Acting
Henry Fonda
- Titles
- 170movies33TV shows
- Career
Active from 1935 to 2006, with a break from 1991 to 2005, busiest in 1942 and 1968 with 7 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 94top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Grapes of Wrath90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 83 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.1average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Politics3.2average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism3.9average 3.3
- Romance4.4average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.2average 3.7
- Wholesome3.8average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.4average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.4, average 5.2
- Uncanny1.0, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.4, average 1.8
- Scare1.4, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 11
- Social Commentary 11
- Classic Hollywood 11
- Character-Driven 9
- Character Study 8
- Classic Western 7
- Nostalgic 5
- Psychological Thriller 4
- Classic Film 4
- American Frontier 4
- Moral Dilemma 4
- Romantic Comedy 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Alfred NewmanComposerThe Grapes of Wrath, How the West Was Won, You Only Live Once, Drums Along the Mohawk, Young Mr. Lincoln, +4 more
John FordWriterThe Grapes of Wrath, How the West Was Won, Fort Apache, My Darling Clementine, Mister Roberts, +4 more
Lamar TrottiWriterThe Ox-Bow Incident, Drums Along the Mohawk, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, Tales of Manhattan, +1 more
John CarradineActorThe Grapes of Wrath, Jesse James, Drums Along the Mohawk, The Return of Frank James, Chad Hanna- WWalter ThompsonEditorYoung Mr. Lincoln, The Return of Frank James, The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, Lillian Russell, Wild Geese Calling
Max SteinerComposerJezebel, Spencer's Mountain, Slim, I Dream Too Much, That Certain Woman
John QualenActorThe Grapes of Wrath, A Big Hand for the Little Lady, The Fugitive, The Farmer Takes a Wife
Spring ByingtonActorJezebel, The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, Rings on Her Fingers, Way Down East
Burgess MeredithActorAdvise & Consent, There Was a Crooked Man..., A Big Hand for the Little Lady, On Our Merry Way
Jane DarwellActorThe Grapes of Wrath, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Battle of Midway, Chad Hanna
Ward BondActorFort Apache, My Darling Clementine, Mister Roberts, The Fugitive
Donald CrispActorJezebel, Spencer's Mountain, The Battle of Midway, That Certain Woman
Movies and TV shows
127Upcoming
1 title
as archive footage
2020s
1 title
as Tom Joad / Juror 8 (archive footage)
2000s
1 title · average score 75
75
as Prof. Tommy Turner (archive footage)
1990s
2 titles · average score 79
76
as Hugues (archive footage)
82
as (archive footage)
1980s
5 titles · average score 72
as (archive footage)
78
as Norman Thayer Jr.
76
as Joshua
63
as Clarence Earl Gideon
as Col. J.C. Kincaid
1970s
30 titles · average score 56
41
as Elegant John
39
as Simon Davenport
54
as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
82
as Jack Beauregard
60
as Alan Davies
67
as Mark Forbes
64
as Carl Tiflin
25
as Mark Sawyer
85
as Henry Stamper
70
TV show · as Chad Smith
73
as Woodward W. Lopeman
65
as Harley Sullivan
1960s
29 titles · average score 65
41
as Frank Beardsley
73
as John S. Bottomly
66
as Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
76
as Meredith
65
as Lt Col Kiley
55
as Frank Broderick
83
as The President
74
as William Russell
75
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
80
as Jethro Stuart
74
as Robert Leffingwell
1950s
15 titles · average score 70
67
TV show · as Marshal Simon Fry
69
as Clay Blaisedell
34
as Willie Bauche
58
as Lewis Easton
71
as Morgan Hickman
93
as Juror 8
57
as Pierre Bezukhov
78
as Manny Balestrero
81
as Lieutenant Roberts
87
as Alan Squier
as Narrator: Grant Wood episode (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
1940s
23 titles · average score 65
87
as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
64
as Joe Adams
61
as A Fugitive
75
as Peter Lapham
89
as Wyatt Earp
78
as Gil Carter
59
as Narrator (voice)
60
as Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II
85
as Charles Pike
48
as Peter Kirk
90
as Tom Joad
65
as Frank James
1930s
20 titles · average score 63
67
as Frank James
73
as Gilbert Martin
88
as Abraham Lincoln
62
as Thomas Watson
81
as Preston Dillard
65
as Peter Ames
61
as Jim Kimmerlee
86
as Eddie Taylor
59
as Slim Kincaid
66
as Dave Tolliver
63
as Dan Harrow
45
as Johnny Street