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Richard Farnsworth

1920 - 2000

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Richard William Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award: in 1978 for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a Horseman, and in 2000 for Best Actor in The Straight Story, making him the second-oldest nominee for the award for the latter. Farnsworth was also known for his performances in The Grey Fox (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, as well as Anne of Green Gables (1985), Sylvester (1985), and Misery (1990). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Farnsworth is the 857th most popular actor (down from 738th in 2019), the 1,742nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,340th in 2019) and the 434th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Richard Farnsworth ranks 857 out of 13,578. Before him are Isabel Sarli, Ben Stiller, Ed O'Neill, Robert Pine, Bernard Cribbins, and Coluche. After him are Britt Ekland, Tarita Teriipaia, Cléo de Mérode, Linda Evans, Tom Lister Jr., and Lee Grant.

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Among people born in 1920, Richard Farnsworth ranks 76. Before him are Dave Brubeck, Maureen O'Hara, Timothy Leary, John Harsanyi, Elliot Richardson, and Alicia Alonso. After him are Kim Yong-ju, Setsuko Hara, Jack Warden, Arthur Hailey, Ivan Kozhedub, and Franklin J. Schaffner. Among people deceased in 2000, Richard Farnsworth ranks 48. Before him are Steve Reeves, Tommaso Buscetta, Akira Nozawa, Anatoly Sobchak, John Harsanyi, and Merton Miller. After him are Leonid Rogozov, Barbara Cartland, Lolo Ferrari, Saburō Sakai, Đorđe Martinović incident, and Jean-Pierre Rampal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Farnsworth ranks 1,742 out of 20,380. Before him are Elliot Richardson (1920), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Archie Hahn (1880), and Bernard Herrmann (1911). After him are Robert Sheckley (1928), Abigail Adams (1744), Alan Kay (1940), Gerald Carr (1932), Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), and Iris Apfel (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Farnsworth ranks 434. Before him are Joseph Cotten (1905), Bruce Dern (1936), Dan Schneider (1966), Ben Stiller (1965), Ed O'Neill (1946), and Robert Pine (1941). After him are Linda Evans (1942), Tom Lister Jr. (1958), Lee Grant (1927), Anthony Mann (1906), Kaley Cuoco (1985), and Fred Ward (1942).

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