Richard Farnsworth
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Straight Story
as Alvin
1999
The Getaway
as Slim
1994
Misery
as Buster
1990
Into the Night
as Jack Caper
1985
Tom Horn
as John Coble
1980
The Stalking Moon
as Man (uncredited)
1968
The Natural
as Red Blow
1984
Havana
as Professor
1990
Arena
as Cowboy
1953
The Grey Fox
as Bill Miner
1982
Comes a Horseman
as Dodger
1978
Lassie
as Len Collins
1994
Highway to Hell
as Sam
1991
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as Wild Bill Hickok
1981
Rhinestone
as Noah Ferris
1984
Ruckus
as Sheriff Jethro Pough
1981
Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew Cuthbert
1985
Monte Walsh
as Cowboy
1970
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Workman (uncredited)
1969
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
as Stagecoach driver
1976
TV Appearances
Little House on the Prairie
as Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
1974
Highway to Heaven
as Jet Sanders
1984
Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew Cuthbert
1985
CBS Summer Playhouse
as Carl
1987
Cimarron Strip
1967
The High Chaparral
as Lloyd
1967
The Big Valley
as Bolin
1965
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Rance
1958
The Rebel
as Trooper
1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Trooper
1956
State Trooper
1956