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Richard Farnsworth

Acting Born Sep 1, 1920 Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Maverick (1957) as Stage Driver (uncredited)
  • Maverick (1957) as Clint (uncredited)
  • Bonanza (1959) as Tate
  • Bonanza (1959) as Troy
  • Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
  • The Rebel (1959) as Trooper
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Trooper
  • The Big Valley (1965) as Bolin
  • The Big Valley (1965) as Businessman
  • The High Chaparral (1967) as Lloyd
  • Highway to Heaven (1984) as Jet Sanders
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Rance
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Hal
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Gone with the Wind (1939) as Soldier (uncredited)
  • The Ten Commandments (1956) as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
  • Roots (1977) as Trumbull
  • State Trooper (1956)
  • Spartacus (1960) as Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
  • Misery (1990) as Buster
  • Cimarron Strip (1967)
  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
  • The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)