Henry Fonda
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 performan
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.
Born
May 16, 1905
Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
Died
Aug 12, 1982
Known For
Acting
Movies
167 acting
1 crew
Popularity
3.0
Known For
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 8
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as Frank
The Longest Day
1962
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Midway
1976
as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
How the West Was Won
1962
as Jethro Stuart
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Tom Joad
The Wrong Man
1956
as Manny Balestrero
War and Peace
1956
as Pierre Bezukhov
On Golden Pond
1981
as Norman Thayer Jr.
My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Jack Beauregard
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