How old was Henry Fonda in the movie The Longest Day?

Henry Fonda was 56 in The Longest Day when he played the character 'Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.'.

That was over 62 years ago in 1962.

In 1982 he died aged 77, starring in 137 films in his career, 78 of those after The Longest Day was first released. If he were alive today he would be 119.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Longest Day, I think Henry Fonda looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Bernhard Wicki has worked with Henry Fonda just once in his career.
  • Henry Fonda's first movie was as 'Dan Harrow' in The Farmer Takes a Wife, released in 1935 when he was 29
  • The Longest Day scores 7.6 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Longest Day

Henry Fonda's other movies