Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda Movies and TV Shows

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Fonda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 5/16/1905 (118 years old)
  • Place of birth: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.87 m
  • Net worth: $20,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 77%
role:
Himself (archive footage)
2018

Documentary

TV Movie

8.0
77%
Sacco and Vanzetti
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 75%
role:
Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
2006

Documentary

History

7.0
75%
La Classe américaine
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 77%
role:
Hugues (archive footage)
Not available
1993

Comedy

TV Movie

7.9
77%
Not available
On Golden Pond
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
Norman Thayer Jr.
1981

Drama

7.6
73%
Meteor
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 51%
role:
The President
1979

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.0
51%
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The Swarm
IMDB 4.5
TMDB 50%
role:
Dr. Walter Krim
1978

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.5
50%
Fedora
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Henry Fonda
Not available
1978

Drama

Romance

6.8
69%
Not available
Rollercoaster
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 59%
role:
Simon Davenport
Not available
1977

Action

Thriller

6.3
59%
Not available
Midway
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
1976

Action

Drama

History

War & Politics

6.7
66%
My Name Is Nobody
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 73%
role:
Jack Beauregard
1973

Comedy

Western

7.3
73%
Sometimes a Great Notion
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 70%
role:
Henry
Not available
1971

Action

Adventure

Drama

6.9
70%
Not available
There Was a Crooked Man...
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 68%
role:
Woodward W. Lopeman
1970

Western

6.9
68%
Sesame Street
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 71%
role:
The President
1969

Comedy

Kids

8.1
71%
1968

Western

8.5
83%
The Boston Strangler
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
John S. Bottomly
1968

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.1
68%
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Yours, Mine and Ours
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Frank Beardsley
1968

Comedy

Drama

Family

7.1
67%
Battle of the Bulge
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Lt Col Kiley
1965

Drama

History

War & Politics

6.8
69%
In Harm's Way
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 68%
role:
CINCPAC II
1965

Drama

War & Politics

7.2
68%
How the West Was Won
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 71%
role:
Jethro Stuart
1962

Western

7.0
71%
The Longest Day
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 76%
role:
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.
1962

Drama

History

War & Politics

7.7
76%
Advise & Consent
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Robert Leffingwell
Not available
1962

Drama

7.7
74%
Not available
Warlock
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
Clay Blaisedell
1959

Western

7.1
68%
The Tin Star
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 71%
role:
Morgan Hickman
1957

Romance

Western

7.3
71%
12 Angry Men
IMDB 9.0
TMDB 85%
role:
Producer & 1 more
1957

Drama

9.0
85%
The Wrong Man
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Christopher Emanuel 'Manny' Balestrero
1956

Crime

Drama

Mystery

7.4
72%
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War and Peace
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Pierre Bezukhov
1956

Drama

Romance

War & Politics

6.7
66%
Mister Roberts
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 70%
role:
Mr. Roberts
1955

Comedy

Drama

Family

War & Politics

7.6
70%
Fort Apache
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 70%
role:
Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
1948

Western

7.4
70%
1946

Western

7.7
75%
The Ox-Bow Incident
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 78%
role:
Gil Carter
1943

Western

8.0
78%
The Lady Eve
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
Charles Pike
1941

Comedy

Romance

7.7
73%
1940

Drama

8.1
78%
Drums Along the Mohawk
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 65%
role:
Gilbert Martin
1939

Drama

History

War & Politics

7.0
65%
Young Mr. Lincoln
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Abraham Lincoln
1939

Drama

History

7.5
74%
Jesse James
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 65%
role:
Frank James
1939

Crime

Drama

History

Western

7.0
65%
Jezebel
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Preston Dillard
1938

Drama

Romance

7.4
72%
You Only Live Once
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 73%
role:
Eddie Taylor
1937

Crime

Drama

7.2
73%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Henry Fonda are, for example, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, Sacco and Vanzetti and On Golden Pond.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
The best Anystream ratings are 12 Angry Men (8.8), Once Upon a Time in the West (8.4) and The Grapes of Wrath (8.0).
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