FrameThrower · Actors · Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
8 films · 531 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1939–1968
Born 16 May 1905 · Grand Island, Nebraska, USA · died 12 August 1982
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics, earning one Academy Award for Best Actor on two nominations.
Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. His film career began to gain momentum with roles such as Bette Davis's fiancee in her Academy Award-winning performance in Jezebel (1938), brother Frank in Jesse James (1939), and the future President in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), directed by John Ford.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 531 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1939–1968
- Academy Award for Best Actor1982
- BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor1958
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play1948
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Academy Honorary Award1981
- Kennedy Center Honors1979
- AFI Life Achievement Award1978
- Eagle Scout
- Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
- Bronze Star Medal
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 531 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Henry takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 62% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Henry takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 531 frames from Henry Fonda's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.