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Henry Fonda‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Henry Fonda

Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Henry Fonda

Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1905-05-16

Popularity

star18.7

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Fonda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident‌
star7.7
calendar 1943

Fail Safe

Fail Safe‌
star7.8
calendar 1964

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath‌
star7.8
calendar 1940

The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve‌
star7.2
calendar 1941

My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine‌
star7.4
calendar 1946

Jezebel: Legend of the South

Jezebel: Legend of the South‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Jezebel

Jezebel‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Rollercoaster

Rollercoaster‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon‌
star6.7
calendar 1947

Madigan

Madigan‌
star6.1
calendar 1968

Firecreek

Firecreek‌
star6.4
calendar 1968

The Tin Star

The Tin Star‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

Midway

Midway‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

War and Peace

War and Peace‌
star6.6
calendar 1956

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man‌
star7.1
calendar 1956

On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond‌
star7.2
calendar 1981

Something to Do with Death

Something to Do with Death‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

The Wages of Sin

The Wages of Sin‌
star7.4
calendar 2003

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

The Rounders

The Rounders‌
star5.5
calendar 1965

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won‌
star7.0
calendar 1962

My Name Is Nobody

My Name Is Nobody‌
star7.2
calendar 1973

The Longest Day

The Longest Day‌
star7.6
calendar 1962

There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...‌
star6.8
calendar 1970

The Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl‌
star6.6
calendar 1964

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

Yours, Mine and Ours

Yours, Mine and Ours‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge‌
star6.9
calendar 1965

Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Meteor

Meteor‌
star5.1
calendar 1979

The Cheyenne Social Club

The Cheyenne Social Club‌
star6.4
calendar 1970

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

The Great Smokey Roadblock

The Great Smokey Roadblock‌
star5.8
calendar 1978

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady‌
star7.1
calendar 1966

The Best Man

The Best Man‌
star7.3
calendar 1964

Fort Apache

Fort Apache‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

Warlock

Warlock‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James‌
star6.3
calendar 1940

Jesse James

Jesse James‌
star6.4
calendar 1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln‌
star7.2
calendar 1939

The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

The Serpent

The Serpent‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

The Long Night

The Long Night‌
star5.8
calendar 1947

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts‌
star7.0
calendar 1955

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet‌
star6.2
calendar 1980

Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain‌
star6.7
calendar 1963

In Harm's Way

In Harm's Way‌
star6.6
calendar 1965

La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine‌
star7.7
calendar 1993

Hollywood and the Stars

Hollywood and the Stars‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Directed by John Ford

Directed by John Ford‌
star6.8
calendar 1971

Jigsaw

Jigsaw‌
star4.9
calendar 1949

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker‌
star7.7
calendar 1991

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

Stiletto

Stiletto‌
star5.2
calendar 1969

Wanda Nevada

Wanda Nevada‌
star5.6
calendar 1979

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent‌
star7.2
calendar 1962

Sacco and Vanzetti

Sacco and Vanzetti‌
star7.1
calendar 2006

The Swarm

The Swarm‌
star4.9
calendar 1978

Hollywood: The Great Stars

Hollywood: The Great Stars‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years‌
star3.3
calendar 1961

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Tentacles

Tentacles‌
star4.7
calendar 1977

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Let Us Live

Let Us Live‌
star6.6
calendar 1939

The Biggest Battle

The Biggest Battle‌
star4.5
calendar 1978

The Greatest Man in the World

The Greatest Man in the World‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once‌
star7.1
calendar 1937

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk‌
star6.4
calendar 1939

On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way‌
star5.5
calendar 1948

The Male Animal

The Male Animal‌
star4.1
calendar 1942

Fedora

Fedora‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

The Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine‌
star6.3
calendar 1936

Immortal Sergeant

Immortal Sergeant‌
star5.6
calendar 1943

Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

That Certain Woman

That Certain Woman‌
star6.1
calendar 1937

Rings on Her Fingers

Rings on Her Fingers‌
star6.7
calendar 1942

You Belong to Me

You Belong to Me‌
star5.8
calendar 1941

The Big Street

The Big Street‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

The Man Who Loved Bears

The Man Who Loved Bears‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty

The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty‌
star10.0
calendar 2023

Stranger on the Run

Stranger on the Run‌
star5.4
calendar 1967

City on Fire

City on Fire‌
star5.0
calendar 1979

The Moon's Our Home

The Moon's Our Home‌
star6.5
calendar 1936

An Opera of Violence

An Opera of Violence‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

Inside 'the Swarm'

Inside 'the Swarm'‌
star10.0
calendar 1978

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Stage Struck

Stage Struck‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Blockade

Blockade‌
star5.6
calendar 1938

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

Wings of the Morning

Wings of the Morning‌
star6.1
calendar 1937

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell‌
star6.1
calendar 1940

Slim

Slim‌
star6.3
calendar 1937

The Dirty Game

The Dirty Game‌
star5.8
calendar 1965

Born to Buck

Born to Buck‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife‌
star6.1
calendar 1935

I Met My Love Again

I Met My Love Again‌
star5.5
calendar 1938

I Dream Too Much

I Dream Too Much‌
star4.8
calendar 1935

Benjy

Benjy‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

The Man Who Understood Women

The Man Who Understood Women‌
star3.6
calendar 1959

Way Down East

Way Down East‌
star3.0
calendar 1935

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

The Alpha Caper

The Alpha Caper‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Spendthrift

Spendthrift‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

The Red Pony

The Red Pony‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow‌
star9.0
calendar 1974

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s‌
star10.0
calendar 1984

Rappaccini's Daughter

Rappaccini's Daughter‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

The Sky Is Gray

The Sky Is Gray‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

The Golden Honeymoon

The Golden Honeymoon‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Paul's Case

Paul's Case‌
star3.3
calendar 1980

The Blue Hotel

The Blue Hotel‌
star5.0
calendar 1977

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Bernice Bobs Her Hair‌
star5.4
calendar 1976

The Displaced Person

The Displaced Person‌
star7.0
calendar 1977

Soldier's Home

Soldier's Home‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Barn Burning

Barn Burning‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'‌
star6.0
calendar 2004

Pictura

Pictura‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

The Magnificent Dope

The Magnificent Dope‌
star7.2
calendar 1942

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday‌
star5.4
calendar 1973

The Really Big Family

The Really Big Family‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Wild Geese Calling

Wild Geese Calling‌
star5.8
calendar 1941

John Ford & Monument Valley

John Ford & Monument Valley‌
star1.0
calendar 2013

The Real Miss America

The Real Miss America‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

It's Everybody's War

It's Everybody's War‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line‌
star7.0
calendar 1997

The American West of John Ford

The American West of John Ford‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

Let Poland Be Poland

Let Poland Be Poland‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Pat Paulsen for President

Pat Paulsen for President‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

The Oldest Living Graduate

The Oldest Living Graduate‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

The Fabulous Fifties

The Fabulous Fifties‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

The Last Four Days

The Last Four Days‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

To Save a Soldier

To Save a Soldier‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth‌
star7.5
calendar 2020

Henry Fonda for President

Henry Fonda for President‌
star6.0
calendar 2024

Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice‌
star5.5
calendar 1981

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire‌
star5.7
calendar 1991

Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda

Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Too Late the Hero

Too Late the Hero‌
star6.4
calendar 1970

A Special Sesame Street Christmas

A Special Sesame Street Christmas‌
star8.0
calendar 1978

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To‌
star9.0
calendar 1990

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind‌
star8.0
calendar 1988

Home to Stay

Home to Stay‌
star2.0
calendar 1978

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America‌
star6.5
calendar 2019

A Space to Grow

A Space to Grow‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men‌
star8.5
calendar 1957

Spanish Western

Spanish Western‌
star5.7
calendar 2015

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West‌
star8.3
calendar 1968

I'm a Fool

I'm a Fool‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity‌
star7.6
calendar 2020

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute‌
star7.3
calendar 1962

Fonda on Fonda

Fonda on Fonda‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

Underground Doctors

Underground Doctors‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

Jane Fonda in Five Acts

Jane Fonda in Five Acts‌
star7.5
calendar 2018

Tv Credits

All in the Family

All in the Family‌
star7.8
calendar 1971

The Bill Cosby Show

The Bill Cosby Show‌
star4.9
calendar 1969

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show‌
star5.3
calendar 1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations‌
star7.3
calendar 1979

The Deputy

The Deputy‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...‌
star4.5
calendar 1973

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Captains and the Kings

Captains and the Kings‌
star8.3
calendar 1976

The Smith Family

The Smith Family‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors‌
star7.2
calendar 1978

The Star and the Story

The Star and the Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1961

Family

Family‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

Dinah!

Dinah!‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The World About Us

The World About Us‌
star7.7
calendar 1967

Laugh-In

Laugh-In‌
star5.8
calendar 1977

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Cadet Rousselle

Cadet Rousselle‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

The Doris Day Show

The Doris Day Show‌
star3.6
calendar 1968