
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of Birth:
9/1/1920
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.

The Straight Story

The Getaway

Misery

Into the Night

Tom Horn

The Stalking Moon

The Natural

Havana

Arena

The Grey Fox

Comes a Horseman

Lassie

Highway to Hell

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

Rhinestone

Ruckus

Anne of Green Gables

Monte Walsh

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

Sylvester

Resurrection

Space Rage
Ghost Dancing

The Wild One
Snake Treaty

Skin Game

Independence Day

Waltz Across Texas

Ulzana's Raid

The Violent Men

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

Texas Across the River

This Is the Army

The Adventures of Marco Polo

Good Old Boy

Another Man, Another Chance

Blazing Saddles

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

Mighty Joe Young

Gunga Din

Gone with the Wind

The Two Jakes

Spartacus

Sam Whiskey

The Tin Star

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

Chase

The Soul of Nigger Charley

Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail

Pocket Money

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Red River

The Hard Man

Wild Horses

Duel at Diablo

The Cowboys

The Flame and the Arrow

A Lawless Street

The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Ten Commandments

Honky Tonk

Travis McGee

Best Friends for Life

Papillon

Strange New World