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Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage 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.

Birth Name

Henry Jaynes Fonda

Born

Tuesday, 16 May 1905

Died

Thursday, 12 August 1982

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf	Self (archive footage) / Self	2020
Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth	Self / Archive Footage	2020
The Movies	Self	2019
Jane Fonda in Five Acts	Himself (archive footage)	2018
Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg	Self	2016
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia	(archive footage)	2013
John Ford et Monument Valley	Himself (archive footage) / Self	2013
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories	Himself - Award Winning Actor (archive footage)	2011
Hollywood contra Franco	Marco	2008
How the West Was Lost	Wyatt Earp	2008

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf	Self (archive footage) / Self	2020
Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth	Self / Archive Footage	2020
The Movies	Self	2019
Jane Fonda in Five Acts	Himself (archive footage)	2018
Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg	Self	2016
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia	(archive footage)	2013
John Ford et Monument Valley	Himself (archive footage) / Self	2013
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories	Himself - Award Winning Actor (archive footage)	2011
Hollywood contra Franco	Marco	2008
How the West Was Lost	Wyatt Earp	2008
Bob Dylan: Under Review 1978-1989	Self	2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards	Self	2008
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes	(archive footage)	2007
Hair, Let the Sun Shine In	Self	2007
Sacco and Vanzetti	Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage) / Prof. Tommy Turner	2006
Roma	Tom Joad	2004
John Ford Goes to War	Self	2002
War Stories with Oliver North	Self	2001
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies	Self	2001
The Best of Hollywood	Interview	1998
The 50th Annual Tony Awards	Self	1996
100 Years at the Movies	Self	1994
Barbra: The Concert	Self	1994
La Classe américaine	Hugues / Hugues (archive footage)	1993
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker	actor 'Advise and 'Consent'	1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire	Himself (archive footage) / Self	1991
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to	Self / (archive footage)	1990
The Dream Team	Tom Joad	1989
Inside Edition	Self	1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	Self / (archive footage)	1988
Biography	(archive footage), Charles, Self, Thomas Watson	1987
American Masters	Preston Dillard	1986
Moonlighting	Charles	1985
On Golden Pond	Norman Thayer Jr.	1982
Summer Solstice	Joshua	1981
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards	Self - Honorary Award Recipient	1981
Gideon's Trumpet	Clarence Earl Gideon	1980
The Oldest Living Graduate	Colonel J.C. Kincaid / Col. J.C. Kincaid	1980
Paul's Case	Self	1980
The Golden Honeymoon	Himself (introduction) / Self (introduction)	1980
Barn Burning	Narrator	1980
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall	Self - Series Presenter / Host	1980
The Sky Is Gray	Self - Introduction	1980
Rappaccini's Daughter	Self - Presenter	1980
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg	Self	1980
The Greatest Man in the World	Self (Introduction)	1980
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	Self - Honoree	1979
Meteor	The President	1979
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards	Self - Co-Host & Special Award Recipient	1979
Wanda Nevada	Old Prospector	1979
City on Fire	Fire Chief Albert Risley	1979
Roots: The Next Generations	Colonel Frederick Warner	1979
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song	Self	1979
A Special Sesame Street Christmas	Self	1978
General Electric's All-Star Anniversary	Self	1978
The Swarm	Dr. Walter Krim	1978
