
Born 1905 — Died 1982
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 beg…
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Slates Featured

Henry Fonda for President(2025)
as Self (archive footage)

The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty(2023)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Citizen Jane Fonda(2020)

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth(2020)
as Self(archive footage)

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War(2020)
as Self (archive footage)

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America(2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Spanish Western(2015)
as Self (archive footage)

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia(2013)
as Self (archive footage)

John Ford & Monument Valley(2013)
as Self (archive footage)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'(2008)
as Self (archive footage)

Jezebel: Legend of the South(2006)
as Self (archive footage)

Sacco and Vanzetti(2006)
as Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)

Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'(2004)
as Self (archive footage)

An Opera of Violence(2003)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Wages of Sin(2003)
as Self (archive footage)

Something to Do with Death(2003)
as Self (archive footage)

The Making of Midway(2001)
as Self

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'(2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults(1999)
as (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line(1997)
as Self (archive footage)

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero(1997)
as Self (archive footage)

La Classe américaine(1993)
as Hugues (archive footage)

Fonda on Fonda(1992)
as Self (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker(1991)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire(1991)
as Self (archive footage)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To(1990)
as (archive footage)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind(1988)
as Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s(1984)
as (archive footage)

Let Poland Be Poland(1982)
as Self

Summer Solstice(1981)
as Joshua

On Golden Pond(1981)
as Norman Thayer Jr.

The Greatest Man in the World(1981)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Gideon's Trumpet(1980)
as Clarence Earl Gideon

The Oldest Living Graduate(1980)
as Col. J.C. Kincaid

Barn Burning(1980)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg(1980)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall(1980)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Paul's Case(1980)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Golden Honeymoon(1980)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's(1980)
as Self (archive footage)

The Sky Is Gray(1980)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Rappaccini's Daughter(1980)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Meteor(1979)
as The President

City on Fire(1979)
as Fire Chief Risley
The Man Who Loved Bears(1979)
as Self

Wanda Nevada(1979)
as Old Prospector

A Special Sesame Street Christmas(1978)
as Self

Fedora(1978)
as President of the Academy

The Swarm(1978)
as Dr. Walter Krim

The Great Smokey Roadblock(1978)
as Elegant John

Home to Stay(1978)
as Grandpa George

The Biggest Battle(1978)
as Generale Foster

Inside 'the Swarm'(1978)
as Self

Rollercoaster(1977)
as Simon Davenport

Soldier's Home(1977)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Blue Hotel(1977)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

The Displaced Person(1977)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

I'm a Fool(1977)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Tentacles(1977)
as Mr. Whitehead

Underground Doctors(1977)
as Self - Host

Bernice Bobs Her Hair(1976)
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Midway(1976)
as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur(1976)
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda(1975)
as Self

Henry James' The Jolly Corner(1975)
as Narrator

Clarence Darrow(1974)
as Clarence Darrow

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still(1974)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Last Four Days(1974)
as Kardinal Schuster
Parker Adderson, Philosopher(1974)
as Narrator (Voice)

The Music School(1974)
as Narrator (voice)

My Name Is Nobody(1973)
as Jack Beauregard

Ash Wednesday(1973)
as Mark Sawyer

The Alpha Caper(1973)
as Mark Forbes

The Serpent(1973)
as Alan Davies

The Red Pony(1973)
as Carl Tiflin

Sometimes a Great Notion(1971)
as Henry Stamper

The American West of John Ford(1971)
as Self - Narrator

Directed by John Ford(1971)

There Was a Crooked Man...(1970)
as Woodward W. Lopeman

The Cheyenne Social Club(1970)
as Harley Sullivan

Too Late the Hero(1970)
as Capt. John G Nolan

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer(1969)
as John Steinbeck (voice)

Once Upon a Time in the West(1968)
as Frank

Pat Paulsen for President(1968)
as Narrator (voice)

The Boston Strangler(1968)
as John S. Bottomly

Yours, Mine and Ours(1968)
as Frank Beardsley

Madigan(1968)
as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell

Firecreek(1968)
as Bob Larkin

A Space to Grow(1968)
as Narrator

Stranger on the Run(1967)
as Ben Chamberlain

Welcome to Hard Times(1967)
as Mayor Will Blue
To Save a Soldier(1966)
as Narrator (voice)
Born to Buck(1966)
as Narrator

