Henry Fonda Movies

Want to know the best Henry Fonda movies?  How about the worst Henry Fonda movies?  Curious about Henry Fonda’s box office grosses or which Henry Fonda movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Henry Fonda movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Whew!….After almost two months I have finally finished my Henry Fonda movie page.  Before getting to his massive 83 movie table…let’s look at some possibly interesting facts about his life.

1. Henry Fonda (1905-1982) was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. One of his first acting jobs was with the Omaha Community Playhouse. One of his fellow actors was Dodie Brando, the mother of screen legend Marlon Brando. He attended the University of Minnesota, but dropped out, and headed to Cape Cod and New York seeking stage work.

2. After eight years of stage acting, Fonda appeared in his first movie, 1936’s The Farmer Takes A Wife. He did not have to wait long for a box office hit. As Trail of the Lonesome Pine  (his 4th movie) was the 4th biggest hit of 1936. Fonda would appear in 114 movie and television projects over the next 46 years.

3. During his days as a struggling actor, his roommate was another struggling actor, James Stewart. After Fonda had moved to Hollywood, he encouraged Stewart to take a screen test. The result of the screen test earned Stewart his first movie contract and a move to Hollywood. They would remain lifelong friends and appear in 4 movies together over the years.

4. After starring in 40 movies from 1935 to 1948, Fonda left Hollywood for seven years to return to the stage. His greatest success on stage is the movie that brought him back to making movies in 1955. That movie was the classic film…..Mister Roberts.

5. Henry Fonda was married 5 times in his life. He had three children;….daughter Jane Fonda (two time Oscar® winning actress), son Peter Fonda (Oscar® nominated actor) and daughter Amy. His granddaughter, Bridget Fonda, is also an actress. The three generations of Fonda actors have 301 acting credits on IMDB.

His IMDb page shows 115 acting credits from 1935-1981. This page will rank 83 Henry Fonda movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.

Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in 1981's On Golden Pond
Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in 1981’s On Golden Pond

Henry Fonda Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Henry Fonda Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Henry Fonda movies by the co-stars of his movies
  • Sort Henry Fonda movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Henry Fonda movies by actual domestic box office rank by year
  • Sort Henry Fonda movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Henry Fonda movie received.
  • Sort Henry Fonda movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Henry Fonda in 1968's Once Upon A Time in the West
Henry Fonda in 1968’s Once Upon A Time in the West

5 More Possibly Interesting Facts About Henry Fonda.

1. Surprisingly Henry Fonda was only nominated two times for an acting Oscar®. He received his first nomination for The Grapes of Wrath in 1940 then had to wait 41 years for his second nomination for On Golden Pond. The wait was worth it as he took home the Oscar® for On Golden Pond. Fonda did receive an Honorary Oscar® in 1981 and a producer’s nomination for 1957’s 12 Angry Men.

2. The American Film Institute named Henry Fonda as the 6th greatest actor on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends. In 2005 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp to honor Fonda.

3. Henry Fonda worked with legendary director, John Ford, on 7 movies. Those movies were Drums Along the Mohawk, The Young Lincoln, The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, The Fugitive, Fort Apache and Mister Roberts.

4. Did you know that the brown Fedora worn by Fonda in On Golden Pond belonged to Spencer Tracy and was given to Fonda by Katharine Hepburn on the first day on the set.

5. Check out Henry Fonda‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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186 thoughts on “Henry Fonda Movies”

  1. Hey Flora….lots of comments to respond to.
    1. Sorry Glenn Ford’s birthplace is causing some stress for you….he was born in Canada….not sure where he grew up…..Wikipedia says he was a Canadian American actor….so seems both countries are happy to claim him.
    2. I agree it is sad how Jane found out about her mother….and equally sad about M. Phillips.
    3. Hoped you enjoyed Best Man.
    4. I enjoyed your poem (?) that went from Henry Fonda to Our Town….job well done.
    5. Thanks for sharing the song lyrics…..I am familiar with that song…my uncle had those songs on old 45s….wow that was a long time ago.
    6. Thanks for sharing youths thoughts.

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    1. Hey. I saw The Best Man and then I watched Peter’s episode on Norman Reedus. It was fantastic.

      Yes indeed. Ride Fast or Go Home.

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  2. I’m Henry the 8th I am

    Henry the 8th I am I am

    I got married to the widow next door

    She’s been married seven times before

    And everyone was a Henry

    She wouldn’t have a Willy or a Sam

    I’m the 8th old Man I’m Henry

    Henry the 8th I am I am

    Henry the 8th I am

    By HERMAN’s Hermits

    Sung by Peter Noone

    My favourite song by that group is:

    Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter

    and believe me:

    The Music of the Mama s and the Poppas is beautiful.

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  5. BRUCE

    1 You will be familiar with the benefits of “two for the price of one” but when you were away those benefits worked in a sort of reverse way in that we didn’t have your usual 100% input and we substantially lost Flora as well.

    2 Good to see both of you seem to be back in good razor sharp comments form

    BOB

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    1. Hey Bob….Yep…we had a blast….but we are so glad to be back. WoC goes back to work tomorrow…..so this vacation only has hours left.

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    2. Interesting. As for your Facebook question about this page. This Henry Fonda page was moved from CogersonMovieScore to UMR on April 20th 2015…….since then Facebook has been it’s second best source for views….about 21% or 847 views since April 20th.

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