Jason Robards Sr.
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-12-30
Day of Death
1963-04-04 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
Jason Robards Sr.
Biography
Famed American stage actor. Trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Appeared in many films, initially as a leading man, then in character roles and occasional bits. Consistently billed as Jason Robards, as his more famous son, Jason Robards, did not come into fame until the end of the elder Robards' career. Only referred to as Jason Robards Sr. in retrospect. Died in 1963, having lived to see his namesake son and grandson (Jason Robards III) carry on the family acting tradition.
Known For
Acting
(1961)
Wild in the Country
as Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)
(1958)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Judge (uncredited)
(1950)
The Second Woman
as Stacy Rogers
(1950)
Western Pacific Agent
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
(1949)
Massacre River
as Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited)
(1949)
The Threat
as Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)
(1949)
Feudin' Rhythm
as Mr. Rushman (uncredited)
(1949)
South of Death Valley
as Major Porter Mullen (uncredited)
(1949)
Alaska Patrol
as Dr. Loring
(1949)
Impact
as Judge
(1949)
Horsemen of the Sierras
as Phineas Grant
(1949)
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Charles Carter (uncredited)
(1949)
Rimfire
as Elkins (Banker)
(1949)
Masked Raiders
as Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited)
(1949)
Post Office Investigator
as Henry Hand
(1949)
Dynamite
as Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited)
(1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as John Retch
(1948)
Western Heritage
as Judge Winston
(1948)
Race Street
as Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(1948)
Guns of Hate
as Ben Jason
(1948)
If You Knew Susie
as Ogleby (uncredited)
(1948)
Fighting Father Dunne
as J.J. Sonin
(1948)
Return of the Bad Men
as Judge Harper
(1948)
Shed No Tears
as Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)
(1948)
Son of God’s Country
as John Thornton
(1948)
Smoky Mountain Melody
as Josh Corby
(1947)
Banjo
as Conductor Matthews (uncredited)
(1947)
Trail Street
as Jason
(1947)
Thunder Mountain
as Jim Gardner
(1947)
Born to Kill
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1947)
Wild Horse Mesa
as Hod Slack
(1947)
Code of the West
as Morley (uncredited)
(1947)
Desperate
as Ferrari
(1947)
Under the Tonto Rim
as Captain McLean
(1947)
The Judge Steps Out
as Police Officer Maloney (uncredited)
(1947)
Riff-Raff
as Mr. Domingues
(1947)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Bank Officer (uncredited)
(1947)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Hawks (uncredited)
(1947)
The Farmer's Daughter
as Night Editor (uncredited)
(1947)
Do or Diet
as Boss
(1947)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Hayden
(1947)
A Likely Story
as Cop (uncredited)
(1947)
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)
(1946)
Bedlam
as Oliver Todd
(1946)
The Falcon's Adventure
as Lieutenant Evans
(1946)
Twin Husbands
as Dorothy's Attorney
(1946)
Criminal Court
as Al Marsh (uncredited)
(1946)
Step by Step
as Bruckner
(1946)
The Bamboo Blonde
as Colonel Graham (uncredited)
(1946)
Traffic with the Devil
as Irate Motorist (uncredited)
(1946)
The Falcon's Alibi
as Harvey Beaumont
(1946)
Ding Dong Williams
as Director Kenmore
(1946)
Vacation in Reno
as Sheriff Johnson
(1946)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Captain (uncredited)
(1946)
(1945)
The Falcon in San Francisco
as Loomis, Butler (uncredited)
(1945)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Crooked Dealer
(1945)
A Game of Death
as Captain
(1945)
Isle of the Dead
as Albrecht
(1945)
Betrayal from the East
as Charlie Hildebrand
(1945)
Zombies on Broadway
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
(1945)
Johnny Angel
as Officer (uncredited)
(1945)
Man Alive
as Henry Fletcher
(1945)
(1945)
Dick Tracy
as Motorist (uncredited)
(1944)
Music in Manhattan
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(1944)
Bermuda Mystery
as Mark Dunham
(1944)
Mademoiselle Fifi
as A Wholesaler in Wine
(1943)
The Kansan
as Bank Teller
(1942)
Silver Queen
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
(1941)
San Antonio Rose
as Man at Radio Station
(1940)
The Howards of Virginia
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)
