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Richard Farnsworth (1920–2000)


An American stuntman who, after more than 30 years in the business, moved into acting and became an acclaimed and respected character actor, Richard Farnsworth was a native of Los Angeles. He grew up around horses and as a teenager was offered an opportunity to ride in films. He appeared in horse-racing scenes and cavalry charges unbilled... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (87 titles)
1998 Best Friends for Life (TV movie)
Will Harper
 
1994 Lassie
Len Collins
 
1994 The Getaway
Slim
 
1993 The Fire Next Time (TV movie)
Frank Morgan
 
1992 The Boys of Twilight (TV series)
Cody McPherson
 
1991 Highway to Hell
Sam
 
1990/I Havana
Professor
 
1990 Misery
Buster
 
1990 The Two Jakes
Earl Rawley
 
1989 Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (TV movie)
Sheriff Campbell, Bisby Arizona
 
1989 Red Earth, White Earth (TV movie)
Helmer
 
1988 The River Pirates
Percy
 
1987 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Grandpa Jet Sanders
A Dream of Wild Horses (1987) … Grandpa Jet Sanders
 
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series)
Carl
Travelin' Man (1987) … Carl
 
1985 Space Rage
Colonel
 
1985 Chase (TV movie)
Judge Grand Pettitt
 
1985 Wild Horses (TV movie)
Chuck Reese
 
1985 Sylvester
Foster
 
1985 Into the Night
Jack Caper
 
1984 Rhinestone
Noah
 
1983 Ghost Dancing (TV movie)
Russ Ward
 
1983 Travis McGee (TV movie)
Van Harder
 
1983 Independence Day
Evan
 
1982 Waltz Across Texas
Frank Walker
 
1982 The Grey Fox
Miner
 
1981 The Cherokee Trail (TV movie)
Ridge Fenton
 
1981 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Ridge Fenton
The Cherokee Trail (1981) … Ridge Fenton
 
1981 A Few Days in Weasel Creek (TV movie)
Jason Stayvey
 
1981 The Texas Rangers (TV movie)
Ranger J.W. Stevens
 
1980 Resurrection
Esco
 
1980 Ruckus
Sheriff Jethro Pough
 
1980 Tom Horn
John C. Coble
 
1978 Comes a Horseman
Dodger
 
1977 Another Man, Another Chance
Stagecoach Driver (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1977 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Wall
Quarantine (1977) … Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1977 Roots (TV mini-series)
Slave catcher
Episode #1.7 (1977) … Slave catcher
Part Nine (1977) … Slave catcher
 
1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales
Comanchero (uncredited)
 
1976 The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
Stagecoach driver (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1975 Strange New World (TV movie)
Elder
 
1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang
Mover (uncredited)
 
1974 Honky Tonk (TV movie)
Driver (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1974 Blazing Saddles
Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1973 Papillon
Manhunter (uncredited)
 
1973 The Soul of Nigger Charley
Walker (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Outlaw (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1972 Ulzana's Raid
Trooper
 
1971-1972 Bonanza (TV series)
Sourdough / Tate / Troy
He Was Only Seven (1972) … Troy (as Dick Farnsworth)
The Saddle Stiff (1972) … Tate (as Dick Farnsworth)
Top Hand (1971) … Sourdough (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1972 Pocket Money
Man (uncredited)
 
1972 The Cowboys
Henry Williams (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1970 Monte Walsh
Cowboy (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1970 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Lloyd
The Long Shadow (1970) … Lloyd (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1968 The Stalking Moon (uncredited)
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Benefiel / Dusty Rhodes
The Battleground (1967) … Benefiel (as Dick Farnsworth)
Journey to a Hanging (1967) … Dusty Rhodes (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1965-1967 The Big Valley (TV series)
Bolin / Businessman
Image of Yesterday (1967) … Businessman (as Dick Farnsworth)
The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner (1965) … Bolin (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1966 Texas Across the River
Medicine Man (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1966 Duel at Diablo
Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited)
 
1963 The Jolly Genie (short)
Thug
 
1960-1961 Laramie (TV series)
Gault Ranch Hand / Hank / Manley
The Tumbleweed Wagon (1961) … Hank (as Dick Farnsworth)
Ride into Darkness (1960) … Manley (uncredited)
Street of Hate (1960) … Gault Ranch Hand
 
1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Hal / Rance
To the Victor (1960) … Hal (as Dick Farnsworth)
The Partners (1960) … Rance (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1960 Spartacus
Salt Mine Slave (uncredited) / Gladiator (uncredited) / Slave General (uncredited)
 
1959 The Rebel (TV series)
Trooper
Yellow Hair (1959) … Trooper
 
1959 State Trooper (TV series)
Caleb Smith
Lonely Valley (1959) … Caleb Smith (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1958 Cimarron City (TV series)
Ira Youngman
Twelve Guns (1958) … Ira Youngman (uncredited)
 
1958 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Butler
Jingles on the Jailroad (1958) … Butler
 
