FILMOGRAPHY From the beginning of Henry Fonda's career in 1935 through his last projects in 1981, Fonda appeared in 106 films, television programs, and shorts. Through the course of his career he appeared in many critically acclaimed films, including such classics as 12 Angry Men and The Ox-Bow Incident. His roles in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath and 1981's On Golden Pond earned him Academy Award nominations (he won for the latter). Fonda made his mark in westerns and war films, and made frequent appearances in both television and foreign productions late in his career. Year Movie Role Other Notes 1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife Dan Harrow 1935 Way Down East David Bartlett 1935 I Dream Too Much Jonathan Street 1936 Spendthrift Townsend Middleton 1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Dave Tolliver 1936 The Moon's Our Home Townsend Middleton 1937 You Only Live Once Kerry Gilfallen 1937 Wings of the Morning Eddie Taylor 1937 Slim Slim Kincaid 1937 That Certain Woman Jack V. Merrick, Jr. 1938 I Met My Love Again Ives Towner 1938 Jezebel Preston Dillard 1938 Blockade Marco 1938 Spawn of the North Jim Kimmerlee 1938 The Mad Miss Manton Peter Ames 1939 Jesse James Frank James 1939 Let Us Live! Brick Tennant 1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Watson a.k.a. The Modern Miracle (UK) 1939 Young Mr. Lincoln Abraham Lincoln 1939 Drums Along the Mohawk Gilbert Martin 1940 The Grapes of Wrath Tom Joad Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor 1940 Lillian Russell Alexander Moore 1940 The Return of Frank James Frank James sequel to Jesse James 1940 Chad Hanna Chad Hanna 1941 The Lady Eve Charles Pike 1941 Wild Geese Calling John Murdock 1941 You Belong to Me Peter Kirk a.k.a. Good Morning, Doctor (UK) 1942 Rings on Her Fingers John Wheeler 1942 The Male Animal Prof. Tommy Turner 1942 The Magnificent Dope Thadeus Winship Page 1942 Tales of Manhattan George 1942 The Big Street Agustus Pinkerton II 1943 Immortal Sergeant Cpl. Colin Spence 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident Gil Carter a.k.a. Strange Incident (UK) 1946 My Darling Clementine Wyatt Earp a.k.a. John Ford's My Darling Clementine 1947 The Long Night Joe Adams 1947 The Fugitive A Fugitive a.k.a. Fugitivo, El (Mexico) 1947 Daisy Kenyon Peter Lapham 1948 On Our Merry Way Lank a.k.a. A Miracle Can Happen (USA) 1948 Fort Apache Lt. Col. Owen Thursday a.k.a. War Party 1949 Jigsaw Nightclub Waiter cameo appearance - a.k.a. Gun Moll (USA: reissue title) 1953 Medallion Theatre - "The Decision at Arrowsmith" Unknown TV episode 1955 General Electric Theater - "The Clown" Emmett Kelly TV episode - a.k.a. G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title) 1955 Producers' Showcase - "The Petrified Forest" Alan Squier TV episode 1955 Mister Roberts Lt. Douglas A. Roberts 1956 War and Peace Pierre Bezukhov a.k.a. Guerra e pace (Italy) 1956 The Wrong Man Manny Balestrero Fonda's only film with Alfred Hitchcock 1957 12 Angry Men Juror #8 / Mr. Davis also producer Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actor Won BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated for Best Picture Academy Award 1957 The Tin Star Morg Hickman 1958 Movietone Adventure: Rangers of Yellowstone Narrator 1958 Stage Struck Lewis Easton 1959 Warlock Clay Blaisedell a.k.a. Shoot Out at Warlock (USA: reissue title) 1959 The Man Who Understood Women Willie Bauche 1959 The Deputy Marshal Simon Fry also producer Television series (1959 - 1961, NBC) 1962 San Francisco Fire Narrator 1962 Advise & Consent Robert A. Leffingwell 1962 The Longest Day Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. 