(1940)
The Fatal Hour
as Griswold
(1940)
(1940)
Half a Sinner
as Country Club Garage Man
(1940)
I Love You Again
as Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)
(1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Foley's Bodyguard
(1939)
Scouts to the Rescue
as Doc
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
(1939)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Cantina Proprietor
(1939)
The Long Shot
as Doctor
(1939)
Stunt Pilot
as Paul Smith
(1939)
Range War
as Rancher
(1939)
Mystery Plane
as Paul Smith
(1939)
The Mad Empress
as President Benito Juarez
(1939)
Juarez
as (uncredited)
(1939)
Radio Hams
as Pilot in distress
(1939)
Danger Flight
as Paul Smith
(1939)
Sky Patrol
as Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner
(1938)
The Rage of Paris
as Department Head (uncredited)
(1938)
Cipher Bureau
as Ellsworth
(1938)
The Nurse from Brooklyn
as Surgeon
(1938)
Woman Against Woman
as Mr. Roamer
(1938)
Flight to Fame
as Muller
(1937)
Clipped Wings
as Raoul McGuire
(1937)
Torture Money
as Alex Carmathy (uncredited)
(1937)
Sweetheart of the Navy
as Bumper
(1937)
The Firefly
as Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)
(1937)
Vogues of 1938
as Reporter
(1936)
Laughing at Trouble
as Clerk of Court
(1936)
San Francisco
as Father (uncredited)
(1936)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Pancho
(1936)
(1935)
I Live My Life
as Church (Uncredited)
(1935)
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
(1935)
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Nick
(1935)
Break of Hearts
as Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
(1935)
The Fighting Marines
as Kota
(1935)
The Miracle Rider
as Carlton
(1935)
Vagabond Lady
as John’s Best Man (uncredited)
(1934)
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as John Drummond
(1934)
Public Stenographer
as Fred 'Freddie' White
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Arthur Winslow
(1934)
Crimson Romance
as Pierre
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Kilbourne
(1934)
Woman Unafraid
as Big Bill Lewis
(1934)
(1934)
Take the Stand
as Joe Reynolds
(1934)
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as Tavern Singer
(1934)
The Woman Condemned
as Jim Wallace
(1934)
All of Me
as Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
(1933)
Damaged Lives
as Dr. Bill Hall
(1933)
Corruption
as Police Commissioner
(1933)
Employees' Entrance
as Commercial Artist (uncredited)
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited)
(1933)
Carnival Lady
as Jim Ryan
(1933)
The Way to Love
as Guide
(1933)
The Devil's Mate
as Clinton
(1933)
Ship of Wanted Men
as John Craig
(1932)
Union Depot
as Station Agent (uncredited)
(1932)
The Pride of the Legion
as Moran
(1932)
Discarded Lovers
as Rex Forsythe
(1932)
Klondike
as Jim Armstrong
(1932)
A Strange Adventure
as Dr. Bailey
(1932)
Unholy Love
as Simmington
(1932)
The Conquerors
as Lane
(1932)
Slightly Married
as Jack Haines
(1932)
White Eagle
as Dave Rand
(1932)
Docks of San Francisco
as John Banning
(1931)
Subway Express
as Paul Bordon
(1931)
Trapped
as Detective Lt. Jack Reed
(1931)
Ex-Bad Boy
as Roger Shields
(1931)
Caught Plastered
as Harry Waters
(1931)
Charlie Chan Carries On
as Walter Honeywood
(1931)
The Law of the Tong
as Charlie Wong
(1931)
Salvation Nell
as Major Williams
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as Herndon
(1930)
The Jazz Cinderella
as Herbert Carter
(1930)
Lightnin'
as Raymond Thomas
(1930)
Crazy That Way
as Frank Oakes
(1930)
Trifles
as George Henderson
(1930)
Peacock Alley
as Jim Bradbury
(1929)
The Flying Marine
as Mitch Moran
(1929)
Paris
as Andrew Sabbot
(1929)
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Frank Howard
(1929)
Trial Marriage
as Dr. Thorvald Ware
(1929)
The Gamblers
as Carvel Emerson
(1928)
On Trial
as Defense Attorney
(1928)
The Death Ship
as Tom - The First Mate
(1927)
Tracked by the Police
as Bob Owen
(1927)
The Heart of Maryland
as Maj. Alan Kendrick
(1927)
Irish Hearts
as Rory
(1927)
Wild Geese
as Mark Jordan
(1927)
Streets of Shanghai
as Eugene Fong
(1927)
Hills of Kentucky
as Steve Harley
(1927)
Jaws of Steel
as John Warren
(1927)
White Flannels
as Frank Politz
(1926)
The Third Degree
as Howard Jeffries Jr.
(1926)
Footloose Widows
as J.A. "Jerry" Smith
(1926)
The Cohens and Kellys
as Tim Kelly
(1925)
Stella Maris
as Walter Herold
(1921)
The Land of Hope
as Sascha Rabinoff
(1921)
The Gilded Lily
as Frank Thompson