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.
Filmography
all 180
Movies 175
TV Shows 5
Director 1
Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)
Wild in the Country (1961)
Movie
Rupert Willis
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
TV
Judge (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958)
Movie
Sam Brady / L.P. Kerner / Judge
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Stacy Rogers
The Second Woman (1950)
Movie
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Western Pacific Agent (1950)
Movie
Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)
The Threat (1949)
Movie
Phineas Grant
Horsemen of the Sierras (1949)
Movie
Mr. Rushman (uncredited)
Feudin' Rhythm (1949)
Movie
Henry Hand
Post Office Investigator (1949)
Movie
Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited)
Masked Raiders (1949)
Movie
Major Porter Mullen (uncredited)
South of Death Valley (1949)
Movie
Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited)
Massacre River (1949)
Movie
Elkins (Banker)
Rimfire (1949)
Movie
Judge
Impact (1949)
Movie
Charles Carter (uncredited)
Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
Movie
Dr. Loring
Alaska Patrol (1949)
Movie
Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited)
Dynamite (1949)
Movie
Josh Corby
Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)
Movie
John Thornton
Son of God’s Country (1948)
Movie
Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Race Street (1948)
Movie
Judge Harper
Return of the Bad Men (1948)
Movie
6
Manley Holliday - Scene from The Disenchanted
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Ben Jason
Guns of Hate (1948)
Movie
Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)
Shed No Tears (1948)
Movie
J.J. Sonin
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
Movie
Judge Winston
Western Heritage (1948)
Movie
Ogleby (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie (1948)
Movie
Police Officer Maloney (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Movie
Pop Melhern
Wild Horse Mesa (1947)
Movie
Bank Officer (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Movie
4
Captain McLeod
Under the Tonto Rim (1947)
Movie
Domingues
Riff-Raff (1947)
Movie
Ferrari
Desperate (1947)
Movie
Jim Gardner
Thunder Mountain (1947)
Movie
Hawks (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
Movie
4.57
Conductor Matthews (uncredited)
Banjo (1947)
Movie
Conductor (uncredited)
Born to Kill (1947)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)
A Likely Story (1947)
Movie
Night Editor (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Movie
Morley (uncredited)
Code of the West (1947)
Movie
Lieutenant Evans
The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
Movie
Sheriff
Vacation in Reno (1946)
Movie
Captain (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Movie
4.33
Al Marsh (uncredited)
Criminal Court (1946)
Movie
Mr. Jackson
I'll Build It Myself (1946)
Movie
Irate Motorist
Traffic with the Devil (1946)
Movie
Bruckner
Step by Step (1946)
Movie
Colonel Graham (uncredited)
The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
Movie
Oliver Todd
Bedlam (1946)
Movie
Dorothy's Attorney
Twin Husbands (1946)
Movie
Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)
Badman's Territory (1946)
Movie
Director Kenmore
Ding Dong Williams (1946)
Movie
Harvey Beaumont
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
Movie
3
Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Movie
Motorist (uncredited)
Dick Tracy (1945)
Movie
4
Captain
A Game of Death (1945)
Movie
Henry Fletcher
Man Alive (1945)
Movie
Albrecht
Isle of the Dead (1945)
Movie
6
Loomis, Butler (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
Movie
4
Policeman
What, No Cigarettes (1945)
Movie
Crooked Dealer
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)
Movie
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
Movie
Charlie Hildebrand
Betrayal from the East (1945)
Movie
A Wholesaler in Wines
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
Movie
Mark Dunham
Bermuda Mystery (1944)
Movie
Bank Teller
The Kansan (1943)
Movie
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Silver Queen (1942)
Movie
Man at Radio Station
San Antonio Rose (1941)
Movie
Foley's Bodyguard
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
Movie
Backwoodsman (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Movie
Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)
