Henry Fonda
Biography
Henry Fonda was an American actor who had a career spanning five decades in Hollywood. He made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. Fonda's early career gained momentum with roles in films such as Jezebel, Jesse James, and Young Mr. Lincoln. He was known for cultivating a strong screen image in several films considered classics. Fonda's acting career peaked with notable performances. He was born on May 16, 1905, in Grand Island, Nebraska, and passed away on August 12, 1982. Fonda's acting credits include numerous films and stage productions, with a total of 199 known credits.
Career overview
Henry Fonda began his acting career on Broadway. He made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. Fonda's early film career gained momentum with roles in several notable films. He appeared in Jezebel, Jesse James, and Young Mr. Lincoln, among others. Fonda's early career peaked with a notable performance.
Fonda's career spanned five decades in Hollywood. He cultivated a strong screen image in several classic films. Fonda's acting career was marked by a significant number of film appearances. He appeared in numerous films throughout his career.
Fonda's acting credits include a substantial number of films. His career in Hollywood was extensive, with a long history of film appearances.
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- Henry Fonda for President (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty (2023) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Citizen Jane Fonda (2020)
- 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020) as Self(archive footage)
- John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Spanish Western (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- John Ford & Monument Valley (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Jezebel: Legend of the South (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Sacco and Vanzetti (2006) as Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
- Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- Something to Do with Death (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- An Opera of Violence (2003) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- The Wages of Sin (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of Midway (2001) as Self
- Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999) as (archive footage)
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) as Self (archive footage)
- Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997) as Self (archive footage)
- La Classe américaine (1993) as Hugues (archive footage)
- Fonda on Fonda (1992) as Self (archive footage)
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) as Self (archive footage)
- Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990) as (archive footage)
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) as Self (archive footage)
- Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) as (archive footage)
- Let Poland Be Poland (1982) as Self
- On Golden Pond (1981) as Norman Thayer Jr.
- Summer Solstice (1981) as Joshua
- The Greatest Man in the World (1981) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- Gideon's Trumpet (1980) as Clarence Earl Gideon
- The Golden Honeymoon (1980) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- The Sky Is Gray (1980) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- Rappaccini's Daughter (1980) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- Paul's Case (1980) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- Barn Burning (1980) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980) as Self (archive footage)
- The Oldest Living Graduate (1980) as Col. J.C. Kincaid
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Colonel Frederick Warner
- Wanda Nevada (1979) as Old Prospector
- Meteor (1979) as The President
- City on Fire (1979) as Fire Chief Risley
- The Man Who Loved Bears (1979) as Self
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
- Fedora (1978) as President of the Academy
- A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978) as Self
- The Biggest Battle (1978) as Generale Foster
- The Swarm (1978) as Dr. Walter Krim
- The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978) as Elegant John
- Inside 'the Swarm' (1978) as Self
- Home to Stay (1978) as Grandpa George
- Tentacles (1977) as Mr. Whitehead
- The Displaced Person (1977) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- Soldier's Home (1977) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- I'm a Fool (1977) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- Rollercoaster (1977) as Simon Davenport
- Laugh-In (1977) as Guest Performer
- Laugh-In (1977) as Guest Performer (uncredited)
- Underground Doctors (1977) as Self - Host
- The Blue Hotel (1977) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- Family (1976) as James Lawrence
- Midway (1976) as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
- Captains and the Kings (1976) as Sen. Enfield Bassett
- Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976) as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
- Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976) as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
- People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self
- Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda (1975) as Self
- Henry James' The Jolly Corner (1975) as Narrator
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self (archive footage)
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- The Last Four Days (1974) as Kardinal Schuster
- Clarence Darrow (1974) as Clarence Darrow
- Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1974) as Narrator (Voice)
- The Music School (1974) as Narrator (voice)
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1973) as Self
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) as Jack Beauregard
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
- The Red Pony (1973) as Carl Tiflin
- Ash Wednesday (1973) as Mark Sawyer
