Born on this day – Henry Fonda:

Actor

May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 12 Angry Men (1957); 13 Stars for Channel 13 (1966); 6 Bullets to Hell (2016); 70 Jahre Berlinale (2020); A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); A Night at Ford's Theater (1968); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); A Salute to American Imagination (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Advise & Consent (1962); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1988); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); All About People (1967); All in the Family (1974); All This and World War II (1976); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); Almos' a Man (1976); America Alive! (1978); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (2008); America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story (1978); Amérique, notre histoire (2006); An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1977); An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer (1969); An Opera of Violence (2003); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1976); Arena (1983); Ash Wednesday (1973); Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Barn Burning (1980); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil (1968); Benjy (1951); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1987–1999); Blockade (1938); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Bob Dylan: Under Review 1978-1989 (2008); Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980); Born to Buck (1966); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Cadet Rousselle (1972); Call Me Kate (2023); Captains and the Kings (1976); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Chad Hanna (1940); Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf (2020); Citizen Jane, l'Amérique selon Fonda (2020); City on Fire (1979); Clarence Darrow (1974); Classic Movie Bloopers (1990); Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976); Comic Relief 2009 (2009); Compression (2023); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Denk ich an Deutschland - Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge (1997); Die VII. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1957); Dinah! (1975–1977); Directed by John Ford (1971); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Elvis Mitchell in Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (2008); Fail Safe (1964); Family (1979); Famous Nathan (2014); Fedora (1978); Film '78 (1978); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); Firecreek (1968); Fonda on Fonda (1992); Fort Apache (1948); Gala Adlai on Broadway (1960); Gala de l'Unicef (1969–1979); Gene Tierney, une star oubliée (2017); General Electric Theater (1955); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Good Morning America (1976–1980); Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013); Gunfighters of the Old West (1992); Hair, Let the Sun Shine In (2007); Happy Days (1970); Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer (1998–2008); Henry Fonda and the Family (1962); Henry Fonda and the Making of 'Summer Solstice' (1981); Henry Fonda for President (2024); Henry Fonda oder Die Qualität der Prärie (1980); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood contra Franco (2008); Hollywood Greats (1984); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Home to Stay (1978); How the West Was Lost (2008); How the West Was Won (1962); Howdy (1970); I Dream Too Much (1935); I Met My Love Again (1938); I'm a Fool (1977); Immortal Sergeant (1943); In Harm's Way (1965); Inside Edition (2015); Inside the Jury Room (2008); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Inside 'the Swarm' (1978); It's Everybody's War (1942); James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); Jeanne Wolf with... (1974–1979); Jerry Visits (1972); Jesse James (1939); Jezebel (1938); Jigsaw (1949); John Ford (1992); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); John Ford Goes to War (2002); John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); La classe américaine (1993); La Marató 2005 (2005); Land of Liberty (1939); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Leaders of the Twentieth Century (1978–1979); Les Fonda, une dynastie de cinéma (2023); Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016); Let Poland Be Poland (1982); Let Us Live (1939); Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972); Life Goes to the Movies (1976); Lillian Russell (1940); L'ultimo esploratore - Vita e avventure del barone Franchetti (2013); Madigan (1968); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981); Maude (1976); Medallion Theatre (1953); Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941); Meteor (1979); Midway (1976); Mister Roberts (1955); Moonlighting (1987); Movie Bloopers (1988); My Darling Clementine (1946); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Name Is Nobody (1973); Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990); NBC White Paper (1966); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Omnibus (1992); On Golden Pond (1981); On location with There Was a Crooked Man (1970); On Our Merry Way (1948); On Stage! (1949); Once Upon a Time in the West (1968); Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1974); Parkinson (1975); Password (1971); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970); Paul's Case (1980); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Personne (2016); Pictura (1951); Playing Pappy (2012); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); President Hollywood (2008); President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962); Producers' Showcase (1955); Rangers of Yellowstone (1958); Rappaccini's Daughter (1980); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Rings on Her Fingers (1942); Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016); Rollercoaster (1977); Roma (2004); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sacco and Vanzetti (2006); SAG Foundation Conversations (1979); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); San Francisco Fire (1962); Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Sharks: The Death Machine (1978); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); Slim (1937); Soldier's Home (1977); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Southern Soul (2016); Spanish Western (2014); Spawn of the North (1938); Spencer's Mountain (1963); Spendthrift (1936); Sport en fête (1973); Sports Illustrated Greatest Highlights of the Super Bowl (1991); Stage Struck (1958); Stand Up and Cheer (1971); Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981); Stars of the Silver Screen (2011); Stranger on the Run (1967); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Summer Solstice (1981); Sunday Showcase (1959); Survival (1970); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Talking Film (1978–1979); Tentacles (1977); That Certain Woman (1937); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 1976 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1976); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 30th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1973); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Alpha Caper (1973); The American Film Institute's 10th Anniversary Special (1977); The American Parade (1975); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Battle of Midway (1942); The Bell Telephone Hour (1964); The Best Man (1964); The Best of Hollywood (1998); The Big Street (1942); The Biggest Battle (1978); The Blue Hotel (1977); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Brass Are Comin' (1969); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); The Cowboy (2016); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (1975); The Dean Martin Show (1973); The Deputy (1959–1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1972); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Displaced Person (1977); The Doris Day Show (1971); The Dream Team (1989); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1970); The Fabulous Fifties / Fifties Dead Sequence (1960); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Filming of the Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Fugitive (1947); The George Gobel Show (1956–1959); The Glory Road West (1976); The Golden Honeymoon (1980); The Good Years (1962); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977); The Greatest Man in the World (1980); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1975); The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Jolly Corner (1975); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Lady Eve (1941); The Last 4 Days (1974); The Long Night (1947); The Longest Day (1962); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Making of 'Midway' (2001); The Male Animal (1942); The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980); The Man Who Loved Bears (1979); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1976); The Moon's Our Home (1936); The Movie Game (1971); The Moviemakers (1984); The Movies (2019); The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song (1979); The Music School (1974); The New Bike (2009); The New Steve Allen Show (1964); The Oldest Living Graduate (1980); The Ox-Bow Incident (1942); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Real Miss America (1952); The Really Big Family (1967); The Red Pony (1973); The Return of Frank James (1940); The Rounders (1965); The Secret Agents (1965); The Serpent (1973); The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (1989); The Sky Is Gray (1980); The Smith Family (1971–1972); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958–1960); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); The Swarm (1978); The Tin Star (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1992); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Underground Doctors (1977); The Western (1959); The Wild West (1979); The Wrong Man (1956); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); This Is Your Life (1977); Time-Life Specials: The March of Time (1965); To Save a Soldier (1969); Today (1964–1980); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); Tonight on Broadway (1948); Too Late the Hero (1970); Troubled Waters (1965); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1972 / 1979); Wanda Nevada (1979); War and Peace (1956); War Stories with Oliver North (2006); Warlock (1959); Way Down East (1935); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Western Union (1941); What's My Line? (1961–1966); Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories (2012); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Wings of the Morning (1937); You Belong to Me (1941); You Only Live Once (1937); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Yours, Mine and Ours (1968).

