Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

acting May 16, 1905 Aug 12, 1982 Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

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2 wins

  • 1980 HONORARY AWARD
  • 1981 ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (Norman Thayer, Jr.) On Golden Pond

2 nominations

167 of 167 films rated

IMDb avg 6.7
IMDb median 6.8
RT avg 74%
RT median 85%

highest rated

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  1. Henry Fonda for President → Self (archive footage)
  2. The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty → Self - Actor (archive footage)
  3. Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth → Self(archive footage)
  4. Citizen Jane Fonda
  5. 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War → Self (archive footage)
  6. John Ford: The Man Who Invented America → Self - Actor (archive footage)
  7. Spanish Western → Self (archive footage)
  8. Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia → Self (archive footage)
  9. John Ford & Monument Valley → Self (archive footage)
  10. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' → Self (archive footage)
  11. Jezebel: Legend of the South → Self (archive footage)
  12. Sacco and Vanzetti → Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
  13. Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' → Self (archive footage)
  14. An Opera of Violence → Self - Actor (archive footage)
  15. The Wages of Sin → Self (archive footage)
  16. Something to Do with Death → Self (archive footage)
  17. The Making of Midway → Self
  18. Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' → Self (archive footage)
  19. Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults → (archive footage)
  20. Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line → Self (archive footage)
  21. Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero → Self (archive footage)
  22. La Classe américaine → Hugues (archive footage)
  23. Fonda on Fonda → Self (archive footage)
  24. Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire → Self (archive footage)
  25. Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
  26. Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To → (archive footage)
  27. The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind → Self (archive footage)
  28. Going Hollywood: The '30s → (archive footage)
  29. Let Poland Be Poland → Self
  30. On Golden Pond → Norman Thayer Jr.
  31. The Greatest Man in the World → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  32. Summer Solstice → Joshua
  33. Gideon's Trumpet → Clarence Earl Gideon
  34. The Oldest Living Graduate → Col. J.C. Kincaid
  35. Barn Burning → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  36. The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's → Self (archive footage)
  37. The Jilting of Granny Weatherall → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  38. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  39. Paul's Case → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  40. The Sky Is Gray → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  41. The Golden Honeymoon → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  42. Rappaccini's Daughter → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  43. Roots: The Next Generations (TV) → Colonel Frederick Warner
  44. Meteor → The President
  45. City on Fire → Fire Chief Risley
  46. Wanda Nevada → Old Prospector
  47. The Man Who Loved Bears → Self
  48. The Kennedy Center Honors (TV) → Self
  49. The Swarm → Dr. Walter Krim
  50. Fedora → President of the Academy
  51. The Great Smokey Roadblock → Elegant John
  52. The Biggest Battle → Generale Foster
  53. Inside 'the Swarm' → Self
  54. A Special Sesame Street Christmas → Self
  55. Home to Stay → Grandpa George
  56. Laugh-In (TV) → Guest Performer
  57. Laugh-In (TV) → Guest Performer (uncredited)
  58. Tentacles → Mr. Whitehead
  59. Rollercoaster → Simon Davenport
  60. The Displaced Person → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  61. The Blue Hotel → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  62. Soldier's Home → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  63. I'm a Fool → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  64. Underground Doctors → Self - Host
  65. Family (TV) → James Lawrence
  66. Captains and the Kings (TV) → Sen. Enfield Bassett
  67. Midway → Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
  68. Bernice Bobs Her Hair → Self - Series Host (uncredited)
  69. Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur → Gen. Douglas MacArthur
  70. People's Choice Awards (TV) → Self
  71. Henry James' The Jolly Corner → Narrator
  72. Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda → Self
  73. Dinah! (TV) → Self
  74. Spécial cinéma (TV) → Self (archive footage)
  75. The Last Four Days → Kardinal Schuster
  76. Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still → Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  77. Clarence Darrow → Clarence Darrow
  78. Parker Adderson, Philosopher → Narrator (Voice)
  79. The Music School → Narrator (voice)
  80. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (TV) → Self
  81. The American Film Institute Salute to ... (TV) → Self
  82. My Name Is Nobody → Jack Beauregard
  83. The Serpent → Alan Davies
  84. The Alpha Caper → Mark Forbes
  85. The Red Pony → Carl Tiflin
  86. Ash Wednesday → Mark Sawyer
  87. All in the Family (TV) → Self
  88. Film '72 (TV) → Self
  89. V.I.P. Schaukel (TV) → Self
  90. Cadet Rousselle (TV) → Self
  91. The Smith Family (TV) → Chad Smith
