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Personal Details
Other Works:
Stage:
Appeared (as "Lt. Barney Greenwald") in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" on Broadway. Drama. Written by
Herman Wouk, based on his novel. Directed by
Charles Laughton. Plymouth Theatre: 20 Jan 1954-22 Jan 1955 (415 performances). Cast:
John Hodiak (as "Lt. Stephen Maryk"),
Lloyd Nolan (as "Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg"),
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie
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15 Print Biographies
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1 Portrayal
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1 Interview
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13 Articles
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2 Pictorials
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7 Magazine Cover Photos
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Height:
6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Personal Quote:
[on
Jane Fonda and
Peter Fonda, 1976] "I didn't help or discourage them or lead them by the hand. I'm not trying to set myself up as a good father, because I wasn't a good father. But I think I knew instinctively that if they did make it, they would like to know they'd done it on their own. I recognise all the problems my children have had, and I don't claim any credit for what they've become. ...
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Trivia:
His distant ancestors came from Genoa, Italy, and fled to the Netherlands around 1400. Among the early Dutch settlers in America, they established a still-thriving small town in upstate New York named Fonda in the early 1600s, named after patriarch Douw Fonda, who was later killed by Indians. He also had English, Scottish, and more distant Norwegian, ancestry. His paternal grandparents moved to ...
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