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.

Cast

The Straight Story

The Stalking Moon

Man (uncredited)

Comes a Horseman

Highway to Hell

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

Wild Bill Hickok

Sheriff Jethro Pough

Anne of Green Gables

Matthew Cuthbert

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Workman (uncredited)

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

Stagecoach driver

Man (uncredited)

Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)

Independence Day

Waltz Across Texas

The Violent Men

Anchor Rider (uncredited)

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)

Texas Across the River

This Is the Army

Soldier (uncredited)

The Adventures of Marco Polo

Mongol Warrior (uncredited)

Another Man, Another Chance

Stagecoach Driver

Blazing Saddles

Sheriff (uncredited)

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

Mighty Joe Young

Cowboy (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

Soldier (uncredited)

Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)

Pete the Guard (uncredited)

Posse Member (uncredited)

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

Sheriff Campbell

Judge Grand Pettitt

The Soul of Nigger Charley

Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail

Man (uncredited)

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Dunston Rider (uncredited)

Posse Man (uncredited)

Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited)

The Flame and the Arrow

Outlaw (uncredited)

A Lawless Street

Townsman (uncredited)

The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Ten Commandments

Chariot Driver (uncredited)

Best Friends for Life

Manhunter (uncredited)

Strange New World