Actor
Henry Fonda
May 16, 1905 · Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
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.
Notable work
8.612 Angry Men (1957)
as Juror 8
8.3Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
as Frank
7.8The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Tom Joad
7.3My Name Is Nobody (1973)
as Jack Beauregard
7.6The Longest Day (1962)
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
7.1The Wrong Man (1956)
as Manny Balestrero
7.3On Golden Pond (1981)
as Norman Thayer Jr.
7How the West Was Won (1962)
as Jethro Stuart
7.5My Darling Clementine (1946)
as Wyatt Earp
7.8Fail Safe (1964)
as The President
7.7The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
as Gil Carter
7Fort Apache (1948)
as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
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