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Richard Farnsworth

Highest Rated:: 100% Monte Walsh (1970)
Lowest Rated:: 11% Rhinestone (1984)

Birthday:: Sep 1, 1920
Birthplace:: Los Angeles, California, USA
Bio:: No one can accuse Richard Farnsworth of taking the easy road to film stardom: by the time he finally got name-above-the-title billing, he was 61 years old, and had been in films for 34 of those years. A veteran Hollywood stunt man, he eventually became a respected actor in his own right, and earned…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 11% - 100%

Number of Movies: 43

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
1999	95%	The Straight Story	Alvin Straight	--
1994	75%	Lassie	Len Collins	--
1994	33%	The Getaway	Slim	--
1993		The Fire Next Time	Actor	--
1991		Highway to Hell	Sam	--
1990	24%	Havana	Professor	--
1990	90%	Misery	Buster	--
1990	65%	The Two Jakes	Earl Rawley	--
1989		Snake Treaty	Actor	--
1988		Buckaroo Bard	Actor	--
1988		La Casa 4 (Witchcraft) (Ghosthouse 2) (Witchery)	Actor	--
1987		Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel (Anne of Avonlea)	Actor	--
1986		Space Rage	The Colonel	--
1985		Sylvester	Foster	--
1985		Anne of Green Gables	Mathew Cuthbert	--
1985		Chase	Judge Grant Pettit	--
1985	38%	Into the Night	Jack Caper	--
1985		Falling for the Stars	Actor	--
1984	11%	Rhinestone	Noah Ferris	--
1984		Wild Horses	Chuck Reese	--
1984	82%	The Natural	Red Blow	--
1983		Waltz Across Texas	Frank	--
1983		Independence Day (Follow Your Dreams) (Love, Honour and Obey)	Evan	--
1982	100%	The Grey Fox	Bill Miner	--
1981		Ruckus (Big Ruckus in a Small Town)(The Loner)	Sheriff Jethro Pough	--
1981		The Legend of the Lone Ranger	Wild Bill Hickok	--
1980	100%	Resurrection	Esco	--
1980		Tom Horn	John Coble	--
1978	86%	Comes a Horseman	Dodger	--
1977	80%	Another Man, Another Chance	Actor	--
1976	20%	The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox	Actor	--
1975	43%	Rooster Cogburn	Rooster's deputy	--
1975		Strange New World	Actor	--
1974	73%	The Cowboys	Henry Williams	--
1973		The Soul of Nigger Charley	Walker	--
1972	86%	Ulzana's Raid	Trooper	--
1972	71%	The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	Actor	--
1972	60%	Pocket Money	Actor	--
1970	100%	Monte Walsh	Cowboy	--
1966		Texas Across the River	Medicine Man	--
1966		Duel at Diablo	First Wagon Driver	--
1957		The Tin Star	Actor	--
1928		River Pirates	Actor	--

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1. Lyle: Did you ride that thing all the way out here to see me?
2. Alvin Straight: I did, Lyle.
From The Straight Story. Submitted by Brigita S (4 months ago)

1. Alvin Straight: There's no one knows your life better than a brother that's near your age. He knows who you are and what you are better than anyone on earth. My brother and I said some unforgivable things the last time we met, but, I'm trying to put that behind me... and this trip is a hard swallow of my pride. I just hope I'm not too late... a brother's a brother.
From The Straight Story. Submitted by Brigita S (4 months ago)