Richard W. "Dick" Farnsworth
Born: Los Angeles (Sept. 1, 1920)
Died: Lincoln, New Mexico (Oct. 6, 2000)
Academy Award nominee: Comes a Horseman (1978), The Straight Story (1999)
Co-founder, Stuntmen's Association (1961)
Golden Boot Award (1987)
Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee (Film, 1992)
National Cowboy Hall of Fame inductee (1997)
Newhall Walk of Western Stars inductee (2000)
Partial Filmography
1999 — The Straight Story
1998 — Best Friends for Life
1994 — Lassie
1994 — The Getaway
1993 — The Fire Next Time
1992 — The Boys of Twilight
1991 — Highway to Hell
1990 — Havana
1990 — Misery
1990 — The Two Jakes
1989 — Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989 — Red Earth, White Earth
1988 — The River Pirates
1987 — Highway to Heaven
1987 — CBS Summer Playhouse
1985 — Space Rage
1985 — Anne of Green Gables
1985 — Chase
1985 — Wild Horses
1985 — Sylvester
1985 — Into the Night
1984 — Rhinestone
1984 — The Natural
1983 — Ghost Dancing
1983 — Travis McGee
1983 — Independence Day
1982 — Waltz Across Texas
1982 — The Grey Fox
1981 — The Cherokee Trail
1981 — Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1981 — A Few Days in Weasel Creek
1981 — The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 — Ruckus
1981 — The Texas Rangers
1980 — Resurrection
1980 — Tom Horn
1978 — Comes a Horseman
1977 — Another Man, Another Chance
1977 — Little House on the Prairie
1977 — Roots
1976 — The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 — The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1975 — Strange New World
1975 — The Apple Dumpling Gang
1974 — Honky Tonk
1974 — Blazing Saddles
1973 — Papillon
1973 — The Soul of Nigger Charley
1972 — The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 — Ulzana's Raid
1971-1972 — Bonanza
1972 — Pocket Money
1972 — The Cowboys
1970 — Monte Walsh
1970 — The High Chaparral
1968 — The Stalking Moon
1967 — Cimarron Strip
1965-1967 — The Big Valley
1966 — Texas Across the River
1966 — Duel at Diablo
1963 — The Jolly Genie
1960-1961 — Laramie
1960 — Wanted: Dead or Alive
1960 — Spartacus
1959 — The Rebel
1959 — State Trooper
1958 — Cimarron City
1958 — Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1957 — The Hard Man
1957 — The Tin Star
1956 — Zane Grey Theater
1956 — The Ten Commandments
1955 — Soldiers of Fortune
1951-1954 — The Adventures of Kit Carson
1953 — The Wild One
1953 — Arrowhead
1953 — Arena
1949 — Lawless Code
1949 — Mighty Joe Young
1948 — Red River
1943 — This Is the Army
1939 — Gone with the Wind
1939 — Gunga Din
1938 — The Adventures of Marco Polo
1937 — A Day at the Races