Jason Robards
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-07-26
Day of Death
2000-12-26 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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Acting
(2017)
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
(2006)
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
as Joe's Father (video "One")
(2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as Self
(2000)
Going Home
as Charles Barton
(1999)
Magnolia
as Earl Partridge
(1999)
My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Enemy of the State
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
(1998)
Beloved
as Mr. Bodwin
(1998)
The Real Macaw
as Grandpa Girdis
(1998)
Heartwood
as Logan Reeser
(1997)
A Thousand Acres
as Larry Cook
(1997)
Truman
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
as Narrator
(1995)
Crimson Tide
as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
(1995)
Journey
as Marcus
(1995)
My Antonia
as Josea Burden
(1995)
The Great American West
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
The Paper
as Graham Keighley
(1994)
The Enemy Within
as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
(1994)
Little Big League
as Thomas Heywood
(1994)
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
as Narrator
(1993)
Philadelphia
as Charles Wheeler
(1993)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as The King
(1993)
La Classe américaine
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
(1993)
The Trial
as Doctor Huld
(1993)
Heidi
as Großvater
(1993)
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
(1992)
Lincoln
as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
(1992)
Storyville
as Clifford Fowler
(1992)
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
(1992)
Deceptions
as Clay (voice)
(1992)
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1991)
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Armand Hammer
(1991)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Narrator (voice)
(1991)
The Perfect Tribute
as President Abraham Lincoln
(1991)
Mark Twain and Me
as Mark Twain
(1991)
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
(1991)
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
Quick Change
as Chief Rotzinger
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1989)
Parenthood
as Frank Buckman
(1989)
Dream a Little Dream
as Coleman Ettinger
(1989)
Black Rainbow
as Walter Travis
(1989)
Reunion
as Henry Strauss
(1989)
Thomas Hart Benton
as Narrator (voice)
(1988)
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
(1988)
The Good Mother
as W. O. Muth
(1988)
Inherit the Wind
as Harry Drummond
(1988)
The Christmas Wife
as John Tanner
(1987)
(1987)
Laguna Heat
as Wade Shephard
(1987)
Square Dance
as Dillard
(1987)
Breaking Home Ties
as Lloyd Wells
(1986)
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
Johnny Bull
as Stephan Kovacs
(1985)
Empire City
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1984)
Sakharov
as Andrei Sakharov
(1984)
America and Lewis Hine
as Voice
(1984)
You Can't Take it With You
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
(1984)
The World of Tomorrow
as Self / Narrator
(1983)
The Day After
as Dr. Russell Oakes
(1983)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Charles Halloway
(1983)
Max Dugan Returns
as Max Dugan
(1983)
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Burden of Dreams
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
(1981)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as President Ulysses S. Grant
(1980)
Raise the Titanic
as Admiral James Sandecker
(1980)
Caboblanco
as Gunther Beckdorff
(1980)
Melvin and Howard
as Howard Hughes
(1980)
Haywire
as Leland Hayward
(1980)
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1979)
Hurricane
as Capt. Charles Bruckner
(1978)
Comes a Horseman
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
(1978)
A Christmas to Remember
as Daniel Larson
(1977)
Julia
as Dashiell Hammett
(1976)
All the President's Men
as Ben Bradlee
(1976)
The Spy Who Never Was
as Inspector Barkan
(1976)
Addie and the King of Hearts
as James "Jamie" Mills
(1975)
A Boy and His Dog
as Lou Craddock
(1975)
Mr. Sycamore
as John Gwilt
(1975)
The Easter Promise
as James "Jamie" Mills
(1975)
A Moon for the Misbegotten
as James Tyrone Jr.
(1974)
The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
(1973)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Governor Wallace
(1973)
The Thanksgiving Treasure
as James "Jamie" Mills
(1973)
Old Faithful
as Himself
(1972)
The War Between Men and Women
as Stephen Kozlenko
(1972)
The House Without a Christmas Tree
as James "Jamie" Mills
(1971)
Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Father
(1971)
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Cesar Charron
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as General Walter C. Short
(1970)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Cable Hogue
(1970)
Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
(1970)
Fools
as Matthew South
(1970)
Operation Snafu
as Sam Armstrong
(1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Cheyenne'
(1968)
Isadora
as Paris Singer
(1968)
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Raymond Paine
(1967)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Al Capone
(1967)
Hour of the Gun
as Doc Holliday
(1967)
Divorce American Style
as Nelson Downes
(1967)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
(1967)
The Belle of 14th Street
as Self
(1966)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Henry Drummond
(1966)
Any Wednesday
as John Cleves
(1966)
Noon Wine
as Royal Earle Thompson
(1966)
The Face of Genius
as Narrator (voice)
(1965)
A Thousand Clowns
as Murray
(1964)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abraham Lincoln
(1963)
Act One
as George S. Kaufman
(1962)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Jamie Tyrone
(1962)
Tender Is the Night
as Dick Diver
(1961)
By Love Possessed
as Julius Penrose
(1960)
The Iceman Cometh
as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
(1960)
The Bat
as Detective Anderson
(1959)
The Journey
as Paul Kedes
(1959)
A Doll's House
as Dr. Rank
(1959)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan