Editing Richard Farnsworth (section)

==Career==

Farnsworth gradually moved into acting in [[Western (genre)|Western]] movies. He made uncredited appearances in numerous films, including ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' (1939), ''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]]'' (1948), ''[[The Wild One]]'' (1953), and ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956). In 1960, credited as Dick Farnsworth, he appeared as a Gault ranch hand in the "Street of Hate" episode of the TV Western ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]''.

He received his first acting credit in a film in 1963 and went on to act in many Western films and television shows. He had a role in ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'' (1977) and co-starred with [[Wilford Brimley]] in ''[[The Boys of Twilight]]'' (1992). He received an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] nomination for the [[Alan J. Pakula]] film ''[[Comes a Horseman]]'' (1978). A breakthrough came when he played [[stagecoach]] robber [[Bill Miner]] in the 1982 Canadian film ''[[The Grey Fox]]''. He appeared as a baseball coach in ''[[The Natural (film)|The Natural]]'' (1984). In 1985, he played the brother to Marilla and father figure to Anne in ''[[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' and starred as a soft-spoken, sage cowboy with horse training wisdom for [[Melissa Gilbert]] in ''[[Sylvester (film)|Sylvester]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tibbetts |first=John C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FxaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |title=Those Who Made It: Speaking with the Legends of Hollywood |date=2015-09-15 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-54191-8 |pages=71 |language=en}}</ref> His other prominent roles included a wealthy and ruthless oil man in ''[[The Two Jakes]]'' (1990) and the suspicious sheriff in the film version of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Misery (film)|Misery]]'' (1990). His final role was playing [[Alvin Straight]] in the [[David Lynch]] film ''[[The Straight Story]]'' (1999), for which he received an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] nomination.