On this day in movie history - 12 Angry Men (1957)

12 Angry Men

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Reginald Rose,

based on the 1954 teleplay Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1957.

Music by Kenyon Hopkins.

Cast:

Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Rudy Bond, Tom Gorman, James Kelly, Billy Nelson, John Savoca, Walter Stocker.

On this day in movie history - The Dream Team (1989)

The Dream Team

directed by Howard Zieff,

written by Jon Connolly and David Loucka,

was released in the United States on April 7, 1989.

Music by David McHugh.

Cast:

Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Milo O'Shea, Philip Bosco, James Remar, Jack Gilpin, MacIntyre Dixon, Michael Lembeck, Bill Goffi, Jack Duffy, Brad Sullivan, Larry Pine, Harold Surratt, Kenneth Raybourne, Alphonsus E. Platt, Robert Weil, Janet Feindel, Tico Wells, Barry Flatman, Ted Simonett, Bruce Hunter, John Stocker, Lizbeth Mackay, Olivia Horton, Richard Fitzpatrick, Jack Jessop, Ron James, Dennis Parlato, Freda Foh Shen, Donna Hanover, Greg Beresford, Wayne Tippit, Eric Fink, A. Frank Ruffo, Michael Copeman, Victor Ertmanis, Cynthia Belliveau, Stewart Bick, James O'Regan, Dick Callahan, Shel Goldstein, Jihmi Kennedy, Marty Waldman, Michelyn Emelle, Michael Beatty, Jane Luk, Marilyn Peppiatt, Myra Fried, J.R. Zimmerman, Maxine Miller, Patricia Idlette, Max Haines, Henry Gomez, Ellen Maguire, Al Therrien, Don Saunders, John Liddle, Dwayne McLean, Kay Hawtrey, Patricia Carroll Brown, Chick Roberts, Nicholas Pasco, Henry Fonda, John Hayden, Roger Montgomery, R.D. Reid.

On this day in movie history - The Longest Day (1962)

The Longest Day

directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki,

written by Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon,

based on the book by Cornelius Ryan,

was released in the United States on October 4, 1962.

Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Bourvil, Richard Burton, Wolfgang Büttner, Red Buttons, Pauline Carton, Sean Connery, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Fred Dur, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Leo Genn, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Peter Helm, Werner Hinz, Donald Houston, Jeffrey Hunter, Karl John, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Marquand, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Michael Medwin, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Richard Münch, Edmond O'Brien, Leslie Phillips, Wolfgang Preiss, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Georges Rivière, Norman Rossington, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, Robert Wagner, Richard Wattis, Stuart Whitman, Georges Wilson, John Wayne.