Richard Farnsworth
Acting

Richard Farnsworth

Born 1 September 1920 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Died 6 October 2000

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

Misery
The Straight Story
Little House on the Prairie
The Natural
Bonanza
The Getaway
Into the Night
The Two Jakes
The Cowboys
Anne of Green Gables
Lassie
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Straight Story
Best Friends for Life
The Getaway
Lassie
Highway to Hell
Misery
Havana
The Two Jakes
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Good Old Boy
Into the Night
Anne of Green Gables
Sylvester
Space Rage
Chase
Wild Horses
The Natural
Rhinestone
Independence Day
Travis McGee
The Grey Fox
Waltz Across Texas
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
Tom Horn
Ruckus
Resurrection
Comes a Horseman
Another Man, Another Chance
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Strange New World
Honky Tonk
The Soul of Nigger Charley
Ulzana's Raid
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Cowboys
Monte Walsh
Texas Across the River
Arena
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