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 (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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Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
2023
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
as Self (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006
as Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Wages of Sin
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Something to Do with Death
2003
as Self (archive footage)
An Opera of Violence
2003
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993
as Hugues (archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self
Summer Solstice
1981
as Joshua
On Golden Pond
1981
as Norman Thayer Jr.
The Greatest Man in the World
1981
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as Clarence Earl Gideon
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
as Col. J.C. Kincaid
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Barn Burning
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Paul's Case
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Golden Honeymoon
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
Rappaccini's Daughter
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Sky Is Gray
1980
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Meteor
1979
as The President
City on Fire
1979
as Fire Chief Risley
The Man Who Loved Bears
1979
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Wanda Nevada
1979
as Old Prospector
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Col. Frederick Warner
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
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The Swarm
1978
as Dr. Walter Krim
Fedora
1978
as President of the Academy
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978
as Elegant John
Home to Stay
1978
as Grandpa George
The Biggest Battle
1978
as Generale Foster
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
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Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer
Rollercoaster
1977
as Simon Davenport
The Displaced Person
1977
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I'm a Fool
1977
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Tentacles
1977
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The Blue Hotel
1977
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Soldier's Home
1977
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Underground Doctors
1977
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Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
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Captains and the Kings
1976
as Sen. Enfield Bassett
Midway
1976
as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Family
1976
as James Lawrence
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda
1975
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Dinah!
1974
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Clarence Darrow
1974
as Clarence Darrow
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Four Days
1974
as Kardinal Schuster
My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Jack Beauregard
Ash Wednesday
1973
as Mark Sawyer
The Alpha Caper
1973
as Mark Forbes
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
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The Serpent
1973
as Alan Davies
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
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The Red Pony
1973
as Carl Tiflin
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971
as Henry Stamper
The American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator
Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self
Directed by John Ford
1971
The Smith Family
1971
as Chad Smith
All in the Family
1971
as Self
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Woodward W. Lopeman
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as Harley Sullivan
Too Late the Hero
1970
as Capt. John G Nolan
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Joshua Richards
Stiletto
1969
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
1969
as John Steinbeck (voice)
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as Frank
Pat Paulsen for President
1968
as Narrator (voice)
The Boston Strangler
1968
as John S. Bottomly
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Henry Fonda (uncredited)
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Frank Beardsley
Madigan
1968
as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
Firecreek
1968
as Bob Larkin
A Space to Grow
1968
as Narrator
The World About Us
1967
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Stranger on the Run
1967
as Ben Chamberlain
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Mayor Will Blue
To Save a Soldier
1966
as Narrator (voice)
Born to Buck
1966
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
as Meredith
The Really Big Family
1966
as Self - Narrator
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Lt Col Kiley
The Dirty Game
1965
as Dimitri Koulov
In Harm's Way
1965
as CINCPAC II
The Rounders
1965
as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
as Frank Broderick
Fail Safe
1964
as The President
Hollywood and the Stars
1964
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The Best Man
1964
as William Russell
Spencer's Mountain
1963
as Clay Spencer
Hollywood: The Great Stars
1963
as Self - Host
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era
1962
as Narrator / Host
How the West Was Won
1962
as Jethro Stuart
The Longest Day
1962
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Advise & Consent
1962
as Robert Leffingwell
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self - Narrator
The Fabulous Fifties
1960
as Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Willie Bauche
The Deputy
1959
as Marshal Simon Fry
Warlock
1959
as Clay Blaisedell
Stage Struck
1958
as Lewis Easton
The Tin Star
1957
as Morgan Hickman
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 8
The Wrong Man
1956
as Manny Balestrero
War and Peace
1956
as Pierre Bezukhov
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
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Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
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Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient
Tony Awards
1956
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Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Mister Roberts
1955
as Lieutenant Roberts
The Petrified Forest
1955
as Alan Squier
The Star and the Story
1955
as Self - Host
General Electric Theater
1953
as Emmett Kelly
The Real Miss America
1952
as Narrator (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Clarence Earl Gideon
Pictura
1951
as Narrator: Grant Wood episode (voice)
Benjy
1951
as Narrator (voice)
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Jigsaw
1949
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Fort Apache
1948
as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Lank Solsky
Daisy Kenyon
1947
as Peter Lapham
The Fugitive
1947
as A Fugitive
The Long Night
1947
as Joe Adams
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Wyatt Earp
Immortal Sergeant
1943
as Corporal Colin Spence
The Ox-Bow Incident
1942
as Gil Carter
The Battle of Midway
1942
as Narrator (voice)
It's Everybody's War
1942
as Narrator
The Big Street
1942
as Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as George
The Magnificent Dope
1942
as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
as John Wheeler
The Male Animal
1942
as Tommy Turner
You Belong to Me
1941
as Peter Kirk
Wild Geese Calling
1941
as John Murdock
The Lady Eve
1941
as Charles Pike
Chad Hanna
1940
as Chad Hanna
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Frank James
Lillian Russell
1940
as Alexander Moore
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Tom Joad
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Gilbert Martin
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
as Abraham Lincoln
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Thomas Watson
Let Us Live
1939
as "Brick" Tennant
Jesse James
1939
as Frank James
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Self (archive footage)
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Peter Ames
Spawn of the North
1938
as Jim Kimmerlee
Blockade
1938
as Marco
Jezebel
1938
as Preston Dillard
I Met My Love Again
1938
as Ives Towner
That Certain Woman
1937
as Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
Slim
1937
as Slim
Wings of the Morning
1937
as Kerry Gilfallen
You Only Live Once
1937
as Eddie Taylor
Spendthrift
1936
as Townsend Middleton
The Moon's Our Home
1936
as Anthony Amberton / John Smith
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Dave Tolliver
I Dream Too Much
1935
as Johnny Street
Way Down East
1935
as David Bartlett
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Dan Harrow