Jason Robards
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 26, 1922 (104 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is one of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Known For
| 2017 | Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One") | |
| 2006 | Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelf | |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Going HomeCharles Barton | |
| 2000 | That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelf | |
| 1999 | MagnoliaEarl Partridge | |
| 1999 | My Best FiendSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1998 | The Real MacawGrandpa Girdis | |
| 1998 | HeartwoodLogan Reeser | |
| 1998 | BelovedMr. Bodwin | |
| 1998 | Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | A Thousand AcresLarry Cook | |
| 1997 | TrumanNarrator (voice) | |
| 1996 | T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltNarrator | |
| 1996 | The WestSelf - Brigham Young | |
| 1995 | The Great American WestNarrator (voice) | |
| 1995 | My AntoniaJosea Burden | |
| 1995 | JourneyMarcus | |
| 1995 | Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | The PaperGraham Keighley | |
| 1994 | The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd | |
| 1994 | Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalNarrator | |
| 1994 | Little Big LeagueThomas Heywood | |
| 1994 | Baseball(voice) | |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck FinnThe King | |
| 1993 | The TrialDoctor Huld | |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf | |
| 1993 | PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler | |
| 1993 | La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | HeidiGroßvater | |
| 1993 | HeidiGrandfather | |
| 1992 | StoryvilleClifford Fowler | |
| 1992 | DeceptionsClay (voice) | |
| 1992 | LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice) | |
| 1992 | The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public LibrarySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1992 | When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | Mark Twain and MeMark Twain | |
| 1991 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | The Perfect TributePresident Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1991 | Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand Hammer | |
| 1991 | Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | When It Was a Game(voice) | |
| 1991 | An Inconvenient WomanJules Mendelson | |
| 1990 | Quick ChangeChief Rotzinger | |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars IIISelf | |
| 1990 | The Civil WarUlysses S. Grant | |
| 1989 | ParenthoodFrank Buckman | |
| 1989 | Dream a Little DreamColeman Ettinger | |
| 1989 | Black RainbowWalter Travis | |
| 1989 | ReunionHenry Strauss | |
| 1989 | Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice) | |
| 1988 | Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited) | |
| 1988 | The Good MotherW. O. Muth | |
| 1988 | The Christmas WifeJohn Tanner | |
| 1988 | Inherit the WindHarry Drummond | |
| 1988 | American ExperienceNarrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | Square DanceDillard | |
| 1987 | Laguna HeatWade Shephard | |
| 1987 | Breaking Home TiesLloyd Wells | |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf | |
| 1986 | Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | Johnny BullStephan Kovacs | |
| 1986 | The Last FrontierEd Stenning | |
| 1986 | The Last FrontierEd Stenning | |
| 1985 | Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1985 | The Long Hot SummerWill Varner | |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child MurdersAlvin Binder | |
| 1985 | Screen TwoDoctor Huld | |
| 1984 | You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin Vanderhof | |
| 1984 | America and Lewis HineVoice | |
| 1984 | SakharovAndrei Sakharov | |
| 1984 | The World of TomorrowSelf / Narrator | |
| 1983 | Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan | |
| 1983 | The Day AfterDr. Russell Oakes | |
| 1983 | Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles Halloway | |
| 1983 | The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in HistorySelf - Host | |
| 1983 | Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1982 | Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | Night of 100 StarsSelf | |
| 1981 | The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 1980 | CaboblancoGunther Beckdorff | |
| 1980 | Raise the TitanicAdmiral James Sandecker | |
| 1980 | Melvin and HowardHoward Hughes | |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| 1980 | HaywireLeland Hayward | |
| 1980 | Ghosts of Cape HornNarrator | |
| 1979 | HurricaneCapt. Charles Bruckner | |
| 1979 | Broadway on ShowtimeErie Smith | |
| 1978 | Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' Ewing | |
| 1978 | A Christmas to RememberDaniel Larson | |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf | |
| 1978 | The Magic of David Copperfield | |
| 1977 | JuliaDashiell Hammett | |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed DoorsPresident Richard Monckton | |
| 1976 | All the President's MenBen Bradlee | |
| 1976 | Addie and the King of HeartsJames "Jamie" Mills | |
| 1976 | The Spy Who Never WasInspector Barkan | |
| 1975 | A Boy and His DogLou Craddock | |
| 1975 | A Moon for the MisbegottenJames Tyrone Jr. | |
| 1975 | Mr. SycamoreJohn Gwilt | |
| 1975 | The Easter PromiseJames "Jamie" Mills | |
| 1974 | The Country GirlFrank Elgin | |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the KidGovernor Wallace | |
| 1973 | The Thanksgiving TreasureJames "Jamie" Mills | |
| 1973 | Old FaithfulJason Robards | |
| 1972 | The House Without a Christmas TreeJames "Jamie" Mills | |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and WomenStephen Kozlenko | |
| 1972 | Ghost StoryElliot Brent | |
| 1971 | Murders in the Rue MorgueCesar Charron | |
| 1971 | Johnny Got His GunJoe's Father | |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora!General Walter C. Short | |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable HogueCable Hogue | |
| 1970 | Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus | |
| 1970 | FoolsMatthew South | |
| 1970 | Operation SnafuSam Armstrong | |
| 1968 | IsadoraParis Singer | |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky'sRaymond Paine | |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West'Cheyenne' | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1967 | Hour of the GunDoc Holliday | |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day MassacreAl Capone | |
| 1967 | Divorce American StyleNelson Downes | |
| 1967 | The Belle of 14th StreetPerformer | |
| 1967 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | |
| 1966 | Any WednesdayJohn Cleves | |
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little LadyHenry Drummond | |
| 1966 | Noon WineRoyal Earle Thompson | |
| 1966 | The Face of GeniusNarrator (voice) | |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67Royal Earle Thompson | |
| 1965 | A Thousand ClownsMurray | |
| 1964 | Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbraham Lincoln | |
| 1963 | Act OneGeorge S. Kaufman | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | Long Day's Journey Into NightJamie Tyrone | |
| 1962 | Tender Is the NightDick Diver | |
| 1961 | By Love PossessedJulius Penrose | |
| 1960 | The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman | |
| 1960 | The BatDetective Anderson | |
| 1960 | The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman | |
| 1959 | For Whom the Bell TollsRobert Jordan | |
| 1959 | The JourneyPaul Kedes | |
| 1959 | A Doll's HouseDr. Rank | |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90Robert Jordan | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Host | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1955 | The Alcoa HourBert Palmer | |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterCol. Carter | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameDr. Rank | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameMarcus | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameAbe Lincoln | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameFrank Elgin | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1948 | Studio OneFrank Cameron | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television PlayhouseJoe Grant | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1948 | Studio OnePrisoner | |
| 1948 | Studio OneWalter Osgood | |
| 1948 | Studio OneLeonard O'Brien | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television PlayhouseMason |