Jason Robards
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Appearances
7.7
Magnolia
Earl Partridge
7.7
All the President's Men
Ben Bradlee
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Robert Jordan
6.7
Parenthood
Frank Buckman
6.6
Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan
7.1
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
6.7
Quick Change
Chief Rotzinger
6.3
A Boy and His Dog
Lou Craddock
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
General Walter C. Short
The Great American West
9.0
The Great American West
Narrator (voice)
7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Governor Wallace
5.4
Caboblanco
Gunther Beckdorff
7.0
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Cable Hogue
6.1
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self (archive footage)
6.8
The Day After
Dr. Russell Oakes
6.5
Hour of the Gun
Doc Holliday
6.4
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Charles Halloway
7.3
My Best Fiend
Self (archive footage)
5.3
Raise the Titanic
Admiral James Sandecker
6.6
The Paper
Graham Keighley
6.2
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The King
7.6
Burden of Dreams
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
6.1
Comes a Horseman
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
6.5
Julia
Dashiell Hammett
7.7
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Joe's Father (video "One")
5.8
Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
6.2
Isadora
Paris Singer
5.7
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Raymond Paine
6.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Al Capone
6.9
A Thousand Clowns
Murray
6.1
Any Wednesday
John Cleves
7.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Jamie Tyrone
7.1
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Henry Drummond
5.8
Dream a Little Dream
Coleman Ettinger
5.1
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Cesar Charron
7.5
Johnny Got His Gun
Joe's Father
5.0
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
President Ulysses S. Grant
6.5
Melvin and Howard
Howard Hughes
5.7
Bright Lights, Big City
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
5.7
A Thousand Acres
Larry Cook
6.0
The Trial
Doctor Huld
5.8
Black Rainbow
Walter Travis
6.7
The House Without a Christmas Tree
James "Jamie" Mills
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
6.0
The Real Macaw
Grandpa Girdis
6.6
Reunion
Henry Strauss
6.3
The Journey
Paul Kedes
5.8
The Enemy Within
General R. Pendleton Lloyd
4.7
Square Dance
Dillard
7.1
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
5.8
Divorce American Style
Nelson Downes
You Can't Take it With You
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
7.6
Mark Twain and Me
Mark Twain
5.7
The Good Mother
W. O. Muth
5.0
The Christmas Wife
John Tanner
Truman
Truman
Narrator (voice)
6.5
A Moon for the Misbegotten
James Tyrone Jr.
5.3
By Love Possessed
Julius Penrose
9.0
Empire City
Self - Narrator (voice)
5.3
Storyville
Clifford Fowler
7.6
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Narrator (voice)
6.4
The War Between Men and Women
Stephen Kozlenko
America and Lewis Hine
6.2
America and Lewis Hine
Voice
6.3
Act One
George S. Kaufman
7.0
The Belle of 14th Street
Performer
7.9
Inherit the Wind
Harry Drummond
3.3
Fools
Matthew South
7.3
My Antonia
Josea Burden
6.9
F.D.R.: The Last Year
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
6.7
Haywire
Leland Hayward
7.8
Thomas Hart Benton
Narrator (voice)
7.7
Philadelphia
Charles Wheeler
9.0
Deceptions
Clay (voice)
6.7
Operation Snafu
Sam Armstrong
7.5
Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov
3.8
Heartwood
Logan Reeser
6.2
Journey
Marcus
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
7.3
Mr. Sycamore
John Gwilt
7.3
The Easter Promise
James "Jamie" Mills
Lincoln
7.3
Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
7.0
Noon Wine
Royal Earle Thompson
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
Narrator
7.5
A Christmas to Remember
Daniel Larson
7.7
Addie and the King of Hearts
James "Jamie" Mills
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
7.4
The Iceman Cometh
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
4.8
Hurricane
Capt. Charles Bruckner
8.0
The Spy Who Never Was
Inspector Barkan
6.0
Little Big League
Thomas Heywood
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History
Self - Host
7.8
The Thanksgiving Treasure
James "Jamie" Mills
6.5
Going Home
Charles Barton
7.1
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self (archive footage)
6.5
The Perfect Tribute
President Abraham Lincoln
7.2
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
5.0
The Bat
Detective Anderson
5.8
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Armand Hammer
7.7
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Self
4.3
Laguna Heat
Wade Shephard
10.0
A Doll's House
Dr. Rank
7.3
Breaking Home Ties
Lloyd Wells
5.8
Beloved
Mr. Bodwin
Old Faithful
Jason Robards
7.6
La Classe américaine
The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
9.0
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
Narrator
5.7
Tender Is the Night
Dick Diver
8.3
Once Upon a Time in the West
'Cheyenne'
7.2
Crimson Tide
Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
7.1
Enemy of the State
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
5.5
Johnny Bull
Stephan Kovacs
8.7
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
10.0
The Country Girl
Frank Elgin
5.5
The World of Tomorrow
Self / Narrator
7.0
The Face of Genius
Narrator (voice)
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
Self - Narrator (voice)
6.8
Night of 100 Stars
Self
10.0
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
Narrator (voice)
10.0
When It Was a Game
(voice)
6.0
Heidi
Großvater
9.0
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Narrator
The Last Frontier
Ed Stenning
6.3
Omnibus
5.4
Studio One
Frank Cameron
6.8
General Electric Theater
Col. Carter
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Rank
8.0
Play of the Week
7.9
The Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
7.0
The Alcoa Hour
Bert Palmer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
Joe Grant
6.8
ABC Stage 67
Royal Earle Thompson
7.0
The Oscars
Self
7.8
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
President Richard Monckton
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
7.4
Ghost Story
Elliot Brent
8.4
The West
Self - Brigham Young
5.8
An Inconvenient Woman
Jules Mendelson
5.5
The Long Hot Summer
Will Varner
7.0
The Magic of David Copperfield
Broadway on Showtime
Erie Smith
8.3
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
6.6
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
7.1
Heidi
Grandfather
7.0
The Last Frontier
Ed Stenning
5.8
The Atlanta Child Murders
Alvin Binder
7.0
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
5.4
Studio One
Prisoner
5.4
Studio One
Walter Osgood
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Marcus
5.4
Studio One
Leonard O'Brien
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Abe Lincoln
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frank Elgin
7.6
Playhouse 90
Robert Jordan
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mason
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
7.5
Baseball
(voice)
7.1
Screen Two
Doctor Huld
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Iceman Cometh
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman