Peter Fonda

(1939- ) lived in Omaha. Actor, film producer, known for his role in the 1969 film Easy Rider, he has appeared in 50 movies and 30 television productions; recipient of Academy Award nomination for best screenplay in 1970 and nomination for best actor in 1998, recipient of Golden Globe Award in 1998 for acting performance in Ulee's Gold; appeared on cover of Time, February 16, 1970. Consult Esquire, March 1987, pp. 217-221 and Lincoln Journal Star, July 25, 1997, pp. B-1, B-4 and Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Vol 19 (Gale, 1998) 139-141 and Current Biography (1998) 200-203.

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