1962 How the West Was Won Jethro Stuart 1963 The Dick Powell Show - "Tissue of Hate" Dr. Victor Fallon TV episode - a.k.a. The Dick Powell Theatre 1963 Spencer's Mountain Clay Spencer 1964 The Best Man William Russell a.k.a. Gore Vidal's The Best Man 1964 Fail-Safe The President 1964 The Bell Telephone Hour - "Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein" Host TV episode 1964 Sex and the Single Girl Frank Broderick 1965 The Rounders Marion Lewis 1965 In Harm's Way Adm. Chester W. Nimitz 1965 The Dirty Game Dimitri Koulov a.k.a. The Secret Agents - a.k.a. The Dirty Agents 1965 Battle of the Bulge Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley 1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady Meredith / Ben Bailey a.k.a. Big Deal at Dodge City (UK) 1967 All About People Narrator 1967 Welcome to Hard Times Mayor Will Blue a.k.a. Killer on a Horse (UK) 1967 Stranger on the Run Ben Chamberlain Television movie - a.k.a. Lonesome Gun 1967 Firecreek Bob Larkin 1968 Madigan Commissioner Anthony X. Russell 1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Frank Beardsley 1968 The Boston Strangler John S. Bottomly 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West Frank a.k.a. C'era una volta il West 1970 The Bill Cosby Show - "The Elevator Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" Joshua Richards TV Episode 1970 Too Late the Hero Capt. John G. Nolan a.k.a. Suicide Run 1970 The Cheyenne Social Club Harley Sullivan 1970 There Was a Crooked Man... Woodward Lopeman 1971 Sometimes a Great Notion Henry Stamper a.k.a. Never Give an Inch (UK) 1971 The Smith Family Det. Sgt. Chad Smith Television Series (1971 - 1972, ABC) 1973 The Red Pony Carl Tiflin Television movie - Nominated Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1973 Le Serpent Allan Davies a.k.a. The Serpent or Night Flight from Moscow 1973 The Alpha Caper Mark Forbes Television movie - a..ka. Inside Job (UK: theatrical title) 1973 Ash Wednesday Mark Sawyer 1973 Il Mio nome è Nessuno Jack Beauregard a.k.a. Lonesome Gun or My Name Is Nobody 1974 Mussolini: Ultimo atto Cardinal Schuster a.k.a. The Last Days of Mussolini or The Last Four Days 1974 Clarence Darrow Clarence Darrow Television movie 1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur Gen. Douglas MacArthur Television movie - a.k.a. Collision Course (USA: short title) 1976 Almos' a Man unknown Television movie 1976 Midway Adm. Chester W. Nimitz a.k.a. The Battle of Midway 1976 Captains and the Kings Sen. Enfield Bassett Miniseries 1977 Soldier's Home Host 1977 Tentacoli Mr. Whitehead, President of Trojan Construction a.k.a. Tentacles (USA) 1977 Rollercoaster Simon Davenport 1977 The Last of the Cowboys Elegant John a.k.a. The Great Smokey Roadblock (USA: new title) 1978 Grande attacco, Il General Foster a.k.a. The Biggest Battle or The Greatest Battle 1978 Home to Stay Grandpa George Television movie 1978 Fedora President of the Academy 1978 The Swarm Dr. Walter Krim 1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas Guest Television movie 1979 Roots: The Next Generation Colonel Frederick Warner Miniseries 1979 City on Fire Chief Albert Risley 1979 Wanda Nevada Old Prospector 1979 Meteor The President 1979 Family - "Thanksgiving" James Lawrence TV episode 1980 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Narrator Television movie 1980 The Oldest Living Graduate Col. J.C. Kincaid Television movie 1980 Gideon's Trumpet Clarence Earl Gideon Television movie - Nominated Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special 1981 On Golden Pond Norman Thayer Jr. Won Academy Award/Golden Globe/NBR Award/Marquee for Best Actor 1981 Summer Solstice Joshua Turner Television movie Please sign the registry by clicking here. . --|-- INDEX --|-- BIOGRAPHY --|-- DOWNLOADS --|-- FILMOGRAPHY --|-- IMAGES --|-- LINKS --|-- This site is not officially endorsed or authorized by Henry Fonda's estate. Unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited. © 2007 by Meredy, all rights reserved.