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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 26, 1922
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arthur Miller: Writer | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Ben Bradlee (archive footage) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 | Joe's Father (video "One") |
| 2006 | Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film | Self |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Going Home | Charles Barton |
| 2000 | That Moment: Magnolia Diary | Self |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Earl Partridge |
| 1999 | My Best Fiend | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | The Real Macaw | Grandpa Girdis |
| 1998 | Heartwood | Logan Reeser |
| 1998 | Beloved | Mr. Bodwin |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State | Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited) |
| 1997 | A Thousand Acres | Larry Cook |
| 1997 | Truman | Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt | Narrator |
| 1995 | The Great American West | Narrator (voice) |
| 1995 | My Antonia | Josea Burden |
| 1995 | Journey | Marcus |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited) |
| 1994 | The Paper | Graham Keighley |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within | General R. Pendleton Lloyd |
| 1994 | Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital | Narrator |
| 1994 | Little Big League | Thomas Heywood |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | The King |
| 1993 | The Trial | Doctor Huld |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Charles Wheeler |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | The Newspaper Director (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Heidi | Großvater |
| 1992 | Storyville | Clifford Fowler |
| 1992 | Deceptions | Clay (voice) |
| 1992 | Lincoln | President Abraham Lincoln (voice) |
| 1992 | The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | When It Was a Game 2 | Passage Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Mark Twain and Me | Mark Twain |
| 1991 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | The Perfect Tribute | President Abraham Lincoln |
| 1991 | Chernobyl: The Final Warning | Dr. Armand Hammer |
| 1991 | Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale | Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | When It Was a Game | (voice) |
| 1990 | Quick Change | Chief Rotzinger |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1989 | Parenthood | Frank Buckman |
| 1989 | Dream a Little Dream | Coleman Ettinger |
| 1989 | Black Rainbow | Walter Travis |
| 1989 | Reunion | Henry Strauss |
| 1989 | Thomas Hart Benton | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Bright Lights, Big City | Mr. Hardy (uncredited) |
| 1988 | The Good Mother | W. O. Muth |
| 1988 | The Christmas Wife | John Tanner |
| 1988 | Inherit the Wind | Harry Drummond |
| 1987 | Square Dance | Dillard |
| 1987 | Laguna Heat | Wade Shephard |
| 1987 | Breaking Home Ties | Lloyd Wells |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self |
| 1986 | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Self (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Johnny Bull | Stephan Kovacs |
| 1985 | Empire City | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | You Can't Take it With You | Grandpa Martin Vanderhof |
| 1984 | America and Lewis Hine | Voice |
| 1984 | Sakharov | Andrei Sakharov |
| 1984 | The World of Tomorrow | Self / Narrator |
| 1983 | Max Dugan Returns | Max Dugan |
| 1983 | The Day After | Dr. Russell Oakes |
| 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Charles Halloway |
| 1983 | The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History | Self - Host |
| 1982 | Burden of Dreams | Fitzcarraldo (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | The Legend of the Lone Ranger | President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1980 | Caboblanco | Gunther Beckdorff |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | Admiral James Sandecker |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Howard Hughes |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year | President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1980 | Haywire | Leland Hayward |
| 1980 | Ghosts of Cape Horn | Narrator |
| 1979 | Hurricane | Capt. Charles Bruckner |
| 1978 | Comes a Horseman | Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing |
| 1978 | A Christmas to Remember | Daniel Larson |
| 1977 | Julia | Dashiell Hammett |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Ben Bradlee |
| 1976 | Addie and the King of Hearts | James "Jamie" Mills |
| 1976 | The Spy Who Never Was | Inspector Barkan |
| 1975 | A Boy and His Dog | Lou Craddock |
| 1975 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | James Tyrone Jr. |
| 1975 | Mr. Sycamore | John Gwilt |
| 1975 | The Easter Promise | James "Jamie" Mills |
| 1974 | The Country Girl | Frank Elgin |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Governor Wallace |
| 1973 | The Thanksgiving Treasure | James "Jamie" Mills |
| 1973 | Old Faithful | Self |
| 1972 | The House Without a Christmas Tree | James "Jamie" Mills |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | Stephen Kozlenko |
| 1971 | Murders in the Rue Morgue | Cesar Charron |
| 1971 | Johnny Got His Gun | Joe's Father |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | General Walter C. Short |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Cable Hogue |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus |
| 1970 | Fools | Matthew South |
| 1970 | Operation Snafu | Sam Armstrong |
| 1968 | Isadora | Paris Singer |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Raymond Paine |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 'Cheyenne' |
| 1967 | Hour of the Gun | Doc Holliday |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Al Capone |
| 1967 | Divorce American Style | Nelson Downes |
| 1967 | The Belle of 14th Street | Self |
| 1967 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde |
| 1966 | Any Wednesday | John Cleves |
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Henry Drummond |
| 1966 | Noon Wine | Royal Earle Thompson |
| 1966 | The Face of Genius | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | A Thousand Clowns | Murray |
| 1964 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1963 | Act One | George S. Kaufman |
| 1962 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Jamie Tyrone |
| 1962 | Tender Is the Night | Dick Diver |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Julius Penrose |
| 1960 | The Iceman Cometh | Theodore "Hickey" Hickman |
| 1960 | The Bat | Detective Anderson |
| 1959 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Robert Jordan |
| 1959 | The Journey | Paul Kedes |
| 1959 | A Doll's House | Dr. Rank |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The West | Self - Brigham Young |
| 1994 | Baseball | (voice) |
| 1993 | Heidi | Grandfather |
| 1991 | An Inconvenient Woman | Jules Mendelson |
| 1990 | The Civil War | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) |
| 1986 | The Last Frontier | Ed Stenning |
| 1985 | The Long Hot Summer | Will Varner |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Alvin Binder |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | Broadway on Showtime | Erie Smith |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self |
| 1978 | The Magic of David Copperfield | |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | President Richard Monckton |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | Elliot Brent |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Royal Earle Thompson |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Robert Jordan |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | Bert Palmer |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Col. Carter |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. Rank |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Marcus |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Abe Lincoln |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Frank Elgin |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | Studio One | Frank Cameron |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Joe Grant |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Prisoner |
| 1948 | Studio One | Walter Osgood |
| 1948 | Studio One | Leonard O'Brien |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Mason |