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image:rfarnsworth.jpg|thumb|200px|Richard
Farnsworth
Richard Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 - October 6,
2000) was an United States|American actor.  Born
in Los Angeles, California, he began his film
career as a stunt man, performing several horse
riding stunts in such films as the Marx Brothers'
A Day at the Races (movie)|A Day at the Races at
the age of 17.  He received his first credit, as
"Dick Farnsworth", in Texas Across the River in
1966.

Farnsworth's career was largely in Western films,
although he did appear in the television
miniseries Roots (mini-series)|Roots and in 1985
he appeared in the Canada|Canadian miniseries Anne
of Green Gables.

In 1979 Farnsworth was nominated for the Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a
Horseman and in 1999 he was nominated for Academy
Award for Best Actor|Best Actor for The Straight
Story.

Richard Farnsworth has a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. In 1997, he was
inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame
at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Having been diagnosed with terminal cancer,
Farnsworth committed suicide by shooting himself
at his ranch in Lincoln, New Mexico. He is
interred with his wife in the Forest Lawn,
Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles,
California.

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