About
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
BonanzaSeries • 1959
Little House on the PrairieSeries • 1974
MaverickSeries • 1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Highway to HeavenSeries • 1984
The Big ValleySeries • 1965
Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958
The High ChaparralSeries • 1967
State TrooperSeries • 1956
The RebelSeries • 1959
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeries • 1951
Gone with the WindMovie • 1939
The Adventures of Kit CarsonSeries • 1951
MiseryMovie • 1990
The Ten CommandmentsMovie • 1956
RootsSeries • 1977
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
Cimarron StripSeries • 1967
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidMovie • 1969
The Outlaw Josey WalesMovie • 1976
SpartacusMovie • 1960
Blazing SaddlesMovie • 1974
Anne of Green GablesSeries • 1985
The NaturalMovie • 1984