- The Alpha Caper (1973) as Mark Forbes
- The Serpent (1973) as Alan Davies
- All in the Family (1971) as Self
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- Directed by John Ford (1971)
- Cadet Rousselle (1971) as Self
- The Smith Family (1971) as Chad Smith
- The American West of John Ford (1971) as Self - Narrator
- Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) as Henry Stamper
- Too Late the Hero (1970) as Capt. John G Nolan
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) as Woodward W. Lopeman
- The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) as Harley Sullivan
- The Bill Cosby Show (1969) as Joshua Richards
- An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer (1969) as John Steinbeck (voice)
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) as Frank
- The Doris Day Show (1968) as Henry Fonda (uncredited)
- Madigan (1968) as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
- Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) as Frank Beardsley
- The Boston Strangler (1968) as John S. Bottomly
- Firecreek (1968) as Bob Larkin
- A Space to Grow (1968) as Narrator
- Pat Paulsen for President (1968) as Narrator (voice)
- Stranger on the Run (1967) as Ben Chamberlain
- Welcome to Hard Times (1967) as Mayor Will Blue
- The World About Us (1967) as Narrator
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) as Meredith
- To Save a Soldier (1966) as Narrator (voice)
- The Really Big Family (1966) as Self - Narrator
- Born to Buck (1966) as Narrator
- In Harm's Way (1965) as CINCPAC II
- Battle of the Bulge (1965) as Lt Col Kiley
- The Dirty Game (1965) as Dimitri Koulov
- The Rounders (1965) as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
- Sex and the Single Girl (1964) as Frank Broderick
- Fail Safe (1964) as The President
- The Best Man (1964) as William Russell
- Spencer's Mountain (1963) as Clay Spencer
- Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963) as Self - Host
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self (archive footage)
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- The Longest Day (1962) as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
- How the West Was Won (1962) as Jethro Stuart
- Advise & Consent (1962) as Robert Leffingwell
- Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962) as Narrator / Host
- President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962) as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961) as Self - Narrator
- The Fabulous Fifties (1960) as Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
- The Deputy (1959) as Marshal Simon Fry
- The Deputy (1959) Executive Producer
- The Bell Telephone Hour (1959) as Self - Host
- Warlock (1959) as Clay Blaisedell
- The Man Who Understood Women (1959) as Willie Bauche
- Stage Struck (1958) as Lewis Easton
- 12 Angry Men (1957) as Juror 8
- 12 Angry Men (1957) Producer
- The Tin Star (1957) as Morgan Hickman
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Host / Presenter
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Host
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self (archive footage)
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self
- War and Peace (1956) as Pierre Bezukhov
- The Wrong Man (1956) as Manny Balestrero
- Mister Roberts (1955) as Lieutenant Roberts
- The Petrified Forest (1955) as Alan Squier
- The Star and the Story (1955) as Self - Host
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Emmett Kelly
- The Real Miss America (1952) as Narrator (voice)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Clarence Earl Gideon
- Benjy (1951) as Narrator (voice)
- Pictura (1951) as Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Mystery Guest
- Jigsaw (1949) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- On Our Merry Way (1948) as Lank Solsky
- Fort Apache (1948) as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
- The Fugitive (1947) as A Fugitive
- The Long Night (1947) as Joe Adams
- Daisy Kenyon (1947) as Peter Lapham
- My Darling Clementine (1946) as Wyatt Earp
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as Gil Carter
- Immortal Sergeant (1943) as Corporal Colin Spence
- The Battle of Midway (1942) as Narrator (voice)
- Rings on Her Fingers (1942) as John Wheeler
- The Big Street (1942) as Little Pinks
- The Male Animal (1942) as Tommy Turner
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as George
- The Magnificent Dope (1942) as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
- It's Everybody's War (1942) as Narrator
- You Belong to Me (1941) as Peter Kirk
- The Lady Eve (1941) as Charles Pike
- Wild Geese Calling (1941) as John Murdock
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Tom Joad
- Lillian Russell (1940) as Alexander Moore
- The Return of Frank James (1940) as Frank James
- Chad Hanna (1940) as Chad Hanna
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) as Gilbert Martin
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) as Thomas Watson
- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) as Abraham Lincoln
- Jesse James (1939) as Frank James
- Let Us Live (1939) as "Brick" Tennant
- Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) as Self (archive footage)
- Spawn of the North (1938) as Jim Kimmerlee
- The Mad Miss Manton (1938) as Peter Ames
- Jezebel (1938) as Preston Dillard
- I Met My Love Again (1938) as Ives Towner
- Blockade (1938) as Marco
- Slim (1937) as Slim Kincaid
- You Only Live Once (1937) as Eddie Taylor
- That Certain Woman (1937) as Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
- Wings of the Morning (1937) as Kerry Gilfallen
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) as Dave Tolliver
- Spendthrift (1936) as Townsend Middleton
- The Moon's Our Home (1936) as Anthony Amberton / John Smith
- Way Down East (1935) as David Bartlett
- The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) as Dan Harrow
- I Dream Too Much (1935) as Johnny Street
- Loving Against Time: the Making of On Golden Pond as archive footage