Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

b. 1905 — d. 1982 (aged 77) Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Actor

Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Henry Fonda started his acting debut with the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando. He moved to the Cape Cod University Players and later Broadway, New York to expand his theatrical career from 1926 to 1934. His first major roles in Broadway include "New Faces of America" and "The Farmer Takes a Wife". The latter play was transfered to the screen in 1935 and became the start-up of Fonda's lifelong Hollywood career. The following year he married Frances Seymour Fonda with whom he had two children: Jane and Peter Fonda also to become screen stars. He is most remembered for his roles as Abe Lincoln in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), for which he received an Academy Award Nomination, and more recently, Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond (1981), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1982. Henry Fonda is considered one of Hollywood's old-time legends and was friend and contemporary of James Stewart, John Ford and Joshua Logan. His movie career which spanned almost 50 years is completed by a notable presence in American theater and television.

Known For

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

12 Angry Men

On Golden Pond

Filmography

Fail Safe and the Cold War

John Ford Goes to War

John Ford Goes to War

Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies

On Golden Pond

Norman Thayer Jr.

Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice

Starring Katharine Hepburn

Starring Katharine Hepburn

Henry Fonda and the Making of 'Summer Solstice'

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet

Clarence Earl Gideon

Rappaccini's Daughter

Rappaccini's Daughter

The Oldest Living Graduate

The Oldest Living Graduate

Colonel J.C. Kincaid

Henry Fonda oder Die Qualität der Prärie

Meteor

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

Colonel Frederick Warner

City on Fire

Fire Chief Risley

Wanda Nevada

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts

The 33rd Annual Tony Awards

1979 Self Actor

The Man Who Loved Bears

The Man Who Loved Bears

Fedora

President of the Academy

A Special Sesame Street Christmas

A Special Sesame Street Christmas

Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart

Home to Stay

General Electric's All-Star Anniversary

General Electric's All-Star Anniversary

Inside 'the Swarm'

Inside 'the Swarm'

America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story

Leaders of the Twentieth Century

1978 Self Actor

Zerda's Children

Sharks: The Death Machine

Rollercoaster

Simon Davenport

Tentacles

The Great Smokey Roadblock

The Great Smokey Roadblock

Elegant John Howard

I'm a Fool

The Blue Hotel

Almos' a Man

An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor

The American Film Institute's 10th Anniversary Special

The Underground Doctors

The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies

Midway

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Life Goes to the Movies

1976 Self Actor

Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection

The Glory Road West

The Jolly Corner

The Jolly Corner

Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow

My Name Is Nobody

My Name Is Nobody

Jack Beauregard

The Serpent

Ash Wednesday

The Red Pony

The Alpha Caper

The Alpha Caper

Film Making Techniques: Acting

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

The 26th Annual Tony Awards

Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II

Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion

The American West of John Ford

The American West of John Ford

The Smith Family

The Smith Family

There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...

Woodward W. Lopeman

The Cheyenne Social Club

The Cheyenne Social Club

Harley Sullivan

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

To Save a Soldier

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer

The Brass Are Comin'

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

The Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler

John S. Bottomly

Yours, Mine and Ours

Yours, Mine and Ours

Frank Beardsley

Madigan

Commissioner Anthony X. Russell

Firecreek

Pat Paulsen for President

Pat Paulsen for President

A Space to Grow

A Space to Grow

Travels with Charley

A Night at Ford's Theater

Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil

Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times

Mayor Will Blue

Stranger on the Run

Stranger on the Run

Ben Chamberlain

All About People

The Really Big Family

The Really Big Family

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Born to Buck

The 20th Annual Tony Awards

Gala de l'Unicef

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge

The Rounders

Marion 'Howdy' Lewis

The Secret Agents

The Secret Agents

Time-Life Specials: The March of Time

The Filming of the Battle of the Bulge

Troubled Waters

Fail Safe

Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl

Frank Broderick

The Best Man

William Russell

Inside the Movie Kingdom - 1964

Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain

Hollywood: The Great Stars

Hollywood: The Great Stars

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

Robert Leffingwell

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era

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