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Richard Farnsworth
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.
27
Films
7.3
Avg Score
Filmography (27)
The Straight Story
80
as Alvin
Lassie
58
as Len Collins
The Getaway
58
as Slim
Misery
78
as Buster
The Two Jakes
61
as Earl Rawley
Into the Night
64
as Jack Caper
Anne of Green Gables
85
as Matthew Cuthbert
The Natural
74
as Red Blow
The Apple Dumpling Gang
64
as Mover
Blazing Saddles
77
as Sheriff (uncredited)
The Front Page
73
Stunts
Papillon
80
as Manhunter (uncredited)
Stunts
High Plains Drifter
74
Stunts
The Cowboys
74
as Henry Williams
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
80
Stunts
The War Wagon
68
Stunts
Cat Ballou
67
Stunts
How the West Was Won
71
Stunts
Spartacus
79
as Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
79
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
The Caine Mutiny
77
Stunts
The Wild One
67
as Man (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
70
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Red River
77
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Stunt Double
Duel in the Sun
67
Stunts
The Grapes of Wrath
81
Stunts
Gone with the Wind
82
as Soldier (uncredited)