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Oct 8, 2000 · Roger Ebert October 08, 2000. Tweet. Richard Farnsworth, who basked in glory last April as the oldest man ever nominated for an Academy Award, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday at his ranch in Lincoln, New Mexico. He was 80. His fiancee, Jewel Van Valin, revealed a secret Farnsworth had kept all through the Oscar hoopla: He had been ...
Oct 6, 2000 · RICHARD FARNSWORTH. Date of Birth: September 1, 1920 (Died October 6, 2000) Farnsworth is a veteran of over 300 movies, but it was not until he was 61- years-old and cast as Bill Miner in The Grey ...
Actor Born Sept. 1, 1920 in Los Angeles, CA. Died Oct. 6, 2000 of suicide in Lincoln, NM. R ichard Farnsworth was the oldest leading actor to get a Academy Award nomination — for his role in 1999's "The Straight Story." Farnsworth, a former stuntman, had been involved in film making for more than 60 years and received a special award from the ...
Richard Farnsworth. Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American television, stage, radio, voice, and movie actor, and a stuntman. He was previously known as Dick Farnsworth. He was nominated for two Academy Awards. Farnsworth was known for his role as Sheriff Buster in the 1990 movie Misery.
Oct 13, 2000 · Farnsworth’s wife Maggie died in 1985 after 38 years of marriage. She was the one who encouraged him to go after what became his breakthrough role in “Comes a Horseman.” Advertisement
Farnsworth's attempts to establish himself as a series regular never panned out. His 1981 pilots, "The Texas Rangers" (NBC) and "The Cherokee Trail" (CBS), failed to get picked up, and "The Boys of Twilight" (1992, reuniting him with Wilford Brimley from "The Natural") lasted only four episodes. TV-movies like "Travis McGee" and "Ghost Dancing ...
Richard Farnsworth. Credits (text only) Hide Show Actor (94 credits) 1999 The Straight Story Alvin 1998 Best Friends for Life (TV Movie) Will Harper
