Actor
Richard Farnsworth
Born 1920 · 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.
Acting
Misery
Buster · 1990
Gone with the Wind
Soldier (uncredited) · 1939
Papillon
Manhunter (uncredited) · 1973
Spartacus
Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited) · 1960
The Ten Commandments
Chariot Driver (uncredited) · 1956
The Straight Story
Alvin · 1999
Blazing Saddles
Sheriff (uncredited) · 1974
Little House on the Prairie
Wall (as Dick Farnsworth) · 1974
Red River
Dunston Rider (uncredited) · 1948
Bonanza
Tate · 1959
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert · 1985
The Natural
Red Blow · 1984
Roots
Trumbull · 1977
The Cowboys
Henry Williams · 1972
Highway to Heaven
Jet Sanders · 1984
The Wild One
Man (uncredited) · 1953
Into the Night
Jack Caper · 1985
Ulzana's Raid
Trooper · 1972
The Tin Star
Posse Member (uncredited) · 1957
The Getaway
Slim · 1994
Gunga Din
(uncredited) · 1939
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Outlaw · 1972
The Two Jakes
Earl Rawley · 1990
Lassie
Len Collins · 1994