Henry Fonda
ActingBorn
May 16, 1905
Died
August 12, 1982
Place of Birth
Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
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 bega…
Known For
Filmography
Henry Fonda for President
2025
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
2023
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
Spanish Western
2015
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
2004
Something to Do with Death
2003
The Wages of Sin
2003
An Opera of Violence
2003
The Making of Midway
2001
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
La Classe américaine
1993
Fonda on Fonda
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
Summer Solstice
1981
On Golden Pond
1981
The Greatest Man in the World
1981
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980
Barn Burning
1980
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980
Paul's Case
1980
The Golden Honeymoon
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
Rappaccini's Daughter
1980
The Sky Is Gray
1980
Meteor
1979
City on Fire
1979
The Man Who Loved Bears
1979
Wanda Nevada
1979
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
Fedora
1978
The Swarm
1978
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978
Home to Stay
1978
The Biggest Battle
1978
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
Rollercoaster
1977
Soldier's Home
1977
The Blue Hotel
1977
The Displaced Person
1977
I'm a Fool
1977
Tentacles
1977
Underground Doctors
1977
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
Midway
1976
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda
1975
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975
Clarence Darrow
1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
The Last Four Days
1974
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
1974
The Music School
1974
My Name Is Nobody
1973
Ash Wednesday
1973
The Alpha Caper
1973
The Serpent
1973
The Red Pony
1973
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971
The American West of John Ford
1971
Directed by John Ford
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
Too Late the Hero
1970
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
1969
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Pat Paulsen for President
1968
The Boston Strangler
1968
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
Madigan
1968
Firecreek
1968
A Space to Grow
1968
Stranger on the Run
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
To Save a Soldier
1966
Born to Buck
1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
The Really Big Family
1966
Battle of the Bulge
1965
The Dirty Game
1965
In Harm's Way
1965
The Rounders
1965
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
Fail Safe
1964
The Best Man
1964
Spencer's Mountain
1963
Hollywood: The Great Stars
1963
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era
1962
How the West Was Won
1962
The Longest Day
1962
Advise & Consent
1962
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
The Fabulous Fifties
1960
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
Warlock
1959
Stage Struck
1958
The Tin Star
1957
12 Angry Men
1957
The Wrong Man
1956
War and Peace
1956
Mister Roberts
1955
The Petrified Forest
1955
The Real Miss America
1952
Pictura
1951
Benjy
1951
Jigsaw
1949
Fort Apache
1948
On Our Merry Way
1948
Daisy Kenyon
1947
The Fugitive
1947
The Long Night
1947
My Darling Clementine
1946
Immortal Sergeant
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
The Battle of Midway
1942
It's Everybody's War
1942
The Big Street
1942
Tales of Manhattan
1942
The Magnificent Dope
1942
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
The Male Animal
1942
You Belong to Me
1941
Wild Geese Calling
1941
The Lady Eve
1941
Chad Hanna
1940
The Return of Frank James
1940
Lillian Russell
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
Let Us Live
1939
Jesse James
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
Spawn of the North
1938
Blockade
1938
Jezebel
1938
I Met My Love Again
1938
That Certain Woman
1937
Slim
1937
Wings of the Morning
1937
You Only Live Once
1937
Spendthrift
1936
The Moon's Our Home
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
I Dream Too Much
1935
Way Down East
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Laugh-In
1977
Laugh-In
1977
Captains and the Kings
1976
Family
1976
People's Choice Awards
1975
Dinah!
1974
Spécial cinéma
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Film '72
1971
Cadet Rousselle
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
The Smith Family
1971
All in the Family
1971
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
The Doris Day Show
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The World About Us
1967
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Deputy
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
The Star and the Story
1955
General Electric Theater
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944