Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1922-07-26
- Day of Death2000-12-26 (78 years)
- Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
- Also Known AsJason Robards Jr.Джейсон РобардсJason Nelson Robards Jr.
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason...Read More
Acting Career
- 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
A Thousand Acres
As: Larry Cook
1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
As: Narrator
1995Journey
As: Marcus
1995Crimson Tide
As: Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995My Antonia
As: Josea Burden
1994Baseball
As: Various (voice)
1994The Enemy Within
As: General R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994Little Big League
As: Thomas Heywood
1994The Paper
As: Graham Keighley
1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
As: Narrator
- 1993
Philadelphia
As: Charles Wheeler
1993Heidi
As: Grandfather
1993The Trial
As: Doctor Huld
1993The Adventures of Huck Finn
As: The King
1992Storyville
As: Clifford Fowler
1992Deceptions
As: Clay (voice)
1991Mark Twain and Me
As: Mark Twain
1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
As: Narrator (voice)
1991An Inconvenient Woman
As: Jules Mendelson
1991Chernobyl: The Final Warning
As: Dr. Armand Hammer
1991The Perfect Tribute
As: President Abraham Lincoln
1990The Civil War
As: Ulysses S. Grant
1990Quick Change
As: Chief Rotzinger
1989Black Rainbow
As: Walter Travis
1989Thomas Hart Benton
As: Narrator (voice)
1989Parenthood
As: Frank Buckman
1989Reunion
As: Henry Strauss
1989Dream a Little Dream
As: Coleman Ettinger
1988The Christmas Wife
As: John Tanner
1988The Good Mother
As: W. O. Muth
1988American Experience
As: Narrator (voice)
1988Bright Lights, Big City
As: Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
1988Inherit the Wind
As: Harry Drummond
1987Breaking Home Ties
As: Lloyd Wells
1987Laguna Heat
As: Wade Shephard
1987Square Dance
As: Dillard
1986The Last Frontier
As: Ed Stenning
1986Johnny Bull
As: Stephan Kovacs
1985The Long Hot Summer
As: Will Varner
1985The Atlanta Child Murders
As: Alvin Binder
1984You Can't Take it With You
As: Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
1984Sakharov
As: Andrei Sakharov
1983The Day After
As: Dr. Russell Oakes
1983Something Wicked This Way Comes
As: Charles Halloway
1983Max Dugan Returns
As: Max Dugan
1981The Legend of the Lone Ranger
As: President Ulysses S. Grant
1980Melvin and Howard
As: Howard Hughes
1980Raise the Titanic
As: Admiral James Sandecker
1980F.D.R.: The Last Year
As: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1980Haywire
As: Leland Hayward
1980Cabo Blanco
As: Gunther Beckdorff
1979Broadway on Showtime
As: Erie Smith
1979Hurricane
As: Capt. Charles Bruckner
1978A Christmas to Remember
As: Daniel Larson
1978Comes a Horseman
As: Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
1977Julia
As: Dashiell Hammett
1977Washington: Behind Closed Doors
As: President Richard Monckton
1976The Spy Who Never Was
As: Inspector Barkan
- 1976
All the President's Men
As: Ben Bradlee
1976Addie and the King of Hearts
As: James "Jamie" Mills
1975Mr. Sycamore
As: John Gwilt
1975A Moon for the Misbegotten
As: James Tyrone Jr.
1975The Easter Promise
As: James "Jamie" Mills
1975A Boy and His Dog
As: Lou Craddock
1974The Country Girl
As: Frank Elgin
1973The Thanksgiving Treasure
As: James "Jamie" Mills
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
As: Governor Wallace
1972The House Without a Christmas Tree
As: James "Jamie" Mills
1972Ghost Story
As: Elliot Brent
1972The War Between Men and Women
As: Stephen Kozlenko
1971Johnny Got His Gun
As: Joe's Father
1971Murders in the Rue Morgue
As: Cesar Charron
1970Fools
As: Matthew South
1970Julius Caesar
As: Marcus Brutus
1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue
As: Cable Hogue
1970Operation Snafu
As: Sam Armstrong
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!
As: General Walter C. Short
1968The Night They Raided Minsky's
As: Raymond Paine
- 1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
As: 'Cheyenne'
1968Isadora
As: Paris Singer
1967Hour of the Gun
As: Doc Holliday
1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
As: Al Capone
1967Divorce American Style
As: Nelson Downes
1966Noon Wine
As: Royal Earle Thompson
1966Any Wednesday
As: John Cleves
1966ABC Stage 67
As: Royal Earle Thompson
1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady
As: Henry Drummond
1966The Face of Genius
As: Narrator (voice)
1965A Thousand Clowns
As: Murray
1964Abe Lincoln in Illinois
As: Abraham Lincoln
1963Act One
As: George S. Kaufman
1962Long Day's Journey Into Night
As: Jamie Tyrone
1962Tender Is the Night
As: Dick Diver
1961By Love Possessed
As: Julius Penrose
1960The Iceman Cometh
As: Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
1960The Bat
As: Detective Anderson
1959A Doll's House
As: Dr. Rank
1959For Whom the Bell Tolls
As: Robert Jordan
1959The Journey
As: Paul Kedes
1956Playhouse 90
As: Robert Jordan
1955The Alcoa Hour
As: Bert Palmer
1953General Electric Theater
As: Col. Carter
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Dr. Rank
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Marcus
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Abe Lincoln
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Frank Elgin
1948Studio One
As: Frank Cameron
- 1948
Studio One
As: Prisoner
- 1948
Studio One
As: Walter Osgood
- 1948
Studio One
As: Leonard O'Brien
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
As: Joe Grant
- 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
As: Mason