Peter Fonda: a life in pictures
The actor best remembered for Easy Rider has died at the age of 79. Here we look back at his life and career
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Peter Henry Fonda, seen here in a still from Easy Rider, was born in New York City on 23 February 1940
Photograph: Columbia/Allstar
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Fonda and his sister Jane (rear), with their father, the actor Henry Fonda, and his third wife, Susan Blanchard, who is holding their adopted daughter, Amy, at Idlewild airport before flying to Rome on holiday in June 1955
Photograph: Bettmann Archive
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Fonda in a theatre seat at Omaha Nebraska Community Playhouse in March 1961, where he was appearing in a play
Photograph: Francis Miller/The Life Picture Collection via Getty Images
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Fonda, 21, performs on Broadway in New York City in Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole, a drama revolving around army life, on 27 September 1961
Photograph: AP
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Newlyweds Peter and Susan Fonda in their New York City apartment listening to records on 20 October 1961
Photograph: Dave Pickoff/AP
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The Victors, 1963
Peter Fonda in an early movie rolePhotograph: Columbia/Allstar
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Henry, Jane, and Peter Fonda, discuss scripts during a reunion on the location set of Sunday in New York, in which Jane was starring
Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive
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The Wild Angels, 1966
Photograph: Everett/Rex/Shutterstock
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The Trip, 1966
Fonda and Salli Sachse in the movie directed by Roger Corman and written by Jack NicholsonPhotograph: AP
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Fonda with his sister, Jane, and her husband, Roger Vadim, on a water taxi crossing the Canal Grande, Venice, 1967
Photograph: Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images
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Easy Rider, 1969
Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Jack NicholsonPhotograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Columbia
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The Hired Hand, 1971
Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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The Last Movie, 1971
Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda on setPhotograph: Ronald Grant
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Fonda at home in 1971 with his wife, Susan, and children, Bridget and Justin
Photograph: AP
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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, 1974
Susan George and Peter FondaPhotograph: 20 Century Fox/Allstar
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Futureworld, 1976
Fonda and robot in the sequel to WestworldPhotograph: Allstar
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Outlaw Blues, 1977
Photograph: Warner Bros/Allstar
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Fonda with his second wife, Portia, and daughter Bridget at the 36th annual Golden Globe awards on27 January 1979
Photograph: Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images
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The Cannonball Run, 1981
Standing, from left to right, are Bert Convy, Warren Berlinger, Michael Hui, Jackie Chan, Jack Elam, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett, Burt Reynolds, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Roger Moore, Simone Burton, Bob Tessier. Seated are Tara Buckman, Adrienne Barbeau, Rick Aviles, Peter Fonda and Alfie WisePhotograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy
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Escape from LA, 1996
Kurt Russell and Peter Fonda in John Carpenter’s follow-up to Escape from New YorkPhotograph: Paramount/Allstar
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Ulee’s Gold, 1997
Fonda portrayed a stoic North Florida beekeeper who tries to save his son and granddaughter from a life of drug abuse. His performance won him the lead actor Golden Globe and he was nominated for the OscarPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda hold their Golden Globe awards for best actor at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on 18 January 1998. Nicholson won his award in the Comedy or Musical category for his role in As Good As It Gets and Fonda for his role in the drama category for his role in Ulee’s Gold
Photograph: Hal Garb/AFP/Getty Images
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Ghost Rider, 2007
Nicolas Cage with Peter FondaPhotograph: Marvel Enterprises/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
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3:10 to Yuma, 2007
Photograph: Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
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Fonda with his third wife, actor Margaret ‘Parky’ Devogelaere, at the Shanghai international film festival on 13 June 2009
Photograph: Andrew Ross/Getty Images
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Fonda poses on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Glendale, California, on 23 October 2009
Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP
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Boundaries, 2018
Christopher Plummer and Fonda in one of his final rolesPhotograph: Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
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Peter Fonda, 1940-2019
Photograph: Jonathan Alcorn/Rex/Shutterstock
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