Jason Robards
Acting
Born: July 26, 1922 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: December 26, 2000 (aged 78)
Highest Rated
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
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Philadelphia
1993
Enemy of the State
1998
Magnolia
1999
All the President's Men
1976
Crimson Tide
1995
Parenthood
1989
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
The Day After
1983
Quick Change
1990
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
Photos (5)
Movies (102)
Once Upon a Time in the West
'Cheyenne'
Magnolia
Earl Partridge
Crimson Tide
Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
Enemy of the State
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
Philadelphia
Charles Wheeler
All the President's Men
Ben Bradlee
Tora! Tora! Tora!
General Walter C. Short
Quick Change
Chief Rotzinger
The Day After
Dr. Russell Oakes
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Governor Wallace
Parenthood
Frank Buckman
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The King
The Paper
Graham Keighley
Julia
Dashiell Hammett
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Cable Hogue
Beloved
Mr. Bodwin
Bright Lights, Big City
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
Hurricane
Capt. Charles Bruckner
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Charles Halloway
Raise the Titanic
Admiral James Sandecker
Johnny Got His Gun
Joe's Father
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Al Capone
A Boy and His Dog
Lou Craddock
The Good Mother
W. O. Muth
A Thousand Acres
Larry Cook
Hour of the Gun
Doc Holliday
Dream a Little Dream
Coleman Ettinger
The Trial
Doctor Huld
Comes a Horseman
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
The Enemy Within
General R. Pendleton Lloyd
The Journey
Paul Kedes
Little Big League
Thomas Heywood
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
President Ulysses S. Grant
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Henry Drummond
Melvin and Howard
Howard Hughes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Cesar Charron
Inherit the Wind
Harry Drummond
Black Rainbow
Walter Travis
Caboblanco
Gunther Beckdorff
Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
Act One
George S. Kaufman
Square Dance
Dillard
Divorce American Style
Nelson Downes
La Classe américaine
The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Jamie Tyrone
A Thousand Clowns
Murray
Burden of Dreams
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
By Love Possessed
Julius Penrose
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Raymond Paine
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan
Isadora
Paris Singer
Tender Is the Night
Dick Diver
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Journey
Marcus
Heartwood
Logan Reeser
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Armand Hammer
The Perfect Tribute
President Abraham Lincoln
Storyville
Clifford Fowler
Any Wednesday
John Cleves
Reunion
Henry Strauss
My Antonia
Josea Burden
Heidi
Großvater
When It Was a Game
(voice)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Narrator (voice)
Haywire
Leland Hayward
The Real Macaw
Grandpa Girdis
The War Between Men and Women
Stephen Kozlenko
The House Without a Christmas Tree
James "Jamie" Mills
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Joe's Father (video "One")
Johnny Bull
Stephan Kovacs
Mark Twain and Me
Mark Twain
The Country Girl
Frank Elgin
The Spy Who Never Was
Inspector Barkan
The Christmas Wife
John Tanner
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
Narrator
Going Home
Charles Barton
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Robert Jordan
Operation Snafu
Sam Armstrong
The Thanksgiving Treasure
James "Jamie" Mills
A Moon for the Misbegotten
James Tyrone Jr.
Mr. Sycamore
John Gwilt
Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov
Fools
Matthew South
Laguna Heat
Wade Shephard
F.D.R.: The Last Year
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Easter Promise
James "Jamie" Mills
Noon Wine
Royal Earle Thompson
Breaking Home Ties
Lloyd Wells
You Can't Take it With You
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
The Belle of 14th Street
Performer
Addie and the King of Hearts
James "Jamie" Mills
A Doll's House
Dr. Rank
Old Faithful
Jason Robards
Thomas Hart Benton
Narrator (voice)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Narrator
A Christmas to Remember
Daniel Larson
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
Narrator (voice)
The Bat
Detective Anderson
Deceptions
Clay (voice)
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
Narrator
TV Shows (30)
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Joe Grant · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mason · 1 eps
Screen Two
Doctor Huld · 1 eps
Studio One
Frank Cameron · 1 eps
Studio One
Prisoner · 1 eps
Studio One
Walter Osgood · 1 eps
Studio One
Leonard O'Brien · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Playhouse 90
Robert Jordan · 2 eps
Baseball
(voice) · 5 eps
ABC Stage 67
Royal Earle Thompson · 1 eps
Ghost Story
Elliot Brent · 1 eps
The Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant (voice) · 9 eps
Play of the Week
1 eps
The Magic of David Copperfield
1 eps
The Alcoa Hour
Bert Palmer · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Col. Carter · 1 eps
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
President Richard Monckton · 6 eps
The Atlanta Child Murders
Alvin Binder · 2 eps
Heidi
Grandfather · 2 eps
An Inconvenient Woman
Jules Mendelson · 2 eps
The Long Hot Summer
Will Varner · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Rank · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Marcus · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Abe Lincoln · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frank Elgin · 1 eps
The Last Frontier
Ed Stenning · 2 eps
Broadway on Showtime
Erie Smith · 1 eps
The Iceman Cometh
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (24)
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1 eps
The West
Self - Brigham Young · 9 eps
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
My Best Fiend
Self (archive footage)
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
Empire City
Self - Narrator (voice)
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self (archive footage)
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
The World of Tomorrow
Self / Narrator
The Face of Genius
Self - Narrator (voice)