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AFI Life Achievement Awards
Mel Brooks
Shirley MacLaine
Morgan Freeman
Mike Nichols
Michael Douglas
Warren Beatty
Al Pacino
Sir Sean Connery
George Lucas
Meryl Streep
Robert De Niro
Tom Hanks
Barbra Streisand
Harrison Ford
Dustin Hoffman
Robert Wise
Martin Scorsese
Clint Eastwood
Steven Spielberg
Jack Nicholson
Elizabeth Taylor
Sidney Poitier
Kirk Douglas
David Lean
Gregory Peck
Jack Lemmon
Barbara Stanwyck
Billy Wilder
Gene Kelly
Lillian Gish
John Huston
Frank Capra
Fred Astaire
James Stewart
Alfred Hitchcock
Henry Fonda
Bette Davis
William Wyler
Orson Welles
James Cagney
John Ford
1978: Henry Fonda
Filmography
Gallery
Tribute
FILMOGRAPHY (as of award year)
ON GOLDEN POND
(1981) ....Norman Thayer, Jr.
Motion Picture
Actor
SUMMER SOLSTICE
(1981)
Television
Actor
GIDEON'S TRUMPET
(1980) ....Clarence Earl Gideon
Television
Actor
THE OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE
(1980) ....Colonel J.C. Kincaid
Television
Actor
CITY ON FIRE
(1979) ....Chief Albert Risley
Motion Picture
Actor
METEOR
(1979) ....The President
Motion Picture
Actor
ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATIONS
(1979) ....Colonel
Television
Actor
WANDA NEVADA
(1979) ....Old Prospector
Motion Picture
Actor
FEDORA
(1978) ....President of the Academy
Motion Picture
Actor
HOME TO STAY
(1978) ....Grandpa
Television
Actor
THE SWARM
(1978) ....Dr. Krim
Motion Picture
Actor
ROLLERCOASTER
(1977) ....Simon Davenport
Motion Picture
Actor
TENTACLES
(1977) ....Mr. Whitehead
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BIGGEST BATTLE
(1977) ....General Foster
Television
Actor
ALMOS' A MAN
(1976)
Motion Picture
Actor
CAPTAINS AND KINGS
(1976) ....Senator Enfield Bassett
Television
Actor
MIDWAY
(1976) ....Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Motion Picture
Actor
THE GREAT SMOKEY ROADBLOCK
(1976) ....Elegant John
Motion Picture
Actor
COLLISION COURSE
(1975) ....General Douglas MacArthur
Television
Actor
THE LAST DAYS OF MUSSOLINI
(1974) ....Cardinal Schuster
Motion Picture
Actor
ASH WEDNESDAY
(1973) ....Mark Sawyer
Motion Picture
Actor
MY NAME IS NOBODY
(1973) ....Jack Beauregard
Motion Picture
Actor
THE ALPHA CAPER
(1973) ....Mark Forbes
Television
Actor
THE RED PONY
(1973) ....Carl Tiflin
Television
Actor
THE SERPENT
(1972) ....Allan Davies
Motion Picture
Actor
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
(1971) ....Himself
Motion Picture
Actor
SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION
(1971) ....Henry Stamper
Motion Picture
Actor
THE AMERICAN WEST OF JOHN FORD
(1971) ....Narrator
Television
Actor
THE SMITH FAMILY
(1971) ....Dect. Sergeant Chad Smith
Television
Actor
THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB
(1970) ....Harley Sullivan
Motion Picture
Actor
THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN
(1970) ....Woodward Lopeman
Motion Picture
Actor
TOO LATE THE HERO
(1970) ....Capt. John G. Nolan
Motion Picture
Actor
HOLLYWOOD: THE SELZNICK YEARS
(1969) ....Narrator
Television
Actor
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
(1969) ....Frank
Motion Picture
Actor
FIRECREEK
(1968) ....Bob Larkin
Motion Picture
Actor
MADIGAN
(1968) ....Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BOSTON STRANGLEr
(1968) ....John S. Bottomley
Motion Picture
Actor
THE REALLY BIG FAMILY
(1968) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
STRANGER ON THE RUN
(1967) ....Ben Chamberlain
Motion Picture
Actor
WELCOME TO HARD TIMES
(1967) ....Will Blue
Motion Picture
Actor
A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY
(1966) ....Meredith
Motion Picture
Actor
BORN TO BUCK
(1966) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
IN HARM'S WAY
(1965) ....Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
(1965) ....Lt. Colonel Kiley
Motion Picture
Actor
THE DIRTY GAME
(1965) ....Dimitri Koulov
Motion Picture
Actor
THE ROUNDERS
(1965) ....Howdy Lewis
Motion Picture
Actor
FAIL-SAFE
(1964) ....The President
Motion Picture
Actor
SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL
(1964) ....Frank Broderick
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BEST MAN
