Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor on stage and in film and television and a winner of the Tony Award (theatre), two Academy Awards (film) and the Emmy Award (television). He was also a United States Navy combat veteran of World War II. He became famous playing works of Eugene O'Neill, an American playwright, and regularly performed in O'Neill's works throughout his career. Robards was cast in both common-man roles and as well-known historical figures. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Robards, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 26, 1922 In Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 121
- First Appeared:
- In the series Studio One 1948-11-07
- Latest Project:
- Movie Arthur Miller: Writer 2017-12-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-04 |
| Movie | Arthur Miller: Writer | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Ben Bradlee (archive footage) | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film | Self | 2006-03-27 |
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
| Movie | The Wages of Sin | Cheyenne | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | Going Home | Charles Barton | 2000-03-12 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone | Self (archive footage) | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | That Moment: Magnolia Diary | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | My Best Fiend | Self (archive footage) | 1999-05-17 |
| Movie | Magnolia | Earl Partridge | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | The Real Macaw | Grandpa Girdis | 1998-09-24 |
| Movie | Heartwood | Logan Reeser | 1998-04-19 |
| Movie | Beloved | Mr. Bodwin | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | Enemy of the State | Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | A Thousand Acres | Larry Cook | 1997-09-19 |
| Series | The West | Self - Brigham Young | 1996-09-15 |
| Movie | My Antonia | Josea Burden | 1995-03-29 |
| Movie | The Great American West | Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Crimson Tide | Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited) | 1995-05-12 |
| Movie | Journey | Marcus | 1995-12-10 |
| Movie | Little Big League | Thomas Heywood | 1994-06-29 |
| Movie | The Paper | Graham Keighley | 1994-03-18 |
| Movie | The Enemy Within | General R. Pendleton Lloyd | 1994-08-24 |
| Series | Baseball | Various (voice) | 1994-09-18 |
| Movie | The Trial | Doctor Huld | 1993-06-18 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Huck Finn | The King | 1993-04-02 |
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self | 1993-06-29 |
| Series | Heidi | Grandfather | 1993-07-18 |
| Movie | La Classe américaine | The Newspaper Director (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
| Movie | Philadelphia | Charles Wheeler | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | Storyville | Clifford Fowler | 1992-08-26 |
| Movie | Lincoln | President Abraham Lincoln (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
| Movie | Chernobyl: The Final Warning | Dr. Armand Hammer | 1991-04-22 |
| Movie | The Perfect Tribute | President Abraham Lincoln | 1991-04-21 |
| Series | An Inconvenient Woman | Jules Mendelson | 1991-05-12 |
| Movie | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | Narrator (voice) | 1991-10-01 |
| Movie | Mark Twain and Me | Mark Twain | 1991-11-22 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
| Movie | Quick Change | Chief Rotzinger | 1990-07-13 |
| Series | The Civil War | Ulysses S. Grant | 1990-09-23 |
| Movie | Reunion | Henry Strauss | 1989-05-17 |
| Movie | Dream a Little Dream | Coleman Ettinger | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Parenthood | Frank Buckman | 1989-07-31 |
| Movie | Thomas Hart Benton | Narrator (voice) | 1989-10-31 |
| Movie | Black Rainbow | Walter Travis | 1989-12-05 |
| Movie | Inherit the Wind | Harry Drummond | 1988-03-20 |
| Movie | Bright Lights, Big City | Mr. Hardy (uncredited) | 1988-04-01 |
| Movie | The Christmas Wife | John Tanner | 1988-12-12 |
| Movie | The Good Mother | W. O. Muth | 1988-11-04 |
| Movie | Square Dance | Dillard | 1987-03-01 |
| Movie | Laguna Heat | Wade Shephard | 1987-11-15 |
| Movie | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Self (archive footage) | 1986-03-27 |
