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Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Henry Fonda started his acting debut with the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando. He moved to the Cape Cod University Players and later Broadway, New York to expand his theatrical career from 1926 to 1934. His first major roles in Broadway include "New Faces of America" and "The Farmer Takes a Wife"... See full bio »

Born:

Henry Jaynes Fonda
in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Died:

(age 77) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man Still of Henry Fonda in The Ox-Bow Incident Henry Fonda at home with his wife Shirlee Henry Fonda, c. 1939.
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1981 Summer Solstice (TV movie)
Joshua
 
1981 On Golden Pond
Norman Thayer Jr.
 
1980 Gideon's Trumpet (TV movie)
Clarence Earl Gideon
 
1980 The Oldest Living Graduate (TV movie)
Colonel J.C. Kincaid
 
1980 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1979 Family (TV series)
James Lawrence
– Thanksgiving (1979) … James Lawrence
 
1979 Meteor
The President
 
1979 Wanda Nevada
Old Prospector
 
1979 City on Fire
Fire Chief Albert Risley
 
1979 Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series)
Colonel Frederick Warner
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Colonel Frederick Warner
– Episode #1.2 (1979) … Colonel Frederick Warner
– Episode #1.1 (1979) … Colonel Frederick Warner
 
1978 The Swarm
Dr. Krim
 
1978 Home to Stay (TV movie)
Grandpa George
 
1978 The Biggest Battle
General Foster
 
1977 The Great Smokey Roadblock
Elegant John Howard
 
1977 Rollercoaster
Simon Davenport
 
1977 Tentacles
Mr. Whitehead, President of Trojan Construction
 
1977 Soldier's Home (TV short)
Host
 
1976 Captains and the Kings (TV mini-series)
Sen. Enfield Bassett
– Chapter V (1976) … Sen. Enfield Bassett
– Chapter IV (1976) … Sen. Enfield Bassett
 
1976 Midway
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
 
1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (TV movie)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
 
1974 Clarence Darrow (TV movie)
Clarence Darrow
 
1974 The Last 4 Days
Cardinale Schuster
 
1973 My Name is Nobody
Jack Beauregard
 
1973 Ash Wednesday
Mark Sawyer
 
1973 The Alpha Caper (TV movie)
Mark Forbes
 
1973 The Serpent
Allan Davies
 
1973 The Red Pony (TV movie)
Carl Tiflin
 
1971-1972 The Smith Family (TV series)
Det. Sgt. Chad Smith
– Father-In-Law (1972) … Det. Sgt. Chad Smith
– Homecoming (1972) … Det. Sgt. Chad Smith
– Ten O'Clock and All Is Well (1972) … Det. Sgt. Chad Smith
– Rogue Cop (1972) … Det. Sgt. Chad Smith
– My Mother, the Star (1972) … Det. Sgt. Chad Smith
See all 39 episodes »
 
1970 Sometimes a Great Notion
Henry Stamper
 
1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
Woodward W. Lopeman
 
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club
Harley Sullivan
 
1970 Too Late the Hero
Capt. John G. Nolan
 
1970 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Joshua Richards
– The Elevator Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1970) … Joshua Richards
 
1970 Howdy (TV movie)
 
1968 Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank
 
1968 Pat Paulsen for President (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1968 The Boston Strangler
John S. Bottomly
 
1968 Yours, Mine and Ours
Frank Beardsley
 
1968 Madigan
Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
 
1968 Firecreek
Bob Larkin
 
1967 Stranger on the Run (TV movie)
Ben Chamberlain
 
1967 Welcome to Hard Times
Mayor Will Blue
 
1967 All About People (short)
Narrator
 
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Meredith
 
1966 NBC White Paper (TV series)
John F. Kennedy
– The Age of Kennedy, Part I: The Early Years (1966) … John F. Kennedy (voice)
 
1965 Battle of the Bulge
Lt. Col. Kiley
 
1965 The Secret Agents
Dimitri Koulov
 
1965 In Harm's Way
Adm. Chester Nimitz
 
1965 The Rounders
Marion 'Howdy' Lewis (bronco buster)
 
1964 Sex and the Single Girl
Frank
 
1964 Fail-Safe
The President
 
1964 The Best Man
William Russell
 
1963 Spencer's Mountain
Clay Spencer
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Victor Fallon
– Tissue of Hate (1963) … Dr. Victor Fallon
 
1962 How the West Was Won
Jethro Stuart
 
1962 The Longest Day
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
 
1962 Advise & Consent
Robert Leffingwell
 
1962 The Good Years
 
1962 San Francisco Fire (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1959-1961 The Deputy (TV series)
Marshal Simon Fry
– Lawman's Conscience (1961) … Marshal Simon Fry
– Lorinda Belle (1961) … Marshal Simon Fry
– Brand of Honesty (1961) … Marshal Simon Fry
– The Deathly Quiet (1961) … Marshal Simon Fry
– The Legend of Dixie (1961) … Marshal Simon Fry
See all 76 episodes »
 
1959 The Man Who Understood Women
Willie Bauche
 
1959 Warlock
Clay Blaisedell
 
1958 Stage Struck
Lewis Easton
 
1958 Rangers of Yellowstone (short)
Narrator
 
1957 The Tin Star
Morgan 'Morg' Hickman
 
1957 12 Angry Men
Juror #8
 
1956 The Wrong Man
Manny Balestrero
 
1956 War and Peace
Pierre Bezukhov
 
1955 Mister Roberts
Lt. JG Douglas A. 'Doug' Roberts
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Alan Squier
– The Petrified Forest (1955) … Alan Squier
 
1955 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Emmett Kelly
– The Clown (1955) … Emmett Kelly
 
1953 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– The Decision at Arrowsmith (1953)
 
1951 Benjy (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1949 Jigsaw
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
 
1948 Fort Apache
Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
 
1948 On Our Merry Way
Lank Solsky
 
1947 Daisy Kenyon
Peter Lapham
 
1947 The Fugitive
A Fugitive
 
1947 The Long Night
Joe Adams
 
1946 My Darling Clementine
Wyatt Earp
 
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
Gil Carter
 
1943 Immortal Sergeant
Cpl. Colin Spence
 
1942 The Big Street
Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II
 
1942 Tales of Manhattan
George
 
1942 The Magnificent Dope
Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
 
1942 Rings on Her Fingers
John Wheeler
 
1942 The Male Animal
Tommy Turner
 
1941 You Belong to Me
Peter Kirk
 
1941 Wild Geese Calling
John Murdock
 
1941 The Lady Eve
Charles
 
1940 Chad Hanna
Chad Hanna
 
1940 The Return of Frank James
Frank James
 
1940 Lillian Russell
Alexander Moore
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad
 
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
Gilbert Martin
 
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
 
1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Watson
 
1939 Let Us Live
John J. 'Brick' Tennant
 
1939 Jesse James
Frank James
 
1938 The Mad Miss Manton
Peter Ames
 
1938 Spawn of the North
Jim Kimmerlee
 
1938 Blockade
Marco
 
1938 Jezebel
Preston Dillard
 
1938 I Met My Love Again
Ives Towner
 
1937 That Certain Woman
Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
 
1937 Slim
Slim
 
1937 You Only Live Once
Eddie Taylor
 
1937 Wings of the Morning
Kerry Gilfallen
 
1936 Spendthrift
Townsend Middleton
 
1936 The Moon's Our Home
Anthony Amberton / John Smith
 
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Dave Tolliver
 
1935 I Dream Too Much
'Johnny' Street
 
1935 Way Down East
David Bartlett
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Dan Harrow
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1959-1961 The Deputy (TV series) (executive producer - 76 episodes)
– Lawman's Conscience (1961) (executive producer - uncredited)
– Lorinda Belle (1961) (executive producer - uncredited)
– Brand of Honesty (1961) (executive producer - uncredited)
– The Deathly Quiet (1961) (executive producer - uncredited)
– The Legend of Dixie (1961) (executive producer - uncredited)
See all 76 episodes »
 
1957 12 Angry Men (producer)
 
1955 G.E. True Theater (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– The Clown (1955) (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (11 titles)
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary) (performer: "Red River Valley" - uncredited)
 
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club (performer: "Rolling Stone")
 
1959 Warlock (performer: "Rock of Ages")
 
1942 Rings on Her Fingers (performer: "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" - uncredited)
 
1942 The Male Animal ("Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1941 The Lady Eve ("Blaydon Races" 1862 - uncredited)
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath (performer: "Red River Valley")
 
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln ("Turkey in the Straw")
 
1938 Jezebel (performer: "Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1937 Slim ("Mother Said to Mabel" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (performer: "A Melody from the Sky")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1941 Western Union (technical advisor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1971 Directed by John Ford (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (94 titles)
1982 Let Poland Be Poland (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
 
1981 Starring Katharine Hepburn (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Henry Fonda and the Making of 'Summer Solstice' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1977-1980 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 August 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 August 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 September 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 April 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1964-1980 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 April 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 March 1966 (1966) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 September 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1973-1980 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 1980 (1980) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 20 November 1973 (1973) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 August 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1980 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (TV short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1980 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1980 The Golden Honeymoon (TV movie)
Himself (introduction)
 
1980 The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Cecil B - DeMille Award Recipient
 
1980 The 6th People's Choice Awards
Himself - Presenter: Favourite Actress in Motion Picture
 
1980 The Sky Is Gray (TV movie)
Himself - Introduction (uncredited)
 
1980 Henry Fonda oder Die Qualität der Prärie (TV movie)
Himself
 
1980 Sharks: The Death Machine (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1980 The Greatest Man in the World (TV movie)
Himself (Introduction)
 
1979 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
1979 The Man Who Loved Bears (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1979 The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1979 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1978 America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 A Salute to American Imagination (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Fedora
Himself - President of the Academy
 
1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Leaders of the Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1978 Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
1978 Inside 'The Swarm' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 The American Film Institute's 10th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1976 Life Goes to the Movies (TV documentary)
Himself/Host
 
1975-1976 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 August 1976 (1976) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 February 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1976 Almos' a Man (TV short)
Himself - Host (uncredited)
 
1976 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1976 The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1972-1976 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 1976 (1976) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 May 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1976 Maude (TV series)
Himself
– Maude's Mood: Part 2 (1976) … Himself
– Maude's Mood: Part 1 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 The Glory Road West (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1975 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.10 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (TV special)
Himself
 
1974 All in the Family (TV series)
Himself
– The Best of All in the Family (1974) … Himself
 
1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1973 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Celebrity Roast: Bette Davis (1973) … Himself
 
1973 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1972 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1971 The American West of John Ford (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1971 Directed by John Ford (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1971 The Movie Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.81 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.182 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.54 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 The Brass Are Comin' (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 Happy Days (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 To Save a Soldier (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Broadway's Best: 1969 (1969) … Himself - Host
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself, Narrator
 
1969 An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer (documentary short)
John Steinbeck (voice)
 
1968 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.4 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.66 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Born to Buck (documentary)
Narrator
 
1966 The 20th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1961-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 12 June 1966 (1966) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 3 October 1965 (1965) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 13 September 1964 (1964) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 15 January 1961 (1961) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1966 The Really Big Family (documentary short)
Himself and Narrator
 
1965 Time-Life Specials: The March of Time (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– And Away We Go (1965) … Narrator
 
1965 The Filming of the Battle of the Bulge (documentary short)
 
1964 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein (1964) … Himself - Host
 
1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV documentary)
Host
 
1962 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (TV documentary)
Host
 
1952-1962 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Actor - Dramatic Reading / Charles Christian Wertenbaker
– Episode #15.26 (1962) … Charles Christian Wertenbaker
– Episode #14.18 (1961) … Actor - Dramatic Reading
– Episode #10.29 (1957) … Himself
– Episode #8.40 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #6.47 (1953) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1962 Henry Fonda and the Family (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962 President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1958-1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode #5.19 (1960) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.36 (1958) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.19 (1958) … Himself
 
1960 The Fabulous Fifties (documentary)
Narrator (segment "Fifties Dead Sequence") (voice)
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on Her Diamond Jubilee (1959) … Himself
 
1956-1959 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.1 (1959) … Himself
– Episode #2.12 (1956) … Himself
 
1957 Eight Steps to Peace: The Answer Now (documentary)
Narrator
 
1955-1956 The Star and the Story (TV series)
Himself - Host
– The Senora (1956) … Himself - Host
– The Lonely Ones (1956) … Himself - Host
– The Whizzer (1956) … Himself - Host
– The Force of Circumstance (1956) … Himself - Host
– The Thin Line (1956) … Himself - Host
See all 35 episodes »
 
1956 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.23 (1956) … Himself
 
1953 Main Street to Broadway
Himself (scenes deleted)
 
1951 Pictura (documentary)
Narrator: Grant Wood episode
 
1950 Showtime, U.S.A. (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1950) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1950) … Himself
 
1949 On Stage! (documentary short)
Himself
 
1948 Tonight on Broadway (TV series)
Himself
– Mister Roberts (1948) … Himself
 
1942 It's Everybody's War (short)
Himself, Narrator
 
1942 The Battle of Midway (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Himself (That Certain Woman/Jezebel outtakes) (uncredited)
 
???? Great Hollywood Memories, Vol. III (video documentary)
Host
 
???? Great Hollywood Memories, Vol. II (video documentary)
Host
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (44 titles)
2009 Comic Relief 2009 (TV movie)
 
2008 President Hollywood (TV documentary)
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
 
2008 Strictly Courtroom (TV documentary)
Abraham Lincoln/Himself/Juror #8 (uncredited)
 
2008 How the West Was Lost (TV documentary)
Wyatt Earp (uncredited)
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2008 Inside the Jury Room (video documentary short)
Juror #8
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Hair, Let the Sun Shine In (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 Amérique, notre histoire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Sacco and Vanzetti (documentary)
Prof. Tommy Turner
 
2006 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
 
2005 La Marató 2005 (TV special)
Norman Thayer Jr.
 
2004 Roma
Tom Joad
 
2003 An Opera of Violence (video documentary short)
Himself (1975)
 
2001 The Making of 'Midway' (video documentary short)
Admiral Chester Nimitz
 
2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1994-1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 The Best of Hollywood (TV documentary)
Interview
 
1996 The 50th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 Barbra: The Concert (TV special documentary)
Himself - at a Nightclub (uncredited)
 
1993 La classe américaine (TV movie)
Hugues
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Abraham Lincoln/Tom Joad/Wyatt Earp/Lt. Col. Owen Thursday (uncredited)
 
1993 The Poetry Hall of Fame (TV movie)
 
1992 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Hiimself
 
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (video documentary)
Wyatt Earp (uncredited)
 
1991 Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself - 'Young Mr. Lincoln'
 
1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV documentary)
Actor in a film clip
 
1988 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1981 James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 M*A*S*H (TV series)
 
1976 All This and World War II (documentary)
Himself
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Tom Joad/Wyatt Earp
 
1970 Happy Days (TV series)
 
1952-1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
Preston Dillard (edited from: Jezebel)
 

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[speaking in 1978] I guess I go overboard to avoid taking credit for the image I have. That's why it's easier to live with myself. I don't feel I'm totally a man of integrity. See more »

Trivia:

Won a 1979 Special Tony Award (New York City). See more »

Trademark:

Noticeable for his "cat-like" walk, especially in westerns: moving at a slow but clock- like tempo, throwing forward one foot at time, while letting the arms dangle loosely at his sides. See more »

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Star Sign:

Taurus