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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Farnsworth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Gone with the Wind
as Soldier (uncredited)The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...
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The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer...
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Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon...
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A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful...
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The Straight Story
as AlvinA retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother...
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Misery
as BusterAfter an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his...
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The Wild One
as Man (uncredited)The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to...
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A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to...
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The Natural
as Red BlowAn unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to...
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The Getaway
as SlimDoc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after...
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Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew CuthbertAt the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla...
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Mighty Joe Young
as Cowboy (uncredited)A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla...
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as OutlawOutlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that...
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Into the Night
as Jack CaperEd Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he...
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Red River
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle...
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The Cowboys
as Henry WilliamsWhen his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a...
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The Tin Star
as Posse Member (uncredited)An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
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Highway to Hell
as SamCharlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a...
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Ulzana's Raid
as TrooperA report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with...
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The Flame and the Arrow
as Outlaw (uncredited)Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy...
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The Apple Dumpling Gang
as MoverA roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters...
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Lassie
as Len CollinsOn their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted...
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The Two Jakes
as Earl RawleyReal estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for...
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Tom Horn
as John CobleA renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on...
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Havana
as ProfessorDuring the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games....
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The Stalking Moon
as Man (uncredited)While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout...
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Gunga Din
as (uncredited)British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along...
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The Violent Men
as Anchor Rider (uncredited)A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée,...
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as Wild Bill HickokWhen the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the...
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Duel at Diablo
as Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited)In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the...
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Texas Across the River
as Medicine ManThe Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la...
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Sam Whiskey
as Pete the Guard (uncredited)A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and...
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Rhinestone
as Noah FerrisAfter a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star,...
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Workman (uncredited)An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are...
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Monte Walsh
as CowboyMonte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and...
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
as Stagecoach driverA female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man...
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Another Man, Another Chance
as Stagecoach DriverYoung Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he...
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Comes a Horseman
as DodgerElla Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt...
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A Lawless Street
as Townsman (uncredited)A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out...
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Resurrection
as EscoThe story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that...
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Mongol Warrior (uncredited)The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in...
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Pocket Money
as Man (uncredited)Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy and his buddy get mixed up in some shady dealings...
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This Is the Army
as Soldier (uncredited)In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank....
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The Hard Man
as Posse Man (uncredited)A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.
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Space Rage
as ColonelIn this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured...
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Skin Game
as Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a...
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Honky Tonk
as DriverIn the wild west con-man 'Candy' Johnson heads to Nevada to set up his own gambling den and...
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The Grey Fox
as Bill MinerOld West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in...
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Wild Horses
as Chuck ReeseAn over-the-hill rodeo champion gets fired from his assembly line job in Texas. He and a buddy...
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Independence Day
as EvanMary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a...
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Strange New World
as ElderIn the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation...
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Sylvester
as John FosterCharlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors...
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Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
as Ridge FentonIn the late 19th Century, Mary Breydon, a widow, and Peggy Breydon, her daughter manage a...
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Travis McGee
as Van HarderTravis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage...
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Ruckus
as Sheriff Jethro PoughMadoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of...
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Arena
as CowboyLeft by his wife, a vain rodeo star picks up a floozy and rides a bad Brahman bull.
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Chase
as Judge Grand PettittA big-city lawyer (Jennifer O'Neill) returns to her small hometown after her father's death to...
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Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as Sheriff CampbellDuell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He...
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A Few Days at Weasel Creek
as Jason StayveySerio-comic road movie about a feisty girl who sets out for California and hitches a ride for...
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Best Friends for Life
as Will HarperSarah and Harriet have been best friends since childhood. They married at the same time, had...
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Kevin Sullivan's Classic
as Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)A look at the Anne of Green Gables film trilogy by Kevin Sullivan - Anne of Green Gables (1985),...
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The Soul of Nigger Charley
as WalkerAfter the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to...
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Waltz Across Texas
as Frank WalkerA wildcatter and a geologist prospect for oil and love in West Texas.
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The Big Valley
as BolinThe Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...
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The Big Valley
as BusinessmanThe Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...
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Bonanza
as TateThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
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Bonanza
as TroyThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
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Maverick
as Stage Driver (uncredited)The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...
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Maverick
as Clint (uncredited)The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...
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Little House on the Prairie
as uncreditedLittle House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - NomineeAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as TrooperDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
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Highway to Heaven
as uncreditedA probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.
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State Trooper
as uncreditedState Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as...
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The High Chaparral
as LloydThe High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and...
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
as RanceWanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
as HalWanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...
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Roots
as TrumbullThe epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in...
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as uncreditedThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...
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Cimarron Strip
as uncreditedCimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to...
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The Rebel
as TrooperThe Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on...
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The Adventures of Kit Carson
as uncreditedThe Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew CuthbertWhen Anne Shirley arrives at the Cuthbert’s Farm on Prince Edward Island, she is a precocious,...
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The Wonderful World of Disney
as FarmerWalt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
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CBS Summer Playhouse
as CarlCBS anthology series airing unsold television pilots during the summer season.
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The Fire Next Time
as Frank MorganIn the near future, the unrelenting heat waves and coastal flooding brought on by the greenhouse...
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