Henry Fonda
Known for Acting · 199 credits
- Born
- 1905-05-16
- Died
- 1982-08-12
- Place of birth
- Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
- Also known as
- Hank Fonda · Henry Jaynes Fonda · One-Take Fonda · هنری فوندا
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Presenter / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient / Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TV Shows (32)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Presenter / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient / Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
All in the Family
1971
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
The Deputy
1959
as Marshal Simon Fry
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Henry Fonda (uncredited)
Family
1976
as James Lawrence
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Joshua Richards
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self - Host
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Colonel Frederick Warner
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Clarence Earl Gideon
Captains and the Kings
1976
as Sen. Enfield Bassett
The Smith Family
1971
as Chad Smith
General Electric Theater
1953
as Emmett Kelly
The Star and the Story
1955
as Self - Host
Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer / Guest Performer (uncredited)
The World About Us
1967
as Narrator
Movies (167)
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 8
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as Frank
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
as Frank Broderick
The Longest Day
1962
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self
Fedora
1978
as President of the Academy
The Last Four Days
1974
as Kardinal Schuster
Slim
1937
as Slim Kincaid
My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Jack Beauregard
Directed by John Ford
1971
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
as Self
War and Peace
1956
as Pierre Bezukhov
How the West Was Won
1962
as Jethro Stuart
Warlock
1959
as Clay Blaisedell
Midway
1976
as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Benjy
1951
as Narrator (voice)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Tom Joad
In Harm's Way
1965
as CINCPAC II
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Gilbert Martin
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Lt Col Kiley
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Biggest Battle
1978
as Generale Foster
The Battle of Midway
1942
as Narrator (voice)
Madigan
1968
as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
The Fabulous Fifties
1960
as Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Wyatt Earp
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Lank Solsky
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as Clarence Earl Gideon
The Making of Midway
2001
as Self
Stranger on the Run
1967
as Ben Chamberlain
The Wrong Man
1956
as Manny Balestrero
On Golden Pond
1981
as Norman Thayer Jr.
The Red Pony
1973
as Carl Tiflin
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Mayor Will Blue
The American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator
Fort Apache
1948
as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
Fail Safe
1964
as The President
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
as John Wheeler
The Big Street
1942
as Little Pinks
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Thomas Watson
The Dirty Game
1965
as Dimitri Koulov
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Frank Beardsley
The Swarm
1978
as Dr. Walter Krim
Wanda Nevada
1979
as Old Prospector
Advise & Consent
1962
as Robert Leffingwell
The Boston Strangler
1968
as John S. Bottomly
La Classe américaine
1993
as Hugues (archive footage)
Tentacles
1977
as Mr. Whitehead
The Displaced Person
1977
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
The Tin Star
1957
as Morgan Hickman
Too Late the Hero
1970
as Capt. John G Nolan
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Soldier's Home
1977
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Gil Carter
Pictura
1951
as Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)
Way Down East
1935
as David Bartlett
You Only Live Once
1937
as Eddie Taylor
Meteor
1979
as The President
I'm a Fool
1977
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Self (archive footage)
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
as Abraham Lincoln
Mister Roberts
1955
as Lieutenant Roberts
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
You Belong to Me
1941
as Peter Kirk
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Woodward W. Lopeman
Spawn of the North
1938
as Jim Kimmerlee
The Lady Eve
1941
as Charles Pike
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Male Animal
1942
as Tommy Turner
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Jesse James
1939
as Frank James
That Certain Woman
1937
as Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
Ash Wednesday
1973
as Mark Sawyer
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Peter Ames
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as George
Spencer's Mountain
1963
as Clay Spencer
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Petrified Forest
1955
as Alan Squier
The Golden Honeymoon
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Magnificent Dope
1942
as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
Jezebel
1938
as Preston Dillard
City on Fire
1979
as Fire Chief Risley
Lillian Russell
1940
as Alexander Moore
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
as Meredith
The Rounders
1965
as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
Clarence Darrow
1974
as Clarence Darrow
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Dave Tolliver
Something to Do with Death
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Firecreek
1968
as Bob Larkin
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
1969
as John Steinbeck (voice)
Stage Struck
1958
as Lewis Easton
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971
as Henry Stamper
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Frank James
Chad Hanna
1940
as Chad Hanna
The Best Man
1964
as William Russell
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as Harley Sullivan
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Met My Love Again
1938
as Ives Towner
Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Dan Harrow
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
as Self (archive footage)
I Dream Too Much
1935
as Johnny Street
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Willie Bauche
The Alpha Caper
1973
as Mark Forbes
Summer Solstice
1981
as Joshua
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Sky Is Gray
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
An Opera of Violence
2003
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Fugitive
1947
as A Fugitive
The Serpent
1973
as Alan Davies
Immortal Sergeant
1943
as Corporal Colin Spence
Rollercoaster
1977
as Simon Davenport
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
1974
as Narrator (Voice)
The Wages of Sin
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Rappaccini's Daughter
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Long Night
1947
as Joe Adams
About Henry Fonda
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 (… With 199 credits spanning from 1935 to 2025, Henry Fonda has appeared in 167 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Henry Fonda Movies
- 12 Angry Men (1957) — as Juror 8
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) — as Frank
- Sex and the Single Girl (1964) — as Frank Broderick
- The Longest Day (1962) — as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
- Let Poland Be Poland (1982) — as Self
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