Henry Fonda
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Acting Credits
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 began to gain momentum with roles such as Bette Davis's fiancee in her Academy Award-winning performance...
Known For
Filmography
Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
2023
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
as Self(archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006
as Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
Something to Do with Death
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Wages of Sin
2003
as Self (archive footage)
An Opera of Violence
2003
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Making of Midway
2001
as Self
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
as (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993
as Hugues (archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self
On Golden Pond
1981
as Norman Thayer Jr.
The Greatest Man in the World
1981
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Summer Solstice
1981
as Joshua
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as Clarence Earl Gideon
Rappaccini's Daughter
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Sky Is Gray
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Golden Honeymoon
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Paul's Case
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Barn Burning
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
as Col. J.C. Kincaid
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Meteor
1979
as The President
Wanda Nevada
1979
as Old Prospector
The Man Who Loved Bears
1979
as Self
City on Fire
1979
as Fire Chief Risley
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Colonel Frederick Warner
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978
as Elegant John
The Swarm
1978
as Dr. Krim
The Biggest Battle
1978
as Generale Foster
Fedora
1978
as President of the Academy
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
as Self
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
as Self
Home to Stay
1978
as Grandpa George
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Rollercoaster
1977
as Simon Davenport
Tentacles
1977
as Mr. Whitehead
The Blue Hotel
1977
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Displaced Person
1977
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Soldier's Home
1977
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
I'm a Fool
1977
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Underground Doctors
1977
as Self - Host
Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer
Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer (uncredited)
Midway
1976
as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Captains and the Kings
1976
as Sen. Enfield Bassett
Family
1976
as James Lawrence
Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda
1975
as Self
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975
as Narrator
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
Clarence Darrow
1974
as Clarence Darrow
The Last Four Days
1974
as Kardinal Schuster
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Music School
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
1974
as Narrator (Voice)
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Jack Beauregard
The Serpent
1973
as Alan Davies
The Alpha Caper
1973
as Mark Forbes
The Red Pony
1973
as Carl Tiflin
Ash Wednesday
1973
as Mark Sawyer
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971
as Henry Stamper
Directed by John Ford
1971
The American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator
All in the Family
1971
as Self
The Smith Family
1971
as Chad Smith
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Woodward W. Lopeman
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as Harley Sullivan
Too Late the Hero
1970
as Capt. John G Nolan
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
1969
as John Steinbeck (voice)
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Joshua Richards
Madigan
1968
as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
Firecreek
1968
as Bob Larkin
The Boston Strangler
1968
as John S. Bottomly
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Frank Beardsley
Pat Paulsen for President
1968
as Narrator (voice)
A Space to Grow
1968
as Narrator
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as Frank
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Henry Fonda (uncredited)
Stranger on the Run
1967
as Ben Chamberlain
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Mayor Will Blue
The World About Us
1967
as Narrator
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
as Meredith
Born to Buck
1966
as Narrator
The Really Big Family
1966
as Self - Narrator
To Save a Soldier
1966
as Narrator (voice)
The Rounders
1965
as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Lt Col Kiley
In Harm's Way
1965
as CINCPAC II
The Dirty Game
1965
as Dimitri Koulov
Fail Safe
1964
as The President
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
as Frank Broderick
The Best Man
1964
as William Russell
Spencer's Mountain
1963
as Clay Spencer
Hollywood: The Great Stars
1963
as Self - Host
How the West Was Won
1962
as Jethro Stuart
The Longest Day
1962
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Advise & Consent
1962
as Robert Leffingwell
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era
1962
as Narrator / Host
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self - Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Fabulous Fifties
1960
as Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
Warlock
1959
as Clay Blaisedell
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Willie Bauche
The Deputy
1959
as Marshal Simon Fry
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self - Host
Stage Struck
1958
as Lewis Easton
The Tin Star
1957
as Morgan Hickman
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 8
War and Peace
1956
as Pierre Bezukhov
The Wrong Man
1956
as Manny Balestrero
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient
Tony Awards
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Mister Roberts
1955
as Lieutenant Roberts
The Petrified Forest
1955
as Alan Squier
The Star and the Story
1955
as Self - Host
General Electric Theater
1953
as Emmett Kelly
The Real Miss America
1952
as Narrator (voice)
Benjy
1951
as Narrator (voice)
Pictura
1951
as Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Clarence Earl Gideon
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Jigsaw
1949
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Fort Apache
1948
as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Lank Solsky
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Daisy Kenyon
1947
as Peter Lapham
The Fugitive
1947
as A Fugitive
The Long Night
1947
as Joe Adams
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Wyatt Earp
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Gil Carter
Immortal Sergeant
1943
as Corporal Colin Spence
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as George
The Male Animal
1942
as Tommy Turner
The Battle of Midway
1942
as Narrator (voice)
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
as John Wheeler
The Big Street
1942
as Little Pinks
The Magnificent Dope
1942
as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
It's Everybody's War
1942
as Narrator
The Lady Eve
1941
as Charles Pike
You Belong to Me
1941
as Peter Kirk
Wild Geese Calling
1941
as John Murdock
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Tom Joad
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Frank James
Chad Hanna
1940
as Chad Hanna
Lillian Russell
1940
as Alexander Moore
Jesse James
1939
as Frank James
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
as Abraham Lincoln
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Thomas Watson
Let Us Live
1939
as "Brick" Tennant
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Gilbert Martin
Jezebel
1938
as Preston Dillard
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Peter Ames
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Self (archive footage)
Spawn of the North
1938
as Jim Kimmerlee
Blockade
1938
as Marco
I Met My Love Again
1938
as Ives Towner
You Only Live Once
1937
as Eddie Taylor
That Certain Woman
1937
as Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
Wings of the Morning
1937
as Kerry Gilfallen
Slim
1937
as Slim Kincaid
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Dave Tolliver
The Moon's Our Home
1936
as Anthony Amberton / John Smith
Spendthrift
1936
as Townsend Middleton
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Dan Harrow
I Dream Too Much
1935
as Johnny Street
Way Down East
1935
as David Bartlett