Richard Farnsworth
| Sign | Virgo |
| Born | Sep 1, 1920 Los Angeles, CA |
| Died | Oct 6, 2000 Lincoln, NM |
| Age | Died at 80 |
Richard Farnsworth | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1937-99 |
| Top Roles | Bit Part, Chariot Driver |
| Top Genres | Western, Drama, Adventure, Action, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Period Piece, Slapstick |
| Top Collaborators | Dan White, Sam Wood (Director), Cecil B. DeMille (Director), Franklin J. Schaffner (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Yvonne De Carlo, Cliff Work, Richard Arlen see more.. |
Richard Farnsworth Overview:
Character actor, Richard Farnsworth, was born on Sep 1, 1920 in Los Angeles, CA. Farnsworth died at the age of 80 on Oct 6, 2000 in Lincoln, NM .
MINI BIO:
Although many of his "roles" in films were stuntwork, this lean, grey, twinkle-eyed, droop-mustached American player deserves recognition for sheer durability. An ex-rodeo rider, he was stunting at 16, before becoming a regular stunt man for Roy Rogers and an "occasional" for other cowboy stars. "I'd go out and drive my head into the ground and get a bigger check than they would," he says. Eventually, he "just got tired of doing stunt work. The ground was gettin' kinda hard." Small parts came along ("I'd be drivin' a coach or something that needed lines") and escalated in later years to the point where he was nominated for an Oscar in Comes a Horseman and won a Canadian Oscar for The Grey Fox.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Farnsworth was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1978 | Best Supporting Actor | Comes a Horseman (1978) | Dodger | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Actor | The Straight Story (1999) | Alvin Straight | Nominated |
