1920–2000 · Acting
67.3avg grm
5titles
#269best rank
1honors
best title · #269 on siteThe Straight Story1999 · as Alvin79.3Honors
1—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Bio
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 Best Actor.
