I worked for John Ford, Howard Hawks, Henry Hathaway, Raoul Walsh - I worked for some real good directors.

She died in 1985. [citation needed]
Farnsworth was the spokesman for the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium an annual event in Ruidoso New Mexico. Farnsworth became well known in the Pacific Northwest for portraying the groundskeeper who saw the mythical "Artesians" in the 1980s Olympia Beer ad campaign.

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. Richard W.