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[[File:Henry Fonda in Slim.JPG|frame|Henry Fonda in ''[[Slim]]'', 1937]]
'''Henry Jaynes 'Hank' Fonda''' (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American film and stage actor.
'''Henry Jaynes 'Hank' Fonda''' (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American film and stage actor.


Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with [[Joan Tompkins]]. He made his [[Hollywood]] debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-nominated performance as Tom Joad in ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', a 1940 [[The Movie|adaptation]] of [[John Steinbeck]]'s novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood, Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in such classics as ''[[The Ox-Bow Incident]]'', ''[[Mister Roberts]]'' and ''[[12 Angry Men]]''. Later, Fonda moved both toward darker epics as [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'' and lighter roles in family comedies like ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours]]'' with [[Lucille Ball]], winning the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for the movie ''[[On Golden Pond]]'', his final film role.
Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with [[Joan Tompkins]]. He made his [[Hollywood]] debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his [[Academy Award|Academy Award]]-nominated performance as Tom Joad in ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', a 1940 [[The Movie|adaptation]] of [[John Steinbeck]]'s novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl.

Throughout six decades in Hollywood, Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in such classics as ''[[The Ox-Bow Incident]]'', ''[[Mister Roberts]]'' and ''[[12 Angry Men]]''. Later, Fonda moved both toward darker epics as [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'' and lighter roles in family comedies like ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours]]'' with [[Lucille Ball]], winning the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for the movie ''[[On Golden Pond]]'', his final film role.


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Henry Fonda in Slim, 1937

Henry Jaynes 'Hank' Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American film and stage actor.

Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl.

Throughout six decades in Hollywood, Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in such classics as The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts and 12 Angry Men. Later, Fonda moved both toward darker epics as Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West and lighter roles in family comedies like Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for the movie On Golden Pond, his final film role.


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