Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

American actor (1920–2000)

Richard William Farnsworth was an American actor and stuntman. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award: in 1978 for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a Horseman, and in 2000 for Best Actor in The Straight Story, making him the second-oldest nominee for the award for the latter. Farnsworth was also known for his performances in The Grey Fox (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, as well as Anne of Green Gables (1985), Sylvester (1985), and Misery (1990).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 15 films (1939–1999) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1999 The Straight story David Lynch 108 min Color
1980 Tom Horn warner brothers 96 min 16mm Color sound
1980 Tom Horn William Wiard 96 min Color
1978 Comes A Horseman Alan J. Pakula, Paul Helmick 12:00 Color
1978 Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula 114 min Color
1977 Another Man, Another Chance Les Films 13, Les Films Ariane & Les Productions Artistes Associes 129 min Color sound
1976 The Duchess And The Dirtwater Fox Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 112 min Color sound
1973 Papillon. Franklin J. Schaffner 144 min 16mm Color sound
1970 Monte Walsh Cinema Center Films & Palladian Pictures 99 min Color sound
1960 Spartacus. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Byrna Productions Inc. 197 min 35mm Color sound
1957 The Tin Star. Perlsea Co. & Paramount Pictures Corp. 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 The Ten commandments Cecil B. DeMille 220 min Color
1956 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. Paramount Pictures Corp. 219 min 35mm Color sound
1943 This Is The Army Michael Curtiz 121 min 16mm B&W sound
1939 Gone With The Wind. Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming 26 reels Color sound