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Jason Robards
Jason Robards

Jason Robards

ActingBorn July 26, 1922Died December 26, 2000 (age 78)Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

2017
Arthur Miller: Writer

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

as Joe's Father (video "One")

Movie
2000
Going Home

as Charles Barton

Movie
2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1999
Magnolia

as Earl Partridge

Movie
1999
My Best Fiend

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1998
Enemy of the State

as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

Movie
1998
Beloved

as Mr. Bodwin

Movie
1998
The Real Macaw

as Grandpa Girdis

Movie
1998
Heartwood

as Logan Reeser

Movie
1997
Truman

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1997
A Thousand Acres

as Larry Cook

Movie
1996
The West

as Self - Brigham Young

TV
1995
Journey

as Marcus

Movie
1995
Crimson Tide

as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

Movie
1995
My Antonia

as Josea Burden

Movie
1995
The Great American West

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1994
Baseball

as (voice)

TV
1994
The Enemy Within

as General R. Pendleton Lloyd

Movie
1994
Little Big League

as Thomas Heywood

Movie
1994
The Paper

as Graham Keighley

Movie
1993
La Classe américaine

as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

Movie
1993
Philadelphia

as Charles Wheeler

Movie
1993
Heidi

as Großvater

Movie
1993
Heidi

as Grandfather

TV
1993
The Trial

as Doctor Huld

Movie
1993Movie
1992
Lincoln

as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Movie
1992
Storyville

as Clifford Fowler

Movie
1992
When It Was a Game 2

as Passage Narrator (voice)

Movie
1992
Deceptions

as Clay (voice)

Movie
1991
Mark Twain and Me

as Mark Twain

Movie
1991Movie
1991Movie
1991Movie
1991
An Inconvenient Woman

as Jules Mendelson

TV
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning

as Dr. Armand Hammer

Movie
1991
The Perfect Tribute

as President Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1990
The Civil War

as Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

TV
1990
Quick Change

as Chief Rotzinger

Movie
1990Movie
1989
Black Rainbow

as Walter Travis

Movie
1989
Thomas Hart Benton

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1989
Parenthood

as Frank Buckman

Movie
1989
Reunion

as Henry Strauss

Movie
1989
Dream a Little Dream

as Coleman Ettinger

Movie
1988
The Christmas Wife

as John Tanner

Movie
1988
The Good Mother

as W. O. Muth

Movie
1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1988
Bright Lights, Big City

as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)

Movie
1988
Inherit the Wind

as Harry Drummond

Movie
1987
Breaking Home Ties

as Lloyd Wells

Movie
1987
Laguna Heat

as Wade Shephard

Movie
1987
Square Dance

as Dillard

Movie
1986
The Last Frontier

as Ed Stenning

TV
1986
The Last Frontier

as Ed Stenning

Movie
1986
Johnny Bull

as Stephan Kovacs

Movie
1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1985
The Long Hot Summer

as Will Varner

TV
1985
Empire City

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
1985TV
1985
Screen Two

as Doctor Huld

TV
1984
The World of Tomorrow

as Self / Narrator

Movie
1984
You Can't Take it With You

as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

Movie
1984Movie
1984
Sakharov

as Andrei Sakharov

Movie
1983
The Day After

as Dr. Russell Oakes

Movie
1983
Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1983Movie
1983
Max Dugan Returns

as Max Dugan

Movie
1982
Burden of Dreams

as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

Movie
1982Movie
1981
The Legend of the Lone Ranger

as President Ulysses S. Grant

Movie
1980
Melvin and Howard

as Howard Hughes

Movie
1980Movie
1980
Raise the Titanic

as Admiral James Sandecker

Movie
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year

as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Movie
1980
Haywire

as Leland Hayward

Movie
1980
Caboblanco

as Gunther Beckdorff

Movie
1979TV
1979
Hurricane

as Capt. Charles Bruckner

Movie
1978
A Christmas to Remember

as Daniel Larson

Movie
1978
Comes a Horseman

as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

Movie
1977
Julia

as Dashiell Hammett

Movie
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors

as President Richard Monckton

TV
1976
The Spy Who Never Was

as Inspector Barkan

Movie
1976Movie
1976
Addie and the King of Hearts

as James "Jamie" Mills

Movie
1975
Mr. Sycamore

as John Gwilt

Movie
1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten

as James Tyrone Jr.

Movie
1975
The Easter Promise

as James "Jamie" Mills

Movie
1975
A Boy and His Dog

as Lou Craddock

Movie
1974
The Country Girl

as Frank Elgin

Movie
1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure

as James "Jamie" Mills

Movie
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Governor Wallace

Movie
1973
Old Faithful

as Jason Robards

Movie
1972Movie
1972
Ghost Story

as Elliot Brent

TV
1972Movie
1971
Johnny Got His Gun

as Joe's Father

Movie
1971Movie
1970
Fools

as Matthew South

Movie
1970
Julius Caesar

as Marcus Brutus

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Operation Snafu

as Sam Armstrong

Movie
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as General Walter C. Short

Movie
1968Movie
1968Movie
1968
Isadora

as Paris Singer

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1967
Hour of the Gun

as Doc Holliday

Movie
1967Movie
1967
Divorce American Style

as Nelson Downes

Movie
1967
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Movie
1966
Noon Wine

as Royal Earle Thompson

Movie
1966
Any Wednesday

as John Cleves

Movie
1966
ABC Stage 67

as Royal Earle Thompson

TV
1966Movie
1966
The Face of Genius

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
1965Movie
1964
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1963
Act One

as George S. Kaufman

Movie
1963TV
1962Movie
1962
Tender Is the Night

as Dick Diver

Movie
1961
By Love Possessed

as Julius Penrose

Movie
1960
The Iceman Cometh

as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

Movie
1960
The Iceman Cometh

as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

TV
1960
The Bat

as Detective Anderson

Movie
1959
A Doll's House

as Dr. Rank

Movie
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Robert Jordan

Movie
1959
The Journey

as Paul Kedes

Movie
1956
Playhouse 90

as Robert Jordan

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1955
The Alcoa Hour

as Bert Palmer

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953TV
1952TV
1951TV
1951TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Abe Lincoln

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Frank Elgin

TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1948
Studio One

as Frank Cameron

TV
1948
Studio One

as Prisoner

TV
1948
Studio One

as Walter Osgood

TV
1948
Studio One

as Leonard O'Brien

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 26, 1922
Day of DeathDecember 26, 2000
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity1.6