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Overview
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American stuntman who, after more than thirty years in the business, moved... moreTrivia:
Was a stunt man for 40 years before becoming an actor. moreAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 8 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(8 articles)
What Are Your Oscar-Watching Memories? (From Cinematical. 22 February 2009, 6:03 AM, PST)
Watch out, Mickey Rourke: Indie Spirit is Oscar's consolation prize
(From Gold Derby. 21 February 2009, 1:43 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Bill Farnsworth | Dick FarnsworthUS TV Schedule:
| Fri. July 24 | 10:15 PM | AMC | Blazing Saddles |
Filmography
Actor:
- The Straight Story (1999) .... Alvin Straight
... aka Une histoire vraie (France) - Best Friends for Life (1998) (TV) .... Will Harper
- Lassie (1994) .... Len Collins
- The Getaway (1994) .... Slim
- The Fire Next Time (1993) (TV) .... Frank Morgan
- "The Boys of Twilight" (1992) TV series .... Cody McPherson (unknown episodes)
- Highway to Hell (1991) .... Sam
- Havana (1990/I) .... Professor
- Misery (1990) .... Buster
- The Two Jakes (1990) .... Earl Rawley
- Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989) (TV) .... Sheriff Campbell, Bisby Arizona
- Red Earth, White Earth (1989) (TV) .... Helmer
... aka Snake Treaty - Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood (1988) .... Percy
... aka The River Pirates - "Highway to Heaven" .... Grandpa Jet Sanders (1 episode, 1987)
- A Dream of Wild Horses (1987) TV episode .... Grandpa Jet Sanders - "CBS Summer Playhouse" .... Carl (1 episode, 1987)
- Travelin' Man (1987) TV episode .... Carl - Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV) .... Matthew Cuthbert
... aka Ein zauberhaftes Mädchen (West Germany) - Chase (1985) (TV) .... Judge Grand Pettitt
- Wild Horses (1985) (TV) .... Chuck Reese
- Sylvester (1985) .... Foster
- Into the Night (1985/I) .... Jack Caper
- Space Rage (1985) .... Colonel
... aka A Dollar a Day
... aka Spage Rage: Breakout on Prison Planet
... aka Trackers - Rhinestone (1984) .... Noah, Jake's Father
- The Natural (1984) .... Red Blow
- Ghost Dancing (1983) (TV) .... Russ Ward
- Travis McGee (1983) (TV) .... Van Harder
... aka Travis McGee: The Empty Copper Sea - Independence Day (1983) .... Evan
... aka Follow Your Dreams
... aka Love, Honour and Obey (UK: video title) - The Grey Fox (1982) .... Bill Miner/George Edwards
- Waltz Across Texas (1982) .... Frank Walker
- "Disneyland" .... Ridge Fenton (1 episode, 1981)
... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
- The Cherokee Trail (1981) TV episode .... Ridge Fenton - The Cherokee Trail (1981) (TV) .... Ridge Fenton
... aka Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail (USA) - A Few Days in Weasel Creek (1981) (TV) .... Jason Stayvey
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) .... Wild Bill Hickok
- Ruckus (1981) .... Sheriff Jethro Pough
... aka Big Ruckus in a Small Town (USA: video title)
... aka Ruckus in Madoc Country
... aka The Loner - The Texas Rangers (1981) (TV) .... Ranger J.W. Stevens
- Resurrection (1980) .... Esco
- Tom Horn (1980) .... John C. Coble
- Comes a Horseman (1978) .... Dodger
- Un autre homme, une autre chance (1977) (as Bill Farnsworth) .... Stagecoach Driver
... aka Another Man, Another Chance (Philippines: English title) (USA)
... aka Another Man, Another Woman (UK) - "Little House on the Prairie" .... Wall (1 episode, 1977)
... aka "Little House: A New Beginning" (USA: last season title)
- Quarantine (1977) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Wall - "Roots" .... Slave catcher (2 episodes, 1977)
... aka "Alex Haley's Roots" (Australia)
- Episode #1.7 (1977) TV episode .... Slave catcher
- Part Nine (1977) TV episode .... Slave catcher - The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) (uncredited) .... Comanchero
- The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Stagecoach driver
- Strange New World (1975) (TV) .... Elder
- Honky Tonk (1974) (TV) (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Driver
- Blazing Saddles (1974) (uncredited) .... Sheriff
... aka Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles or Never Give a Saga an Even Break (USA: poster title) - Papillon (1973) (uncredited) .... Manhunter
- The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973) .... Walker
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Outlaw
- Ulzana's Raid (1972) .... Trooper
- "Bonanza" .... Sourdough / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
... aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
- He Was Only Seven (1972) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Troy
- The Saddle Stiff (1972) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Tate
- Top Hand (1971) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Sourdough - Pocket Money (1972) (uncredited) .... Man
- The Cowboys (1972) (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Henry Williams
- Monte Walsh (1970) (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Cowboy
- "The High Chaparral" .... Lloyd (1 episode, 1970)
- The Long Shadow (1970) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Lloyd - The Stalking Moon (1968) (uncredited)
- "Cimarron Strip" .... Benefiel / ... (2 episodes, 1967)
- The Battleground (1967) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Benefiel
- Journey to a Hanging (1967) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Dusty Rhodes - "The Big Valley" .... Bolin / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
- Image of Yesterday (1967) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Businessman
- The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner (1965) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Bolin - Texas Across the River (1966) (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Comanche medicine man
- Duel at Diablo (1966) (uncredited) .... Wagon driver #1
... aka Ralph Nelson's Duel at Diablo (USA: complete title) - The Jolly Genie (1963) .... Thug
- "Wanted: Dead or Alive" .... Hal / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
- To the Victor (1960) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Hal
- The Partners (1960) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Rance - Spartacus (1960) (uncredited)
... aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title) - "Laramie" (1 episode, 1960)
- Street of Hate (1960) TV episode - "The Rebel" .... Trooper (1 episode, 1959)
- Yellow Hair (1959) TV episode .... Trooper - "State Trooper" .... Caleb Smith (1 episode, 1959)
- Lonely Valley (1959) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Caleb Smith - "Cimarron City" .... Ira Youngman (1 episode, 1958)
- Twelve Guns (1958) TV episode .... Ira Youngman - "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" .... Butler (1 episode, 1958)
- Jingles on the Jailroad (1958) TV episode .... Butler - The Hard Man (1957) (uncredited) .... Posse Man
- The Tin Star (1957) (uncredited)
- "Zane Grey Theater" .... Trooper (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" (USA: complete title)
... aka "The Westerners" (USA: rerun title)
