Jason Robards
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.
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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
164
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-07-26 (102 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Acting
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee as Self (archive footage)2017
Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 as Joe's Father (video "One")2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self (archive footage)2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary as Self2000
Going Home as Charles Barton1999
Magnolia as Earl Partridge1999
My Best Fiend as Self (archive footage)1998
Enemy of the State as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)1998
Beloved as Mr. Bodwin1998
The Real Macaw as Grandpa Girdis1998
Heartwood as Logan Reeser1997
A Thousand Acres as Larry Cook1997
Truman as Narrator (voice)1996
The West as Self - Brigham Young1996
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt as Narrator1995
Crimson Tide as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)1995
Journey as Marcus1995
My Antonia as Josea Burden1995
The Great American West as Narrator (voice)1994
Baseball as (voice)1994
The Paper as Graham Keighley1994
The Enemy Within as General R. Pendleton Lloyd1994
Little Big League as Thomas Heywood1994
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital as Narrator1993
Philadelphia as Charles Wheeler1993
Heidi as Grandfather1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn as The King1993
La Classe américaine as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)1993
The Trial as Doctor Huld1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self1993
Heidi as Großvater1992
Lincoln as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)1992
Storyville as Clifford Fowler1992
When It Was a Game 2 as Passage Narrator (voice)1992
Deceptions as Clay (voice)1992
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library as Self - Narrator (voice)1991
An Inconvenient Woman as Jules Mendelson1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Dr. Armand Hammer1991
Mark Twain and Me as Mark Twain1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio as Narrator (voice)1991
The Perfect Tribute as President Abraham Lincoln1991
When It Was a Game as (voice)1991
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale as Narrator (voice)1990
The Civil War as Ulysses S. Grant1990
Quick Change as Chief Rotzinger1990
Night of 100 Stars III as Self1989
Parenthood as Frank Buckman1989
Dream a Little Dream as Coleman Ettinger1989
Black Rainbow as Walter Travis1989
Reunion as Henry Strauss1989
Thomas Hart Benton as Narrator (voice)1988
American Experience as Narrator (voice)1988
The Good Mother as W. O. Muth1988
Bright Lights, Big City as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)1988
Inherit the Wind as Harry Drummond1988
The Christmas Wife as John Tanner1987
Square Dance as Dillard1987
Laguna Heat as Wade Shephard1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self1987
Breaking Home Ties as Lloyd Wells1986
The Last Frontier as Ed Stenning1986
Johnny Bull as Stephan Kovacs1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog as Self (archive footage)1985
The Long Hot Summer as Will Varner1985
The Atlanta Child Murders as Alvin Binder1985
Empire City as Self - Narrator (voice)1984
Sakharov as Andrei Sakharov1984
You Can't Take it With You as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof1984
America and Lewis Hine as Voice1984
The World of Tomorrow as Self / Narrator1983
Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)1983
The Day After as Dr. Russell Oakes1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes as Charles Halloway1983
Max Dugan Returns as Max Dugan1983
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History as Self - Host1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self1982
Burden of Dreams as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)1981
The Legend of the Lone Ranger as President Ulysses S. Grant1980
Raise the Titanic as Admiral James Sandecker1980
Caboblanco as Gunther Beckdorff1980
Melvin and Howard as Howard Hughes1980
Haywire as Leland Hayward1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year as President Franklin D. Roosevelt1979
Broadway on Showtime as Erie Smith1979
Hurricane as Capt. Charles Bruckner1978
The Kennedy Center Honors as Self1978
The Magic of David Copperfield as Not available1978
Comes a Horseman as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing1978
A Christmas to Remember as Daniel Larson1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors as President Richard Monckton1977
Julia as Dashiell Hammett1976
All the President's Men as Ben Bradlee1976
The Spy Who Never Was as Inspector Barkan1976
Addie and the King of Hearts as James "Jamie" Mills1975
A Boy and His Dog as Lou Craddock1975
Mr. Sycamore as John Gwilt1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten as James Tyrone Jr.1975
The Easter Promise as James "Jamie" Mills1974
The Country Girl as Frank Elgin1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Governor Wallace1973
Old Faithful as Himself1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure as James "Jamie" Mills1972
Ghost Story as Elliot Brent1972
The War Between Men and Women as Stephen Kozlenko1972
The House Without a Christmas Tree as James "Jamie" Mills1971
Johnny Got His Gun as Joe's Father1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue as Cesar Charron1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as General Walter C. Short1970
Julius Caesar as Marcus Brutus1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Cable Hogue1970
Fools as Matthew South1970
Operation Snafu as Sam Armstrong1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest1968
Once Upon a Time in the West as 'Cheyenne'1968
Isadora as Paris Singer1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's as Raymond Paine1967
Hour of the Gun as Doc Holliday1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Al Capone1967
Divorce American Style as Nelson Downes1967
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde1967
The Belle of 14th Street as Self1966
ABC Stage 67 as Royal Earle Thompson1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Henry Drummond1966
Any Wednesday as John Cleves1966
Noon Wine as Royal Earle Thompson1966
The Face of Genius as Narrator (voice)1965
A Thousand Clowns as Murray1964
Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abraham Lincoln1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Not available1963
The Danny Kaye Show as Self1963
Act One as George S. Kaufman1962
Long Day's Journey Into Night as Jamie Tyrone1962
Tender Is the Night as Dick Diver1961
By Love Possessed as Julius Penrose1960
The Iceman Cometh as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman1960
The Bat as Detective Anderson1959
Play of the Week as Not available1959
The Journey as Paul Kedes1959
A Doll's House as Dr. Rank1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls as Robert Jordan1956
Tony Awards as Self - Host1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter1956
Playhouse 90 as Robert Jordan1955
The Alcoa Hour as Bert Palmer1953
The Oscars as Self1953
General Electric Theater as Col. Carter1952
Omnibus as Not available1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Rank1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Marcus1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Abe Lincoln1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Frank Elgin1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Joe Grant1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Mason1948
Studio One as Frank Cameron1948
Studio One as Prisoner1948
Studio One as Walter Osgood1948
Studio One as Leonard O'Brien