I Love You Again (1940)
Movie
6
Country Club Garage Man
Half a Sinner (1940)
Movie
Griswold
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Movie
President Benito Juarez
The Mad Empress (1939)
Movie
Cantina Proprietor
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
Movie
Paul Smith
Danger Flight (1939)
Movie
Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner
Sky Patrol (1939)
Movie
Rancher
Range War (1939)
Movie
Bank Teller (uncredited)
I Stole a Million (1939)
Movie
Paul Smith
Stunt Pilot (1939)
Movie
(uncredited)
Juarez (1939)
Movie
Pilot in Distress
Radio Hams (1939)
Movie
Paul Smith
Mystery Plane (1939)
Movie
Ellsworth
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Movie
Mr. Roamer
Woman Against Woman (1938)
Movie
Department Head (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris (1938)
Movie
Raoul McGuire
Clipped Wings (1937)
Movie
Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)
The Firefly (1937)
Movie
Reporter
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Movie
Alex Carmathy (uncredited)
Torture Money (1937)
Movie
Father (uncredited)
San Francisco (1936)
Movie
Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Movie
Church (Uncredited)
I Live My Life (1935)
Movie
Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Break of Hearts (1935)
Movie
John’s Best Man (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady (1935)
Movie
Arthur Winslow
Broadway Bill (1934)
Movie
Kilbourne
The President Vanishes (1934)
Movie
Joe Reynolds
Take the Stand (1934)
Movie
Tavern Singer
Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934)
Movie
John Drummond
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934)
Movie
Jim Wallace
The Woman Condemned (1934)
Movie
Big Bill Lewis
Woman Unafraid (1934)
Movie
Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
All of Me (1934)
Movie
Fred 'Freddie' White
Public Stenographer (1934)
Movie
Jim Ryan
Carnival Lady (1933)
Movie
Investor (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday (1933)
Movie
Dr. Bill Hall
Damaged Lives (1933)
Movie
John Craig
Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
Movie
Clinton
The Devil's Mate (1933)
Movie
Police Commissioner
Corruption (1933)
Movie
Commercial Artist (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance (1933)
Movie
Dr. Bailey
A Strange Adventure (1932)
Movie
Jack Haines
Slightly Married (1932)
Movie
Dave Rand
White Eagle (1932)
Movie
Jim Armstrong
Klondike (1932)
Movie
Simmington
Unholy Love (1932)
Movie
John Banning
Docks of San Francisco (1932)
Movie
Station Agent (uncredited)
Union Depot (1932)
Movie
Rex Forsythe
Discarded Lovers (1932)
Movie
Charlie Wong
The Law of the Tong (1931)
Movie
Detective Lt. Jack Reed
Trapped (1931)
Movie
Harry Waters
Caught Plastered (1931)
Movie
Roger Shields
Ex-Bad Boy (1931)
Movie
Major Williams
Salvation Nell (1931)
Movie
Paul Bordon
Subway Express (1931)
Movie
Walter Honeywood
Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
Movie
Raymond Thomas
Lightnin' (1930)
Movie
Herndon
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Movie
Herbert Carter
The Jazz Cinderella (1930)
Movie
John Shannon
Sisters (1930)
Movie
Frank Oakes
Crazy That Way (1930)
Movie
George Henderson
Trifles (1930)
Movie
Jim Bradbury
Peacock Alley (1930)
Movie
Andrew Sabbot
Paris (1929)
Movie
Frank Howard
The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
Movie
Carvel Emerson
The Gamblers (1929)
Movie
Mitch Moran
The Flying Marine (1929)
Movie
Dr. Thorvald Ware
Trial Marriage (1929)
Movie
Defense Attorney
On Trial (1928)
Movie
Tom - The First Mate
The Death Ship (1928)
Movie
Eugene Fong
Streets of Shanghai (1927)
Movie
Mark Jordan
Wild Geese (1927)
Movie
John Warren
Jaws of Steel (1927)
Movie
Maj. Alan Kendrick
The Heart of Maryland (1927)
Movie
Frank Politz
White Flannels (1927)
Movie
Steve Harley
Hills of Kentucky (1927)
Movie
Howard Jeffries Jr.
The Third Degree (1926)
Movie
Tim Kelly
The Cohens and Kellys (1926)
Movie
Walter Herold
Stella Maris (1925)
Movie
Sascha Rabinoff
The Land of Hope (1921)
Movie
Frank Thompson
The Gilded Lily (1921)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1892-12-31
Deathday1963-04-04 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceHillsdale, United States
Height175-centimeter
ChildrenJason Robards
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJason Nelson Robards, Jason Robards
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