- Star Over Texas (1956) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Trooper - The Ten Commandments (1956) (uncredited) .... Chariot driver
- "Soldiers of Fortune" .... Gaucho (1 episode, 1955)
- The General (1955) TV episode .... Gaucho - "The Adventures of Kit Carson" .... Henchman / ... (3 episodes, 1951-1954)
... aka "Kit Carson"
- The Gatling Gun (1954) TV episode (as Dick Farnsworth) .... Army Wagon Driver
- The Desperate Sheriff (1951) TV episode (uncredited) .... Henchman
- Fury at Red Gulch (1951) TV episode (uncredited) .... Henchman - The Wild One (1953) (uncredited)
- Arrowhead (1953) (uncredited) .... Cavalryman
- Arena (1953) (uncredited) .... Cowboy
- Red River (1948) (uncredited) .... Dunston Rider
- This Is the Army (1943) (uncredited) .... Soldier
- Gone with the Wind (1939) (uncredited) .... Soldier
- Gunga Din (1939) (uncredited) .... Bit part
- The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) (uncredited)
- A Day at the Races (1937) (uncredited) .... Jockey
Stunts:
- The Master Gunfighter (1975) (stunts)
- The Front Page (1974) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Blazing Saddles (1974) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles or Never Give a Saga an Even Break (USA: poster title) - High Plains Drifter (1973) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Skin Game (1971) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Shoot Out (1971) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Omega Man (1971) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Paint Your Wagon (1969) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Stalking Moon (1968) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Never a Dull Moment (1968) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The War Wagon (1967) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Chamber of Horrors (1966) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Duel at Diablo (1966) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Ralph Nelson's Duel at Diablo (USA: complete title) - The War Lord (1965) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Great Race (1965) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Blake Edwards' The Great Race (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - Cat Ballou (1965) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Major Dundee (1965) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Savage Sam (1963) (stunts) (uncredited)
- How the West Was Won (1962) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Six Black Horses (1962) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Spartacus (1960) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title) - "The Rebel" (1959) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
- "Cimarron City" (1958) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
- The Hard Man (1957) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Tin Star (1957) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Ten Commandments (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Pardners (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Red Sundown (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Raw Edge (1956) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Indian Fighter (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Desert Sands (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
- "Gunsmoke" (1955) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
... aka "Gun Law" (UK)
... aka "Marshal Dillon" (USA: rerun title) - Chief Crazy Horse (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Valley of Fury (UK) - Man Without a Star (1955) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Caine Mutiny (1954) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Money from Home (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Wild One (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- War Arrow (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Man from the Alamo (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Arrowhead (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Pony Express (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Desert Song (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Law and Order (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Lawless Breed (1953) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Lusty Men (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Horizons West (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Story of Will Rogers (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Cimarron Kid (1952) (stunts) (uncredited)
- "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1951) TV series (stunt coordinator) (unknown episodes) (stunt double: Guy Madison) (unknown episodes)
- The Kid from Gower Gulch (1950) (riding stunts: Spade Cooley) (uncredited)
- Lawless Code (1949) (stunt double) (uncredited)
- Mighty Joe Young (1949) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Mr. Joseph Young of Africa - Red River (1948) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Man from Colorado (1948) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Silver River (1948) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Fort Apache (1948) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka War Party - Stallion Road (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Angel and the Badman (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka The Angel and the Outlaw - Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka No Escape (UK) - Duel in the Sun (1946) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - California (1946) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Galloping Thunder (1946) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka On Boot Hill (UK) - Utah (1945) (stunts) (uncredited)
- This Is the Army (1943) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Five Graves to Cairo (1943) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Outlaw (1943) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Gone with the Wind (1939) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Gunga Din (1939) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Under Western Stars (1938) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) (stunts) (uncredited)
- Wells Fargo (1937) (stunts) (uncredited)
- The Californian (1937) (stunts) (uncredited)
... aka Beyond the Law (UK)
... aka The Gentleman from California - A Day at the Races (1937) (stunts)
Soundtrack:
- Resurrection (1980) ("Old Chisholm Trail (Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yay)" (uncredited))
Self:
- The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
- "The Wild West" (1993) TV mini-series (voice) .... Teddy Blue Abbott
- Buckaroo Bard (1988) (TV) .... Host
- The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Archive Footage:
- Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003) .... Himself
- The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV) .... Himself (Memorial Tribute)
- Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) (TV) (uncredited) .... Matthew Cuthbert
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