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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 461
- Address:
1506 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
- GPS location:
34.099380, -118.326526
Richard Farnsworth
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Biography
Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. His film career began in 1937; however, he achieved his greatest success for his performances in The Grey Fox (1982) and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Fact file
- Born: September 1, 1920 Los Angeles, California, United States
- Died: October 6, 2000 (aged 80) Lincoln, New Mexico, United States
- Cause of death: Suicide
- Residence: Lincoln, New Mexico
- Occupation: Actor
- Years active: 1937–99
- Known for: The Grey Fox, The Straight Story, Misery
- Home town: Los Angeles
- Spouse: Margaret Hill (1947–85) (her death) 2 children
Read more about Richard Farnsworth at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Vine St, east side, between Sunset and Selma
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Nearby you will also find Hal Fishman, Isabel Jewell, Joan Leslie, Humberto Luna, and many others.