Henry Fonda
Acting
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 performance in Jezebel (1938), brother Frank in Jesse James (1939), and the future President in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), directed by John Ford. His early career peaked with his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, about an Oklahoma family who moved to California during the Dust Bowl 1930s. This film is widely considered to be among the greatest American films. 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.
Henry Fonda for President
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The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
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Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
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John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
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John Ford & Monument Valley
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
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Jezebel: Legend of the South
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
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An Opera of Violence
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Something to Do with Death
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Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
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The Greatest Man in the World
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
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The Golden Honeymoon
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
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Rappaccini's Daughter
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
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The Displaced Person
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Bernice Bobs Her Hair
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Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
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Parker Adderson, Philosopher
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The American West of John Ford
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There Was a Crooked Man...
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An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
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President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
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The Fabulous Fifties
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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Roots: The Next Generations
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Captains and the Kings
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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Age 57 (now 77) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Golden Globe Awards
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Age 38 (now 77)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Hank Fonda, Henry Jaynes Fonda, One-Take Fonda, هنری فوندا
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