Henry Fonda (1905-1982)
90.0 TOPICAL actor score · #31 of 1,977 actors
Henry Fonda (1905-1982) has a TOPICAL actor score of 90.0 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and prime. They've won 5 acting honours from 5 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1938-1947. Best films: The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), The Ox-Bow Incident (1943).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours98
Prime97
Their movies93
Credits91
Career standing94
- Acting honours5 wins, 5 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; AFI Life Achievement Award; Academy Honorary Award
- Prime1938-1947
- Credits103 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 25 scored films (20 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 100 languages
“Fonda is widely recognized as one of the Hollywood greats of the classic era.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Henry Fonda's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 12 Angry Men | 1957 | 8 |
| 81 | The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | 1 |
| 86 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 | 2 |
| 401 | The Longest Day | 1962 | 3 |
| 402 | The Lady Eve | 1941 | 2 |
| 539 | On Golden Pond | 1982 | 2 |
| 570 | The Ox-Bow Incident | 1943 | 1 |
| 608 | How the West Was Won | 1962 | 3 |
| 706 | My Darling Clementine | 1946 | 1 |
| 714 | Jezebel | 1938 | 2 |
| 936 | Young Mr. Lincoln | 1939 | 1 |
| 1,051 | Mister Roberts | 1955 | 1 |
| 1,771 | Fail Safe | 1964 | 1 |
| 2,053 | Fort Apache | 1948 | 2 |
| 2,255 | The Wrong Man | 1956 | 1 |
| 2,468 | Sometimes a Great Notion | 1971 | 2 |
| 2,540 | War and Peace | 1956 | 2 |
| 3,161 | The Best Man | 1964 | 1 |
| 3,488 | Battle of the Bulge | 1965 | 1 |
| 3,492 | The Tin Star | 1957 | 1 |
| 3,856 | Drums Along the Mohawk | 1939 | 2 |
| 5,801 | Lillian Russell | 1940 | 3 |
| 5,843 | Blockade | 1938 | 2 |
| 6,234 | Meteor | 1979 | 8 |
| 6,371 | I Dream Too Much | 1935 | 2 |