Henry Fonda

★ Acting #601

1905 - 1982 (age 77) • Acting

Born: 5/16/1905 in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Died: 8/12/1982 (age 77)

Known for: Acting

Henry Fonda

★ Acting #601

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.

Known For

12 Angry Men

86%

Producer

1957

Once Upon a Time in the West

83%

Frank

1968

The Grapes of Wrath

78%

Tom Joad

1940

My Name Is Nobody

73%

Jack Beauregard

1973

The Longest Day

76%

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

1962

The Wrong Man

71%

Manny Balestrero

1956

On Golden Pond

73%

Norman Thayer Jr.

1981

How the West Was Won

70%

Jethro Stuart

1962

Henry Fonda for President

70%

Self (archive footage)

2025

The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty

80%

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2023

Citizen Jane Fonda

72%

2020

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

75%

Self(archive footage)

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Self (archive footage)

2020

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

59%

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2019

Spanish Western

64%

Self (archive footage)

2015

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

76%

Self (archive footage)

2013

John Ford & Monument Valley

10%

Self (archive footage)

2013

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

Self (archive footage)

2008

Jezebel: Legend of the South

70%

Self (archive footage)

2006

Sacco and Vanzetti

70%

Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)

2006

Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

73%

Self (archive footage)

2004

The Wages of Sin

75%

Self (archive footage)

2003

An Opera of Violence

68%

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2003

Something to Do with Death

63%

Self (archive footage)

2003

The Making of Midway

90%

Self

2001

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

90%

(archive footage)

1999

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

77%

Self (archive footage)

1997

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

70%

Self (archive footage)

1997

La Classe américaine

76%

Hugues (archive footage)

1993

Fonda on Fonda

70%

Self (archive footage)

1992

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

80%

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

65%

Self (archive footage)

1991

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

85%

(archive footage)

1990

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

82%

Self (archive footage)

1988

Going Hollywood: The '30s

90%

(archive footage)

1984

Let Poland Be Poland

Self

1982