- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 6.40
- Peak run
- 1980’84
- Oscar noms
- 2
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Richard by the numbers
Average
6.40
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.48
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±1.02
rating spread
Career
28y
1972 to 1999
Total votes
543K
across every film
Best
8.0
The Straight Story
Worst
4.1
Rhinestone
Newest first
Filmography
| 1999 |  The Straight Story | Alvin | 8.0 | 110K |
| 1994 |  The Getaway | Slim | 5.9 | 21,715 |
| 1994 | Lassie | Len Collins | 5.9 | 6,721 |
| 1991 | Highway to Hell | Sam | 6.0 | 6,382 |
| 1990 | Havana | Professor | 6.1 | 9,286 |
| 1990 |  Misery | Buster | 7.8 | 270K |
| 1990 |  The Two Jakes | Earl Rawley | 6.1 | 15,882 |
| 1985 | Space Rage | Colonel | · | 403 |
| 1985 | Sylvester | Foster | · | 544 |
| 1984 |  The Natural | Red Blow | 7.4 | 58,469 |
| 1984 | Rhinestone | Noah Farris | 4.1 | 8,883 |
| 1983 | Independence Day | Evan | · | 694 |
| 1982 | The Grey Fox | Miner | 7.3 | 2,950 |
| 1981 | The Legend of the Lone Ranger | Wild Bill Hickok | 5.0 | 2,824 |
| 1980 | Tom Horn | John C. Coble | 6.8 | 6,850 |
| 1980 | Resurrection | Esco | 7.1 | 3,785 |
| 1980 | Ruckus | Sheriff Jethro Pough | · | 918 |
| 1978 | Comes a Horseman | Dodger | 6.3 | 4,138 |
| 1976 | The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | Stage Coach Driver | 5.8 | 2,167 |
| 1972 |  The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Outlaw | 6.8 | 10,396 |
Better together?
Richard Farnsworth's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Richard Farnsworth
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 2000Richard Farnsworth
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1979Richard Farnsworth
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