Henry Fonda
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 16, 1905
- Died
- August 12, 1982 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
Biography
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics, earning one Academy Award for Best Actor on two nominations. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. His film career began to gain momentum with roles such as Bette Davis's fiancee in her Academy Award-winning performance in Jezebel (1938), brother Frank in Jesse James (1939), and the future President in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), directed by John Ford. His early career peaked with his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, about an Oklahoma family who moved to California during the Dust Bowl 1930s. This film is widely considered to be among the greatest American films. In 1941 he starred opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the screwball comedy classic The Lady Eve. Book-ending his service in WWII were his starring roles in two highly regarded westerns: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) and My Darling Clementine (1946), the latter directed by John Ford, and he also starred in Ford's western Fort Apache (1948). After a seven-year break from films, during which Fonda focused on stage productions, he returned with the WWII war-boat ensemble Mister Roberts (1955). In 1957 he starred as Juror No.8, the hold-out juror, in 12 Angry Men. Fonda, who was also co-producer, won the BAFTA for Best Foreign Actor. Later in his career, Fonda moved into darker roles, such as the villain in the epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), underrated and a box office disappointment at its time of release, but now regarded as one of the best westerns of all time. He also played in lighter-hearted fare such as Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball, but also often played important military figures, such as a Colonel in Battle of the Bulge (1965), and Admiral Nimitz in Midway (1976). He finally won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for his final film role in On Golden Pond (1981), which also starred Katharine Hepburn and his daughter Jane Fonda, but was too ill to attend the ceremony. He died from heart disease a few months later.
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Filmography
Loving Against Time: the Making of On Golden Pond
Movie · as (archive footage)
Henry Fonda for President
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Movie · as Self(archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Spanish Western
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sacco and Vanzetti
Movie · as Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Wages of Sin
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Something to Do with Death
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
An Opera of Violence
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Making of Midway
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Movie · as (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Movie · as Hugues (archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)
Let Poland Be Poland
Movie · as Self
On Golden Pond
Movie · as Norman Thayer Jr.
The Greatest Man in the World
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Summer Solstice
Movie · as Joshua
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gideon's Trumpet
Movie · as Clarence Earl Gideon
Rappaccini's Daughter
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Sky Is Gray
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Golden Honeymoon
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Paul's Case
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Barn Burning
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Oldest Living Graduate
Movie · as Col. J.C. Kincaid
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Meteor
Movie · as The President
Wanda Nevada
Movie · as Old Prospector
The Man Who Loved Bears
Movie · as Self
City on Fire
Movie · as Fire Chief Risley
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Colonel Frederick Warner · 3 eps
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Movie · as Elegant John
The Swarm
Movie · as Dr. Krim
The Biggest Battle
Movie · as Generale Foster
Fedora
Movie · as President of the Academy
Inside 'the Swarm'
Movie · as Self
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Movie · as Self
Home to Stay
Movie · as Grandpa George
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rollercoaster
Movie · as Simon Davenport
Tentacles
Movie · as Mr. Whitehead
The Blue Hotel
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Displaced Person
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Soldier's Home
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
I'm a Fool
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Underground Doctors
Movie · as Self - Host
Laugh-In
TV · as Guest Performer, Guest Performer (uncredited) · 1 ep
Midway
Movie · as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Movie · as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Movie · as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Captains and the Kings
TV · as Sen. Enfield Bassett · 8 eps
Family
TV · as James Lawrence · 1 ep
Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda
Movie · as Self
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
Movie · as Narrator
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Clarence Darrow
Movie · as Clarence Darrow
The Last Four Days
Movie · as Kardinal Schuster
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Music School
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
My Name Is Nobody
Movie · as Jack Beauregard
The Serpent
Movie · as Alan Davies
The Alpha Caper
