Jason Robards

Jason Robards

1922-07-26 • Chicago, Illinois, USA • Male • 156 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-07-26

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known Credits

156

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Jason Robards Jr., Джейсон Робардс, Jason Nelson Robards Jr.

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Known For Movies

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968
The Real Macaw

The Real Macaw

1998
Mark Twain and Me

Mark Twain and Me

1991
The Easter Promise

The Easter Promise

1975
The House Without a Christmas Tree

The House Without a Christmas Tree

1972
Dream a Little Dream

Dream a Little Dream

1989
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999
The Perfect Tribute

The Perfect Tribute

1991
The Night They Raided Minsky's

The Night They Raided Minsky's

1968
The Thanksgiving Treasure

The Thanksgiving Treasure

1973
The Christmas Wife

The Christmas Wife

1988
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959
Philadelphia

Philadelphia

1993
Max Dugan Returns

Max Dugan Returns

1983
The World of Tomorrow

The World of Tomorrow

1984
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970
The Good Mother

The Good Mother

1988
Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

1998
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991
Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

1995
Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1971
Breaking Home Ties

Breaking Home Ties

1987
My Best Fiend

My Best Fiend

1999
Quick Change

Quick Change

1990
Isadora

Isadora

1968
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987
The Face of Genius

The Face of Genius

1966
Beloved

Beloved

1998
The Journey

The Journey

1959
Ghosts of Cape Horn

Ghosts of Cape Horn

1980
Laguna Heat

Laguna Heat

1987
Square Dance

Square Dance

1987
Bright Lights, Big City

Bright Lights, Big City

1988
Julia

Julia

1977
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976
Act One

Act One

1963
The Day After

The Day After

1983
America and Lewis Hine

America and Lewis Hine

1984
Parenthood

Parenthood

1989
The Spy Who Never Was

The Spy Who Never Was

1976
Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams

1982
Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1988
La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine

1993
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital

Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital

1994
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale

Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale

1991
Noon Wine

Noon Wine

1966
Lincoln

Lincoln

1992
By Love Possessed

By Love Possessed

1961
Deceptions

Deceptions

1992
A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres

1997
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973
Black Rainbow

Black Rainbow

1989
Hurricane

Hurricane

1979
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993
Little Big League

Little Big League

1994
Storyville

Storyville

1992
Melvin and Howard

Melvin and Howard

1980
Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun

1967
When It Was a Game 2

When It Was a Game 2

1992
Thomas Hart Benton

Thomas Hart Benton

1989
Arthur Miller: Writer

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017
Journey

Journey

1995
Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

1971
A Thousand Clowns

A Thousand Clowns

1965
The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970
That Moment: Magnolia Diary

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

2000
The Paper

The Paper

1994
Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982
A Boy and His Dog

A Boy and His Dog

1975
Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983
Caboblanco

Caboblanco

1980
Sakharov

Sakharov

1984
Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic

1980
The Legend of the Lone Ranger

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1970
Comes a Horseman

Comes a Horseman

1978
The Adventures of Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967
Reunion

Reunion

1989
Empire City

Empire City

1985
When It Was a Game

When It Was a Game

1991
A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966
Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962
Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night

1962
Old Faithful

Old Faithful

1973
The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

1994
Haywire

Haywire

1980
Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

1990
A Moon for the Misbegotten

A Moon for the Misbegotten

1975
The Trial

The Trial

1993
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016
The Great American West

The Great American West

1995
My Antonia

My Antonia

1995
Heidi

Heidi

1993
The Country Girl

The Country Girl

1974
Divorce American Style

Divorce American Style

1967
Any Wednesday

Any Wednesday

1966
Truman

Truman

1997
Chernobyl: The Final Warning

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

1991
The War Between Men and Women

The War Between Men and Women

1972
The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh

1960
Operation Snafu

Operation Snafu

1970
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

2006
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

1983
Portrait: Werner Herzog

Portrait: Werner Herzog

1986
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

2000
A Christmas to Remember

A Christmas to Remember

1978
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004
Mr. Sycamore

Mr. Sycamore

1975
A Doll's House

A Doll's House

1959
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

2006
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1967
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

