Henry Fonda

Known For: Acting
Born: May 16, 1905
Place of Birth: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
Died: August 12, 1982

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 …

Filmography

Henry Fonda for President

2025 · Self (archive footage)

The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty

2023 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

Citizen Jane Fonda

2020

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

2020 · Self(archive footage)

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

2020 · Self (archive footage)

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

Spanish Western

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

2013 · Self (archive footage)

John Ford & Monument Valley

2013 · Self (archive footage)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

2008 · Self (archive footage)

Jezebel: Legend of the South

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Sacco and Vanzetti

2006 · Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)

Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

2004 · Self (archive footage)

Something to Do with Death

2003 · Self (archive footage)

The Wages of Sin

2003 · Self (archive footage)

An Opera of Violence

2003 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Making of Midway

2001 · Self

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

1999 · (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997 · Self (archive footage)

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997 · Self (archive footage)

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

1993 · Hugues (archive footage)

Fonda on Fonda

1992 · Self (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991 · Self (archive footage)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990 · (archive footage)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988 · Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · (archive footage)

Let Poland Be Poland

1982 · Self

Summer Solstice

1981 · Joshua

On Golden Pond

1981 · Norman Thayer Jr.

The Greatest Man in the World

1981 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Gideon's Trumpet

1980 · Clarence Earl Gideon

The Oldest Living Graduate

1980 · Col. J.C. Kincaid

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

1980 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Barn Burning

1980 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

1980 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Paul's Case

1980 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Golden Honeymoon

1980 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

1980 · Self (archive footage)

Rappaccini's Daughter

1980 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Sky Is Gray

1980 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Meteor

1979 · The President

City on Fire

1979 · Fire Chief Risley

The Man Who Loved Bears

The Man Who Loved Bears

1979 · Self

Wanda Nevada

1979 · Old Prospector

Roots: The Next Generations

1979 · Colonel Frederick Warner

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978 · Self

A Special Sesame Street Christmas

1978 · Self

Fedora

1978 · President of the Academy

The Swarm

1978 · Dr. Walter Krim

The Great Smokey Roadblock

1978 · Elegant John

Home to Stay

1978 · Grandpa George

The Biggest Battle

1978 · Generale Foster

Inside 'the Swarm'

1978 · Self

Laugh-In

1977 · Guest Performer, Guest Performer (uncredited)

Rollercoaster

1977 · Simon Davenport

Soldier's Home

1977 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Blue Hotel

1977 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Displaced Person

1977 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

I'm a Fool

1977 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Tentacles

1977 · Mr. Whitehead

Underground Doctors

1977 · Self - Host

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

1976 · Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Captains and the Kings

1976 · Sen. Enfield Bassett

Midway

1976 · Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

Family

1976 · James Lawrence

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

1976 · Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda

1975 · Self

People's Choice Awards

1975 · Self

Henry James' The Jolly Corner

1975 · Narrator

Dinah!

1974 · Self

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self (archive footage)

Clarence Darrow

1974 · Clarence Darrow

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

1974 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Last Four Days

1974 · Kardinal Schuster

Parker Adderson, Philosopher

Parker Adderson, Philosopher

1974 · Narrator (Voice)

The Music School

1974 · Narrator (voice)

My Name Is Nobody

1973 · Jack Beauregard

Ash Wednesday

1973 · Mark Sawyer

The Alpha Caper

1973 · Mark Forbes

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973 · Self

The Serpent

1973 · Alan Davies

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

The Red Pony

1973 · Carl Tiflin

Sometimes a Great Notion

1971 · Henry Stamper

The American West of John Ford

1971 · Self - Narrator

Film '72

1971 · Self

Cadet Rousselle

1971 · Self

Directed by John Ford

1971

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971 · Self

The Smith Family

1971 · Chad Smith

All in the Family

1971 · Self

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970 · Woodward W. Lopeman

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970 · Harley Sullivan

Too Late the Hero

1970 · Capt. John G Nolan

The Bill Cosby Show

1969 · Joshua Richards

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer

1969 · John Steinbeck (voice)

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968 · Frank

Pat Paulsen for President

1968 · Narrator (voice)

The Boston Strangler

1968 · John S. Bottomly

The Doris Day Show

1968 · Henry Fonda (uncredited)

