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.

Filmography

• 1999The Straight Story — Alvin
• 1998Best Friends for Life — Will Harper
• 1994Lassie — Len Collins
• 1994The Getaway — Slim
• The Fire Next Time — Frank Morgan
• The Boys of Twilight — Cody McPherson
• 1991Highway to Hell — Sam
• 1990Havana — Professor
• 1990Misery — Buster
• 1990The Two Jakes — Earl Rawley
• 1989Desperado: The Outlaw Wars — Sheriff Campbell
• 1989Snake Treaty — Helmer
• 1988Good Old Boy — Percy
• CBS Summer Playhouse — Carl
• Anne of Green Gables
• 1985Anne of Green Gables — Matthew Cuthbert
• Anne of Green Gables — Matthew Cuthbert
• 1985Chase — Judge Grand Pettitt
• 1985Into the Night — Jack Caper
• 1985Space Rage — Colonel
• 1985Sylvester — John Foster
• 1985Wild Horses — Chuck Reese
• Highway to Heaven — Jet Sanders
• 1984Rhinestone — Noah Ferris
• 1984The Natural — Red Blow
• 1983Ghost Dancing — Russ Ward
• 1983Independence Day — Evan
• 1983Travis McGee — Van Harder
• 1982The Grey Fox — Bill Miner
• 1982Waltz Across Texas — Frank Walker
• 1981A Few Days at Weasel Creek — Jason Stayvey
• 1981Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail — Ridge Fenton
• 1981The Legend of the Lone Ranger — Wild Bill Hickok
• 1980Resurrection — Esco
• 1980Ruckus — Sheriff Jethro Pough
• 1980Tom Horn — John Coble
• 1978Comes a Horseman — Dodger
• 1977Another Man, Another Chance — Stagecoach Driver
• Roots — Trumbull
• 1976The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox — Stagecoach driver
• 1976The Outlaw Josey Wales — Comanchero (uncredited)
• 1975Strange New World — Elder
• 1975The Apple Dumpling Gang — Mover
• 1975The Master Gunfighter — Stunts
• 1974Blazing Saddles — Sheriff (uncredited)
• 1974Honky Tonk — Driver
• Little House on the Prairie — Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
• 1974The Front Page — Stunts
• 1973High Plains Drifter — Stunts
• 1973Papillon — Manhunter (uncredited), Stunts
• 1973The Soul of Nigger Charley — Walker
• 1972Pocket Money — Man (uncredited)
• 1972The Cowboys — Henry Williams
• 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean — Outlaw, Stunts
• 1972Ulzana's Raid — Trooper
• 1971Skin Game — Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)
• 1970Monte Walsh — Cowboy
• 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — Stunts
• 1969Sam Whiskey — Pete the Guard (uncredited)
• 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys — Workman (uncredited), Stunts
• 1968Assignment to Kill — Stunts
• 1968The Stalking Moon — Man (uncredited), Stunts
• Cimarron Strip
• The High Chaparral — Lloyd
• 1967The War Wagon — Stunts
• 1966Duel at Diablo — Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited), Stunts
• 1966Texas Across the River — Medicine Man
• 1965Cat Ballou — Stunts
• 1965Major Dundee — Stunts
• The Big Valley — Bolin, Businessman
• 1965The War Lord — Stunts
• 1962How the West Was Won — Stunts
• 1960Spartacus — Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
• Bonanza — Tate, Troy
• The Rebel — Trooper
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Rance, Hal
• Maverick — Stage Driver (uncredited), Clint (uncredited)
• 1957The Hard Man — Posse Man (uncredited)
• 1957The Tin Star — Posse Member (uncredited), Stunts
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Trooper
• State Trooper
• 1956The Ten Commandments — Chariot Driver (uncredited)
• 1955A Lawless Street — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1955The Indian Fighter — Stunts
• 1955The Violent Men — Anchor Rider (uncredited)
• 1954The Caine Mutiny — Stunts
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Farmer
• 1953Arena — Cowboy
• 1953The Wild One — Man (uncredited)
• 1952Horizons West — Stunts
• 1952The Lusty Men — Stunts
• The Adventures of Kit Carson — Henchman Farnsworth (uncredited)
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — Butler
• 1950The Flame and the Arrow — Outlaw (uncredited), Stunts
• 1949Mighty Joe Young — Cowboy (uncredited)
• 1948Fort Apache — Stunts
• 1948Red River — Dunston Rider (uncredited), Stunt Double
• 1948Silver River — Stunts
• 1947California — Stunts
• 1947Stallion Road — Stunts
• 1946Duel in the Sun — Stunts
• 1943The Outlaw — Stunts
• 1943This Is the Army — Soldier (uncredited)
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Stunts
• 1939Gone with the Wind — Soldier (uncredited)
• 1939Gunga Din — (uncredited)
• 1938The Adventures of Marco Polo — Mongol Warrior (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2006Kevin Sullivan's Classic — Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)
• 1977Superstunt — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee