
Richard Farnsworth
Acting
Born 1920-09-01 · 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.
Known for

Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV

Anne auf Green Gables
1986 · TV

Anne of Green Gables
1985 · TV

Bonanza
1959 · TV

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV

Cimarron Strip
1967 · TV

The Fire Next Time
1993 · TV

Little House on the Prairie
1974 · TV

Maverick
1957 · TV

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV

Highway to Heaven
1984 · TV

The Big Valley
1965 · TV

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · TV

The High Chaparral
1967 · TV

The Oscars
1953 · TV

Roots
1977 · TV

CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 · TV

The Rebel
1959 · TV

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · TV

The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · TV