1996
Johnny Bull

Johnny Bull

1986
Fools

Fools

1970
You Can't Take it With You

You Can't Take it With You

1984
F.D.R.: The Last Year

F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980
Heartwood

Heartwood

1998
Going Home

Going Home

2000
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1964
The Bat

The Bat

1960
The Belle of 14th Street

The Belle of 14th Street

1967
Addie and the King of Hearts

Addie and the King of Hearts

1976
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

1992

Known For TV Shows

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956
American Experience

American Experience

1988
Studio One

Studio One

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950
The Oscars

The Oscars

1953
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948
The Danny Kaye Show

The Danny Kaye Show

1963
Omnibus

Omnibus

1952
Ghost Story

Ghost Story

1972
Screen Two

Screen Two

1985
The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978
The Civil War

The Civil War

1990
Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

1983
Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

1956
Baseball

Baseball

1994
The Magic of David Copperfield

The Magic of David Copperfield

1978
Play of the Week

Play of the Week

1959
ABC Stage 67

ABC Stage 67

1966
The Alcoa Hour

The Alcoa Hour

1955
The West

The West

1996
The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta Child Murders

1985
The Long Hot Summer

The Long Hot Summer

1985
Heidi

Heidi

1993
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
An Inconvenient Woman

An Inconvenient Woman

1991
Washington: Behind Closed Doors

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

1977
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

1953
The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

1986
Broadway on Showtime

Broadway on Showtime

1979

Movie Credits

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

'Cheyenne'

The Real Macaw

1998

Grandpa Girdis

Mark Twain and Me

1991

Mark Twain

The Easter Promise

1975

James "Jamie" Mills

The House Without a Christmas Tree

1972

James "Jamie" Mills

Dream a Little Dream

1989

Coleman Ettinger

Magnolia

1999

Earl Partridge

The Perfect Tribute

1991

President Abraham Lincoln

The Night They Raided Minsky's

1968

Raymond Paine

The Thanksgiving Treasure

1973

James "Jamie" Mills

The Christmas Wife

1988

John Tanner

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959

Robert Jordan

Philadelphia

1993

Charles Wheeler

Max Dugan Returns

1983

Max Dugan

The World of Tomorrow

1984

Self / Narrator

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

General Walter C. Short

The Good Mother

1988

W. O. Muth

Enemy of the State

1998

Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991

Narrator (voice)

Crimson Tide

1995

Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1971

Cesar Charron

Breaking Home Ties

1987

Lloyd Wells

My Best Fiend

1999

Self (archive footage)

Quick Change

1990

Chief Rotzinger

Isadora

1968

Paris Singer

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

Self

The Face of Genius

1966

Narrator (voice)

Beloved

1998

Mr. Bodwin

The Journey

1959

Paul Kedes

Ghosts of Cape Horn

1980

Narrator

Laguna Heat

1987

Wade Shephard

Square Dance

1987

Dillard

Bright Lights, Big City

1988

Mr. Hardy (uncredited)

Julia

1977

Dashiell Hammett

All the President's Men

1976

Ben Bradlee

Act One

1963

George S. Kaufman

The Day After

1983

Dr. Russell Oakes

America and Lewis Hine

1984

Voice

Parenthood

1989

Frank Buckman

The Spy Who Never Was

1976

Inspector Barkan

Burden of Dreams

1982

Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

Inherit the Wind

1988

Harry Drummond

La Classe américaine

1993

The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital

1994

Narrator

Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale

1991

Narrator (voice)

Noon Wine

1966

Royal Earle Thompson

Lincoln

1992

President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

By Love Possessed

1961

Julius Penrose

Deceptions

1992

Clay (voice)

A Thousand Acres

1997

Larry Cook

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

Governor Wallace

Black Rainbow

1989

Walter Travis

Hurricane

1979

Capt. Charles Bruckner

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993

Self

Little Big League

1994

Thomas Heywood

Storyville

1992

Clifford Fowler

Melvin and Howard

1980

Howard Hughes

Hour of the Gun

1967

Doc Holliday

When It Was a Game 2

1992

Passage Narrator (voice)

Thomas Hart Benton

1989

Narrator (voice)

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017

Self (archive footage)

