ACTOR

Henry Fonda

1905 - 1982

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Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. On screen and stage, he often portrayed characters that embodied an everyman image. Born and raised in Nebraska, Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Fonda has received more than 12,450,687 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Henry Fonda is the 70th most popular actor (up from 106th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from United States (up from 203rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Actor.

Henry Fonda is most famous for his roles in movies such as 12 Angry Men, On Golden Pond, and The Grapes of Wrath.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 89

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Henry Fonda ranks 70 out of 13,578. Before him are Greta Garbo, Charles Bronson, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Kirk Douglas, and Alan Alda. After him are Johnny Depp, Ian McKellen, Maggie Smith, Jean Marais, Steven Seagal, and Tom Selleck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Henry Fonda ranks 9. Before him are Howard Hughes, Simo Häyhä, Albert Speer, Elias Canetti, Viktor Frankl, and Greta Garbo. After him are Dag Hammarskjöld, Christian Dior, Carl David Anderson, Faustina Kowalska, Mikhail Sholokhov, and Astrid of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1982, Henry Fonda ranks 7. Before him are Huang Xianfan, Grace Kelly, Leonid Brezhnev, Ayn Rand, Romy Schneider, and Ingrid Bergman. After him are Carl Orff, Roman Jakobson, Arthur Rubinstein, Philip K. Dick, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Fonda ranks 144 out of 20,380. Before him are Phineas Gage (1823), Charles Bronson (1921), Tom Hanks (1956), Brad Pitt (1963), Kirk Douglas (1916), and Alan Alda (1936). After him are Johnny Depp (1963), Harvey Weinstein (1952), Carl Rogers (1902), Stan Lee (1922), Ray Charles (1930), and David Letterman (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Henry Fonda ranks 31. Before him are Will Smith (1968), Charles Bronson (1921), Tom Hanks (1956), Brad Pitt (1963), Kirk Douglas (1916), and Alan Alda (1936). After him are Johnny Depp (1963), Steven Seagal (1952), Tom Selleck (1945), John Wayne (1907), Denzel Washington (1954), and Sharon Tate (1943).

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Television and Movie Roles

Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Dec 21o 19688.288 / 10
12 Angry Men
Juror 8
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Apr 10o 19578.545 / 10
The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Mar 15o 19407.8 / 10