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.
TV credits
Rated 6.1 out of 10
The Fire Next Time
1993
Rated 6.7 out of 10
The Boys of Twilight
1992
Rated 7.0 out of 10
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Anne auf Green Gables
1986
Rated 8.7 out of 10
Anne of Green Gables
1985
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Highway to Heaven
1984
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Roots
1977
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Rated 6.8 out of 10
The High Chaparral
1967
Rated 5.7 out of 10
Cimarron Strip
1967
Rated 6.2 out of 10
The Big Valley
1965
Rated 5.1 out of 10
The Rebel
1959
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Bonanza
1959
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Maverick
1957
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Rated 5.7 out of 10
State Trooper
1956
Rated 7.9 out of 10
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Rated 7.0 out of 10
The Oscars
1953
Rated 6.0 out of 10
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Rated 5.3 out of 10
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Golden Globe Awards
1944