It starred Henry Fonda as an old gunslinger who watched ' his ' old West fade away before his very eyes as he played his guitar.

Fonda next acted in Paramount Pictures's production of the Leo Tolstoy epic War and Peace ( 1956 ), in which he played Pierre Bezukhov opposite Audrey Hepburn ; it took two years to shoot.

In the Cold War suspense film Fail-Safe ( 1964 ), Fonda played the President of the United States who tries to avert a nuclear holocaust through tense negotiations with the Soviets after American bombers are mistakenly ordered to attack the USSR.

Fonda had planned on wearing a pair of brown-colored contact lenses, but Leone preferred the paradox of contrasting close-up shots of Fonda's innocent-looking blue eyes with the vicious personality of the character Fonda played.

The two men teamed up for 1968's Firecreek, where Fonda again played the heavy.

The other two films were Too Late the Hero, in which Fonda played a secondary role, and There Was a Crooked Man, about Paris Pitman Jr. ( played by Kirk Douglas ) trying to escape from an Arizona prison.

The elder Fonda played an emotionally brittle and distant father who becomes more accessible at the end of his life.

In Walk on the Wild Side Fonda played a prostitute, and earned a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer.

Although already an established actress, Fonda did not become " bankable " until appearing in Cat Ballou ( 1965 ), in which she played a schoolmarm turned outlaw.

Fonda stated publicly on Charlie Rose in April 2006 that her Christianity may have played a part in the divorce, as Turner was known to be critical of religion.

It tells the story of two bikers ( played by Fonda and Hopper ) who travel through the American Southwest and South.

The American Film Institute named Juror 8, played by Henry Fonda, 28th in a list of the 50 greatest movie heroes of the 20th century.

Tomlin soon had the greatest hit of her film career with 1980's Nine to Five in which she played a secretary named Violet Newstead who joins coworkers Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton in seeking revenge on their monstrous boss, Franklin M. Hart, Jr., played by Dabney Coleman.

For the same studio he played a supporting role in his first Technicolor film, Jesse James ( 1939 ), a lavish highly romanticized account of the famous outlaw ( Tyrone Power ) and his brother Frank ( Henry Fonda ).

In the 1943 movie adaptation of The Ox-Bow Incident with Henry Fonda, often cited as one of his best films, he played a lynching victim.

Also based upon Kahn was Walter Matthau's maverick character Professor Groteschele in Fail-Safe, in which the U. S. President ( played by Henry Fonda ) tries to prevent a nuclear holocaust when a mechanical malfunction sends nuclear weapons heading toward Moscow.

During this time he also co-starred in Desire Under the Elms ( 1958 ) with Sophia Loren, and played a basketball star in the romantic comedy Tall Story ( 1960 ) opposite Jane Fonda.

Then Fonda played the male lead character in Corman's film The Trip ( 1967 ), a take on the experience and consequences of consuming LSD.

In 1939, Henry Fonda played Frank James and Tyrone Power played Jesse James in the film Jesse James.

In 1940, Fonda played Frank James in the sequel The Return of Frank James.

The protagonists are two freewheeling hippies: Wyatt ( Fonda ), nicknamed " Captain America ", and Billy ( Hopper ).

Fonda and Hopper said that these characters ' names refer to Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid.

George Hanson ( Jack Nicholson ) with Wyatt ( Peter Fonda )

* Peter Fonda – Wyatt, " Captain America "

* Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp

In the trading post scene, Cheyenne slides Harmonica's gun down the bar to him, challenging him to shoot – much like Morgan Earp ( Ward Bond ) sliding his weapon to brother Wyatt ( Henry Fonda ) in the Ford film when the Earps meet Doc Holiday ( Victor Mature ) for the first time.

* Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine, in 1946, directed by John Ford, with Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp.

In its ten-year run, well-known actors and actresses, including James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Irene Dunne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Shirley Temple, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt, Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Gene Kelly, Kate Smith, William Shatner and Chuck Connors, appeared as announcers, narrators or stars.

Other members included Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Henry Fonda, Gene Kelly, John Garfield, Edward G. Robinson, Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Dorothy Dandridge, Jane Wyatt, Ira Gershwin, Billy Wilder, Sterling Hayden, June Havoc, Evelyn Keyes, Marsha Hunt, Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball, Danny Kaye, Lena Horne, Robert Ryan, Jules Buck, and Frank Sinatra.

The FBI has generated files on numerous celebrities including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, and Gene Autry.

Fonda was one of more than 50 celebrities who signed an online petition letter by John Greyson in which Greyson said he would pull his film Covered from the Toronto International Film Festival in protest over the Festival's " inaugural City-to-City Spotlight on Tel Aviv ".

Thaddeus St. John, a county court judge in Fonda, New York, recalled having seen two old friends, Alexander Merrill and Joseph Russell, traveling with a black man to Washington at the time of the late President Harrison's funeral.

* The Fugitive ( 1947 film ), a film starring Henry Fonda and Dolores del Río, and directed by John Ford

** An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.

The Grapes of Wrath is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes due to its historical context and enduring legacy .< ref > A celebrated Hollywood film version, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, was made in 1940.

The resulting film included candid interviews with the likes of John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and was narrated by Orson Welles.

On the set of Mister Roberts, Fonda came to blows with John Ford, who punched him during filming, and Fonda vowed never to work for the director again.

While he kept that vow, Fonda spoke glowingly of Ford in Peter Bogdanovich's documentary Directed by John Ford.

A TV-movie adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, 1973's The Red Pony, earned Fonda an Emmy nomination.

In 1960, Fonda appeared in a campaign commercial for Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy.

* Dorris Bowdon, a Coldwater native, was a screen actress who appeared in several motion pictures in the 1930s and 1940s and is best known for her role as Rosasharn in the film adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel " The Grapes of Wrath ", starring Henry Fonda.

Marcus Peck ; 1825 – 1826, William F. Averill ; 1827 – 1833, Marcus Peck ; 1834, Peter F. Westervelt ; 1835 – 1837, John I. Vosburgh ; 1838 – 1839 ; John H. Gregory ; 1840, Calvin Sliter ; 1841, John H. Gregory ; 1842 – 1843, Solomon Coons ; 1844, Reuben A. Thomas ; 1845, S. V. R. Cole ; 1846, David Fonda ; 1847, David Luce ; 1848, Lorenzo M. Lown ; 1849 – 1850, William L. Stewart, jr .; 1851, Jacob Boyce ; 1852, W. H. Wicks ; 1853, Joseph Alden ; 1854, William H. Lyons ; 1855, Samuel D. Seymour ; 1856, Harmon Westfall ; 1857, George Sliter ; 1858, Albert H. Dutcher ; 1859 – 1861, George Sliter ; 1862, D. E. Barnes ; 1863, William H. Ford ; 1864, B. M. Wilkinson ; 1865, Jeffrey P. Thomas ; 1866 – 1867, David Horton ;

The band made an appearance in the 1993 film Point of No Return starring Bridget Fonda, and an appearance in 1994's John Waters film Serial Mom under the name " Camel Lips ", a reference to the visual imprint of a woman's vulva in the crotch of tight jeans, also known as a cameltoe.

What a Lovely War ( 1969 ), co-starring Sir John Gielgud and Sir Laurence Olivier and directed by Richard Attenborough ; Justine ( 1969 ), directed by George Cukor ; Le Serpent ( 1973 ), co-starring Henry Fonda and Yul Brynner ; A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ), in a controversial performance as Lieutenant General Frederick " Boy " Browning, also starring Sean Connery and an all-star cast and again directed by Richard Attenborough.

Catherine Ballou ( Jane Fonda ), an aspiring schoolteacher, is traveling by train to Wolf City, Wyoming, to visit her rancher father, Frankie Ballou ( John Marley ).

While John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Fonda himself were under the influence of LSD, Lennon heard Fonda say, " I know what it's like to be dead ".

* The Longest Day, starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger and more