Jason Robards
Known for acting · Born 26 July 1922 · Died 26 December 2000 · aged 78 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
159 credits
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.
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Philadelphia
1993
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
The Day After
1983
All the President's Men
1976
A Boy and His Dog
1975
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Parenthood
1989
Julia
1977
Dream a Little Dream
1989
Quick Change
1990
Acting (159)
2017Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)Film
2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage)Film
2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One")Film
2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelfFilm
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)Film
2000That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelfFilm
2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)Film
2000Going HomeCharles BartonFilm
1999MagnoliaEarl PartridgeFilm
1999My Best FiendSelf (archive footage)Film
1998Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)Film
1998BelovedMr. BodwinFilm
1998The Real MacawGrandpa GirdisFilm
1998HeartwoodLogan ReeserFilm
1997A Thousand AcresLarry CookFilm
1997TrumanNarrator (voice)Film
1996The WestSelf - Brigham Young · 9 episodesSeries
1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltNarratorFilm
1995Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)Film
1995JourneyMarcusFilm
1995The Great American WestNarrator (voice)Film
1995My AntoniaJosea BurdenFilm
1994The PaperGraham KeighleyFilm
1994Little Big LeagueThomas HeywoodFilm
1994Baseball(voice) · 5 episodesSeries
1994The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton LloydFilm
1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalNarratorFilm
1993PhiladelphiaCharles WheelerFilm
1993La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)Film
1993The Adventures of Huck FinnThe KingFilm
1993HeidiGrandfather · 2 episodesSeries
1993The TrialDoctor HuldFilm
1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelfFilm
1993HeidiGroßvaterFilm
1993Roots of RoeAnthony Comstock (voice)Film
1992StoryvilleClifford FowlerFilm
1992LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)Film
1992When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)Film
1992DeceptionsClay (voice)Film
1992The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public LibrarySelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand HammerFilm
1991Mark Twain and MeMark TwainFilm
1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice)Film
1991The Perfect TributePresident Abraham LincolnFilm
1991An Inconvenient WomanJules Mendelson · 2 episodesSeries
1991Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice)Film
1991When It Was a Game(voice)Film
1990Quick ChangeChief RotzingerFilm
1990The Civil WarUlysses S. Grant (voice) · 9 episodesSeries
1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelfFilm
1989ParenthoodFrank BuckmanFilm
1989Dream a Little DreamColeman EttingerFilm
1989Black RainbowWalter TravisFilm
1989ReunionHenry StraussFilm
1989Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)Film
1988Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited)Film
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
1988The Good MotherW. O. MuthFilm
1988Inherit the WindHarry DrummondFilm
1988The Christmas WifeJohn TannerFilm
1987Square DanceDillardFilm
1987Laguna HeatWade ShephardFilm
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelfFilm
1987Breaking Home TiesLloyd WellsFilm
1986Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage)Film
1986The Last FrontierEd Stenning · 2 episodesSeries
1986Johnny BullStephan KovacsFilm
1985The Long Hot SummerWill Varner · 2 episodesSeries
1985The Atlanta Child MurdersAlvin Binder · 2 episodesSeries
1985Screen TwoDoctor HuldSeries
1985Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1984America and Lewis HineVoiceFilm
1984SakharovAndrei SakharovFilm
1984The World of TomorrowSelf / NarratorFilm
1984You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin VanderhofFilm
1983The Day AfterDr. Russell OakesFilm
1983Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles HallowayFilm
1983Max Dugan ReturnsMax DuganFilm
1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
1983The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in HistorySelf - HostFilm
1982Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)Film
1982Night of 100 StarsSelfFilm
1981The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. GrantFilm
1980Raise the TitanicAdmiral James SandeckerFilm
1980Melvin and HowardHoward HughesFilm
1980CaboblancoGunther BeckdorffFilm
1980F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. RooseveltFilm
1980HaywireLeland HaywardFilm
1980Ghosts of Cape HornNarratorFilm
1979HurricaneCapt. Charles BrucknerFilm
1979Broadway on ShowtimeErie SmithSeries
1978Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' EwingFilm
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelfSeries
1978The Magic of David CopperfieldSeries
1978A Christmas to RememberDaniel LarsonFilm
1977JuliaDashiell HammettFilm
1977Washington: Behind Closed DoorsPresident Richard Monckton · 6 episodesSeries
1976All the President's MenBen BradleeFilm
1976Addie and the King of HeartsJames "Jamie" MillsFilm
1976The Spy Who Never WasInspector BarkanFilm
1975A Boy and His DogLou CraddockFilm
1975Mr. SycamoreJohn GwiltFilm
1975The Easter PromiseJames "Jamie" MillsFilm
1975A Moon for the MisbegottenJames Tyrone Jr.Film
1974The Country GirlFrank ElginFilm
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidGovernor WallaceFilm
1973The Thanksgiving TreasureJames "Jamie" MillsFilm
1973Old FaithfulJason RobardsFilm
1972The War Between Men and WomenStephen KozlenkoFilm
1972The House Without a Christmas TreeJames "Jamie" MillsFilm
1972Ghost StoryElliot BrentSeries
1971Johnny Got His GunJoe's FatherFilm
1971Murders in the Rue MorgueCesar CharronFilm
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!General Walter C. ShortFilm
1970The Ballad of Cable HogueCable HogueFilm
1970Julius CaesarMarcus BrutusFilm
1970FoolsMatthew SouthFilm
1970Operation SnafuSam ArmstrongFilm
1968Once Upon a Time in the West'Cheyenne'Film
1968IsadoraParis SingerFilm
1968The Night They Raided Minsky'sRaymond PaineFilm
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacreAl CaponeFilm
1967Hour of the GunDoc HollidayFilm
1967Divorce American StyleNelson DownesFilm
1967The Belle of 14th StreetPerformerFilm
1967The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward HydeFilm
1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyHenry DrummondFilm
1966Any WednesdayJohn ClevesFilm
1966ABC Stage 67Royal Earle ThompsonSeries
1966Noon WineRoyal Earle ThompsonFilm
1966The Face of GeniusSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1965A Thousand ClownsMurrayFilm
1964Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbraham LincolnFilm
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries
1963Act OneGeorge S. KaufmanFilm
1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelfSeries
1962Long Day's Journey Into NightJamie TyroneFilm
1962Tender Is the NightDick DiverFilm
1961By Love PossessedJulius PenroseFilm
1960The BatDetective AndersonFilm
1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesDetective AndersonSeries
1960The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman · 2 episodesSeries
1959The JourneyPaul KedesFilm
1959A Doll's HouseDr. RankFilm
1959Play of the WeekSeries
1959For Whom the Bell TollsRobert JordanFilm
1956Playhouse 90Robert Jordan · 2 episodesSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host, Self - PresenterSeries
1955The Alcoa HourBert PalmerSeries
1953The OscarsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1953General Electric TheaterCol. CarterSeries
1952OmnibusSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameDr. Rank, Marcus, Abe Lincoln, Frank ElginSeries
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery GuestSeries
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfSeries
1948Studio OneFrank Cameron, Prisoner, Walter Osgood, Leonard O'BrienSeries
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseJoe Grant, MasonSeries