Jason Robards
109 movies · 23 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 26, 1922
- Died
- Dec 26, 2000 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Jason Robards Jr. · Джейсон Робардс · Jason Nelson Robards Jr.
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Jason Robards: movies and TV shows
Acting (132)
- 2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
- 2006 Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
as Joe's Father (video "One")
- 2000 Going Home
as Charles Barton
- 1999 Magnolia
as Earl Partridge
- 1998 Enemy of the State
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
- 1998 Beloved
as Mr. Bodwin
- 1998 The Real Macaw
as Grandpa Girdis
- 1998 Heartwood
as Logan Reeser
- 1997 Truman
as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 A Thousand Acres
as Larry Cook
- 1996 T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
as Narrator
- 1995 Journey
as Marcus
- 1995 Crimson Tide
as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
- 1995 My Antonia
as Josea Burden
- 1995 The Great American West
as Narrator (voice)
- 1994
- 1994 The Enemy Within
as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
- 1994 Little Big League
as Thomas Heywood
- 1994 The Paper
as Graham Keighley
- 1994 Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
as Narrator
- 1993 La Classe américaine
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
- 1993 Philadelphia
as Charles Wheeler
- 1993 Roots of Roe
as Anthony Comstock (voice)
- 1993 Heidi
as Großvater
- 1993
- 1993 The Trial
as Doctor Huld
- 1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn
as The King
- 1992 Lincoln
as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- 1992 Storyville
as Clifford Fowler
- 1992 When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
- 1992 Deceptions
as Clay (voice)
- 1991 Mark Twain and Me
as Mark Twain
- 1991 Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 When It Was a Game
as (voice)
- 1991
- 1991 Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Armand Hammer
- 1991 The Perfect Tribute
as President Abraham Lincoln
- 1990
- 1990 Quick Change
as Chief Rotzinger
- 1989 Black Rainbow
as Walter Travis
- 1989 Thomas Hart Benton
as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 Parenthood
as Frank Buckman
- 1989 Reunion
as Henry Strauss
- 1989 Dream a Little Dream
as Coleman Ettinger
- 1988 The Christmas Wife
as John Tanner
- 1988 The Good Mother
as W. O. Muth
- 1988
- 1988 Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
- 1988 Inherit the Wind
as Harry Drummond
- 1987 Breaking Home Ties
as Lloyd Wells
- 1987 Laguna Heat
as Wade Shephard
- 1987 Square Dance
as Dillard
- 1986
- 1986 Johnny Bull
as Stephan Kovacs
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 You Can't Take it With You
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
- 1984 America and Lewis Hine
as Voice
- 1984 Sakharov
as Andrei Sakharov
- 1983 The Day After
as Dr. Russell Oakes
- 1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Charles Halloway
- 1983 Max Dugan Returns
as Max Dugan
- 1982 Burden of Dreams
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
- 1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as President Ulysses S. Grant
- 1980 Melvin and Howard
as Howard Hughes
- 1980 Ghosts of Cape Horn
as Narrator
- 1980 Raise the Titanic
as Admiral James Sandecker
- 1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1980 Haywire
as Leland Hayward
- 1980 Caboblanco
as Gunther Beckdorff
- 1979 A Plague on Our Children
as Narrator (voice)
- 1979
- 1979 Hurricane
as Capt. Charles Bruckner
- 1978 A Christmas to Remember
as Daniel Larson
- 1978
- 1978 Comes a Horseman
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
- 1977 Julia
as Dashiell Hammett
- 1977
- 1976 The Spy Who Never Was
as Inspector Barkan
- 1976 All the President's Men
as Ben Bradlee
- 1976 Addie and the King of Hearts
as James "Jamie" Mills
- 1975 Mr. Sycamore
as John Gwilt
- 1975 A Moon for the Misbegotten
as James Tyrone Jr.
- 1975 The Easter Promise
as James "Jamie" Mills
- 1975 A Boy and His Dog
as Lou Craddock
- 1974 The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
- 1973 The Thanksgiving Treasure
as James "Jamie" Mills
- 1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Governor Wallace
- 1973 Old Faithful
as Jason Robards
- 1972 The House Without a Christmas Tree
as James "Jamie" Mills
- 1972
- 1972 The War Between Men and Women
as Stephen Kozlenko
- 1971 Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Father
- 1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Cesar Charron
- 1970 Fools
as Matthew South
- 1970 Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
- 1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Cable Hogue
- 1970 Operation Snafu
as Sam Armstrong
- 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
as General Walter C. Short
- 1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Raymond Paine
- 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Cheyenne'
- 1968 Isadora
as Paris Singer
- 1967 Hour of the Gun
as Doc Holliday
- 1967 The Belle of 14th Street
as Performer
- 1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Al Capone
- 1967 Divorce American Style
as Nelson Downes
- 1967 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- 1966 Noon Wine
as Royal Earle Thompson
- 1966 Any Wednesday
as John Cleves
- 1966
- 1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Henry Drummond
- 1965 A Thousand Clowns
as Murray
- 1964 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abraham Lincoln
- 1963 Act One
as George S. Kaufman
- 1962 Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Jamie Tyrone
- 1962 Tender Is the Night
as Dick Diver
- 1961 By Love Possessed
as Julius Penrose
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 The Bat
as Detective Anderson
- 1959 A Doll's House
as Dr. Rank
- 1959
- 1959 For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
- 1959 The Journey
as Paul Kedes
- 1956
- 1955
- 1953
- 1951
- 1948
- 1948
Talk shows and appearances (28)
- 2017
- 2006
- 2004
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999
- 1996 The West
9 episodes
- 1993
- 1992
- 1990
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 Reading Rainbow
1 episode
- 1982
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1 episode
- 1966
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1963 The Danny Kaye Show
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1952 Omnibus
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
1 episode
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode