- Ranked #95 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. (October 1997)
- During a Barbara Walters interview, she claimed that her father, Henry Fonda was deeply in love with Lucille Ball and that the two were very close during the filming of YOURS, MINE AND OURS (1968).
- Fonda's ancestors came from Genoa, Italy and fled to the Netherlands around 1400. Among the early Dutch settlers in America, they established a still-thriving small town in upstate New York named Fonda in the early 1600. Henry Fonda's paternal grandparents moved to Nebraska in the 1800.
- Hobby was making model airplanes and kites.
- At the beginning of THE LADY EVE (1941) Fonda makes references to the help of a Professor Marsdit. Raymond B. Ditmars of the AMNH at the time was the best-known reptile expert in the country, the kind of popularizer that Carl Sagan later became.
- Enlisted in the U.S. Navy immediately upon completing filming for THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943).
- He turned down the role of Howard Beale in NETWORK (1976), saying that it was too hysterical.
- ON GOLDEN POND (1981): The fishing cap he wore belonged to Spencer Tracy, and was given to him by Katharine Hepburn on the first day on the set.
- Originally turned down a role in C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST (1969). Director Sergio Leone flew to the United States and met with Fonda, who asked why he was wanted for the movie. Sergio replied, Picture this: the camera shows a gunman from the waist down pulling his gun and shooting a running child. The camera pans up to the gunman's face and... it's Henry Fonda.
- Nominated for Best Actor at BAFTA Awards for ON GOLDEN POND (1983)
- Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special at Emmy Awards for GIDEON'S TRUMPET (1980)
- Nominated for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at Emmy Awards for THE RED PONY (1973)
- Nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for 12 ANGRY MEN (1958)
- Nominated for Best Picture at Academy Awards for 12 ANGRY MEN (1958)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1941)
Quotes- "I don't want to just sell war bonds. I want to be a sailor."
- "I hope you won't be disappointed. You see I am not a very interesting person. I haven't ever done anything except be other people. I ain't really Henry Fonda! Nobody could be. Nobody could have that much integrity."
Awards- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama in ULEE'S GOLD (1997)
- Academy Awards: Best Actor, ON GOLDEN POND (1982)
- American Movie Awards: Best Actor, ON GOLDEN POND (1982)
- Academy Awards: Honorary Award (1981)
- National Board of Review: Best Actor, ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama, ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
- Golden Apple Awards: Male Star of the Year (1981)
- Golden Globe Awards: Cecil B.DeMille Award (1979)
- American Film Institute: Life Achievement Award (1978)
- British Academy Award: Best Foreign Actor, 12 ANGRY MEN (1958)
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