A Big Hand for the Little Lady(1966)
as Meredith

The Really Big Family(1966)
as Self - Narrator

Battle of the Bulge(1965)
as Lt Col Kiley

The Dirty Game(1965)
as Dimitri Koulov

In Harm's Way(1965)
as CINCPAC II

The Rounders(1965)
as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis

Sex and the Single Girl(1964)
as Frank Broderick

Fail Safe(1964)
as The President

The Best Man(1964)
as William Russell

Spencer's Mountain(1963)
as Clay Spencer

Hollywood: The Great Stars(1963)
as Self - Host

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era(1962)
as Narrator / Host

How the West Was Won(1962)
as Jethro Stuart

The Longest Day(1962)
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Advise & Consent(1962)
as Robert Leffingwell

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute(1962)
as Self

Hollywood: The Selznick Years(1961)
as Self - Narrator

The Fabulous Fifties(1960)
as Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)

The Man Who Understood Women(1959)
as Willie Bauche

Warlock(1959)
as Clay Blaisedell

Stage Struck(1958)
as Lewis Easton

The Tin Star(1957)
as Morgan Hickman

12 Angry Men(1957)
as Juror 8

The Wrong Man(1956)
as Manny Balestrero

War and Peace(1956)
as Pierre Bezukhov

Mister Roberts(1955)
as Lieutenant Roberts

The Petrified Forest(1955)
as Alan Squier
The Real Miss America(1952)
as Narrator (voice)

Pictura(1951)
as Narrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)

Benjy(1951)
as Narrator (voice)

Jigsaw(1949)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Fort Apache(1948)
as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday

On Our Merry Way(1948)
as Lank Solsky

Daisy Kenyon(1947)
as Peter Lapham

The Fugitive(1947)
as A Fugitive

The Long Night(1947)
as Joe Adams

My Darling Clementine(1946)
as Wyatt Earp

Immortal Sergeant(1943)
as Corporal Colin Spence

The Ox-Bow Incident(1943)
as Gil Carter

The Battle of Midway(1942)
as Narrator (voice)

It's Everybody's War(1942)
as Narrator

The Big Street(1942)
as Little Pinks

Tales of Manhattan(1942)
as George

The Magnificent Dope(1942)
as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page

Rings on Her Fingers(1942)
as John Wheeler

The Male Animal(1942)
as Tommy Turner

You Belong to Me(1941)
as Peter Kirk

Wild Geese Calling(1941)
as John Murdock

The Lady Eve(1941)
as Charles Pike

Chad Hanna(1940)
as Chad Hanna

The Return of Frank James(1940)
as Frank James

Lillian Russell(1940)
as Alexander Moore

The Grapes of Wrath(1940)
as Tom Joad

Drums Along the Mohawk(1939)
as Gilbert Martin

Young Mr. Lincoln(1939)
as Abraham Lincoln

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell(1939)
as Thomas Watson

Let Us Live(1939)
as "Brick" Tennant

Jesse James(1939)
as Frank James

Breakdowns of 1938(1938)
as Self (archive footage)

The Mad Miss Manton(1938)
as Peter Ames

Spawn of the North(1938)
as Jim Kimmerlee

Blockade(1938)
as Marco

Jezebel(1938)
as Preston Dillard

I Met My Love Again(1938)
as Ives Towner

That Certain Woman(1937)
as Jack V. Merrick, Jr.

Slim(1937)
as Slim Kincaid

Wings of the Morning(1937)
as Kerry Gilfallen

You Only Live Once(1937)
as Eddie Taylor

Spendthrift(1936)
as Townsend Middleton

The Moon's Our Home(1936)
as Anthony Amberton / John Smith

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine(1936)
as Dave Tolliver

I Dream Too Much(1935)
as Johnny Street

Way Down East(1935)
as David Bartlett

The Farmer Takes a Wife(1935)
as Dan Harrow
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Laugh-In(1977)
as Guest Performer