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 wester…
Movies & TV Shows
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12 Angry Men (1957) — Juror 8
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) — Frank
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The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — Tom Joad
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My Name Is Nobody (1973) — Jack Beauregard
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The Longest Day (1962) — Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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The Wrong Man (1956) — Manny Balestrero
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On Golden Pond (1981) — Norman Thayer Jr.
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How the West Was Won (1962) — Jethro Stuart
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My Darling Clementine (1946) — Wyatt Earp
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Fail Safe (1964) — The President
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The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — Gil Carter
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Fort Apache (1948) — Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
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The Lady Eve (1941) — Charles Pike
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Midway (1976) — Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
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Battle of the Bulge (1965) — Lt Col Kiley
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War and Peace (1956) — Pierre Bezukhov
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The Boston Strangler (1968) — John S. Bottomly
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La Classe américaine (1993) — Hugues (archive footage)
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Jezebel (1938) — Preston Dillard
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The Swarm (1978) — Dr. Walter Krim
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You Only Live Once (1937) — Eddie Taylor
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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) — Abraham Lincoln
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Mister Roberts (1955) — Lieutenant Roberts
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All in the Family (1971) — Self
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Meteor (1979) — The President
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Warlock (1959) — Clay Blaisedell
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In Harm's Way (1965) — CINCPAC II
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Rollercoaster (1977) — Simon Davenport
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Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) — Frank Beardsley
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Fedora (1978) — President of the Academy
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The Tin Star (1957) — Morgan Hickman
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The Return of Frank James (1940) — Frank James
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There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) — Woodward W. Lopeman
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Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) — Gilbert Martin
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Tentacles (1977) — Mr. Whitehead
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Advise & Consent (1962) — Robert Leffingwell
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Jesse James (1939) — Frank James
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Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) — Henry Stamper
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
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Madigan (1968) — Commissioner Anthony X. Russell