Movie · as Mark Forbes
The Red Pony
Movie · as Carl Tiflin
Ash Wednesday
Movie · as Mark Sawyer
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sometimes a Great Notion
Movie · as Henry Stamper
Directed by John Ford
Movie
The American West of John Ford
Movie · as Self - Narrator
All in the Family
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Smith Family
TV · as Chad Smith · 39 eps
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cadet Rousselle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie · as Woodward W. Lopeman
The Cheyenne Social Club
Movie · as Harley Sullivan
Too Late the Hero
Movie · as Capt. John G Nolan
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
Movie · as John Steinbeck (voice)
The Bill Cosby Show
TV · as Joshua Richards · 1 ep
Madigan
Movie · as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
Firecreek
Movie · as Bob Larkin
The Boston Strangler
Movie · as John S. Bottomly
Yours, Mine and Ours
Movie · as Frank Beardsley
Pat Paulsen for President
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A Space to Grow
Movie · as Narrator
Once Upon a Time in the West
Movie · as Frank
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Doris Day Show
TV · as Henry Fonda (uncredited) · 1 ep
Stranger on the Run
Movie · as Ben Chamberlain
Welcome to Hard Times
Movie · as Mayor Will Blue
The World About Us
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Movie · as Meredith
Born to Buck
Movie · as Narrator
The Really Big Family
Movie · as Self - Narrator
To Save a Soldier
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Rounders
Movie · as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
Battle of the Bulge
Movie · as Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley
In Harm's Way
Movie · as CINCPAC II
The Dirty Game
Movie · as Dimitri Koulov
Fail Safe
Movie · as The President
Sex and the Single Girl
Movie · as Frank Broderick
The Best Man
Movie · as William Russell
Spencer's Mountain
Movie · as Clay Spencer
Hollywood: The Great Stars
Movie · as Self - Host
How the West Was Won
Movie · as Jethro Stuart
The Longest Day
Movie · as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Advise & Consent
Movie · as Robert Leffingwell
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era
Movie · as Narrator / Host
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Movie · as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Fabulous Fifties
Movie · as Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
Warlock
Movie · as Clay Blaisedell
The Man Who Understood Women
Movie · as Willie Bauche
The Deputy
TV · as Marshal Simon Fry · 76 eps
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Stage Struck
Movie · as Lewis Easton
The Tin Star
Movie · as Morgan Hickman
12 Angry Men
Movie · as Juror 8
War and Peace
Movie · as Pierre Bezukhov
The Wrong Man
Movie · as Manny Balestrero
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host / Presenter, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient, Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Mister Roberts
Movie · as Lieutenant Roberts
The Petrified Forest
Movie · as Alan Squier
The Star and the Story
TV · as Self - Host · 38 eps
General Electric Theater
TV · as Emmett Kelly · 1 ep
The Real Miss America
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Benjy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Pictura
Movie · as Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Clarence Earl Gideon · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Jigsaw
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Movie · as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
On Our Merry Way
Movie · as Lank Solsky
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Daisy Kenyon
Movie · as Peter Lapham
The Fugitive
Movie · as A Fugitive
The Long Night
Movie · as Joe Adams
My Darling Clementine
Movie · as Wyatt Earp
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · 1 ep
The Ox-Bow Incident
Movie · as Gil Carter
Immortal Sergeant
Movie · as Corporal Colin Spence
Tales of Manhattan
Movie · as George
The Male Animal
Movie · as Tommy Turner
The Battle of Midway
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Rings on Her Fingers
Movie · as John Wheeler
The Big Street
Movie · as Little Pinks
The Magnificent Dope
Movie · as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
It's Everybody's War
Movie · as Narrator
The Lady Eve
Movie · as Charles Pike
You Belong to Me
Movie · as Peter Kirk
Wild Geese Calling
Movie · as John Murdock
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Tom Joad
The Return of Frank James
Movie · as Frank James
Chad Hanna
Movie · as Chad Hanna
Lillian Russell
Movie · as Alexander Moore
Jesse James
Movie · as Frank James
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie · as Abraham Lincoln
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Movie · as Thomas Watson
Let Us Live
Movie · as "Brick" Tennant
Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie · as Gilbert Martin
Jezebel
Movie · as Preston Dillard
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie · as Peter Ames
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Spawn of the North
Movie · as Jim Kimmerlee
Blockade
Movie · as Marco
I Met My Love Again
Movie · as Ives Towner
You Only Live Once
Movie · as Eddie Taylor
That Certain Woman
Movie · as Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
Wings of the Morning
Movie · as Kerry Gilfallen
Slim
Movie · as Slim Kincaid
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Movie · as Dave Tolliver
The Moon's Our Home
Movie · as Anthony Amberton / John Smith
Spendthrift
Movie · as Townsend Middleton
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Movie · as Dan Harrow
I Dream Too Much
Movie · as Johnny Street
Way Down East
Movie · as David Bartlett