Jason Robards
Jul 26, 1922 - Dec 26, 2000 (78 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
Studio One
Frank Cameron
Beloved
Mr. Bodwin
The Oscars
Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
Joe Grant
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Cable Hogue
Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
Julia
Dashiell Hammett
My Antonia
Josea Burden
Credits
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Self (archive footage)★ 7.1 -
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)★ 7.3 -
Joe's Father (video "One")★ 7.7 -
Self★ NR -
Self (archive footage)★ 7.8 -
Going Home 2000Charles Barton★ 5.3 -
Self (archive footage)★ 5.8 -
Self★ 7.6 -
Magnolia 1999Earl Partridge★ 7.7 -
My Best Fiend 1999Self (archive footage)★ 7.3 -
Enemy of the State 1998Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)★ 7.1 -
Beloved 1998Mr. Bodwin★ 5.8 -
The Real Macaw 1998Grandpa Girdis★ 5.9 -
Heartwood 1998Logan Reeser★ 3 -
Truman 1997Narrator (voice)★ NR -
A Thousand Acres 1997Larry Cook★ 5.7 -
Narrator★ NR -
The West 1996Self - Brigham Young★ 8.4 -
Journey 1995Marcus★ 6.2 -
Crimson Tide 1995Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)★ 7.2 -
My Antonia 1995Josea Burden★ 7.3 -
Narrator (voice)★ 8.5
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Baseball 1994(voice)★ 7.4 -
The Enemy Within 1994General R. Pendleton Lloyd★ 5.7 -
Little Big League 1994Thomas Heywood★ 5.9 -
The Paper 1994Graham Keighley★ 6.6 -
Narrator★ NR -
La Classe américaine 1993The Newspaper Director (archive footage)★ 7.6 -
Philadelphia 1993Charles Wheeler★ 7.7 -
Heidi 1993Großvater★ 6 -
Self★ 6.9 -
The Trial 1993Doctor Huld★ 5.9 -
The King★ 6.2 -
Lincoln 1992President Abraham Lincoln (voice)★ 6.8
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Self - Narrator (voice)★ NR
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Storyville 1992Clifford Fowler★ 4.8 -
When It Was a Game 2 1992Passage Narrator (voice)★ 9 -
Deceptions 1992Clay (voice)★ NR -
Mark Twain and Me 1991Mark Twain★ 7.3 -
Narrator (voice)★ 7.5 -
Narrator (voice)★ NR
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When It Was a Game 1991(voice)★ NR
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Jules Mendelson★ 5.2 -
Dr. Armand Hammer★ 5.5 -
The Perfect Tribute 1991President Abraham Lincoln★ 6 -
The Civil War 1990Ulysses S. Grant★ 7.9 -
Quick Change 1990Chief Rotzinger★ 6.7 -
Self★ 4 -
Black Rainbow 1989Walter Travis★ 5.7 -
Thomas Hart Benton 1989Narrator (voice)★ 7.5 -
Parenthood 1989Frank Buckman★ 6.7 -
Reunion 1989Henry Strauss★ 6.5 -
Dream a Little Dream 1989Coleman Ettinger★ 5.7 -
The Christmas Wife 1988John Tanner★ 4.7 -
The Good Mother 1988W. O. Muth★ 5.7 -
American Experience 1988Narrator (voice)★ 6.6 -
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)★ 5.7 -
Inherit the Wind 1988Harry Drummond★ 7.8 -
Breaking Home Ties 1987Lloyd Wells★ 6.5 -
Laguna Heat 1987Wade Shephard★ 3.8 -
Self★ 5.7 -
Square Dance 1987Dillard★ 4.5 -
The Last Frontier 1986Ed Stenning★ 7 -
Johnny Bull 1986Stephan Kovacs★ 1 -
Self (archive footage)★ 7.1 -
The Long Hot Summer 1985Will Varner★ 5.3 -