Fedora	President of the Academy / Henry Fonda	1978
The Biggest Battle	Generale Foster / Gen. Foster	1978
Leaders of the Twentieth Century	Self - Narrator	1978
The Great Smokey Roadblock	Elegant John / Elegant John Howard	1977
Laugh-In	Guest Performer	1977
Rollercoaster	Simon Davenport	1977
The Displaced Person	Narrator	1977
I'm a Fool	Narrator / Narrator (voice)	1977
Tentacles	Mr. Whitehead, President of Trojan Construction	1977
The Paul Ryan Show	Self	1977
The Underground Doctors	Host / Self - Host	1977
Soldier's Home	Self - Presenter	1977
The Blue Hotel	Narrator	1977
All This and World War II	Self	1976
Bernice Bobs Her Hair	Self - Presenter	1976
Captains and the Kings	Sen. Enfield Bassett	1976
America at the Movies	Tom Joad / Wyatt Earp	1976
Midway	Adm. Chester W. Nimitz	1976
Family	James Lawrence	1976
Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection	Self - Narrator	1976
Almos' a Man	Self - Host	1976
Arena	(archive footage)	1975
Dinah!	Self - Guest	1974
Clarence Darrow	Clarence Darrow	1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still	Self	1974
The Last 4 Days	Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster / Kardinal Schuster	1974
The American Parade	Self - Narrator	1974
Parker Adderson, Philosopher	Narrator	1974
The Music School	Narrator	1974
My Name Is Nobody	Jack Beauregard	1973
Ash Wednesday	Mark Sawyer	1973
The Alpha Caper	Mark Forbes	1973
The Serpent	Alan Davies / Allan Davies	1973
The Red Pony	Carl Tiflin	1973
Maude	Self	1972
Sometimes a Great Notion	Henry Stamper / Henry	1971
The American West of John Ford	Himself / Self - Narrator	1971
Directed by John Ford	Self	1971
Parkinson	Self - Guest	1971
The Smith Family	Det. Sgt. Chad Smith	1971
All in the Family	Self	1971
There Was a Crooked Man...	Woodward W. Lopeman	1970
Happy Days	Self	1970
The Cheyenne Social Club	Harley Sullivan	1970
Too Late the Hero	Capt. John G. Nolan / Capt. John G Nolan	1970
Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour	Surgeon	1970
The Bill Cosby Show	Joshua Richards	1969
Stiletto	Man at Premier	1969
The David Frost Show	Self - Guest	1969
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer	John Steinbeck / Voice of John Steinbeck	1969
Once Upon a Time in the West	Frank	1968
The Boston Strangler	John S. Bottomly	1968
The Doris Day Show	Henry Fonda	1968
Yours, Mine and Ours	Frank Beardsley / Chief Warrant Officer Francis Louis 'Frank' Beardsley	1968
Madigan	Commissioner Anthony X. Russell	1968
Firecreek	Bob Larkin	1968
A Space to Grow	Narrator	1968
Stranger on the Run	Ben Chamberlain	1967
Welcome to Hard Times	Mayor Will Blue	1967
The Joey Bishop Show	Self - Guest	1967
Born to Buck	Narrator	1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady	Meredith	1966
The Really Big Family	Himself and Narrator / Self and Narrator	1966
Battle of the Bulge	Lt. Col. Dan Kiley / Lt Col Kiley	1965
The Dean Martin Show	Himself - Guest	1965
The Secret Agents	Dimitri Koulov	1965
In Harm's Way	CINCPAC II	1965
The Rounders	Marion 'Howdy' Lewis	1965
Sex and the Single Girl	Frank Broderick / Frank Luther Broderick	1964
ABC's Nightlife	Self	1964
That Regis Philbin Show	Self - Guest	1964
Fail Safe	The President	1964
The Best Man	William Russell	1964
Hollywood and the Stars	Self	1963
Spencer's Mountain	Clay Spencer	1963
Hollywood: The Great Stars	Self - Host	1963
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era	Self - Host	1962
How the West Was Won	Jethro Stuart	1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself - Guest, Himself	1962
The Longest Day	Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.	1962
Advise & Consent	Robert Leffingwell / Robert A. Leffingwell	1962
Henry Fonda and the Family	Self	1962
The Mike Douglas Show	Himself - Actor, Himself - Guest	1961
The Dick Powell Theatre	Dr. Victor Fallon	1961
The Fabulous Fifties	Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence")	1960
The Man Who Understood Women	Willie Bauche	1959
Sunday Showcase	Self	1959
Premier Khrushchev in the USA	Self	1959