Journey

1995

Marcus

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

Joe's Father

A Thousand Clowns

1965

Murray

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970

Cable Hogue

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

2000

Self

The Paper

1994

Graham Keighley

Night of 100 Stars

1982

Self

A Boy and His Dog

1975

Lou Craddock

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

Charles Halloway

Caboblanco

1980

Gunther Beckdorff

Sakharov

1984

Andrei Sakharov

Raise the Titanic

1980

Admiral James Sandecker

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981

President Ulysses S. Grant

Julius Caesar

1970

Marcus Brutus

Comes a Horseman

1978

Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993

The King

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

Al Capone

Reunion

1989

Henry Strauss

Empire City

1985

Self - Narrator (voice)

When It Was a Game

1991

(voice)

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966

Henry Drummond

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962

Jamie Tyrone

Tender Is the Night

1962

Dick Diver

Old Faithful

1973

Jason Robards

The Enemy Within

1994

General R. Pendleton Lloyd

Haywire

1980

Leland Hayward

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

Self

A Moon for the Misbegotten

1975

James Tyrone Jr.

The Trial

1993

Doctor Huld

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016

Ben Bradlee (archive footage)

The Great American West

1995

Narrator (voice)

My Antonia

1995

Josea Burden

Heidi

1993

Großvater

The Country Girl

1974

Frank Elgin

Divorce American Style

1967

Nelson Downes

Any Wednesday

1966

John Cleves

Truman

1997

Narrator (voice)

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

1991

Dr. Armand Hammer

The War Between Men and Women

1972

Stephen Kozlenko

The Iceman Cometh

1960

Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

Operation Snafu

1970

Sam Armstrong

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

2006

Self

The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

1983

Self - Host

Portrait: Werner Herzog

1986

Self (archive footage)

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

2000

Self (archive footage)

A Christmas to Remember

1978

Daniel Larson

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

Self (archive footage)

Mr. Sycamore

1975

John Gwilt

A Doll's House

1959

Dr. Rank

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

2006

Joe's Father (video "One")

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1967

Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

1996

Narrator

Johnny Bull

1986

Stephan Kovacs

Fools

1970

Matthew South

You Can't Take it With You

1984

Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Heartwood

1998

Logan Reeser

Going Home

2000

Charles Barton

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1964

Abraham Lincoln

The Bat

1960

Detective Anderson

The Belle of 14th Street

1967

Performer

Addie and the King of Hearts

1976

James "Jamie" Mills

The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

1992

Self - Narrator (voice)

TV Credits

Tony Awards

1956

Self - Host (1 episodes)

American Experience

1988

Narrator (voice) (7 episodes)

Studio One

1948

Frank Cameron (1 episodes)

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

Joe Grant (1 episodes)

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Self - Guest (1 episodes)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

(1 episodes)

What's My Line?

1950

Self - Mystery Guest (1 episodes)

The Oscars

1953

Self (2 episodes)

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

Self (1 episodes)

The Danny Kaye Show

1963

Self (1 episodes)

Omnibus

1952

(1 episodes)

Ghost Story

1972

Elliot Brent (1 episodes)

Screen Two

1985

Doctor Huld (1 episodes)

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

Self (1 episodes)

The Civil War

1990

Ulysses S. Grant (9 episodes)

Reading Rainbow

1983

Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episodes)

Playhouse 90

1956

Robert Jordan (2 episodes)

Baseball

1994

(voice) (5 episodes)

The Magic of David Copperfield

1978

(1 episodes)

Play of the Week

1959

(1 episodes)

ABC Stage 67

1966

Royal Earle Thompson (1 episodes)

The Alcoa Hour

1955

Bert Palmer (1 episodes)

The West

1996

Self - Brigham Young (9 episodes)

The Atlanta Child Murders

1985

Alvin Binder (2 episodes)

The Long Hot Summer

1985

Will Varner (2 episodes)

Heidi

1993

Grandfather (2 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Dr. Rank (1 episodes)

An Inconvenient Woman

1991

Jules Mendelson (2 episodes)

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

1977

President Richard Monckton (6 episodes)

General Electric Theater

1953

Col. Carter (1 episodes)

The Last Frontier

1986

Ed Stenning (2 episodes)

Broadway on Showtime

1979

Erie Smith (1 episodes)

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