Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

1920-09-01 Los Angeles, California, USA 94 Credits

Biography

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 B...

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Kevin Sullivan's Classic

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

2006

as Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)

2.0
Acting

A look at the Anne of Green Gables film trilogy by Kevin Sullivan - Anne of Green Gables (1985), Anne of Avonlea (1987) and Anne of Green Gables: The ...

The Straight Story

The Straight Story

1999

as Alvin

7.7
Acting

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin ...

Best Friends for Life

Best Friends for Life

1998

as Will Harper

Acting

Sarah and Harriet have been best friends since childhood. They married at the same time, had children within the same year and now find themselves fac...

Lassie

Lassie

1994

as Len Collins

6.1
Acting

On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life o...

The Getaway

The Getaway

1994

as Slim

5.8
Acting

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.

Highway to Hell

Highway to Hell

1991

as Sam

5.9
Acting

Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will...

Havana

Havana

1990

as Professor

5.8
Acting

During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wif...

Misery

Misery

1990

as Buster

7.7
Acting

After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she h...

The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes

1990

as Earl Rawley

6.0
Acting

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoot...

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

1989

as Sheriff Campbell

9.5
Acting

Duell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He wants to stay but he is still a wanted man. So, Sherif...

Snake Treaty

1989

as Helmer

Acting

Guy Pehrsson is summoned by his grandfather to return to the farming community of his childhood. He arrives from the City to find that his mother has ...

The River Pirates

The River Pirates

1988

as Percy

6.0
Acting

A timeless story of a boy's adventures growing up in a small Southern town, Yazoo City, in the 1940s during World War II, roaming with his friends, pl...

Space Rage

Space Rage

1985

as Colonel

3.7
Acting

In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet P...

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

1985

as Matthew Cuthbert

8.1
Acting

At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. Bu...

Chase

Chase

1985

as Judge Grand Pettitt

4.0
Acting

A big-city lawyer (Jennifer O'Neill) returns to her small hometown after her father's death to resume his practice. There she is called upon to defend...

Wild Horses

Wild Horses

1985

as Chuck Reese

5.0
Acting

An over-the-hill rodeo champion gets fired from his assembly line job in Texas. He and a buddy then decide to head to Wyoming to get a job herding mus...

Sylvester

Sylvester

1985

as John Foster

5.4
Acting

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him...

Into the Night

Into the Night

1985

as Jack Caper

6.5
Acting

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

Rhinestone

Rhinestone

1984

as Noah Ferris

4.8
Acting

After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she ...

The Natural

The Natural

1984

as Red Blow

6.9
Acting

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the lea...

Ghost Dancing

1983

as Russ Ward

2.0
Acting

Farm widow Sarah Bowman has been impoverished by the siphoning of her water supply. A nearby big-city aqueduct has priority over water rights, leaving...

Travis McGee

Travis McGee

1983

as Van Harder

4.5
Acting

Travis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, re...

Independence Day

Independence Day

1983

as Evan

5.5
Acting

Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but...

The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox

1982

as Bill Miner

6.9
Acting

Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison. A genial and charming old...

Waltz Across Texas

Waltz Across Texas

1982

as Frank Walker

Acting

A wildcatter and a geologist prospect for oil and love in West Texas.

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

1981

as Jason Stayvey

Acting

Serio-comic road movie about a feisty girl who sets out for California and hitches a ride for herself and her house trailer with a runaway farm boy an...

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981

as Wild Bill Hickok

4.8
Acting

When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued b...

Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail

Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail

1981

as Ridge Fenton

10.0
Acting

In the late 19th Century, Mary Breydon, a widow, and Peggy Breydon, her daughter manage a stagecoach stop on The Cherokee Trail. The story is told fro...

Ruckus

Ruckus

1981

as Sheriff Jethro Pough

5.7
Acting

Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to ch...

Resurrection

Resurrection

1980

as Esco

6.5
Acting

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an ...

Tom Horn

Tom Horn

1980

as John Coble

6.3
Acting

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job...

Comes a Horseman

Comes a Horseman

1978

as Dodger

6.0
Acting

Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her ne...

Another Man, Another Chance

Another Man, Another Chance

1977

as Stagecoach Driver

6.0
Acting

Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west...

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

1976

as Stagecoach driver

6.0
Acting

A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures befo...

The Master Gunfighter

The Master Gunfighter

1975

Stunts

4.5

Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as h...

Strange New World

Strange New World

1975

as Elder

3.6
Acting

In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.

The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975

as Mover

6.5
Acting

A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with ...

The Front Page

The Front Page

1974

Stunts

7.3

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1974

as Driver

Acting

In the wild west con-man 'Candy' Johnson heads to Nevada to set up his own gambling den and teams up with Lucy Cotton, a young woman he meets there. T...

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

1974

as Sheriff (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his h...

Papillon

Papillon

1973

as Manhunter (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his esca...

Papillon

Papillon

1973

Stunts

7.8

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his esca...

The Soul of Nigger Charley

The Soul of Nigger Charley

1973

as Walker

4.3
Acting

After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy.

High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter

1973

Stunts

7.3

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the ...

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972

as Outlaw

6.4
Acting

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving t...

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972

Stunts

6.4

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving t...

Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid

1972

as Trooper

7.0
Acting

A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, L...

Pocket Money

Pocket Money

1972

as Man (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy and his buddy get mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked cattle dealer.

The Cowboys

The Cowboys

1972

as Henry Williams

7.1
Acting

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to ge...

Skin Game

Skin Game

1971

as Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in...

Monte Walsh

Monte Walsh

1970

as Cowboy

6.2
Acting

Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Mo...

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969

as Workman (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a yo...

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969

Stunts

5.5

An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a yo...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

Stunts

7.6

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in ho...

Sam Whiskey

Sam Whiskey

1969

as Pete the Guard (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they...

The Stalking Moon

The Stalking Moon

1968

as Man (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sa...

The Stalking Moon

The Stalking Moon

1968

Stunts

5.9

While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sa...

Assignment to Kill

Assignment to Kill

1968

Stunts

6.0

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance mon...

The War Wagon

The War Wagon

1967

Stunts

6.8

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the ...

Texas Across the River

Texas Across the River

1966

as Medicine Man

5.6
Acting

The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor....

Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

1966

as Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons he...

Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

1966

Stunts

6.3

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons he...

The War Lord

The War Lord

1965

Stunts

6.3

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the ...

Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

1965

Stunts

6.4

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

Major Dundee

Major Dundee

1965

Stunts

6.7

During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on a...

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962

Stunts

7.0

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one ...

Spartacus

Spartacus

1960

as Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena,...

The Hard Man

The Hard Man

1957

as Posse Man (uncredited)

4.8
Acting

A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.

The Tin Star

The Tin Star

1957

as Posse Member (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

The Tin Star

The Tin Star

1957

Stunts

7.0

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956

as Chariot Driver (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal qu...

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter

1955

Stunts

6.3

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

A Lawless Street

A Lawless Street

1955

as Townsman (uncredited)

5.4
Acting

A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.

The Violent Men

The Violent Men

1955

as Anchor Rider (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and...

The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

1954

Stunts

7.2

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial ...

The Wild One

The Wild One

1953

as Man (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes ...

Arena

Arena

1953

as Cowboy

4.7
Acting

Left by his wife, a vain rodeo star picks up a floozy and rides a bad Brahman bull.

The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

1952

Stunts

6.6

Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of...

Horizons West

Horizons West

1952

Stunts

6.0

Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being...

The Flame and the Arrow

The Flame and the Arrow

1950

as Outlaw (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency aga...

The Flame and the Arrow

The Flame and the Arrow

1950

Stunts

6.2

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency aga...

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

1949

as Cowboy (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to H...

Red River

Red River

1948

as Dunston Rider (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journe...

Red River

Red River

1948

Stunt Double

7.3

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journe...

Fort Apache

Fort Apache

1948

Stunts

7.0

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant,...

Stallion Road

Stallion Road

1947

Stunts

5.0

A veterinarian and a novelist compete for the heart of a lady rancher.

California

California

1947

Stunts

6.5

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Jo...

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

1946

Stunts

6.3

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad...

This Is the Army

This Is the Army

1943

as Soldier (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son...

The Outlaw

The Outlaw

1943

Stunts

5.4

Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stole...

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Stunts

7.8

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncl...

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939

as Soldier (uncredited)

7.9
Acting

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruc...

Gunga Din

Gunga Din

1939

as (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While compl...

The Adventures of Marco Polo

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938

as Mongol Warrior (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.