953 · Man (uncredited)
Arena
1953 · Cowboy
The Lusty Men
1952 · Stunts
Horizons West
1952 · Stunts
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Outlaw (uncredited), Stunts
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Cowboy (uncredited)
Red River
1948 · Dunston Rider (uncredited), Stunt Double
Fort Apache
1948 · Stunts
Silver River
1948 · Stunts
Stallion Road
1947 · Stunts
California
1947 · Stunts
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Stunts
This Is the Army
1943 · Soldier (uncredited)
The Outlaw
1943 · Stunts
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Stunts
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Soldier (uncredited)
Gunga Din
1939 · (uncredited)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 · Mongol Warrior (uncredited)
TV shows (22)
The Fire Next Time
1993 · Frank Morgan
The Boys of Twilight
1992 · Cody McPherson
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 · Carl
Anne of Green Gables
1986 · Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables
1985 · Matthew Cuthbert
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Jet Sanders
Roots
1977 · Trumbull
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
The High Chaparral
1967 · Lloyd
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Big Valley
1965 · Bolin, Businessman
The Rebel
1959 · Trooper
Bonanza
1959 · Tate, Troy
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Rance, Hal
Maverick
1957 · Stage Driver (uncredited), Clint (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Trooper
State Trooper
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Farmer
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · Henchman Farnsworth (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Butler
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee