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
Tony Awards
Self - Host
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
The Philco Television Playhouse
Joe Grant
Hurricane
Capt. Charles Bruckner
Black Rainbow
Walter Travis
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
Self
Philadelphia
Charles Wheeler
Studio One
Frank Cameron
Once Upon a Time in the West
'Cheyenne'
Credits
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Self (archive footage)★ 7.1 -
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)★ 7.6 -
Joe's Father (video "One")★ 7.6 -
Self★ NR -
Self (archive footage)★ 7.8 -
Going Home 2000Charles Barton★ 5.3 -
Self (archive footage)★ 5.9 -
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★ 5.8 -
The Christmas Wife 1988John Tanner★ 4.7 -
The Good Mother 1988W. O. Muth★ 5.7 -
American Experience 1988Narrator (voice)★ 6.9 -
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★ 5.2 -
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)★ 8.3 -
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★ 4.8 -
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★ 6.4 -
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★ 5.7 -
Cable Hogue★ 6.9 -
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★ 6.3 -
Playhouse 90 1956Robert Jordan★ 7.6 -
Tony Awards 1956Self - Host★ 5.9 -
The Alcoa Hour 1955Bert Palmer★ 4 -
The Oscars 1953Self★ 7 -
Col. Carter★ 6.4 -
Dr. Rank★ 8.6 -
What's My Line? 1950Self - Mystery Guest★ 6.9 -
Studio One 1948Frank Cameron★ 5 -
Joe Grant★ 6.3
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