| Series | The Last Frontier | Ed Stenning | 1986-10-05 |
| Series | The Atlanta Child Murders | Alvin Binder | 1985-02-10 |
| Series | The Long Hot Summer | Will Varner | 1985-10-06 |
| Movie | America and Lewis Hine | Voice | 1984-09-29 |
| Movie | Sakharov | Andrei Sakharov | 1984-06-20 |
| Movie | Max Dugan Returns | Max Dugan | 1983-03-25 |
| Movie | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Charles Halloway | 1983-04-29 |
| Movie | The Day After | Dr. Russell Oakes | 1983-11-20 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Burden of Dreams | Fitzcarraldo (archive footage) | 1982-10-01 |
| Movie | The Legend of the Lone Ranger | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1981-08-06 |
| Movie | Cabo Blanco | Gunther Beckdorff | 1980-03-13 |
| Movie | F.D.R.: The Last Year | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1980-05-15 |
| Movie | Haywire | Leland Hayward | 1980-05-14 |
| Movie | Melvin and Howard | Howard Hughes | 1980-09-19 |
| Movie | Raise the Titanic | Admiral James Sandecker | 1980-08-01 |
| Movie | Hurricane | Capt. Charles Bruckner | 1979-04-12 |
| Movie | Comes a Horseman | Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing | 1978-10-25 |
| Movie | A Christmas to Remember | Daniel Larson | 1978-12-22 |
| Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
| Series | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | President Richard Monckton | 1977-09-06 |
| Movie | Julia | Dashiell Hammett | 1977-10-01 |
| Movie | Addie and the King of Hearts | James "Jamie" Mills | 1976-02-25 |
| Movie | The Spy Who Never Was | Inspector Barkan | 1976-06-01 |
| Movie | All the President's Men | Ben Bradlee | 1976-04-09 |
| Movie | A Boy and His Dog | Lou Craddock | 1975-03-23 |
| Movie | The Easter Promise | James "Jamie" Mills | 1975-03-26 |
| Movie | A Moon for the Misbegotten | James Tyrone Jr. | 1975-05-27 |
| Movie | Mr. Sycamore | John Gwilt | 1975-12-12 |
| Movie | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Governor Wallace | 1973-05-23 |
| Movie | The Thanksgiving Treasure | James "Jamie" Mills | 1973-11-18 |
| Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | The War Between Men and Women | Stephen Kozlenko | 1972-06-01 |
| Movie | The House Without a Christmas Tree | James "Jamie" Mills | 1972-12-03 |
| Movie | Murders in the Rue Morgue | Cesar Charron | 1971-07-21 |
| Movie | Johnny Got His Gun | Joe's Father | 1971-08-04 |
| Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | General Walter C. Short | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | Operation Snafu | Sam Armstrong | 1970-03-03 |
| Movie | Fools | Matthew South | 1970-12-23 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Cable Hogue | 1970-03-18 |
| Movie | Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus | 1970-06-04 |
| Movie | Isadora | Paris Singer | 1968-09-14 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in the West | 'Cheyenne' | 1968-12-21 |
| Movie | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Raymond Paine | 1968-12-22 |
| Movie | Divorce American Style | Nelson Downes | 1967-06-21 |
| Movie | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Al Capone | 1967-06-30 |
| Movie | The Belle of 14th Street | Self | 1967-10-11 |
| Movie | Hour of the Gun | Doc Holliday | 1967-11-01 |
| Movie | The Face of Genius | Narrator (voice) | 1966-03-21 |
| Movie | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Henry Drummond | 1966-06-08 |
| Movie | Any Wednesday | John Cleves | 1966-10-13 |
| Movie | Noon Wine | Royal Earle Thompson | 1966-11-23 |
| Movie | A Thousand Clowns | Murray | 1965-12-13 |
| Movie | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Abraham Lincoln | 1964-02-02 |
| Movie | Act One | George S. Kaufman | 1963-12-26 |
| Movie | Tender Is the Night | Dick Diver | 1962-01-19 |
| Movie | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Jamie Tyrone | 1962-10-09 |
| Movie | By Love Possessed | Julius Penrose | 1961-07-19 |
| Movie | The Bat | Detective Anderson | 1960-03-29 |
| Movie | The Iceman Cometh | Theodore "Hickey" Hickman | 1960-11-14 |
| Movie | The Journey | Paul Kedes | 1959-02-11 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Unknown | 1956-04-01 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |