Henry Fonda


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Actor | Producer

Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Henry Fonda made 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 on Broadway include "New Faces of America" and "The Farmer Takes a Wife". The latter play was transferred to the screen in 1935 and became the startup of Fonda's longtime Hollywood career. Th...

Place of Birth: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Date of Birth: May 16, 1905

Date of Death: Aug 12, 1982


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Filmography

Actor (122 Known Credits)


John Ford : l'homme qui inventa l'Amérique

Himself - Actor (archive footage)

Sebring

Archive Footage

John Ford & Monument Valley

Himself (archive footage)

Sacco and Vanzetti

Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)

On Golden Pond

Norman Thayer Jr.

Gideon's Trumpet

Clarence Earl Gideon

The Golden Honeymoon

Himself (introduction)

The Oldest Living Graduate

Colonel J.C. Kincaid

Meteor

The President

Wanda Nevada

Old Prospector

City on Fire

Fire Chief Albert Risley

Roots: The Next Generations

Colonel Frederick Warner

The Swarm

Dr. Walter Krim

Il grande attacco

Generale Foster

Fedora

Himself / President of the Academy

Home to Stay

Grandpa George

Rollercoaster

Simon Davenport

Tentacoli

Mr. Whitehead, President of Trojan Construction

Midway

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

Mussolini: Ultimo atto

Kardinal Schuster

Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow

Il mio nome è Nessuno

Jack Beauregard

Le Serpent

Alan Davies

Ash Wednesday

Mark Sawyer

The Alpha Caper

Mark Forbes

The Red Pony

Carl Tiflin

Directed by John Ford

Himself (uncredited)

There Was a Crooked Man...

Woodward W. Lopeman

The Cheyenne Social Club

Harley Sullivan

Too Late the Hero

Capt. John G Nolan

The Dick Cavett Show

Himself - Guest

Madigan

Commissioner Anthony X. Russell

Firecreek

Bob Larkin

The Boston Strangler

John S. Bottomly

Yours, Mine and Ours

Frank Beardley

World About Us

Narrator

Welcome to Hard Times

Mayor Will Blue

Stranger on the Run

Ben Chamberlain

The Really Big Family

Himself and Narrator

Battle of the Bulge

Lt Col Kiley

The Rounders

Marion 'Howdy' Lewis

In Harm's Way

Admiral Nimitz

The Dirty Game

Dimitri Koulov

Fail Safe

The President

Sex and the Single Girl

Frank Luther Broderick

The Best Man

William Russell

Spencer's Mountain

Clay Spencer

The Longest Day

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.

How the West Was Won

Jethro Stuart

Advise & Consent

Robert A. Leffingwell

The Deputy

Marshal Simon Fry

Warlock

Clay Blaisedell

Stage Struck

Lewis Easton

12 Angry Men

Juror 8

The Tin Star

Morgan 'Morg' Hickman

Tony Awards

Host / Presenter

Tony Awards

Presenter

War and Peace

Pierre Bezukhov

The Wrong Man

Christopher Emanuel 'Manny' Balestrero

The Star and the Story

Himself - Host

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

Pictura

Narrator: Grant Wood episode (voice)

Jigsaw

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Fort Apache

Lt. Col. Owen Thursday

On Our Merry Way

Lank Solsky

Daisy Kenyon

Peter Lapham

The Fugitive

A Fugitive

The Long Night

Joe Adams

Immortal Sergeant

Corporal Colin Spence

Rings on Her Fingers

John Wheeler

The Male Animal

Tommy Turner

The Magnificent Dope

Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page

The Big Street

Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II

The Lady Eve

Charles Pike

You Belong to Me

Peter Kirk

Wild Geese Calling

John Murdock

Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna

Lillian Russell

Alexander Moore

Jesse James

Frank James

Young Mr. Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Let Us Live

'Brick' Tennant

Drums Along the Mohawk

Gilbert Martin

Jezebel

Preston Dillard

Spawn of the North

Jim Kimmerlee

Blockade

Marco

You Only Live Once

Eddie Taylor

That Certain Woman

Jack V. Merrick, Jr.

Slim

Slim

Wings of the Morning

Kerry Gilfallen

The Moon's Our Home

Anthony Amberton / John Smith

Spendthrift

Townsend Middleton

I Dream Too Much

Johnny Street

Way Down East

David Bartlett

Himself - Actor (archive footage)
Sebring (2018)
Archive Footage
Himself (archive footage)
Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
Norman Thayer Jr.
Joshua
Clarence Earl Gideon
Himself (introduction)
Colonel J.C. Kincaid
Meteor (1979)
The President
Wanda Nevada (1979)
Old Prospector
City on Fire (1979)
Fire Chief Albert Risley
Colonel Frederick Warner
Elegant John
The Swarm (1978)
Dr. Walter Krim
Generale Foster
Fedora (1978)
Himself / President of the Academy
Home to Stay (1978)
Grandpa George
Rollercoaster (1977)
Simon Davenport
Tentacoli (1977)
Mr. Whitehead, President of Trojan Construction
Midway (1976)
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Interviewee
Kardinal Schuster
Clarence Darrow
Jack Beauregard
Le Serpent (1973)
Alan Davies
Ash Wednesday (1973)
Mark Sawyer
Mark Forbes
The Red Pony (1973)
Carl Tiflin
Henry Stamper
Himself (uncredited)
Woodward W. Lopeman
Harley Sullivan
Capt. John G Nolan
John Steinbeck (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968 - 1995)
Himself - Guest
Madigan (1968)
Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
Firecreek (1968)
Bob Larkin
John S. Bottomly
Frank Beardley
World About Us (1967 - 1980)
Narrator
Mayor Will Blue
Ben Chamberlain
Himself and Narrator
Narrator
Lt Col Kiley
The Rounders (1965)
Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
In Harm's Way (1965)
Admiral Nimitz
Dimitri Koulov
Fail Safe (1964)
The President
Frank Luther Broderick
The Best Man (1964)
William Russell
Clay Spencer
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.
Jethro Stuart
Robert A. Leffingwell
The Deputy (1959 - 1961)
Marshal Simon Fry
Warlock (1959)
Clay Blaisedell
Willie Bauche
Stage Struck (1958)
Lewis Easton
12 Angry Men (1957)
Juror 8
The Tin Star (1957)
Morgan 'Morg' Hickman
Tony Awards (1956 - 2022)
Host / Presenter
Tony Awards (1956 - 2022)
Presenter
War and Peace (1956)
Pierre Bezukhov
The Wrong Man (1956)
Christopher Emanuel 'Manny' Balestrero
The Star and the Story (1955 - 1956)
Himself - Host
Mister Roberts
Pictura (1951)
Narrator: Grant Wood episode (voice)
Jigsaw (1949)
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Fort Apache (1948)
Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
Lank Solsky
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Peter Lapham
The Fugitive (1947)
A Fugitive
Joe Adams
Wyatt Earp
Gil Carter
Corporal Colin Spence
George
Narrator
John Wheeler
Tommy Turner
Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II
Narrator
The Lady Eve (1941)
Charles Pike
Peter Kirk
John Murdock
Tom Joad
Frank James
Chad Hanna (1940)
Chad Hanna
Alexander Moore
Jesse James (1939)
Frank James
Abraham Lincoln
Let Us Live (1939)
'Brick' Tennant
Gilbert Martin
Jezebel (1938)
Preston Dillard
Peter Ames
Jim Kimmerlee
Blockade (1938)
Marco
Ives Towner
Himself
Eddie Taylor
Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
Slim (1937)
Slim
Kerry Gilfallen
Dave Tolliver
Anthony Amberton / John Smith
Spendthrift (1936)
Townsend Middleton
Dan Harrow
Johnny Street
Way Down East (1935)
David Bartlett

Producer (1 Known Credits)


12 Angry Men

Producer

12 Angry Men (1957)
Producer

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