(1964) ....William Russell
Motion Picture
Actor
SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN
(1963) ....Clay Spencer
Actor
ADVISE AND CONSENT
(1962) ....Robert Leffingwell
Motion Picture
Actor
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
(1962) ....Jethro Stuart
Motion Picture
Actor
THE LONGEST DAY
(1962) ....Brig. General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Motion Picture
Actor
THE DEPUTY
(1959) ....Marshal Simon Fry
Television
Actor
THE MAN WHO UNDERSTOOD WOMEN
(1959) ....Wille Bauche
Motion Picture
Actor
WARLOCK
(1959) ....Clay Blaisdell
Motion Picture
Actor
STAGE STRUCK
(1958) ....Lewis Easton
Motion Picture
Actor
12 ANGRY MEN
(1957) ....Juror # 8 , Mr. Davis
Motion Picture
Actor
THE TIN STAR
(1956) ....Morg Hickman
Motion Picture
Actor
THE WRONG MAN
(1956) ....Manny Balestro
Motion Picture
Actor
WAR AND PEACE
(1956) ....Pierre Bezukhov
Motion Picture
Actor
MR. ROBERTS
(1955) ....Doug Roberts
Motion Picture
Actor
THE HENRY FONDA SHOW
(1955)
Television
Host
MAIN STREET TO BROADWAY
(1953) ....Guest
Motion Picture
Actor
PICTURA
(1952) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
BENJY
(1951) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
JIGSAW
(1949) ....Nightclub Waiter
Motion Picture
Actor
FORT APACHE
(1948) ....Lt. Colonel Owen Thursday
Motion Picture
Actor
ON OUR MERRY WAY
(1948) ...."Lank"
Motion Picture
Actor
DAISY KENYON
(1947) ....Peter Lapham
Motion Picture
Actor
THE FUGITIVE
(1947) ....The Fugitive
Motion Picture
Actor
THE LONG NIGHT
(1947) ....Joe Adams
Motion Picture
Actor
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
(1946) ....Wyatt Earp
Motion Picture
Actor
IMMORTAL SERGEANT
(1943) ....Corp. Colin Spence
Motion Picture
Actor
THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
(1943) ....Gil Carter
Motion Picture
Actor
RINGS ON HER FINGERS
(1942) ....John Wheeler
Motion Picture
Actor
TALES OF MANHATTAN
(1942) ....George (Narrator)
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
(1942) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BIG STREET
(1942) ....Little Pinks
Motion Picture
Actor
THE MAGNIFICENT DOPE
(1942) ....Tad Page
Motion Picture
Actor
THE MALE ANIMAL
(1942) ....Tommy Turner
Motion Picture
Actor
THE LADY EVE
(1941) ....Charles Pike
Motion Picture
Actor
WILD GEESE CALLING
(1941) ....John Murdock
Motion Picture
Actor
YOU BELONG TO ME
(1941) ....Peter Kirk
Motion Picture
Actor
CHAD HANNA
(1940) ....Chad Hanna
Motion Picture
Actor
LILLIAN RUSSELL
(1940) ....Alexander Moore
Motion Picture
Actor
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
(1940) ....Tom Joad
Motion Picture
Actor
THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES
(1940) ....Frank James
Motion Picture
Actor
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
(1939) ....Gilbert " Gil" Martin
Motion Picture
Actor
JESSE JAMES
(1939) ....Frank James
Motion Picture
Actor
LET US LIVE!
(1939) ...."Brick Tennant"
Motion Picture
Actor
THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
(1939) ....Thomas Watson
Motion Picture
Actor
YOUNG MR. LINCOLN
(1939) ....Abraham Lincoln
Motion Picture
Actor
BLOCKADE
(1938) ....Marco
Motion Picture
Actor
I MET MY LOVE AGAIN
(1938) ....Ives Towner
Motion Picture
Actor
JEZEBEL
(1938) ....Preston Dillard
Motion Picture
Actor
MAD MISS MANTON
(1938) ....Peter Ames
Motion Picture
Actor
SPAWN OF THE NORTH
(1938) ....Jim Kimmerlee
Motion Picture
Actor
SLIM
(1937) ....Slim
Motion Picture
Actor
THAT CERTAIN WOMAN
(1937) ....Jack Merrick
Motion Picture
Actor
WINGS OF THE MORNING
(1937) ....Kerry
Motion Picture
Actor
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
(1937) ....Eddie Taylor
Motion Picture
Actor
SPENDTHRIFT
(1936) ....Townsend Middleton
Motion Picture
Actor
THE MOON'S OUR HOME
(1936) ....Anthony Amberton/John Smith
Motion Picture
Actor
THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE
(1936) ....Dave Tolliver
Motion Picture
Actor
I DREAM TOO MUCH
(1935) ....Jonathan "Johnny" Street
Motion Picture
Actor
THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE
(1935) ....Dan Harrow
Motion Picture
Actor
WAY DOWN EAST
(1935) ....David Bartlett
Motion Picture
Actor