Peter Fonda

In 2000 he co-starred in the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad. In 1931, the government of France awarded him the Legion of Honor. After his passing, a street was named in his honor in the city of Nice, France and Radio France named a studio for him. He has also directed movies Wanda Nevada and Idaho Transfer. Sacha Guitry is interred with his fifth wife in the Cimetière de Montmartre, in the Parisian suburb of Montmartre. He has appeared in such movies as Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), Race With The Devil and 92 In the Shade (both 1975) The Cannonball Run (1981),Najda (1997), and Ulee's Gold (1997), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Of the 30 films he directed, some of his most recognized are "The Story of a Cheat" (1937), "Pearls of the Crown" (1938), and " Royal Affair in Versailles" in 1953. Fonda's career has not been particularly fruitful in the ensuing years. He went on to be recognized as one of the truly innovative directors, sometimes compared to Orson Welles because of his techniques.

He co-wrote the film with Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern, and the trio was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced. In addition to his plays, Sacha Guitry wrote and acted in many early films and in 1935 directed for the first time. It was in 1969 that Fonda made the cult movie for which he is still known, Easy Rider. Together they performed in a number of his plays bringing the extremely popular 1925 production of "Mozart" to cities in North America, including New York City, Montreal, Quebec and Boston, Massachusetts. This experience shows in Fonda's 1967 film The Trip, which is about taking LSD. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1919 Guitry married singing star Yvonne Printemps. John Lennon wrote the song "She Said She Said" about Fonda, who told him "I know what it's like to be dead" following an LSD trip. In 1918 his theatrical production premiered in Paris to critical acclaim. Guitry's dramas include "Nono" (1905), "Deburan" (1918) and "Jean de la Fontaine" in 1922.

It was at this point that he began to experiment with hallucinogenic drugs. An intellect and a prolific writer with a sharp wit, by the age of 17 Guitry had already written the first of his 120 plays. His first serious role was in the 1966 motorcycle film The Wild Angels (nowadays perhaps best known for its dialogue sampled by the Primal Scream recording Loaded). As a five year old, he appeared on stage with his father. Instead, he appeared in such teen fare as Tammy and the Bachelor. It was during this time in Russia that Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry was born and eventually nicknamed Sacha. Kennedy in PT 109, but didn't get the role. Petersburg, before returning to France.

Fonda tried out for the part of the young John F. He was the son of Lucien Germain Guitry (1860–1925), a major Parisian stage actor who spent nine years at the Michel Theater, in St. Soon he was back in New York, then went to Hollywood to make movies. Petersburg, Russia – died July 24, 1957 in Paris, France, was a film actor, director and screenwriter and playwright. He attended the University of Omaha and joined the Omaha Community Playhouse, where many famous actors (including his father and Marlon Brando) got their starts. Sacha Guitry, born February 21, 1885 in St. Peter Fonda studied acting in Omaha, Nebraska, his father's home town.

His mother, Frances Ford Seymour, committed suicide in 1950 when Peter was 11 years old. Born in New York City, he is the son of actor Henry Fonda, the brother of actress Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda. Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1939) is an American actor.