Henry Fonda filmography
This is the filmography of American actor Henry Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982). From the beginning of Fonda's career in 1935 through to his last projects in 1981, Fonda appeared in more than 100 films, television programs and short subjects.
Through the course of his career, he appeared in many critically acclaimed films, including 12 Angry Men and The Ox-Bow Incident. His roles in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath and 1981's On Golden Pond both earned him Academy Award nominations and he won for the latter. Fonda made his mark in Westerns, appearing as Frank James in Jesse James and The Return of Frank James, and war films such as The Longest Day and In Harm's Way, and made frequent appearances in both television and foreign productions late in his career. He was Bette Davis' leading man in the romantic period piece Jezebel and portrayed historical figures Abraham Lincoln in Young Mr. Lincoln and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine. Fonda made three movies with his close friend James Stewart: On Our Merry Way, Firecreek and The Cheyenne Social Club; the two appearing separately as well in How the West Was Won. Henry Fonda made no major film appearances between 1948's Fort Apache with John Wayne and Mister Roberts with James Cagney in 1955, seven years later, concentrating instead on the stage; both films were directed by John Ford.
Filmography
[edit]Feature films
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Dan Harrow | |
| Way Down East | David Bartlett | ||
| I Dream Too Much | Jonathan "Johnny" Street | ||
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Dave Tolliver | |
| The Moon's Our Home | Anthony Amberton / John Smith | ||
| Spendthrift | Townsend Middleton | ||
| 1937 | Wings of the Morning | Kerry Gilfallen | |
| You Only Live Once | Eddie Taylor | ||
| Slim | Slim Kincaid | ||
| That Certain Woman | Jack V. Merrick Jr. | ||
| 1938 | I Met My Love Again | Ives Towner | |
| Jezebel | Preston Dillard | ||
| Blockade | Marco | ||
| Spawn of the North | Jim Kimmerlee | ||
| The Mad Miss Manton | Peter Ames | ||
| 1939 | Jesse James | Frank James | |
| Let Us Live | Brick Tennant | ||
| The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Thomas Watson | ||
| Young Mr. Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Drums Along the Mohawk | Gilbert Martin | ||
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Tom Joad | |
| Lillian Russell | Alexander Moore | ||
| The Return of Frank James | Frank James | ||
| Chad Hanna | Chad Hanna | ||
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | Charles Pike | |
| Wild Geese Calling | John Murdock | ||
| You Belong to Me | Peter Kirk | Alternate title: Good Morning, Doctor | |
| 1942 | The Male Animal | Prof. Tommy Turner | |
| Rings on Her Fingers | John Wheeler | ||
| The Magnificent Dope | Thadeus Winship Page | Alternate titles: Lazy Galahad, The Magnificent Jerk | |
| Tales of Manhattan | George | ||
| The Big Street | Augustus "Little Pinks" Pinkerton II | ||
| 1943 | Immortal Sergeant | Cpl. Colin Spence | |
| The Ox-Bow Incident | Gil Carter | ||
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | Town Marshal Wyatt Earp | |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Joe Adams | |
| The Fugitive | Fugitive Priest | ||
| Daisy Kenyon | Peter Lapham | ||
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Lank Solsky | |
| Fort Apache | Lt. Col. Owen Thursday | ||
| 1949 | Jigsaw | Nightclub Waiter | Uncredited cameo |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts | Lt. Douglas A. Roberts | |
| 1956 | War and Peace | Count Pierre Bezukhov | |
| The Wrong Man | Manny Balestrero | ||
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men | Davis, Juror #8 | Also producer |
| The Tin Star | Morgan Hickman | ||
| 1958 | Stage Struck | Lewis Easton | |
| 1959 | Warlock | Clay Blaisedell | |
| The Man Who Understood Women | Willie Bauche | ||
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Robert A. Leffingwell | |
| The Longest Day | Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | ||
| How the West Was Won | Jethro Stuart | ||
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Clay Spencer | |
| 1964 | The Best Man | Sen. William Russell | |
| Fail Safe | The President | ||
| Sex and the Single Girl | Frank Broderick | ||
| 1965 | The Rounders | Marion 'Howdy' Lewis | |
| In Harm's Way | Adm. Chester W. Nimitz | ||
| The Dirty Game | Dimitri Koulov | Alternate title: The Secret Agents | |
| Battle of the Bulge | Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley | ||
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Meredith / Ben Bailey | Alternate title: Big Deal at Dodge City |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Mayor Will Blue | |
| 1968 | Firecreek | Bob Larkin | |
| Madigan | Commissioner Anthony X. Russell | ||
| Yours, Mine and Ours | Frank Beardsley | ||
| The Boston Strangler | John S. Bottomly | ||
| Once Upon a Time in the West | Frank | ||
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero | Capt. John G. Nolan | |
| The Cheyenne Social Club | Harley Sullivan | ||
| There Was a Crooked Man... | Sheriff Woodward Lopeman | ||
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Henry Stamper | Alternate title: Never Give A Inch |
| 1973 | Night Flight from Moscow | Allan Davies | Alternate title: The Serpent |
| Ash Wednesday | Mark Sawyer | ||
| My Name Is Nobody | Jack Beauregard | ||
| 1974 | Last Days of Mussolini | Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster | Alternate title: The Last 4 Days |
| 1976 | Midway | Adm. Chester W. Nimitz | Alternate title: Battle of Midway |
| 1977 | Tentacles | Mr. Whitehead | |
| The Great Smokey Roadblock | Elegant John Howard | Alternate titles: The Goodbye Run, The Last of the Cowboys | |
| Rollercoaster | Simon Davenport | ||
| 1978 | The Greatest Battle | Brig. Gen. Harold Foster | Alternate titles: The Biggest Battle, Battle Force |
| Fedora | President of the academy | Cameo | |
| The Swarm | Dr. Walter Krim | ||
| 1979 | City on Fire | Chief Albert Risley | |
| Wanda Nevada | Old Prospector | Cameo | |
| Meteor | The President | ||
| 1981 | On Golden Pond | Norman Thayer Jr. | Final film performance, won Academy Award for Best Actor |
Television films
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-1961 | The Deputy (TV series) | Chief Marshal Simon Fry | |
| 1967 | Stranger on the Run | Ben Chamberlain | |
| 1973 | The Red Pony | Carl Tiflin | |
| The Alpha Caper | Mark Forbes | Alternate title: The Inside Job | |
| 1974 | Clarence Darrow | Clarence Darrow | |
| 1976 | Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur | Gen. Douglas MacArthur | |
| Captains and the Kings | Sen. Enfield Bassett | Miniseries | |
| 1978 | Home to Stay | Grandpa George | |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Colonel Frederick Warner | Miniseries |
| 1980 | The Oldest Living Graduate | Colonel J.C. Kincaid | |
| Gideon's Trumpet | Clarence Earl Gideon | ||
| 1981 | Summer Solstice | Joshua Turner | Final television performance |
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