Henry Fonda for President
2025 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda
1905-05-16
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Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
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.
Filmography
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
2023 · Movie
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020 · Movie
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020 · Movie
as Self(archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019 · Movie
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006 · Movie
as Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
2004 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Wages of Sin
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Something to Do with Death
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
An Opera of Violence
2003 · Movie
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Making of Midway
2001 · Movie
as Self
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993 · Movie
as Hugues (archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda
1992 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · Movie
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 · Movie
as (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Let Poland Be Poland
1982 · Movie
as Self
On Golden Pond
1981 · Movie
as Norman Thayer Jr.
The Greatest Man in the World
1981 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Summer Solstice
1981 · Movie
as Joshua
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Gideon's Trumpet
1980 · Movie
as Clarence Earl Gideon
Rappaccini's Daughter
1980 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Sky Is Gray
1980 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Golden Honeymoon
1980 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Paul's Case
1980 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Barn Burning
1980 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980 · Movie
as Col. J.C. Kincaid
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Meteor
1979 · Movie
as The President
Wanda Nevada
1979 · Movie
as Old Prospector
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The Man Who Loved Bears
1979 · Movie
as Self
City on Fire
1979 · Movie
as Fire Chief Risley
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · TV Show
as Colonel Frederick Warner
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978 · Movie
as Elegant John
The Swarm
1978 · Movie
as Dr. Krim
The Biggest Battle
1978 · Movie
as Generale Foster
Fedora
1978 · Movie
as President of the Academy
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978 · Movie
as Self
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978 · Movie
as Self
Home to Stay
1978 · Movie
as Grandpa George
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV Show
as Self
Rollercoaster
1977 · Movie
as Simon Davenport
Tentacles
1977 · Movie
as Mr. Whitehead
The Displaced Person
1977 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
The Blue Hotel
1977 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Soldier's Home
1977 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
I'm a Fool
1977 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Underground Doctors
1977 · Movie
as Self - Host
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Laugh-In
1977 · TV Show
as Guest Performer, Guest Performer (uncredited)
Midway
1976 · Movie
as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976 · Movie
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976 · Movie
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)
Captains and the Kings
1976 · TV Show
as Sen. Enfield Bassett
Family
1976 · TV Show
as James Lawrence
Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda
1975 · Movie
as Self
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975 · Movie
as Narrator
People's Choice Awards
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Clarence Darrow
1974 · Movie
as Clarence Darrow
The Last Four Days
1974 · Movie
as Kardinal Schuster
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Music School
1974 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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Parker Adderson, Philosopher
1974 · Movie
as Narrator (Voice)
Dinah!
1974 · TV Show
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Nobody
1973 · Movie
as Jack Beauregard
The Serpent
1973 · Movie
as Alan Davies
The Alpha Caper
1973 · Movie
as Mark Forbes
The Red Pony
1973 · Movie
as Carl Tiflin
Ash Wednesday
1973 · Movie
as Mark Sawyer
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971 · Movie
as Henry Stamper
Directed by John Ford
1971 · Movie
The American West of John Ford
1971 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
All in the Family
1971 · TV Show
as Self
The Smith Family
1971 · TV Show
as Chad Smith
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V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Cadet Rousselle
1971 · TV Show
as Self
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Movie
as Woodward W. Lopeman
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Movie
as Harley Sullivan
Too Late the Hero
1970 · Movie
as Capt. John G Nolan
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
1969 · Movie
as John Steinbeck (voice)
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · TV Show
as Joshua Richards
Madigan
1968 · Movie
as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
Firecreek
1968 · Movie
as Bob Larkin
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Movie
as John S. Bottomly
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 · Movie
as Frank Beardsley
Pat Paulsen for President
1968 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
A Space to Grow
1968 · Movie
as Narrator
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Movie
as Frank
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Doris Day Show
1968 · TV Show
as Henry Fonda (uncredited)
Stranger on the Run
1967 · Movie
as Ben Chamberlain
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · Movie
as Mayor Will Blue
The World About Us
1967 · TV Show
as Narrator
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966 · Movie
as Meredith
No image
Born to Buck
1966 · Movie
as Narrator
The Really Big Family
1966 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
No image
To Save a Soldier
1966 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Rounders
1965 · Movie
as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Movie
as Lt Col Kiley
In Harm's Way
1965 · Movie
as CINCPAC II
The Dirty Game
1965 · Movie
as Dimitri Koulov
Fail Safe
1964 · Movie
as The President
Sex and the Single Girl
1964 · Movie
as Frank Broderick
The Best Man
1964 · Movie
as William Russell
Spencer's Mountain
1963 · Movie
as Clay Spencer
Hollywood: The Great Stars
1963 · Movie
as Self - Host
How the West Was Won
1962 · Movie
as Jethro Stuart
The Longest Day
1962 · Movie
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Advise & Consent
1962 · Movie
as Robert Leffingwell
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era
1962 · Movie
as Narrator / Host
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962 · Movie
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self, Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self
The Fabulous Fifties
1960 · Movie
as Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
Warlock
1959 · Movie
as Clay Blaisedell
The Man Who Understood Women
1959 · Movie
as Willie Bauche
The Deputy
1959 · TV Show
as Marshal Simon Fry
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Stage Struck
1958 · Movie
as Lewis Easton
The Tin Star
1957 · Movie
as Morgan Hickman
12 Angry Men
1957 · Movie
as Juror 8
War and Peace
1956 · Movie
as Pierre Bezukhov
The Wrong Man
1956 · Movie
as Manny Balestrero
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · TV Show
as Self
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Host / Presenter, Self - Presenter, Self - Host, Self - Nominee, Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient, Self (archive footage)
Mister Roberts
1955 · Movie
as Lieutenant Roberts
The Petrified Forest
1955 · Movie
as Alan Squier
The Star and the Story
1955 · TV Show
as Self - Host
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
as Emmett Kelly
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The Real Miss America
1952 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Benjy
1951 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Pictura
1951 · Movie
as Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Clarence Earl Gideon
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self - Mystery Guest
Jigsaw
1949 · Movie
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
On Our Merry Way
1948 · Movie
as Lank Solsky
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
Daisy Kenyon
1947 · Movie
as Peter Lapham
The Fugitive
1947 · Movie
as A Fugitive
The Long Night
1947 · Movie
as Joe Adams
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Movie
as Wyatt Earp
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Movie
as Gil Carter
Immortal Sergeant
1943 · Movie
as Corporal Colin Spence
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Movie
as George
The Male Animal
1942 · Movie
as Tommy Turner
The Battle of Midway
1942 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Rings on Her Fingers
1942 · Movie
as John Wheeler
The Big Street
1942 · Movie
as Little Pinks
The Magnificent Dope
1942 · Movie
as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
It's Everybody's War
1942 · Movie
as Narrator
The Lady Eve
1941 · Movie
as Charles Pike
You Belong to Me
1941 · Movie
as Peter Kirk
Wild Geese Calling
1941 · Movie
as John Murdock
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Movie
as Tom Joad
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Movie
as Frank James
Chad Hanna
1940 · Movie
as Chad Hanna
Lillian Russell
1940 · Movie
as Alexander Moore
Jesse James
1939 · Movie
as Frank James
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Movie
as Abraham Lincoln
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · Movie
as Thomas Watson
Let Us Live
1939 · Movie
as "Brick" Tennant
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Movie
as Gilbert Martin
Jezebel
1938 · Movie
as Preston Dillard
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Movie
as Peter Ames
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Spawn of the North
1938 · Movie
as Jim Kimmerlee
Blockade
1938 · Movie
as Marco
I Met My Love Again
1938 · Movie
as Ives Towner
You Only Live Once
1937 · Movie
as Eddie Taylor
That Certain Woman
1937 · Movie
as Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
Wings of the Morning
1937 · Movie
as Kerry Gilfallen
Slim
1937 · Movie
as Slim Kincaid
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Movie
as Dave Tolliver
The Moon's Our Home
1936 · Movie
as Anthony Amberton / John Smith
Spendthrift
1936 · Movie
as Townsend Middleton
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · Movie
as Dan Harrow
I Dream Too Much
1935 · Movie
as Johnny Street
Way Down East
1935 · Movie
as David Bartlett
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Loving Against Time: the Making of On Golden Pond
· Movie
as archive footage
