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 11 films (1939–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1939 Gone With The Wind. Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming 26 reels Color sound
1943 This Is The Army Michael Curtiz 121 min 16mm B&W sound
1956 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. Paramount Pictures Corp. 219 min 35mm Color sound
1957 The Tin Star. Perlsea Co. & Paramount Pictures Corp. 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1960 Spartacus. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Byrna Productions Inc. 197 min 35mm Color sound
1973 Papillon. Franklin J. Schaffner 144 min 16mm Color sound
1976 The Duchess And The Dirtwater Fox Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 112 min Color sound
1978 Comes A Horseman Alan J. Pakula, Paul Helmick 12:00 Color
1978 Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula
1980 Tom Horn warner brothers 96 min 16mm Color sound
1980 Tom Horn William Wiard