Henry Fonda
With an acting career that spanned nearly 50 years, Henry Fonda was born May 16, 1905, in Grand Island, Neb. He made his way from community theatre to Broadway, where he starred in the stage hit "The Farmer Takes a Wife" -- a play that was later adapted for the big screen and gave Fonda his first film appearance.

Best known for playing iconic heroes, Fonda worked with some of the greatest directors of his time, including John Ford (Young Mr. Lincoln, The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine and Mister Roberts), Alfred Hitchcock (The Wrong Man) and Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men and Fail-Safe). He also took a convincing turn as a villain in director Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1969).

Fonda capped his film career with a Best Actor Oscar for On Golden Pond (1981), playing opposite Katharine Hepburn and his daughter, Jane. He died in Los Angeles on Aug. 12, 1982.

Featured Movies
  • 12 Angry Men12 Angry Men

    Knowing full well that a guilty verdict means death, a jury of 12 men (including Jack Warden and Jack Klugman) must decide the fate of an 18-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his father. But only one juror (Henry Fonda) wants to take the time to coolly deliberate the case. Sidney Lumet... Read More

  • The Grapes of WrathThe Grapes of Wrath

    In this towering classic of American cinema, common man Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) leads his family on a harrowing journey from the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a better life in California. Based on John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterfully directed by John Ford, the... Read More

  • Once Upon a Time in the WestOnce Upon a Time in the West

    This Sergio Leone classic, a tribute to Hollywood Westerns, stars Henry Fonda as Frank, a deft gunslinger hired by the powerful owner of a railroad conglomerate to kill anyone who derails the project. But Frank contends with the wrong person when he murders Brett (Frank Wolff), a landowner,... Read More

  • Mister RobertsMister Roberts

    A hilarious and heartfelt military comedy-drama co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, Mister Roberts stars Henry Fonda as an officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a noncommissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Capt. Morton (James Cagney). Jack... Read More

  • Battle of the BulgeBattle of the Bulge

    In December 1944, Nazi forces launch a well-planned counteroffensive against Allied troops in Belgium. The brilliant strategist behind the attack is German Col. Hessler (Robert Shaw), whose campaign may be thwarted by American intelligence officer Lt. Col. Kiley (Henry Fonda). Robert Ryan, Telly... Read More

All Henry Fonda Movies
The Big Picture: Military Series (2008)
NR
Poetry Hall of Fame Collection (2006)
NR
Underground Doctors (2005)
NR
The Best of Classic TV Westerns (2004)
NR
TV Classics: Westerns: Vol. 2 (2004)
NR
Ed Sullivan: A Salute (2003)
NR
The Funny World of Lucy: Vol. 2 (2000)
NR
On Golden Pond (1981)
PG
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
NR
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980)
NR
The Greatest Man in the World (1980)
NR
The Golden Honeymoon (1980)
NR
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)
NR
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
NR
Meteor (1979)
PG
The Swarm (1978)
PG
Fedora (1978)
PG
The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978)
PG
Tentacles (1977)
Tentacoli
PG
Rollercoaster (1977)
PG
Soldier's Home (1977)
NR
Midway (1976)
The Battle of Midway
PG
Captains and the Kings (1976)
NR
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976)
NR
Almos' a Man (1976)
NR
Last Days of Mussolini (1975)
Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
NR
My Name Is Nobody (1974)
Lonesome Gun / Il Mio Nome รจ Nessuno / Mein Name ist Nobody
PG
Clarence Darrow (1974)
NR
Ash Wednesday (1973)
NR
Night Flight from Moscow (1972)
Le Serpent
PG
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Never Give an Inch
PG
Directed by John Ford (1971)
NR
There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
R
Too Late the Hero (1970)
Suicide Run
PG
The Pat Paulsen Half a Comedy Hour (1970)
NR
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
C'era una volta il West
(Bonus materials available separately)
PG-13
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
UR
The Boston Strangler (1968)
R
Madigan (1968)
UR
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
NR
Born to Buck (1966)
NR
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
NR
In Harm's Way (1965)
NR
Fail-Safe (1964)
NR
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
NR
The Best Man (1964)
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
NR
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
NR
The Longest Day (1962)
G
How the West Was Won (1962)
G
Advise and Consent (1962)
NR
Warlock (1959)
NR
The Deputy (1959)
NR
Bat Masterson / The Deputy (1958)
NR
12 Angry Men (1957)
NR
The Tin Star (1957)
NR
War and Peace (1956)
Guerra e Pace
PG
The Wrong Man (1956)
NR
Mister Roberts (1955)
NR
Fort Apache (1948)
NR
On Our Merry Way (1948)
A Miracle Can Happen
NR
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
NR
The Long Night (1947)
NR
My Darling Clementine (1946)
NR
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
NR
The Battle of Midway (1942)
NR
The Big Street (1942)
NR
Immortal Sergeant (1942)
NR
The Lady Eve (1941)
NR
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
NR
The Return of Frank James (1940)
NR
Lillian Russell (1940)
NR
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
(Bonus materials available separately)
NR
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
NR
Jesse James (1939)
NR
Jezebel (1938)
NR
Blockade (1938)
NR
St. Martin's Lane / Wings of the Morning (1937)
Sidewalks of London
NR
You Only Live Once (1937)
NR
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
NR
Way Down East (1935)
NR

 
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