Richard Farnsworth
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.
Filmography
Waltz Across Texas
1982 · 10.0
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
1981 · 9.5
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989 · 9.0
Anne of Green Gables
1985 · 8.6
Anne of Green Gables
1985 · 8.1
Honky Tonk
1974 · 8.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · 8.0
Gone with the Wind
1939 · 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · 7.9
The Ten Commandments
1956 · 7.8
Papillon
1973 · 7.8
Misery
1990 · 7.8
The Straight Story
1999 · 7.7
Spartacus
1960 · 7.5
Bonanza
1959 · 7.5
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · 7.5
Highway to Heaven
1984 · 7.4
Roots
1977 · 7.4
Red River
1948 · 7.3
Blazing Saddles
1974 · 7.2
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · 7.1
The Cowboys
1972 · 7.1
Maverick
1957 · 7.0
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 · 7.0
The Tin Star
1957 · 7.0
Good Old Boy
1988 · 7.0
The Natural
1984 · 6.9
Ulzana's Raid
1972 · 6.9
The Grey Fox
1982 · 6.9
The High Chaparral
1967 · 6.7
The Boys of Twilight
1992 · 6.7
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975 · 6.6
Skin Game
1971 · 6.6
Into the Night
1985 · 6.5
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · 6.5
The Wild One
1953 · 6.5
Gunga Din
1939 · 6.5
Resurrection
1980 · 6.5
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · 6.4
Duel at Diablo
1966 · 6.4
The Violent Men
1955 · 6.4
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · 6.4
Tom Horn
1980 · 6.4
Monte Walsh
1970 · 6.3
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · 6.2
The Big Valley
1965 · 6.2
Lassie
1994 · 6.1
The Fire Next Time
1993 · 6.1
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1976 · 6.1
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 · 6.1
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · 6.0
Chase
1985 · 6.0
The Two Jakes
1990 · 6.0
Comes a Horseman
1978 · 6.0
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · 6.0
Ghost Dancing
1983 · 6.0
The Stalking Moon
1968 · 5.9
Highway to Hell
1991 · 5.9
Independence Day
1983 · 5.9
Cimarron Strip
1967 · 5.8
The Getaway
1994 · 5.8
Havana
1990 · 5.8
Wild Horses
1985 · 5.8
Ruckus
1980 · 5.8
State Trooper
1956 · 5.7
This Is the Army
1943 · 5.7
Sam Whiskey
1969 · 5.7
Travis McGee
1983 · 5.7
Pocket Money
1972 · 5.6
Texas Across the River
1966 · 5.6
A Lawless Street
1955 · 5.6
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969 · 5.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · 5.3
The Soul of Nigger Charley
1973 · 5.2
The Hard Man
1957 · 5.2
The Rebel
1959 · 5.1
Sylvester
1985 · 5.1
Arena
1953 · 5.0
Rhinestone
1984 · 4.9
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 · 4.9
Strange New World
1975 · 4.2
Space Rage
1985 · 4.1
Anne of Green Gables
1986 · 0.0