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