Empire City 1985Self - Narrator (voice)★ 9 -
Alvin Binder★ 5.6 -
Screen Two 1985Doctor Huld★ 6.8 -
Self / Narrator★ 1 -
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof★ NR -
Voice★ 6
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Sakharov 1984Andrei Sakharov★ 7 -
The Day After 1983Dr. Russell Oakes★ 6.8 -
Self - Host★ NR
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Reading Rainbow 1983Self - Narrator (voice)★ 8.4 -
Charles Halloway★ 6.4 -
Max Dugan Returns 1983Max Dugan★ 6.5 -
Burden of Dreams 1982Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)★ 7.5 -
Night of 100 Stars 1982Self★ 6.7 -
President Ulysses S. Grant★ 4.9 -
Melvin and Howard 1980Howard Hughes★ 6.4 -
Ghosts of Cape Horn 1980Narrator★ NR -
Raise the Titanic 1980Admiral James Sandecker★ 5.3 -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt★ 5.8 -
Haywire 1980Leland Hayward★ 5 -
Caboblanco 1980Gunther Beckdorff★ 5.3 -
Broadway on Showtime 1979Erie Smith★ NR -
Hurricane 1979Capt. Charles Bruckner★ 4.7 -
Self★ 7.4 -
Daniel Larson★ 6 -
★ 7 -
Comes a Horseman 1978Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing★ 6.1 -
Julia 1977Dashiell Hammett★ 6.5 -
President Richard Monckton★ 7.3 -
Inspector Barkan★ 6 -
Ben Bradlee★ 7.7 -
James "Jamie" Mills★ 6.5 -
Mr. Sycamore 1975John Gwilt★ 6 -
James Tyrone Jr.★ 6 -
The Easter Promise 1975James "Jamie" Mills★ 6 -
A Boy and His Dog 1975Lou Craddock★ 6.3 -
The Country Girl 1974Frank Elgin★ NR -
James "Jamie" Mills★ 7.8 -
Governor Wallace★ 7.2 -
Old Faithful 1973Jason Robards★ NR -
James "Jamie" Mills★ 6.2 -
Ghost Story 1972Elliot Brent★ 7.1 -
Stephen Kozlenko★ 6.3 -
Johnny Got His Gun 1971Joe's Father★ 7.5 -
Cesar Charron★ 5.1 -
Fools 1970Matthew South★ 1 -
Julius Caesar 1970Marcus Brutus★ 5.8 -
Cable Hogue★ 7 -
Operation Snafu 1970Sam Armstrong★ 5.5 -
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970General Walter C. Short★ 7.1 -
Raymond Paine★ 5.5 -
'Cheyenne'★ 8.3 -
Isadora 1968Paris Singer★ 6.1 -
Hour of the Gun 1967Doc Holliday★ 6.5 -
Performer★ 6.8 -
Al Capone★ 6.3 -
Nelson Downes★ 5.6 -
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde★ NR
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Noon Wine 1966Royal Earle Thompson★ 7 -
Any Wednesday 1966John Cleves★ 5.8 -
ABC Stage 67 1966Royal Earle Thompson★ 6.2 -
Henry Drummond★ 7.1 -
The Face of Genius 1966Narrator (voice)★ NR -
A Thousand Clowns 1965Murray★ 7.1 -
Abraham Lincoln★ 8 -
Act One 1963George S. Kaufman★ 5.9 -
The Danny Kaye Show 1963Self★ 6.3 -
Jamie Tyrone★ 7 -
Tender Is the Night 1962Dick Diver★ 5.4 -
By Love Possessed 1961Julius Penrose★ 4.9 -
The Iceman Cometh 1960Theodore "Hickey" Hickman★ 7.1 -
The Bat 1960Detective Anderson★ 5 -
A Doll's House 1959Dr. Rank★ 10 -
Play of the Week 1959★ NR -
Robert Jordan★ NR -
The Journey 1959Paul Kedes★ 6.2 -
Playhouse 90 1956Robert Jordan★ 7.6 -
The Alcoa Hour 1955Bert Palmer★ 4 -
The Oscars 1953Self★ 7.1 -
Col. Carter★ 6.4 -
Dr. Rank★ 8.6 -
What's My Line? 1950Self - Mystery Guest★ 7 -
Studio One 1948Frank Cameron★ 5 -
Joe Grant★ 6.3
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