Henry Fonda

Career timeline

1. 1905 · Born

   Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

2. 1936 · Screen debut

   The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Movie)

3. 1957 · Breakthrough

   12 Angry Men (Movie)

4. 1957 · First production

   12 Angry Men (Movie)

5. 1982 · Died

   August 12, 1982

6. 1993 · Latest release

   La Classe américaine (Movie)

Career in numbers

9 1930s

15 1940s

9 1950s

21 1960s

21 1970s

1 1980s

1 1990s

• Drama39
• Western21
• Comedy18
• Romance16
• War10
• History8

Highest-rated title 12 Angry Men 1957 8.6 Most popular title 12 Angry Men 1957 8.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Henry Fonda in our catalogue.

Sidney Lumet

3 titles together

Lee J. Cobb

2 titles together

George Voskovec

2 titles together

Robert Webber

2 titles together

Ed Begley

2 titles together

1. 1993 La Classe américaine as Hugues (archive footage) 7.6 Movie
2. 1981 On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer Jr. 7.3 Movie
3. 1979 Meteor as The President 5.2 Movie
4. 1979 City on Fire as Fire Chief Risley 5.1 Movie
5. 1979 Wanda Nevada as Old Prospector 5.8 Movie
6. 1979 Roots: The Next Generations as Colonel Frederick Warner 7.5 TV
7. 1978 Fedora as President of the Academy 6.7 Movie
8. 1978 The Swarm as Dr. Krim 5.0 Movie
9. 1977 Laugh-In as Guest Performer TV
10. 1977 Rollercoaster as Simon Davenport 6.0 Movie
11. 1977 Tentacles as Mr. Whitehead 4.6 Movie
12. 1976 Captains and the Kings as Sen. Enfield Bassett TV
13. 1976 Midway as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz 6.6 Movie
14. 1976 Family as James Lawrence TV
15. 1974 The Last Four Days as Kardinal Schuster 6.3 Movie
16. 1973 My Name Is Nobody as Jack Beauregard 7.3 Movie
17. 1973 The Serpent as Alan Davies 6.1 Movie
18. 1971 Sometimes a Great Notion as Henry Stamper 6.9 Movie
19. 1971 Directed by John Ford 7.0 Movie
20. 1971 The Smith Family as Chad Smith TV
21. 1970 There Was a Crooked Man... as Woodward W. Lopeman 6.8 Movie
22. 1970 The Cheyenne Social Club as Harley Sullivan 6.4 Movie
23. 1970 Too Late the Hero as Capt. John G Nolan 6.4 Movie
24. 1969 The Bill Cosby Show as Joshua Richards TV
25. 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West as Frank 8.3 Movie
26. 1968 The Boston Strangler as John S. Bottomly 6.7 Movie
27. 1968 The Doris Day Show as Henry Fonda (uncredited) TV
28. 1968 Yours, Mine and Ours as Frank Beardsley 6.9 Movie
29. 1968 Madigan as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell 6.2 Movie
30. 1968 Firecreek as Bob Larkin 6.2 Movie
31. 1967 The World About Us as Narrator TV
32. 1967 Stranger on the Run as Ben Chamberlain Movie
33. 1967 Welcome to Hard Times as Mayor Will Blue 5.3 Movie
34. 1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Meredith 7.1 Movie
35. 1965 Battle of the Bulge as Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley 6.9 Movie
36. 1965 In Harm's Way as CINCPAC II 6.6 Movie
37. 1965 The Rounders as Marion 'Howdy' Lewis 5.5 Movie
38. 1964 Sex and the Single Girl as Frank Broderick 6.5 Movie
39. 1964 Fail Safe as The President 7.8 Movie
40. 1964 The Best Man as William Russell 7.3 Movie
41. 1963 Spencer's Mountain as Clay Spencer 6.7 Movie
42. 1962 How the West Was Won as Jethro Stuart 7.0 Movie
43. 1962 The Longest Day as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 7.6 Movie
44. 1962 Advise & Consent as Robert Leffingwell 7.2 Movie
45. 1959 The Deputy as Marshal Simon Fry TV
46. 1959 Warlock as Clay Blaisedell 6.8 Movie
47. 1957 The Tin Star as Morgan Hickman 7.0 Movie
48. 1957 12 Angry Men as Juror 8 8.6 Movie
49. 1956 The Wrong Man as Manny Balestrero 7.1 Movie
50. 1956 War and Peace as Pierre Bezukhov 6.6 Movie
51. 1955 Mister Roberts as Lieutenant Roberts 7.1 Movie
52. 1953 General Electric Theater as Emmett Kelly TV
53. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Clarence Earl Gideon TV
54. 1948 Fort Apache as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday 7.0 Movie
55. 1948 On Our Merry Way as Lank Solsky Movie
56. 1947 Daisy Kenyon as Peter Lapham 6.6 Movie
57. 1947 The Fugitive as A Fugitive 5.9 Movie
58. 1947 The Long Night as Joe Adams 5.8 Movie
59. 1946 My Darling Clementine as Wyatt Earp 7.5 Movie
60. 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident as Gil Carter 7.7 Movie
61. 1942 The Battle of Midway as Narrator (voice) 5.9 Movie
62. 1942 The Big Street as Little Pinks 5.8 Movie
63. 1942 Tales of Manhattan as George 6.4 Movie
64. 1942 Rings on Her Fingers as John Wheeler Movie
65. 1941 You Belong to Me as Peter Kirk Movie
66. 1941 The Lady Eve as Charles Pike 7.3 Movie
67. 1940 The Return of Frank James as Frank James 6.4 Movie
68. 1940 The Grapes of Wrath as Tom Joad 7.8 Movie
69. 1939 Drums Along the Mohawk as Gilbert Martin 6.5 Movie
70. 1939 Young Mr. Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln 7.2 Movie
71. 1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Thomas Watson 6.3 Movie
72. 1939 Jesse James as Frank James 6.6 Movie
73. 1938 The Mad Miss Manton as Peter Ames 6.4 Movie
74. 1938 Jezebel as Preston Dillard 7.0 Movie
75. 1937 Slim as Slim Kincaid Movie
76. 1937 You Only Live Once as Eddie Taylor 7.1 Movie
77. 1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Dave Tolliver 6.5 Movie

1. 1957 12 Angry Men 8.6 Movie

1. 1959 The Deputy TV

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