  92. Sometimes a Great Notion → Henry Stamper
  93. Directed by John Ford
  94. The American West of John Ford → Self - Narrator
  95. There Was a Crooked Man... → Woodward W. Lopeman
  96. Too Late the Hero → Capt. John G Nolan
  97. The Cheyenne Social Club → Harley Sullivan
  98. The Bill Cosby Show (TV) → Joshua Richards
  99. An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer → John Steinbeck (voice)
  100. The Dick Cavett Show (TV) → Self - Guest
  101. The Doris Day Show (TV) → Henry Fonda (uncredited)
  102. Once Upon a Time in the West → Frank
  103. Yours, Mine and Ours → Frank Beardsley
  104. The Boston Strangler → John S. Bottomly
  105. Firecreek → Bob Larkin
  106. Madigan → Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
  107. A Space to Grow → Narrator
  108. Pat Paulsen for President → Narrator (voice)
  109. The World About Us (TV) → Narrator
  110. Welcome to Hard Times → Mayor Will Blue
  111. Stranger on the Run → Ben Chamberlain
  112. A Big Hand for the Little Lady → Meredith
  113. The Really Big Family → Self - Narrator
  114. Born to Buck → Narrator
  115. To Save a Soldier → Narrator (voice)
  116. Battle of the Bulge → Lt Col Kiley
  117. In Harm's Way → CINCPAC II
  118. The Rounders → Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
  119. The Dirty Game → Dimitri Koulov
  120. Sex and the Single Girl → Frank Broderick
  121. Fail Safe → The President
  122. The Best Man → William Russell
  123. Spencer's Mountain → Clay Spencer
  124. Hollywood: The Great Stars → Self - Host
  125. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self
  126. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self (archive footage)
  127. The Merv Griffin Show (TV) → Self
  128. The Longest Day → Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
  129. How the West Was Won → Jethro Stuart
  130. Advise & Consent → Robert Leffingwell
  131. President Kennedy's Birthday Salute → Self
  132. Hollywood: The Fabulous Era → Narrator / Host
  133. The Mike Douglas Show (TV) → Self
  134. Hollywood: The Selznick Years → Self - Narrator
  135. The Fabulous Fifties → Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
  136. The Deputy (TV) → Marshal Simon Fry
  137. The Bell Telephone Hour (TV) → Self - Host
  138. Warlock → Clay Blaisedell
  139. The Man Who Understood Women → Willie Bauche
  140. Stage Struck → Lewis Easton
  141. 12 Angry Men → Juror 8
  142. The Tin Star → Morgan Hickman
  143. Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Host / Presenter
  144. Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter
  145. Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Host
  146. Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Nominee
  147. Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient
  148. Tony Awards (TV) → Self (archive footage)
  149. The Steve Allen Show (TV) → Self
  150. War and Peace → Pierre Bezukhov
  151. The Wrong Man → Manny Balestrero
  152. Mister Roberts → Lieutenant Roberts
  153. The Star and the Story (TV) → Self - Host
  154. The Petrified Forest → Alan Squier
  155. General Electric Theater (TV) → Emmett Kelly
  156. The Real Miss America → Narrator (voice)
  157. Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV) → Clarence Earl Gideon
  158. Pictura → Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)
  159. Benjy → Narrator (voice)
  160. What's My Line? (TV) → Self - Mystery Guest
  161. Jigsaw → Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
  162. The Ed Sullivan Show (TV) → Self
  163. Fort Apache → Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
  164. On Our Merry Way → Lank Solsky
  165. The Long Night → Joe Adams
  166. Daisy Kenyon → Peter Lapham
  167. The Fugitive → A Fugitive
  168. My Darling Clementine → Wyatt Earp
  169. Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
  170. Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self
  171. The Ox-Bow Incident → Gil Carter
  172. Immortal Sergeant → Corporal Colin Spence
  173. Tales of Manhattan → George
  174. The Big Street → Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II
  175. The Male Animal → Tommy Turner
  176. Rings on Her Fingers → John Wheeler
  177. The Magnificent Dope → Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
  178. The Battle of Midway → Narrator (voice)
  179. It's Everybody's War → Narrator
  180. The Lady Eve → Charles Pike
  181. Wild Geese Calling → John Murdock
  182. You Belong to Me → Peter Kirk
  183. The Grapes of Wrath → Tom Joad
  184. The Return of Frank James → Frank James
  185. Lillian Russell → Alexander Moore
  186. Chad Hanna → Chad Hanna
  187. Jesse James → Frank James
  188. Drums Along the Mohawk → Gilbert Martin
  189. Young Mr. Lincoln → Abraham Lincoln
  190. Let Us Live → "Brick" Tennant
  191. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell → Thomas Watson
  192. Jezebel → Preston Dillard
  193. The Mad Miss Manton → Peter Ames
  194. Spawn of the North → Jim Kimmerlee
  195. I Met My Love Again → Ives Towner
  196. Breakdowns of 1938 → Self (archive footage)
  197. Blockade → Marco
  198. You Only Live Once → Eddie Taylor
  199. Slim → Slim Kincaid
  200. That Certain Woman → Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
  201. Wings of the Morning → Kerry Gilfallen
  202. Spendthrift → Townsend Middleton
  203. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine → Dave Tolliver
  204. The Moon's Our Home → Anthony Amberton / John Smith
  205. I Dream Too Much → Johnny Street
  206. The Farmer Takes a Wife → Dan Harrow
  207. Way Down East → David Bartlett

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