Henry Fonda: movies and TV shows
Henry Fonda has 209 credits in the archive: 168 films and 41 TV series, from 1935 to 2025. Highest rated: Spécial cinéma (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1935 – 2025 · busiest year: 1980 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Henry Fonda for President | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 120 |
| 2023 | The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 118 |
| 2020 | Citizen Jane Fonda | Film | 7.8 | 115 | |
| 2020 | 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 115 |
| 2020 | Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth | Self(archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 115 |
| 2019 | John Ford: The Man Who Invented America | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 5.9 | 114 |
| 2015 | Spanish Western | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 110 |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 108 |
| 2013 | John Ford & Monument Valley | Self (archive footage) | Film | 1.0 | 108 |
| 2008 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 103 |
| 2006 | Jezebel: Legend of the South | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 101 |
| 2006 | Sacco and Vanzetti | Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 101 |
| 2004 | Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 99 |
| 2003 | Something to Do with Death | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 98 |
| 2003 | An Opera of Violence | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 98 |
| 2003 | The Wages of Sin | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 98 |
| 2001 | The Making of Midway | Self | Film | 9.0 | 96 |
| 1999 | Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 94 |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 92 |
| 1997 | Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 92 |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | Hugues (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 88 |
| 1992 | Fonda on Fonda | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 87 |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Film | 8.0 | 86 | |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 86 |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 85 |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 83 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 79 |
| 1982 | Let Poland Be Poland | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 1981 | On Golden Pond | Norman Thayer Jr. | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 1981 | Summer Solstice | Joshua | Film | 5.0 | 76 |
| 1981 | The Greatest Man in the World | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1980 | Gideon's Trumpet | Clarence Earl Gideon | Film | 6.4 | 75 |
| 1980 | The Golden Honeymoon | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 1980 | The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 1980 | The Sky Is Gray | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1980 | Rappaccini's Daughter | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 1980 | The Jilting of Granny Weatherall | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 4.0 | 75 |
| 1980 | Paul's Case | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 4.0 | 75 |
| 1980 | Barn Burning | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 75 |
| 1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.0 | 75 |
| 1980 | The Oldest Living Graduate | Col. J.C. Kincaid | Film | 4.0 | 75 |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Colonel Frederick Warner | TV | 7.5 | 74 |
| 1979 | Wanda Nevada | Old Prospector | Film | 5.7 | 74 |
| 1979 | Meteor | The President | Film | 5.2 | 74 |
| 1979 | City on Fire | Fire Chief Risley | Film | 5.1 | 74 |
| 1979 | The Man Who Loved Bears | Self | Film | 4.0 | 74 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 73 |
| 1978 | Fedora | President of the Academy | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 1978 | A Special Sesame Street Christmas | Self | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 1978 | The Biggest Battle | Generale Foster | Film | 4.7 | 73 |
| 1978 | The Swarm | Dr. Walter Krim | Film | 5.1 | 73 |
| 1978 | The Great Smokey Roadblock | Elegant John | Film | 5.7 | 73 |
| 1978 | Inside 'the Swarm' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1978 | Home to Stay | Grandpa George | Film | 5.3 | 73 |
| 1977 | Tentacles | Mr. Whitehead | Film | 4.6 | 72 |
| 1977 | The Displaced Person | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1977 | Soldier's Home | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1977 | I'm a Fool | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1977 | Rollercoaster | Simon Davenport | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1977 | Laugh-In | Guest Performer | TV | 6.6 | 72 |
| 1977 | Laugh-In | Guest Performer (uncredited) | TV | 6.6 | 72 |
| 1977 | Underground Doctors | Self - Host | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1977 | The Blue Hotel | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 72 |
| 1976 | Family | James Lawrence | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1976 | Midway | Adm. Chester W. Nimitz | Film | 6.6 | 71 |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings | Sen. Enfield Bassett | TV | 8.8 | 71 |
| 1976 | Bernice Bobs Her Hair | Self - Series Host (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 71 |
| 1976 | Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur | Gen. Douglas MacArthur | Film | 4.0 | 71 |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self | TV | 9.2 | 70 |
| 1975 | Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda | Self | Film | 4.0 | 70 |
| 1975 | Henry James' The Jolly Corner | Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) | TV | 9.5 | 69 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1974 | The Last Four Days | Kardinal Schuster | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1974 | Clarence Darrow | Clarence Darrow | Film | 9.5 | 69 |
| 1974 | Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 69 |
| 1974 | Parker Adderson, Philosopher | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1974 | The Music School | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | TV | 5.4 | 68 |
| 1973 | My Name Is Nobody | Jack Beauregard | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1973 | The Red Pony | Carl Tiflin | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 1973 | Ash Wednesday | Mark Sawyer | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1973 | The Alpha Caper | Mark Forbes | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1973 | The Serpent | Alan Davies | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Self | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 66 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | Film | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 1971 | Cadet Rousselle | Self | TV | — | 66 |
| 1971 | The Smith Family | Chad Smith | TV | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford | Self - Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Henry Stamper | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero | Capt. John G Nolan | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Woodward W. Lopeman | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1970 | The Cheyenne Social Club | Harley Sullivan | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Joshua Richards | TV | 5.5 | 64 |
| 1969 | An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer | John Steinbeck (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Frank | Film | 8.3 | 63 |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show | Henry Fonda (uncredited) | TV | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1968 | Madigan | Commissioner Anthony X. Russell | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Frank Beardsley | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1968 | The Boston Strangler | John S. Bottomly | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1968 | Firecreek | Bob Larkin | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1968 | A Space to Grow | Narrator | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1968 | Pat Paulsen for President | Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 1967 | Stranger on the Run | Ben Chamberlain | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Mayor Will Blue | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1967 | The World About Us | Narrator | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Meredith | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1966 | To Save a Soldier | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1966 | The Really Big Family | Self - Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1966 | Born to Buck | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | CINCPAC II | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Lt Col Kiley | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1965 | The Dirty Game | Dimitri Koulov | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1965 | The Rounders | Marion 'Howdy' Lewis | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl | Frank Broderick | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1964 | Fail Safe | The President | Film | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1964 | The Best Man | William Russell | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Clay Spencer | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars | Self - Host | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | Film | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Jethro Stuart | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Robert Leffingwell | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1962 | Hollywood: The Fabulous Era | Narrator / Host | Film | — | 57 |
| 1962 | President Kennedy's Birthday Salute | Self | Film | 7.8 | 57 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self - Narrator | Film | 4.4 | 56 |
| 1960 | The Fabulous Fifties | Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Marshal Simon Fry | TV | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | TV | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1959 | Warlock | Clay Blaisedell | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1959 | The Man Who Understood Women | Willie Bauche | Film | 3.9 | 54 |
| 1958 | Stage Struck | Lewis Easton | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 8 | Film | 8.6 | 52 |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men | Film | 8.6 | 52 | |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Morgan Hickman | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host / Presenter | TV | — | 51 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 51 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 51 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 51 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient | TV | — | 51 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 51 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1956 | War and Peace | Pierre Bezukhov | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Manny Balestrero | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts | Lieutenant Roberts | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1955 | The Petrified Forest | Alan Squier | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story | Self - Host | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Emmett Kelly | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1952 | The Real Miss America | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 47 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Clarence Earl Gideon | TV | 8.8 | 46 |
| 1951 | Benjy | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1951 | Pictura | Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1949 | Jigsaw | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Lank Solsky | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Lt. Col. Owen Thursday | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1947 | The Fugitive | A Fugitive | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Joe Adams | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1947 | Daisy Kenyon | Peter Lapham | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | Wyatt Earp | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1943 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Gil Carter | Film | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1943 | Immortal Sergeant | Corporal Colin Spence | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1942 | The Battle of Midway | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1942 | Rings on Her Fingers | John Wheeler | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1942 | The Big Street | Little Pinks | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1942 | The Male Animal | Tommy Turner | Film | 4.5 | 37 |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | George | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Dope | Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1942 | It's Everybody's War | Narrator | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Peter Kirk | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | Charles Pike | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1941 | Wild Geese Calling | John Murdock | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Tom Joad | Film | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell | Alexander Moore | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1940 | The Return of Frank James | Frank James | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1940 | Chad Hanna | Chad Hanna | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Gilbert Martin | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Thomas Watson | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1939 | Jesse James | Frank James | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1939 | Let Us Live | "Brick" Tennant | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1938 | Spawn of the North | Jim Kimmerlee | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Peter Ames | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1938 | Jezebel | Preston Dillard | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1938 | I Met My Love Again | Ives Towner | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1938 | Blockade | Marco | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1937 | Slim | Slim Kincaid | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Eddie Taylor | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Jack V. Merrick, Jr. | Film | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1937 | Wings of the Morning | Kerry Gilfallen | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Dave Tolliver | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1936 | Spendthrift | Townsend Middleton | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1936 | The Moon's Our Home | Anthony Amberton / John Smith | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1935 | Way Down East | David Bartlett | Film | 4.3 | 30 |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Dan Harrow | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1935 | I Dream Too Much | Johnny Street | Film | 5.4 | 30 |
| Loving Against Time: the Making of On Golden Pond | archive footage | Film | — | — |