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Birthday:
1905-05-16
Place of birth:
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Henry Fonda

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2024 Henry Fonda for President Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2023 The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty Actor Self - Actor (archive footage) 59
Average
2020 Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2020 Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2020 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2019 John Ford: The Man Who Invented America Actor Self - Actor (archive footage) 59
Average
2018 Jane Fonda in Five Acts Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair
2015 Spanish Western Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2013 John Ford & Monument Valley Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2008 Spisok korabley Actor (archive footage) 60
Fair
2008 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2006 Jezebel: Legend of the South Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2006 Sacco and Vanzetti Actor Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage) 59
Average
2004 Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2003 The Wages of Sin Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2003 An Opera of Violence Actor Self - Actor (archive footage) 59
Average
2003 Something to Do with Death Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2000 Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1997 Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1997 Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1993 La Classe américaine Actor Hugues (archive footage) 64
Fair
1992 Fonda on Fonda Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Actor 59
Average
1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1990 Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To Actor (archive footage) 59
Average
1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1982 Let Poland Be Poland Actor Self N/A
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1981 Summer Solstice Actor Joshua 59
Average
1981 On Golden Pond Actor Norman Thayer Jr. 65
Fair
1981 The Greatest Man in the World Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) N/A
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1980 Gideon's Trumpet Actor Clarence Earl Gideon 59
Average
1980 The Oldest Living Graduate Actor Col. J.C. Kincaid N/A
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1980 Barn Burning Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) 59
Average
1980 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) N/A
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1980 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) N/A
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1980 Paul's Case Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) 58
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1980 The Golden Honeymoon Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) N/A
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1980 The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1980 Rappaccini's Daughter Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) 58
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1980 The Sky Is Gray Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) N/A
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1979 Meteor Actor The President 57
Average
1979 City on Fire Actor Fire Chief Risley 58
Average
1979 The Man Who Loved Bears Actor Self N/A
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1979 Wanda Nevada Actor Old Prospector 58
Average
1979 Roots: The Next Generations Actor Colonel Frederick Warner 71
Good
1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas Actor Self 59
Average
1978 The Swarm Actor Dr. Walter Krim 56
Average
1978 Fedora Actor President of the Academy 60
Fair
1978 The Great Smokey Roadblock Actor Elegant John 59
Average
1978 Home to Stay Actor Grandpa George 58
Average
1978 The Biggest Battle Actor Generale Foster 58
Average
1978 Inside 'the Swarm' Actor Self 59
Average
1977 Rollercoaster Actor Simon Davenport 59
Average
1977 The Displaced Person Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) 59
Average
1977 I'm a Fool Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) N/A
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1977 Tentacles Actor Mr. Whitehead 56
Average
1977 The Blue Hotel Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) 59
Average
1977 Soldier's Home Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) N/A
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1977 Underground Doctors Actor Self - Host N/A
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1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair Actor Self - Series Host (uncredited) 58
Average
1976 Captains and the Kings Actor Sen. Enfield Bassett 70
Good
1976 Midway Actor Adm. Chester W. Nimitz 61
Fair
1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur Actor Gen. Douglas MacArthur N/A
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1975 Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda Actor Self N/A
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1974 Clarence Darrow Actor Clarence Darrow 58
Average
1974 Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
1974 The Last Four Days Actor Kardinal Schuster 59
Average
1973 My Name Is Nobody Actor Jack Beauregard 67
Fair
1973 Ash Wednesday Actor Mark Sawyer 59
Average
1973 The Alpha Caper Actor Mark Forbes N/A
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1973 The Serpent Actor Alan Davies 59
Average
1973 The Red Pony Actor Carl Tiflin N/A
N/A
1971 Sometimes a Great Notion Actor Henry Stamper 60
Fair
