Jason Robards

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.

Known For

Tony Awards

American Experience

The Philco Television Playhouse

What's My Line?

The Dick Cavett Show

Studio One

All Movies (125)

Arthur Miller: Writer2017 · as Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone2016 · as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Metallica: The Videos 1989-20042006 · as Joe's Father (video "One")
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film2006 · as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self (archive footage)
Going Home2000 · as Charles Barton
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone2000 · as Self (archive footage)
That Moment: Magnolia Diary2000 · as Self
Magnolia1999 · as Earl Partridge
My Best Fiend1999 · as Self (archive footage)
Enemy of the State1998 · as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
Beloved1998 · as Mr. Bodwin
The Real Macaw1998 · as Grandpa Girdis
Heartwood1998 · as Logan Reeser
Truman1997 · as Narrator (voice)
A Thousand Acres1997 · as Larry Cook
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt1996 · as Narrator
Journey1995 · as Marcus
Crimson Tide1995 · as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
My Antonia1995 · as Josea Burden
The Great American West1995 · as Narrator (voice)
The Enemy Within1994 · as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Little Big League1994 · as Thomas Heywood
The Paper1994 · as Graham Keighley
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital1994 · as Narrator
La Classe américaine1993 · as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
Philadelphia1993 · as Charles Wheeler
Heidi1993 · as Großvater
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron1993 · as Self
The Trial1993 · as Doctor Huld
The Adventures of Huck Finn1993 · as The King
Lincoln1992 · as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library1992 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Storyville1992 · as Clifford Fowler
When It Was a Game 21992 · as Passage Narrator (voice)
Deceptions1992 · as Clay (voice)
Mark Twain and Me1991 · as Mark Twain
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio1991 · as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale1991 · as Narrator (voice)
When It Was a Game1991 · as (voice)
Chernobyl: The Final Warning1991 · as Dr. Armand Hammer
The Perfect Tribute1991 · as President Abraham Lincoln
Quick Change1990 · as Chief Rotzinger
Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
Black Rainbow1989 · as Walter Travis
Thomas Hart Benton1989 · as Narrator (voice)
Parenthood1989 · as Frank Buckman
Reunion1989 · as Henry Strauss
Dream a Little Dream1989 · as Coleman Ettinger
The Christmas Wife1988 · as John Tanner
The Good Mother1988 · as W. O. Muth
Bright Lights, Big City1988 · as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind1988 · as Harry Drummond
Breaking Home Ties1987 · as Lloyd Wells
Laguna Heat1987 · as Wade Shephard
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
Square Dance1987 · as Dillard
The Last Frontier1986 · as Ed Stenning
Johnny Bull1986 · as Stephan Kovacs
Portrait: Werner Herzog1986 · as Self (archive footage)
Empire City1985 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The World of Tomorrow1984 · as Self / Narrator
You Can't Take it With You1984 · as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
America and Lewis Hine1984 · as Voice
Sakharov1984 · as Andrei Sakharov
The Day After1983 · as Dr. Russell Oakes
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History1983 · as Self - Host
Something Wicked This Way Comes1983 · as Charles Halloway
Max Dugan Returns1983 · as Max Dugan
Burden of Dreams1982 · as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
The Legend of the Lone Ranger1981 · as President Ulysses S. Grant
Melvin and Howard1980 · as Howard Hughes
Ghosts of Cape Horn1980 · as Narrator
Raise the Titanic1980 · as Admiral James Sandecker
F.D.R.: The Last Year1980 · as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haywire1980 · as Leland Hayward
Caboblanco1980 · as Gunther Beckdorff
Hurricane1979 · as Capt. Charles Bruckner
A Christmas to Remember1978 · as Daniel Larson
Comes a Horseman1978 · as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
Julia1977 · as Dashiell Hammett
The Spy Who Never Was1976 · as Inspector Barkan
All the President's Men1976 · as Ben Bradlee
Addie and the King of Hearts1976 · as James "Jamie" Mills
Mr. Sycamore1975 · as John Gwilt
A Moon for the Misbegotten1975 · as James Tyrone Jr.
The Easter Promise1975 · as James "Jamie" Mills
A Boy and His Dog1975 · as Lou Craddock
The Country Girl1974 · as Frank Elgin
The Thanksgiving Treasure1973 · as James "Jamie" Mills
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Governor Wallace
Old Faithful1973 · as Jason Robards
The House Without a Christmas Tree1972 · as James "Jamie" Mills
The War Between Men and Women1972 · as Stephen Kozlenko
Johnny Got His Gun1971 · as Joe's Father
Murders in the Rue Morgue1971 · as Cesar Charron
Fools1970 · as Matthew South
Julius Caesar1970 · as Marcus Brutus
The Ballad of Cable Hogue1970 · as Cable Hogue
Operation Snafu1970 · as Sam Armstrong
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · as General Walter C. Short
The Night They Raided Minsky's1968 · as Raymond Paine
Once Upon a Time in the West1968 · as 'Cheyenne'
Isadora1968 · as Paris Singer
Hour of the Gun1967 · as Doc Holliday
The Belle of 14th Street1967 · as Performer
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre1967 · as Al Capone
Divorce American Style1967 · as Nelson Downes
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1967 · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Noon Wine1966 · as Royal Earle Thompson
Any Wednesday1966 · as John Cleves
A Big Hand for the Little Lady1966 · as Henry Drummond
The Face of Genius1966 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Thousand Clowns1965 · as Murray
Abe Lincoln in Illinois1964 · as Abraham Lincoln
Act One1963 · as George S. Kaufman
Long Day's Journey Into Night1962 · as Jamie Tyrone
Tender Is the Night1962 · as Dick Diver
By Love Possessed1961 · as Julius Penrose
The Iceman Cometh1960 · as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
The Bat1960 · as Detective Anderson
A Doll's House1959 · as Dr. Rank
For Whom the Bell Tolls1959 · as Robert Jordan
The Journey1959 · as Paul Kedes

All TV Shows (41)

The West1996 · as Self - Brigham Young
Baseball1994 · as (voice)
Heidi1993 · as Grandfather
An Inconvenient Woman1991 · as Jules Mendelson
The Civil War1990 · as Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
The Last Frontier1986 · as Ed Stenning
The Long Hot Summer1985 · as Will Varner
The Atlanta Child Murders1985 · as Alvin Binder
Screen Two1985 · as Doctor Huld
Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Broadway on Showtime1979 · as Erie Smith
The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
The Magic of David Copperfield1978
Washington: Behind Closed Doors1977 · as President Richard Monckton
Ghost Story1972 · as Elliot Brent
The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
ABC Stage 671966 · as Royal Earle Thompson
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
The Iceman Cometh1960 · as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
Play of the Week1959
Playhouse 901956 · as Robert Jordan
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
The Alcoa Hour1955 · as Bert Palmer
The Oscars1953 · as Self
General Electric Theater1953 · as Col. Carter
Omnibus1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Dr. Rank
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Marcus
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Abe Lincoln
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Frank Elgin
What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
Studio One1948 · as Frank Cameron
Studio One1948 · as Prisoner
Studio One1948 · as Walter Osgood
Studio One1948 · as Leonard O'Brien
The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Joe Grant
The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Mason
The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self