Personal Info

Birth date

1905-05-16 (120 Years)

Day of death

1982-08-12

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Also known as

Hank Fonda

Henry Jaynes Fonda

One-Take Fonda

هنری فوندا

Henry Fonda

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 in Jezebel (1938), brother Frank in Jesse James (1939), and the future President in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), directed by John Ford. His early career peaked with his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, about an Oklahoma family who moved to California during the Dust Bowl 1930s. This film is widely considered to be among the greatest American films.

In 1941 he starred opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the screwball comedy classic The Lady Eve. Book-ending his service in WWII were his starring roles in two highly regarded westerns: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) and My Darling Clementine (1946), the latter directed by John Ford, and he also starred in Ford's western Fort Apache (1948). After a seven-year break from films, during which Fonda focused on stage productions, he returned with the WWII war-boat ensemble Mister Roberts (1955). In 1957 he starred as Juror No.8, the hold-out juror, in 12 Angry Men. Fonda, who was also co-producer, won the BAFTA for Best Foreign Actor.

Later in his career, Fonda moved into darker roles, such as the villain in the epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), underrated and a box office disappointment at its time of release, but now regarded as one of the best westerns of all time. He also played in lighter-hearted fare such as Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball, but also often played important military figures, such as a Colonel in Battle of the Bulge (1965), and Admiral Nimitz in Midway (1976). He finally won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for his final film role in On Golden Pond (1981), which also starred Katharine Hepburn and his daughter Jane Fonda, but was too ill to attend the ceremony. He died from heart disease a few months later.

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Filmography

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

Overview:

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Mike Douglas Show

5.375

Overview:

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

The Merv Griffin Show

5.75

Overview:

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.

What's My Line?

6.9

Overview:

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.8

Overview:

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Dick Cavett Show

6.7

Overview:

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

Golden Globe Awards

7

Overview:

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Spécial cinéma

NYR

Overview:

The Steve Allen Show

5.6

Overview:

The Bell Telephone Hour

7.333

Overview:

“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that showcased the best in Broadway, Classical, Concert, Jazz and Popular music each week. The series had its’ own house band appropriately named the “Bell Telephone Orchestra”. The show also had its’ own theme song being the “Bell Waltz” composed by “Donald Voorhees” who was also the show's Orchestra conductor. Some of the greatest violinists of the 1960’s performed on this show that aired in the old “Black & White” format. Some of these great violinists included “Erica Mornin”, “Isaac Stern", "Michael Rabin", "Ruggiero Ricci", "Yehudi Menuhin" and "Zino Francesacatti". From time to time some of the great singers and bandleaders of the 1960’s would perform on the show as well. Some of these were “Bing Crosby”, “Gordon MacRae”, “John Gary”, “Leslie Uggams”, “Mary Martin”, “Nelson Eddy”, “Patti Page” and “Roy Rogers”. The TV show followed on the heels of its’ predecessor with the same name on “NBC” radio that aired from 29 April 1940 to 1958 on Monday nights at 8 PM. The name of the show was derived from its’ Major sponsor “Bell Telephone Laboratories”. The TV version began airing on Friday nights at 8:30 PM once a month. It later was given it’s same time slot now airing every other week alternating with another show on the other weeks such as News shows and specials. The show time slot changed quite often over the years. In September 1960 it aired at 9 PM and in September 1961 it moved to 9:30 PM. In October 1963 it moved to Tuesday nights at 10 PM, September 1965 it moved to Sunday night at 6:30 PM and in September 1967 it made its' final move back to Friday night at 10 PM.

Tony Awards

5.1

Overview:

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.

All in the Family

7.9

Overview:

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

The Deputy

6.2

Overview:

The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.

The Bill Cosby Show

5.417

Overview:

The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co-starring role with Robert Culp in I Spy. The series also marked the first time an African American starred in his or her own eponymous comedy series.

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4

Overview:

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

The Doris Day Show

5.3

Overview:

The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run. It is also remembered for Day's statement, in her autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story, that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the TV series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20, 1968. The TV show premiered on Tuesday, September 24, 1968.