1971 The American West of John Ford Actor Self - Narrator 59
Average
1971 Directed by John Ford Actor 59
Average
1971 The Smith Family Actor Chad Smith 69
Fair
1970 There Was a Crooked Man... Actor Woodward W. Lopeman 60
Fair
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club Actor Harley Sullivan 59
Average
1970 Too Late the Hero Actor Capt. John G Nolan 59
Average
1969 Stiletto Actor 59
Average
1969 An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer Actor John Steinbeck (voice) 58
Average
1968 Once Upon a Time in the West Actor Frank 80
Very good
1968 Pat Paulsen for President Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1968 The Boston Strangler Actor John S. Bottomly 61
Fair
1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Actor Frank Beardsley 60
Fair
1968 Madigan Actor Commissioner Anthony X. Russell 59
Average
1968 Firecreek Actor Bob Larkin 59
Average
1968 A Space to Grow Actor Narrator 59
Average
1967 Stranger on the Run Actor Ben Chamberlain 58
Average
1967 Welcome to Hard Times Actor Mayor Will Blue 58
Average
1966 To Save a Soldier Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1966 Born to Buck Actor Narrator N/A
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1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady Actor Meredith 60
Fair
1966 The Really Big Family Actor Self - Narrator N/A
N/A
1965 Battle of the Bulge Actor Lt Col Kiley 62
Fair
1965 The Dirty Game Actor Dimitri Koulov 59
Average
1965 In Harm's Way Actor CINCPAC II 60
Fair
1965 The Rounders Actor Marion 'Howdy' Lewis 58
Average
1964 Sex and the Single Girl Actor Frank Broderick 59
Average
1964 Fail Safe Actor The President 67
Fair
1964 Hollywood and the Stars Actor Self N/A
N/A
1964 The Best Man Actor William Russell 59
Average
1963 Spencer's Mountain Actor Clay Spencer 59
Average
1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars Actor Self - Host N/A
N/A
1962 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era Actor Narrator / Host N/A
N/A
1962 How the West Was Won Actor Jethro Stuart 64
Fair
1962 The Longest Day Actor Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 69
Fair
1962 Advise & Consent Actor Robert Leffingwell 61
Fair
1962 President Kennedy's Birthday Salute Actor Self 59
Average
1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years Actor Self - Narrator 58
Average
1960 The Fabulous Fifties Actor Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice) N/A
N/A
1959 The Man Who Understood Women Actor Willie Bauche 58
Average
1959 The Deputy Actor Marshal Simon Fry 69
Fair
1959 Warlock Actor Clay Blaisedell 60
Fair
1958 Stage Struck Actor Lewis Easton 59
Average
1957 The Tin Star Actor Morgan Hickman 61
Fair
1957 12 Angry Men Actor Juror 8 84
Very good
1956 The Wrong Man Actor Manny Balestrero 65
Fair
1956 War and Peace Actor Pierre Bezukhov 61
Fair
1955 Mister Roberts Actor Lieutenant Roberts 61
Fair
1955 The Petrified Forest Actor Alan Squier 59
Average
1955 The Star and the Story Actor Self - Host N/A
N/A
1952 The Real Miss America Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1951 Pictura Actor Narrator: Grant Wood episode (voice) N/A
N/A
1951 Benjy Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1949 Jigsaw Actor 58
Average
1948 Fort Apache Actor Lt. Col. Owen Thursday 63
Fair
1948 On Our Merry Way Actor Lank Solsky 58
Average
1947 Daisy Kenyon Actor Peter Lapham 59
Average
1947 The Fugitive Actor A Fugitive 59
Average
1947 The Long Night Actor Joe Adams 58
Average
1946 My Darling Clementine Actor Wyatt Earp 65
Fair
1943 Immortal Sergeant Actor Corporal Colin Spence 58
Average
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident Actor Gil Carter 66
Fair
1942 The Battle of Midway Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
1942 It's Everybody's War Actor Narrator 58
Average
1942 The Big Street Actor Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II 58
Average
1942 Tales of Manhattan Actor George 59
Average
1942 The Magnificent Dope Actor Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page 59
Average
1942 Rings on Her Fingers Actor John Wheeler 59
Average
1942 The Male Animal Actor Tommy Turner 58
Average
1941 You Belong to Me Actor Peter Kirk 58
Average
1941 Wild Geese Calling Actor John Murdock 58
Average
1941 The Lady Eve Actor Charles Pike 64
Fair
1940 Chad Hanna Actor Chad Hanna 59
Average
1940 The Return of Frank James Actor Frank James 59
Average
1940 Lillian Russell Actor Alexander Moore 58
Average
1940 The Grapes of Wrath Actor Tom Joad 71
Good
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk Actor Gilbert Martin 59
Average
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln Actor Abraham Lincoln 62
Fair
1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Actor Thomas Watson 58
Average
1939 Let Us Live Actor "Brick" Tennant 59
Average
1939 Jesse James Actor Frank James 59
Average
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1938 The Mad Miss Manton Actor Peter Ames 59
Average
1938 Spawn of the North Actor Jim Kimmerlee 58
Average
1938 Blockade Actor Marco 58
Average
1938 Jezebel Actor Preston Dillard 61
Fair
1938 I Met My Love Again Actor Ives Towner 59
Average
1937 That Certain Woman Actor Jack V. Merrick, Jr. 58
Average
1937 Slim Actor Slim 59
Average
1937 Wings of the Morning Actor Kerry Gilfallen 58
Average
1937 You Only Live Once Actor Eddie Taylor 62
Fair
1936 Spendthrift Actor Townsend Middleton 59
Average
1936 The Moon's Our Home Actor Anthony Amberton / John Smith 58
Average
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Actor Dave Tolliver 59
Average
1935 I Dream Too Much Actor Johnny Street 58
Average
1935 Way Down East Actor David Bartlett 58
Average
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife Actor Dan Harrow 58
Average

Production
1957 12 Angry Men Production Producer 84
Very good