High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! From the beginning of Henry Fonda`s career in 1935 through his last projects in 1981, Fonda appeared in 106 films, television programs, and shorts. Through the course of his career he appeared in many critically acclaimed films, including such classics as 12 Angry Men and The Ox-Bow Incident. His roles in 1940`s The Grapes of Wrath and 1981`s On Golden Pond earned him Academy Award nominations (he won for the latter). Fonda made his mark in westerns and war films, and made frequent appearances in both television and foreign productions late in his career. Henry Fonda`s narration appeared in 1942 an American documentary and propaganda film The Battle of Midway.