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Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Actor · Born 1905-05-16 · Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

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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

  1. 12 Angry Men (1957) — Juror 8
  2. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) — Frank
  3. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — Tom Joad
  4. My Name Is Nobody (1973) — Jack Beauregard
  5. The Longest Day (1962) — Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
  6. The Wrong Man (1956) — Manny Balestrero
  7. On Golden Pond (1981) — Norman Thayer Jr.
  8. How the West Was Won (1962) — Jethro Stuart
  9. My Darling Clementine (1946) — Wyatt Earp
  10. Fail Safe (1964) — The President
  11. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — Gil Carter
  12. Fort Apache (1948) — Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
  13. The Lady Eve (1941) — Charles Pike
  14. Midway (1976) — Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
  15. Battle of the Bulge (1965) — Lt Col Kiley
  16. War and Peace (1956) — Pierre Bezukhov
  17. The Boston Strangler (1968) — John S. Bottomly
  18. La Classe américaine (1993) — Hugues (archive footage)
  19. Jezebel (1938) — Preston Dillard
  20. The Swarm (1978) — Dr. Walter Krim
  21. You Only Live Once (1937) — Eddie Taylor
  22. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) — Abraham Lincoln
  23. Mister Roberts (1955) — Lieutenant Roberts
  24. All in the Family (1971) — Self
  25. Meteor (1979) — The President
  26. Warlock (1959) — Clay Blaisedell
  27. In Harm's Way (1965) — CINCPAC II
  28. Rollercoaster (1977) — Simon Davenport
  29. Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) — Frank Beardsley
  30. Fedora (1978) — President of the Academy
  31. The Tin Star (1957) — Morgan Hickman
  32. The Return of Frank James (1940) — Frank James
  33. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) — Woodward W. Lopeman
  34. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) — Gilbert Martin
  35. Tentacles (1977) — Mr. Whitehead
  36. Advise & Consent (1962) — Robert Leffingwell
  37. Jesse James (1939) — Frank James
  38. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) — Henry Stamper
  39. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  40. Madigan (1968) — Commissioner Anthony X. Russell