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968 · Frank Beardsley

Madigan

1968 · Commissioner Anthony X. Russell

Firecreek

1968 · Bob Larkin

A Space to Grow

1968 · Narrator

The World About Us

1967 · Narrator

Stranger on the Run

1967 · Ben Chamberlain

Welcome to Hard Times

1967 · Mayor Will Blue

To Save a Soldier

To Save a Soldier

1966 · Narrator (voice)

Born to Buck

1966 · Narrator

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966 · Meredith

The Really Big Family

1966 · Self - Narrator

Battle of the Bulge

1965 · Lt Col Kiley

The Dirty Game

1965 · Dimitri Koulov

In Harm's Way

1965 · CINCPAC II

The Rounders

1965 · Marion 'Howdy' Lewis

Sex and the Single Girl

1964 · Frank Broderick

Fail Safe

1964 · The President

The Best Man

1964 · William Russell

Spencer's Mountain

1963 · Clay Spencer

Hollywood: The Great Stars

1963 · Self - Host

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era

1962 · Narrator / Host

How the West Was Won

1962 · Jethro Stuart

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self, Self (archive footage)

The Longest Day

1962 · Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Advise & Consent

1962 · Robert Leffingwell

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

1962 · Self

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961 · Self - Narrator

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

The Fabulous Fifties

1960 · Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)

The Man Who Understood Women

1959 · Willie Bauche

The Deputy

1959 · Marshal Simon Fry, Executive Producer

Warlock

1959 · Clay Blaisedell

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959 · Self - Host

Stage Struck

1958 · Lewis Easton

The Tin Star

1957 · Morgan Hickman

12 Angry Men

1957 · Juror 8, Producer

The Wrong Man

1956 · Manny Balestrero

War and Peace

1956 · Pierre Bezukhov

The Steve Allen Show

1956 · Self

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Host / Presenter, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient, Self (archive footage)

Mister Roberts

1955 · Lieutenant Roberts

The Petrified Forest

1955 · Alan Squier

The Star and the Story

1955 · Self - Host

General Electric Theater

1953 · Emmett Kelly

The Real Miss America

The Real Miss America

1952 · Narrator (voice)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Clarence Earl Gideon

Pictura

1951 · Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)

Benjy

1951 · Narrator (voice)

What's My Line?

1950 · Self - Mystery Guest

Jigsaw

1949 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Fort Apache

1948 · Lt. Col. Owen Thursday

On Our Merry Way

1948 · Lank Solsky

Daisy Kenyon

1947 · Peter Lapham

The Fugitive

1947 · A Fugitive

The Long Night

1947 · Joe Adams

My Darling Clementine

1946 · Wyatt Earp

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

Immortal Sergeant

1943 · Corporal Colin Spence

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 · Gil Carter

The Battle of Midway

1942 · Narrator (voice)

It's Everybody's War

1942 · Narrator

The Big Street

1942 · Little Pinks

Tales of Manhattan

1942 · George

The Magnificent Dope

1942 · Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page

Rings on Her Fingers

1942 · John Wheeler

The Male Animal

1942 · Tommy Turner

You Belong to Me

1941 · Peter Kirk

Wild Geese Calling

1941 · John Murdock

The Lady Eve

1941 · Charles Pike

Chad Hanna

1940 · Chad Hanna

The Return of Frank James

1940 · Frank James

Lillian Russell

1940 · Alexander Moore

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 · Tom Joad

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939 · Gilbert Martin

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939 · Abraham Lincoln

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939 · Thomas Watson

Let Us Live

1939 · "Brick" Tennant

Jesse James

1939 · Frank James

Breakdowns of 1938

1938 · Self (archive footage)

The Mad Miss Manton

1938 · Peter Ames

Spawn of the North

1938 · Jim Kimmerlee

Blockade

1938 · Marco

Jezebel

1938 · Preston Dillard

I Met My Love Again

1938 · Ives Towner

That Certain Woman

1937 · Jack V. Merrick, Jr.

Slim

1937 · Slim Kincaid

Wings of the Morning

1937 · Kerry Gilfallen

You Only Live Once

1937 · Eddie Taylor

Spendthrift

1936 · Townsend Middleton

The Moon's Our Home

1936 · Anthony Amberton / John Smith

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936 · Dave Tolliver

I Dream Too Much

1935 · Johnny Street

Way Down East

1935 · David Bartlett

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935 · Dan Harrow

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