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Paul Harvey, make that Paaaaaaaullll Haaaaaarrrrveeeeeyyy, had the story years ago.

This is from "The Movie Pal" website, quoted in a newspaper.

"The Movie Pal's favorite actor, Henry Fonda, was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, on May 16, 1905.

We move past his childhood and teen years to show him graduating from Omaha Central High School.

He enrolled at the University of Minnesota to major in journalism but flunked out.

He cited having to hold down two jobs to pay for college as reason for not finishing school.

Legend has it that Fonda got into acting because he had nothing else to do.

Of all people, Marlon Brando's mother, Dorothy, asked Fonda to help her with a theater.

Fonda arrived at the Community Playhouse in Omaha and began his career as an actor.

To his surprise he played the lead role in Philip Barry's play, You and I.

In 1926 he had the lead in Merton of the Movies. Eight years later he had a major role on Broadway in New Faces."