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Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an acclaimed American actor with a career that spanned five decades both on Broadway and in Hollywood. His everyman persona was a constant in his on-screen and stage performances. Born and brought up in Nebraska, Fonda made his mark on Broadway before making his Hollywood debut in 1935. His performances in films such as 'Jezebel' (1938), 'Jesse James' (1939) and 'Young Mr. Lincoln' (1939) catapulted him into stardom. He was also a hero on the military front, serving in the United States Navy during the World War II. Fonda's later years saw him portraying a wide array of characters, from villains to military figures. In his final performance in 'On Golden Pond' (1981), Fonda cemented his legacy, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. Fonda was also the patriarch of a family of actors, including children Jane and Peter Fonda, and grandchildren Bridget Fonda and Troy Garity. His career, influence, and contributions to cinema were recognized with various awards and, in 1999, he was named the sixth-Greatest Male Screen Legend of the Classic Hollywood Era by the American Film Institute.
Beyond his professional life, Fonda's personal story is marked by his five marriages and three children, and his political inclination towards the Democratic party. Despite his emotionally distant relationships with his children, Fonda's legacy lives on through them, with both Jane and Peter Fonda becoming successful actors in their own right. The undeniable aura of Fonda's 'everyman' persona in his performances remains a testament to his career spanning decades in the film industry. His life was a mix of professional success and personal challenges, yet he stays remembered as a stalwart of classic Hollywood cinema.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Henry Jaynes Fonda
Born: Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: May 16, 1905
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1928-1981
Children: 3
Spouses: Margaret Sullavan, Frances Ford Seymour, Susan Blanchard, Afdera Franchetti, Shirlee Mae Adams
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Awards and Nominations Received by Henry Fonda
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Movies Featuring Henry Fonda
Once Upon a Time in the West (re-release)
My Name Is Nobody
Mister Roberts
Midway
12 Angry Men
On Golden Pond
How the West Was Won
The Wrong Man
The Lady Eve
Young Mr. Lincoln
The Grapes of Wrath
Fail-Safe
Firecreek
There Was a Crooked Man...
Meteor
Tentacles
Henry Fonda for President
John Ford & Monument Valley
Spanish Western
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
The Sky Is Gray
Paul’s Case
Barn Burning
The Oldest Living Graduate
Gideon’s Trumpet
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and ‘The Wrong Man’
Rappaccini’s Daughter
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Going Hollywood: The ’30s
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Summer Solstice
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
Madigan
Spencer’s Mountain
The Long Night
Tales of Manhattan
The Boston Strangler
Immortal Sergeant
Hollywood and the Stars
Captains and the Kings
President Kennedy’s Birthday Salute
Fonda on Fonda
Yours, Mine and Ours
The Great Smokey Roadblock
The Serpent
The Ox-Bow Incident
Lillian Russell
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Inside ‘the Swarm’
You Belong to Me
The Dirty Game
The Displaced Person
Rings on Her Fingers
The Return of Frank James
Ash Wednesday
Chad Hanna
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Fedora
The Battle of Midway
The Fabulous Fifties
Directed by John Ford
Warlock
Let Us Live
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
I Met My Love Again
The Tin Star
The Mad Miss Manton
Way Down East
The Cheyenne Social Club
Clarence Darrow
That Certain Woman
Roots: The Next Generations
A Space to Grow
Sex and the Single Girl
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Daisy Kenyon
It’s Everybody’s War
Too Late the Hero
Rollercoaster
The Blue Hotel
The Male Animal
The American West of John Ford
My Darling Clementine
Battle of the Bulge
The Alpha Caper
The Man Who Understood Women
Jesse James
The Best Man
Drums Along the Mohawk
Advise & Consent
Stiletto
Welcome to Hard Times
Fort Apache
The Last Four Days
You Only Live Once
Sometimes a Great Notion
The Big Street
La Classe américaine
The Moon’s Our Home
The Red Pony
In Harm’s Way
Blockade
Wild Geese Calling
War and Peace
The Fugitive
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Stage Struck
Wings of the Morning
City on Fire
The Magnificent Dope
The Petrified Forest
Spawn of the North
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Breakdowns of 1938
Jigsaw
Spendthrift
Career Timeline
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2023
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
Self - Actor (archive footage)
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
1980
The Sky Is Gray
Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Paul’s Case
Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Barn Burning
Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Oldest Living Graduate
Col. J.C. Kincaid
Gideon’s Trumpet
Clarence Earl Gideon
Rappaccini’s Daughter
Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Self - Series Host (uncredited)
1977
Tentacles
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Elegant John
The Displaced Person
Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Rollercoaster
Simon Davenport
The Blue Hotel
Self - Series Host (uncredited)
1973
The Serpent
Alan Davies
Ash Wednesday
Mark Sawyer
The Alpha Caper
Mark Forbes
The Red Pony
Carl Tiflin
1971
Directed by John Ford
The American West of John Ford
Self - Narrator
Sometimes a Great Notion
Henry Stamper
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
The Cheyenne Social Club
Harley Sullivan
Too Late the Hero
Capt. John G Nolan
1968
Firecreek
Madigan
Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
The Boston Strangler
John S. Bottomly
Yours, Mine and Ours
Frank Beardsley
A Space to Grow
Narrator
1964
Fail-Safe
Hollywood and the Stars
Self
Sex and the Single Girl
Frank Broderick
The Best Man
William Russell
1942
Tales of Manhattan
George
Rings on Her Fingers
John Wheeler
The Battle of Midway
Narrator (voice)
It’s Everybody’s War
Narrator
The Male Animal
Tommy Turner
The Big Street
Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II
The Magnificent Dope
Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Lillian Russell
Alexander Moore
The Return of Frank James
Frank James
Chad Hanna
Chad Hanna
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
Let Us Live
"Brick" Tennant
Jesse James
Frank James
Drums Along the Mohawk
Gilbert Martin
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Watson
1938
I Met My Love Again
Ives Towner
The Mad Miss Manton
Peter Ames
Blockade
Marco
Spawn of the North
Jim Kimmerlee
Breakdowns of 1938
Self (archive footage)
1937
That Certain Woman
Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
You Only Live Once
Eddie Taylor
Wings of the Morning
Kerry Gilfallen
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