Richard Farnsworth
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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
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Spartacus (1960)
as Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
Misery (1990)
as Buster
Blazing Saddles (1974)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Anne of Green Gables (1985)
as Matthew Cuthbert
The Natural (1984)
as Red Blow
Papillon (1973)
as Manhunter (uncredited)
The Getaway (1994)
as Slim
The Straight Story (1999)
as Alvin
Red River (1948)
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)
The Cowboys (1972)
as Henry Williams
The Two Jakes (1990)
as Earl Rawley
The Wild One (1953)
as Man (uncredited)
Lassie (1994)
as Len Collins
Into the Night (1985)
as Jack Caper
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
as Trooper
Sam Whiskey (1969)
as Pete the Guard (uncredited)
Gunga Din (1939)
as (uncredited)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
as Workman (uncredited)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Outlaw
Rhinestone (1984)
as Noah Ferris
Duel at Diablo (1966)
as Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited)
The Tin Star (1957)
as Posse Member (uncredited)
Wild Horses (1985)
as Chuck Reese
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Tom Horn (1980)
as John Coble
Highway to Hell (1991)
as Sam
Pocket Money (1972)
as Man (uncredited)
Skin Game (1971)
as Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
as Mover
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
as Outlaw (uncredited)
The Violent Men (1955)
as Anchor Rider (uncredited)
Havana (1990)
as Professor
Monte Walsh (1970)
as Cowboy
The Stalking Moon (1968)
as Man (uncredited)
Texas Across the River (1966)
as Medicine Man
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
as Wild Bill Hickok
A Lawless Street (1955)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Snake Treaty (1989)
as Helmer
Travis McGee (1983)
as Van Harder
This Is the Army (1943)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Honky Tonk (1974)
as Driver
The Grey Fox (1982)
as Bill Miner
Comes a Horseman (1978)
as Dodger
The Hard Man (1957)
as Posse Man (uncredited)
Space Rage (1985)
as Colonel
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
as Stagecoach driver
Resurrection (1980)
as Esco
Superstunt (1977)
as Self
Independence Day (1983)
as Evan
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
as Mongol Warrior (uncredited)
Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
as Stagecoach Driver
Sylvester (1985)
as John Foster
Strange New World (1975)
as Elder
Waltz Across Texas (1982)
as Frank Walker
Chase (1985)
as Judge Grand Pettitt
Ruckus (1981)
as Sheriff Jethro Pough
Ghost Dancing (1983)
as Russ Ward
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989)
as Sheriff Campbell
The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)
as Walker
A Few Days at Weasel Creek (1981)
as Jason Stayvey
Good Old Boy (1988)
as Percy
Arena (1953)
as Cowboy
Best Friends for Life (1998)
as Will Harper
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail (1981)
as Ridge Fenton
Kevin Sullivan's Classic (2006)
as Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)