Collage of John Wayne in True Grit and Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond
John Wayne broke a huge Oscars record with one of his greatest western movies, but Henry Fonda broke it with one of his own best films a little more than a decade later. For most of his career, Wayne seemed like a very unlikely contender to win an Academy Award. He was the Old Hollywood equivalent of an action hero, like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Bruce Willis. He rarely challenged himself dramatically and almost exclusively played unwavering heroes in black-and-white tales of good versus evil.
Henry Fonda Broke John Wayne's Record For Being The Oldest Best Actor Oscar Winner Wayne Broke The Record With True Grit; Fonda Broke It With On Golden Pond Close ✕ Remove Ads In 1970, Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his riveting turn as washed-up alcoholic U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in 1969’s True Grit. It’s easy to see why Wayne finally won the Oscar for this performance.
Posts4 Wayne held this record for a little over a decade. In 1982, Fonda became the new oldest Best Actor winner when he won for On Golden Pond at age 76. Fonda plays a grumpy, retired professor who’s been married to his wife — played by Katharine Hepburn, who also won an Oscar — for many years. On Golden Pond marked Fonda’s final theatrical film appearance in a legendary Hollywood movie career that began in 1935.
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