1957 The Hard Man
Posse Man (uncredited)
 
1957 The Tin Star (uncredited)
 
1956 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Trooper
Star Over Texas (1956) … Trooper (as Dick Farnsworth)
 
1956 The Ten Commandments
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
 
1955 A Lawless Street
Townsman (uncredited)
 
1955 Soldiers of Fortune (TV series)
Gaucho
The General (1955) … Gaucho (uncredited)
 
1955 The Violent Men
Anchor Rider (uncredited)
 
1951-1954 The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV series)
Army Wagon Driver / Henchman Farnsworth / Henchman Pete
The Gatling Gun (1954) … Army Wagon Driver (as Dick Farnsworth)
The Desperate Sheriff (1951) … Henchman Farnsworth (uncredited)
Fury at Red Gulch (1951) … Henchman Pete (uncredited)
 
1953 The Wild One (uncredited)
 
1953 Arrowhead
Cavalryman (uncredited)
 
1953 Arena
Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1949 Mighty Joe Young
Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1948 The Paleface
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1948 Red River
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
 
1943 This Is the Army
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1939 Gunga Din
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo
Mongol Warrior (uncredited)
 
1937 A Day at the Races
Jockey (uncredited)
 
Show ShowStunts (76 titles)
1975 The Master Gunfighter (stunts)
 
1974 The Front Page (stunts - uncredited)
 
1974 Blazing Saddles (stunts - uncredited)
 
1973 High Plains Drifter (stunts - uncredited)
 
1971 Skin Game (stunts - uncredited)
 
1971 Shoot Out (stunts - uncredited)
 
1971 The Omega Man (stunts - uncredited)
 
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 Paint Your Wagon (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 The Stalking Moon (stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 Never a Dull Moment (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 The War Wagon (stunts - uncredited)
 
1966 Chamber of Horrors (stunts - uncredited)
 
1966 Duel at Diablo (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 The War Lord (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 The Great Race (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 Cat Ballou (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 Major Dundee (stunts - uncredited)
 
1963 Savage Sam (stunts - uncredited)
 
1962 How the West Was Won (stunts - uncredited)
 
1962 Six Black Horses (stunts - uncredited)
 
1960 Spartacus (stunts - uncredited)
 
1958 Cimarron City (TV series) (stunts)
 
1957 The Hard Man (stunts - uncredited)
 
1957 The Tin Star (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 The Ten Commandments (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 Pardners (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 Red Sundown (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 Raw Edge (stunts - uncredited)
 
1955 The Indian Fighter (stunts - uncredited)
 
1955 A Lawless Street (stunts - uncredited)
 
1955 Desert Sands (stunts - uncredited)
 
1955 Chief Crazy Horse (stunts - uncredited)
 
1955 Man Without a Star (stunts - uncredited)
 
1954 The Caine Mutiny (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 Money from Home (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 The Wild One (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 War Arrow (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 The Man from the Alamo (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 Arrowhead (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 Pony Express (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 The Desert Song (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 Law and Order (stunts - uncredited)
 
1953 The Lawless Breed (stunts - uncredited)
 
1952 The Lusty Men (stunts - uncredited)
 
1952 Horizons West (stunts - uncredited)
 
1952 The Story of Will Rogers (stunts - uncredited)
 
1952 The Cimarron Kid (stunts - uncredited)
 
1951 Santa Fe (stunts - uncredited)
 
1951 Vengeance Valley (double: Robert Walker - uncredited)
 
1950 The Kid from Gower Gulch (riding stunts: Spade Cooley - uncredited)
 
1949 Lawless Code (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1949 Mighty Joe Young (stunts - uncredited)
 
1948 Red River (stunts - uncredited)
 
1948 The Man from Colorado (stunts - uncredited)
 
1948 Silver River (stunts - uncredited)
 
1948 Fort Apache (stunts - uncredited)
 
1947 Stallion Road (stunts - uncredited)
 
1947 Angel and the Badman (stunts - uncredited)
 
1947 Over the Santa Fe Trail (stunts - uncredited)
 
1947 California (stunts - uncredited)
 
1946 Duel in the Sun (stunts - uncredited)
 
1946 Galloping Thunder (stunts - uncredited)
 
1945 Utah (stunts - uncredited)
 
1943 This Is the Army (stunts - uncredited)
 
1943 Five Graves to Cairo (stunts - uncredited)
 
1943 The Outlaw (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Gunga Din (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 Under Western Stars (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 Wells Fargo (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 The Californian (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 A Day at the Races (stunts - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1980 Resurrection (performer: "Old Chisholm Trail Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yay" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
2000 The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
 
1994 Gene Autry, Melody of the West (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Wild West (TV mini-series documentary)
Teddy Blue Abbott
 
1988 Buckaroo Bard (TV documentary)
Host
 
1986 The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 
1984 The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2003 Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 
2000 Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (TV movie)
Matthew Cuthbert (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Dick Farnsworth

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Billy Crystal singled out Farnsworth at the 72nd Academy Awards telling everyone it was "great to see him, and his nomination was a great story." See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo