Peter Fonda died at age 79 of complications of lung cancer. He was part of Hollywood royalty, son of screen legend Henry Fonda and younger brother of megastar Jane Fonda. The actress and activist said, “I am very sad. He was my sweet-hearted baby brother, the talker of the family.”
Over the course of a movie career that ran from 1963 film “Tammy and the Doctor” to “The Last Full Measure,” which will not be released until later this year, he made 71 feature films.
Fonda is best known for “Easy Rider,” released in 1969. He starred in the movie with Jack Nicholson, one of that future star’s earliest movies, and Dennis Hopper. Fonda was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for that film. The other movie for which he received an Oscar nomination was “Ulee’s Gold,” released in 1997. He was nominated for Best Actor. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in 2000 (“The Passion of Ayn Rand”) and 1998 (“Ulee’s Gold”). He was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards for “3:10 to Yuma” (2008), “The Passion of Ayn Rand” (2000) and “Ulee’s Gold” (1998). His star was put on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.
The Wrap said of “Ulee’s Gold,” his comeback film, “Fonda had a career highlight with a dramatic turn in ‘Ulee’s Gold’ in 1997, playing a reclusive and stoic beekeeper in Florida who works to prevent his son and granddaughter from suffering from drug abuse.” These are the 100 best movies of all time.
Even though Fonda was never as famous as his father and sister, he was much beloved in Hollywood. Upon his death, famed actor and director Guillermo del Toro tweeted:
Peter Fonda- actor, director, dearest man. Gentle, generous, wise soul. Seek Easy Rider, yes- but also seek The Hired Hand. He helped changed Cinema, but he also lived a life full of love and made this world better.
These are Peter Fonda’s films:
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Tammy and the Doctor | Dr. Mark Cheswick |
| 1963 | The Victors | Weaver |
| 1964 | Lilith | Stephen Evshevsky |
| 1964 | The Young Lovers | Eddie Slocum |
| 1966 | The Wild Angels | Heavenly Blues |
| 1967 | The Trip | Paul Groves |
| 1968 | Spirits of the Dead | Baron Wilhelm |
| 1969 | Easy Rider | Wyatt |
| 1971 | The Hired Hand | Harry Collings |
| 1971 | The Last Movie | Young Sheriff |
| 1973 | Idaho Transfer | |
| 1973 | Two People | Evan Bonner |
| 1974 | Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry | Larry Rayder |
| 1974 | Open Season | Ken |
| 1975 | Race with the Devil | Roger March |
| 1975 | 92 in the Shade | Skelton |
| 1976 | Killer Force | Bradley |
| 1976 | Futureworld | Chuck Browning |
| 1976 | Fighting Mad | Tom Hunter |
| 1977 | Outlaw Blues | Bobby Ogden |
| 1978 | High-Ballin’ | Rane |
| 1979 | Wanda Nevada | Beaudray Demerille |
| 1981 | The Cannonball Run | Chief Biker |
| 1982 | Split Image | Kirklander |
| 1983 | Peppermint-Frieden | Mr. Freedom |
| 1983 | Dance of the Dwarfs | Harry Bediker |
| 1983 | Daijôbu, mai furendo | Gonzy Traumerai |
| 1983 | Spasms | Dr. Tom Brazilian |
| 1985 | Certain Fury | Rodney |
| 1987 | Hawken’s Breed | Hawken |
| 1988 | Mercenary Fighters | Virelli |
| 1989 | The Rose Garden | Herbert Schlüter |
| 1990 | Enemy | Ken Andrews |
| 1992 | South Beach | Jake |
| 1992 | Family Express | Nick |
| 1993 | Deadfall | Pete |
| 1993 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | Motorcycle Rider |
| 1994 | Love and a .45 | Vergil Cheatham |
| 1994 | Nadja | Dracula / Dr. Van Helsing |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Pipeline |
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart | Guru Dave |
| 1997 | Ulee’s Gold | Ulysses “Ulee” Jackson |
| 1997 | Painted Hero | Ray the Cook |
| 1999 | The Limey | Terry Valentine |
| 2000 | South of Heaven, West of Hell | Shoshonee Bill |
| 2000 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Grandpa Burnett Stone |
| 2000 | Second Skin | Merv Gutman |
| 2001 | Wooly Boys | Stoney |
| 2004 | The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things | Grandfather |
| 2004 | Ocean’s Twelve | Bobby Caldwell |
| 2006 | In God We Trust | Millionaire |
| 2007 | Ghost Rider | Mephistopheles |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Damien Blade |
| 2007 | 3:10 to Yuma | Byron McElroy |
| 2008 | Japan | Alfred |
| 2009 | The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll | August West |
| 2009 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | The Roman |
| 2011 | The Trouble with Bliss | Seymour Bliss |
| 2012 | Smitty | Jack |
| 2012 | Harodim | Solomon Fell |
| 2013 | The Ultimate Life | Jacob Early |
| 2013 | The Harvest | Grandfather |
| 2013 | Copperhead | Avery |
| 2013 | As Cool as I Am | Gerald |
| 2013 | House of Bodies | Henry Lee Bishop |
| 2015 | The Runner | Rayne Pryce |
| 2015 | Jesse James Lawman | Mayor |
| 2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America | Reverend Harrington |
| 2017 | The Ballad of Lefty Brown | Edward Johnson |
| 2018 | Boundaries | Joey |
| 2019 | The Last Full Measure | Jimmy Burr |
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