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Henry Fonda

American actor known for his extensive career on Broadway and in Hollywood.

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Henry Fonda is best known for Portraying relatable everyman characters in film and theater over five decades. On Dead or Alive, Henry Fonda is listed in the Oscar Best Actors category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Henry Fonda is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Portraying relatable everyman characters in film and theater over five decades
Listed under: Oscar Best Actors

About Henry Fonda

Known for his work on screen and stage, he often portrayed characters who embodied an everyman image. He rose to film stardom with performances in films such as Jezebel (1938), Jesse James (1939) and Young Mr. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940). In 1941, Fonda starred opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the screwball comedy classic The Lady Eve. After his service in World War II, he starred in two highly regarded Westerns: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) and My Darling Clementine (1946), the latter directed by John Ford. He also starred in Ford's Western Fort Apache (1948). During a seven-year break from films, Fonda focused on stage productions, returning to star in the war-boat ensemble movie Mister Roberts in 1955, a role he championed on Broadway. In 1956, at the age of 51, Fonda played the title role of 38-year-old Manny Balestrero in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Wrong Man. In 1957, Fonda starred as Juror 8, the hold-out juror, in 12 Angry Men, a film he co-produced and that earned him a BAFTA award for Best Foreign Actor.

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Henry Fonda is known for Portraying relatable everyman characters in film and theater over five decades.

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