Richard Farnsworth
Acting · 80 years old
Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
Ridge Fenton
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Sheriff Campbell
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Gone with the Wind
Soldier (uncredited)
Little House on the Prairie
Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
Papillon
Manhunter (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Farmer
The Ten Commandments
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Misery
Buster
The Straight Story
Alvin
Spartacus
Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
Bonanza
Tate
Bonanza
Troy
Highway to Heaven
Jet Sanders
Red River
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Roots
Trumbull
Blazing Saddles
Sheriff (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
The Cowboys
Henry Williams