Acting
Richard Farnsworth
1920 · Los Angeles, California, USA
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Spartacus
Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
Soldier (uncredited)
Misery
Buster
The Ten Commandments
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Stunts
High Plains Drifter
Stunts
Blazing Saddles
Sheriff (uncredited)
Papillon
Manhunter (uncredited)
The Natural
Red Blow
The Getaway
Slim
The Grapes of Wrath
Stunts
The Straight Story
Alvin