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

5.4

Overview:

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean Martin from 1974 to 1984. For a series of 54 specials and shows, Martin would periodically "roast" a celebrity. These roasts were patterned after the roasts held at the New York Friars' Club in New York City. The format would have the celebrity guest seated at a banquet table, and one by one the guest of honor was affectionately chided or insulted about his career by his fellow celebrity friends. In 1973, The Dean Martin Show was declining in popularity. The final season of his variety show would be retooled into one of celebrity roasts, requiring less of Martin's involvement. For the 1973–1974 season, a new feature called “Man of the Week Celebrity Roast" was added to try to pick up the ratings. The roasts seemed to be popular among television audiences and are often marketed in post-issues as part of the official Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and not The Dean Martin Show. After The Dean Martin Show was cancelled in 1974, NBC drew up a contract with Martin to do several specials and do more roast specials. Starting with Bob Hope in 1974, the roast was taped in California and turned out to be a hit, leading to many other roasts to follow.

Family

7

Overview:

The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.

Dinah!

6.667

Overview:

Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.

12 Angry Men

8.547

Overview:

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

V.I.P. Schaukel

6

Overview:

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

6.3

Overview:

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.

Once Upon a Time in the West

8.3

Overview:

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

The Smith Family

6

Overview:

The Smith Family is an American comedy-drama television series produced by Don Fedderson Productions. The series aired on ABC from January 20, 1971 to June 7, 1972, for 39 episodes.

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.571

Overview:

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.

The Star and the Story

NYR

Overview:

Each show features a different star or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the successful team by Four Star Productions, there are many young actors that went onto bigger things.

Roots: The Next Generations

7.4

Overview:

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material by Haley. Roots: The Next Generations was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times as large as that of the original.

Laugh-In

5.8

Overview:

A late-'70s attempt to revive the classic comedy show, minus (among others) original hosts Rowan and Martin. It didn't fare well, but is noteworthy for one of its bit players: a then-unknown Robin Williams. He would soon become a star with `Mork & Mindy.'

The World About Us

7.7

Overview:

A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the creatures that live on it. Combining natural history with an element of adventure, the series featured well-known naturalists such as Jane Goodall and Gerald Durrell, and the oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Succeeded by The Natural World.

Captains and the Kings

8.3

Overview:

Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.

Acting

2025Henry Fonda for President as Self (archive footage)

2023The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2020Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity as Self (archive footage)

2020Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth as Self (archive footage)

2020'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)

2019John Ford: The Man Who Invented America as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2018Jane Fonda in Five Acts as Self (archive footage)

2015Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)

2013Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia as Self (archive footage)

2013John Ford & Monument Valley as Self (archive footage)

2008Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' as Self (archive footage)

2006Jezebel: Legend of the South as Self (archive footage)

2006Sacco and Vanzetti as Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)

2004Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' as Self (archive footage)

2003The Wages of Sin as Self (archive footage)

2003Something to Do with Death as Self (archive footage)

2003An Opera of Violence as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2000Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self (archive footage)

1999Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults as Self (Archival Footage)

1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage)

1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero as Self (archive footage)

1993La Classe américaine as Hugues (archive footage)

1992Fonda on Fonda as Self (archive footage)

1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Unknown

1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)

1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage)

1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)

1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)

1982Let Poland Be Poland as Self

1981Summer Solstice as Joshua

1981On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer Jr.

1981The Greatest Man in the World as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1980Gideon's Trumpet as Clarence Earl Gideon

1980The Oldest Living Graduate as Col. J.C. Kincaid

1980The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1980Barn Burning as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1980The Jilting of Granny Weatherall as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1980Paul's Case as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1980The Golden Honeymoon as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)

1980Rappaccini's Daughter as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1980The Sky Is Gray as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1979Meteor as The President

1979City on Fire as Fire Chief Risley

1979The Man Who Loved Bears as Self

1979Wanda Nevada as Old Prospector

1979Roots: The Next Generations (7 Episodes) as Col. Frederick Warner

1978The Kennedy Center Honors (1 Episode) as Self

1978A Special Sesame Street Christmas as Self

1978The Swarm as Dr. Walter Krim

1978Fedora as President of the Academy

1978The Great Smokey Roadblock as Elegant John

1978Home to Stay as Grandpa George

1978The Biggest Battle as Generale Foster

1978Inside 'the Swarm' as Self

1977Laugh-In (1, 1 Episode) as Guest Performer, Guest Performer (uncredited)

1977Rollercoaster as Simon Davenport

1977The Displaced Person as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1977I'm a Fool as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1977Tentacles as Mr. Whitehead

1977The Blue Hotel as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1977Soldier's Home as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1977Underground Doctors as Self - Host

1976Bernice Bobs Her Hair as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

