Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth , Acting

Biography

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.

Personal Info

Know for

Acting

Birthday

September 1 1920

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Strange New World

Papillon

Best Friends for Life

Travis McGee

Honky Tonk

The Ten Commandments

The Apple Dumpling Gang

A Lawless Street

The Flame and the Arrow

The Cowboys

Duel at Diablo

Wild Horses

The Hard Man

Red River

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Pocket Money

Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail

The Soul of Nigger Charley

Chase

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

The Tin Star

Sam Whiskey

Spartacus

The Two Jakes

Gone with the Wind

Gunga Din

Mighty Joe Young

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

Blazing Saddles

Another Man, Another Chance

Good Old Boy

The Adventures of Marco Polo

This Is the Army

Texas Across the River

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

The Violent Men

Ulzana's Raid

Waltz Across Texas

Independence Day

Skin Game

The Wild One

Space Rage

Resurrection

Sylvester

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Monte Walsh

Anne of Green Gables

Ruckus

Rhinestone

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

Highway to Hell

Lassie

Comes a Horseman

The Grey Fox

Arena

Havana

The Natural

The Stalking Moon

Tom Horn

Into the Night

Misery

The Getaway

The Straight Story