6 Facts About Richard Farnsworth

1. Richard Farnsworth became well known in the Pacific Northwest as the groundskeeper who saw the mythical "Artesians" in the 1980s Olympia Beer advertising campaign.

2. Richard Farnsworth received his first acting credit in 1963 and went on to act in western films and television shows.

3. From stunt work, Richard Farnsworth gradually moved into acting in Western movies.

4. Richard Farnsworth was employed on the set of Spartacus for eleven months where he drove a chariot.

5. Richard Farnsworth was born on September 1, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, to a housewife mother and an engineer father.

6. Richard William Richard Farnsworth was an American actor and stuntman.