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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Filmography
all 160
Movies 125
TV Shows 35
self 26
Narrator 6
Voice 5
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)
Movie
6
Self (archive footage)
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)
Movie
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Joe's Father (video "One")
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Movie
Charles Barton
Going Home (2000)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000)
Movie
Earl Partridge
Magnolia (1999)
Movie
6
Self (archive footage)
My Best Fiend (1999)
Movie
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Movie
6.09
Mr. Bodwin
Beloved (1998)
Movie
Grandpa Girdis
The Real Macaw (1998)
Movie
Logan Reeser
Heartwood (1998)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Truman (1997)
Movie
Larry Cook
A Thousand Acres (1997)
Movie
Self - Brigham Young
The West (1996)
TV
2
Marcus
Journey (1995)
Movie
Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Movie
6.8
Josea Burden
My Antonia (1995)
Movie
Various (voice)
Baseball (1994)
TV
General R. Pendleton Lloyd
The Enemy Within (1994)
Movie
Thomas Heywood
Little Big League (1994)
Movie
1
Graham Keighley
The Paper (1994)
Movie
Le patron du journal
La Classe américaine (1993)
Movie
3.67
Charles Wheeler
Philadelphia (1993)
Movie
5
Grandfather
Heidi (1993)
TV
Doctor Huld
The Trial (1993)
Movie
President Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln (1992)
Movie
President Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln (1992)
TV
Clifford Fowler
Storyville (1992)
Movie
Mark Twain
Mark Twain and Me (1991)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale (1991)
Movie
Jules Mendelson
An Inconvenient Woman (1991)
TV
Dr. Armand Hammer
Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)
Movie
President Abraham Lincoln
The Perfect Tribute (1991)
Movie
Ulysses S. Grant
The Civil War (1990)
TV
5.33
Chief Rotzinger
Quick Change (1990)
Movie
Walter Travis
Black Rainbow (1989)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Thomas Hart Benton (1989)
Movie
Frank Buckman
Parenthood (1989)
Movie
6.04
Henry Strauss
Reunion (1989)
Movie
Coleman Ettinger
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Movie
Joe's Father
Metallica - 2 of One (1989)
Movie
John Tanner
The Christmas Wife (1988)
Movie
W. O. Muth
The Good Mother (1988)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
American Experience (1988)
TV
3.5
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Movie
Henry Drummond
Inherit the Wind (1988)
Movie
Wade Shephard
Laguna Heat (1987)
Movie
Dillard
Square Dance (1987)
Movie
Ed Stenning
The Last Frontier (1986)
TV
Stephan Kovacs
Johnny Bull (1986)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)
Movie
Will Varner
The Long Hot Summer (1985)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Empire City (1985)
Movie
Alvin Binder
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
TV
Self - Narrator
The World of Tomorrow (1984)
Movie
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
You Can't Take it With You (1984)
Movie
Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov (1984)
Movie
Dr. Russell Oakes
The Day After (1983)
Movie
6
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
TV
6
Charles Halloway
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Movie
Max Dugan
Max Dugan Returns (1983)
Movie
8
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Movie
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Movie
Howard Hughes
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Movie
5
Admiral James Sandecker
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Movie
6
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
Movie
Leland Hayward
Haywire (1980)
Movie
Gunther Beckdorff
Cabo Blanco (1980)
Movie
Erie Smith
Broadway on Showtime (1979)
TV
Capt. Charles Bruckner
Hurricane (1979)
Movie
Daniel Larson
A Christmas to Remember (1978)
Movie
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
Comes a Horseman (1978)
Movie
Dashiell Hammett
Julia (1977)
Movie
6
President Richard Monckton
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
TV
Inspector Barkan
The Spy Who Never Was (1976)
Movie
Ben Bradlee
All the President's Men (1976)
Movie
3.1
Jamie Mills
Addie and the King of Hearts (1976)
Movie
John Gwilt
Mr. Sycamore (1975)
Movie
James Tyrone Jr.
A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975)
Movie
Lou Craddock
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Movie
4
Frank Elgin
The Country Girl (1974)
Movie
James Mills
The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973)
Movie
Governor Wallace
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Movie
6
Jason Robards
Old Faithful (1973)
Movie
Elliot Brent
Ghost Story (1972)
TV
Stephen Kozlenko
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
Movie
Joe's Father
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Movie
Cesar Charron
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
Movie
Matthew South
Fools (1970)
Movie
Marcus Brutus
Julius Caesar (1970)
Movie
Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Movie
6
Sam Armstrong
Operation Snafu (1970)
Movie
General Walter C. Short
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Movie
6
Raymond Paine
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
Movie
Singer
Isadora (1968)
Movie
6
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Doc Holliday
Hour of the Gun (1967)
Movie
Nelson Downes
Divorce American Style (1967)
Movie
Dr. Henry Jekyll
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1967)
Movie
Royal Earle Thompson
Noon Wine (1966)
Movie
John Cleves
Any Wednesday (1966)
Movie
Royal Earle Thompson
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
TV
Henry Drummond
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Face of Genius (1966)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964)
Movie
George S. Kaufman
Act One (1963)
Movie
Jamie Tyrone
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
Movie
Dr. Richard 'Dick' Diver
Tender Is the Night (1962)
Movie
Julius Penrose
By Love Possessed (1961)
Movie
Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
The Iceman Cometh (1960)
Movie
Detective Anderson
The Bat (1960)
Movie
Dr. Rank
A Doll's House (1959)
Movie
Robert Jordan
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1959)
Movie
Paul Kedes
The Journey (1959)
Movie
Robert Jordan
Playhouse 90 (1956)
TV
Self - Host / Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Bert Palmer
The Alcoa Hour (1955)
TV
Col. Carter
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Marcus / Abe Lincoln / Frank Elgin / Dr. Rank
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Walter Osgood / Leonard O'Brien / Prisoner / Frank Cameron
Studio One (1948)
TV
Mason / Joe Grant
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Narrator
They Drew Fire
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1922-07-26
Deathday2000-12-26 (78 years old)
Birth NameJason Nelson Robards
Birth PlaceChicago, United States
Height175-centimeter
RelationshipsLauren Bacall (1961 - 1969)
ChildrenJason Robards III, Sam Robards
FatherJason Robards
MotherHope Maxine Glanville
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJason Robards Jr., Джейсон Робардс, Jason Nelson Robards Jr.
AwardsTheatre World Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Drama League Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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