1976Captains and the Kings (8 Episodes) as Sen. Enfield Bassett

1976Midway as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

1976Family (1 Episode) as James Lawrence

1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Gen. Douglas MacArthur

1975Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda as Self

1975Henry James' The Jolly Corner as Narrator

1974Dinah! (2 Episodes) as Self

1974Spécial cinéma (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)

1974Clarence Darrow as Clarence Darrow

1974Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974The Last Four Days as Kardinal Schuster

1974Parker Adderson, Philosopher as Narrator (Voice)

1974The Music School as Narrator (voice)

1973My Name Is Nobody as Jack Beauregard

1973Ash Wednesday as Mark Sawyer

1973The Alpha Caper as Mark Forbes

1973The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1 Episode) as Self

1973The Serpent as Alan Davies

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... (4 Episodes) as Self

1973The Red Pony as Carl Tiflin

1971Sometimes a Great Notion as Henry Stamper

1971The American West of John Ford as Self - Narrator

1971Cadet Rousselle (1 Episode) as Self

1971Directed by John Ford as Unknown

1971V.I.P. Schaukel (1 Episode) as Self

1971The Smith Family (39 Episodes) as Chad Smith

1971All in the Family (2 Episodes) as Self

1970There Was a Crooked Man... as Woodward W. Lopeman

1970The Cheyenne Social Club as Harley Sullivan

1970Too Late the Hero as Capt. John G Nolan

1969The Bill Cosby Show (1 Episode) as Joshua Richards

1969Stiletto as Unknown

1969An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer as John Steinbeck (voice)

1968Once Upon a Time in the West as Frank

1968Pat Paulsen for President as Narrator (voice)

1968The Boston Strangler as John S. Bottomly

1968The Doris Day Show (1 Episode) as Henry Fonda (uncredited)

1968The Dick Cavett Show (3 Episodes) as Self - Guest

1968Yours, Mine and Ours as Frank Beardsley

1968Madigan as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell

1968Firecreek as Bob Larkin

1968A Space to Grow as Narrator

1967The World About Us (1 Episode) as Narrator

1967Stranger on the Run as Ben Chamberlain

1967Welcome to Hard Times as Mayor Will Blue

1966To Save a Soldier as Narrator (voice)

1966Born to Buck as Narrator

1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Meredith

1966The Really Big Family as Self - Narrator

1965Battle of the Bulge as Lt Col Kiley

1965The Dirty Game as Dimitri Koulov

1965In Harm's Way as CINCPAC II

1965The Rounders as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis

1964Sex and the Single Girl as Frank Broderick

1964Fail Safe as The President

1964The Best Man as William Russell

1963Spencer's Mountain as Clay Spencer

1963Hollywood: The Great Stars as Self - Host

1962Hollywood: The Fabulous Era as Narrator / Host

1962How the West Was Won as Jethro Stuart

1962The Merv Griffin Show (1 Episode) as Self

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (2 Episodes) as Self

1962The Longest Day as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

1962Advise & Consent as Robert Leffingwell

1962President Kennedy's Birthday Salute as Self

1961Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self - Narrator

1961The Mike Douglas Show (1 Episode) as Self

1960The Fabulous Fifties as Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)

1959The Man Who Understood Women as Willie Bauche

1959The Deputy (76 Episodes) as Marshal Simon Fry

1959Warlock as Clay Blaisedell

1959The Bell Telephone Hour (1 Episode) as Self - Host

1958Stage Struck as Lewis Easton

1957The Tin Star as Morgan Hickman

195712 Angry Men as Juror 8

1956The Wrong Man as Manny Balestrero

1956War and Peace as Pierre Bezukhov

1956The Steve Allen Show (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest

1956Tony Awards (1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2 Episode) as Self (archive footage), Self - Nominee, Self - Host, Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient, Self - Host / Presenter, Self - Presenter

1955Mister Roberts as Lieutenant Roberts

1955The Petrified Forest as Alan Squier

1955The Star and the Story (38 Episodes) as Self - Host

1953General Electric Theater (1 Episode) as Emmett Kelly

1952The Real Miss America as Narrator (voice)

1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Clarence Earl Gideon

1951Pictura as Narrator: Grant Wood episode (voice)

1951Benjy as Narrator (voice)

1950What's My Line? (4 Episodes) as Self - Mystery Guest

1949Jigsaw as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1948The Ed Sullivan Show (6 Episodes) as Self

1948Fort Apache as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday