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 156
Movies 120
TV Shows 36
self 26
Narrator 5
Voice 4
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
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001)
Movie
Charles Barton
Going Home (2000)
Movie
Self
That Moment: Magnolia Diary (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
Actor
The Irish In America: Long Journey Home (1998)
TV
Narrator (voice)
Truman (1997)
Movie
Larry Cook
A Thousand Acres (1997)
Movie
Narrator
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1996)
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
Narrator
The Great American West (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
Narrator
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital (1994)
Movie
Le patron du journal
La Classe américaine (1993)
Movie
3.67
Charles Wheeler
Philadelphia (1993)
Movie
5
Grandfather
Heidi (1993)
TV
Self
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
Movie
Doctor Huld
The Trial (1993)
Movie
The King
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Movie
President Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln (1992)
Movie
President Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln (1992)
TV
Narrator
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library (1992)
Movie
Clifford Fowler
Storyville (1992)
Movie
Clay
Deceptions (1992)
Movie
Mark Twain
Mark Twain and Me (1991)
Movie
Narrator
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (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
Self
Night of 100 Stars III (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
Lloyd
Breaking Home Ties (1987)
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
Self (archive footage)
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
Actor
America and Lewis Hine (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
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Movie
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Movie
Howard Hughes
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Movie
5
Admr. 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
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
TV
Daniel Larson
A Christmas to Remember (1978)
Movie
The Magic of David Copperfield (1978)
TV
Ewing
Comes a Horseman (1978)
Movie
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
Jamie
The Easter Promise (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
Himself
Old Faithful (1973)
Movie
Jamie Mills
The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972)
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
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Matthew South
Fools (1970)
Movie
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
Manuel 'Cheyenne' Gutiérrez
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Movie
5
Singer
Isadora (1968)
Movie
6
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Doc Holliday
Hour of the Gun (1967)
Movie
Self
The Belle of 14th Street (1967)
Movie
Al Capone
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
Movie
6
Nelson Downes
Divorce American Style (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
Murray
A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964)
Movie
George S. Kaufman
Act One (1963)
Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Self
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
TV
Jamie Tyrone
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
Movie
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
Play of the Week (1959)
TV
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 / Bridger / Jayson
The Alcoa Hour (1955)
TV
Jed / Joe
Appointment with Adventure (1955)
TV
Actor
Star Tonight (1955)
TV
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Col. Carter
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Omnibus (1952)
TV
Dr. Rank / Abe Lincoln / Marcus / Frank Elgin
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Frank Cameron / Leonard O'Brien / Walter Osgood / Prisoner
Studio One (1948)
TV
Mason / Joe Grant
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Actor
Follow That Music (1947)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.13
Based on 1.91 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1947
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1982
1970
2017
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1922-07-26
Deathday2000-12-26 (78 years old)
Birth NameJason Nelson Robards
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
Height175-centimeter
RelationshipsLauren Bacall (1961-01-01 - 1969-01-01)
ChildrenSam Robards, Jason Robards III
FatherJason Robards
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJason Robards Jr., Джейсон Робардс, Jason Nelson Robards Jr.
AwardsDrama League Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Theatre 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, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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