The Deputy	Chief Marshal Simon Fry / Marshal Simon Fry, Marshal Simon Fry / Chief Marshal Simon Fry	1959
Warlock	Clay Blaisedell	1959
The Bell Telephone Hour	Self - Host	1959
The Kraft Music Hall	Self - Host	1958
Stage Struck	Lewis Easton	1958
The Tin Star	Morgan 'Morg' Hickman / Morgan Hickman	1957
12 Angry Men	Juror 8	1957
The Wrong Man	Christopher Emanuel 'Manny' Balestrero	1956
War and Peace	Pierre Bezukhov	1956
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	Self - Guest	1951
This Is Your Life	Self - Filmed tribute	1955
Mister Roberts	Lt. j.g. Douglas A. Roberts / Mr. Roberts	1955
The Star and the Story	Self - Host	1955
Producers' Showcase	Alan Squier	1954
The George Gobel Show	Himself - Guest	1954
Main Street to Broadway	Henry Fonda	1953
Medallion Theatre	Dr. Martin Arrowsmith	1953
General Electric Theater	Emmett Kelly	1953
Pictura	Narrator: Grant Wood episode (voice) / Narrator: Grant Wood episode	1951
Benjy	Narrator	1951
Showtime, U.S.A.	Self - Emcee, Self	1950
What's My Line?	Himself - Mystery Guest	1950
Jigsaw	Nightclub Waiter	1949
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	Himself - Guest	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show	Self, Actor - Dramatic Reading, Charles Christian Wertenbaker, Himself - Singer, Lt. Roberts	1948
Fort Apache	Lt. Col. Owen Thursday	1948
Tonight on Broadway	Self	1948
On Our Merry Way	Lank Solsky / Lank	1948
Daisy Kenyon	Peter Lapham	1947
The Fugitive	A Fugitive	1947
The Long Night	Joe Adams	1947
My Darling Clementine	Wyatt Earp	1946
Immortal Sergeant	Cpl. Colin Spence / Corporal Colin Spence	1943
The Ox-Bow Incident	Gil Carter	1942
It's Everybody's War	Narrator	1942
The Battle of Midway	Narrator (voice) / Narrator	1942
The Big Street	Little Pinks / Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II	1942
Tales of Manhattan	George	1942
The Magnificent Dope	Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page	1942
Rings on Her Fingers	John Wheeler	1942
The Male Animal	Tommy Turner	1942
You Belong to Me	Peter Kirk	1941
Wild Geese Calling	John Murdock	1941
Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy	Self	1941
The Lady Eve	Charles Pike	1941
Chad Hanna	Chad Hanna	1940
The Return of Frank James	Frank James	1940
Lillian Russell	Alexander Moore	1940
The Grapes of Wrath	Tom Joad	1940
Drums Along the Mohawk	Gilbert Martin	1939
Young Mr. Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln	1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell	Thomas Watson	1939
Let Us Live	'Brick' Tennant / Brick Tennant	1939
Jesse James	Frank James	1939
The Mad Miss Manton	Peter Ames	1938
Spawn of the North	Jim Kimmerlee	1938
Blockade	Marco	1938
Jezebel	Preston Dillard	1938
Breakdowns of 1938	Himself / Jack Merrick / Preston Dillard (That Certain Woman / Jezebel outtakes)	1938
I Met My Love Again	Ives Towner	1938
That Certain Woman	Jack Merrick / Jack V. Merrick, Jr.	1937
Slim	Slim	1937
Wings of the Morning	Kerry Gilfallen	1937
You Only Live Once	Eddie Taylor	1937
Spendthrift	Townsend Middleton	1936
The Moon's Our Home	Anthony Amberton / John Smith	1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Dave Tolliver	1936
I Dream Too Much	'Johnny' Street / Johnny Street	1935
Way Down East	David Bartlett	1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife	Dan Harrow	1935

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

The Deputy	1959
12 Angry Men	1957
General Electric Theater	1953

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1982	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Won
1982	Golden Globe	Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Won
1980	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Nominated
1975	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy	Nominated
1973	Emmy	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
1958	Oscar	Best Picture	Nominated
1958	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Drama	Nominated
1941	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated