Jason Robards
Acting
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
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movieArthur Miller: Writer
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieAll Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
movieMetallica: The Videos 1989-2004
2006
Joe's Father (video "One")
movieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieGoing Home
2000
Charles Barton
movieOnce Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieMagnolia
1999
Earl Partridge
movieMy Best Fiend
1999
Self (archive footage)
movieEnemy of the State
1998
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
movieBeloved
1998
Mr. Bodwin
movieThe Real Macaw
1998
Grandpa Girdis
movieHeartwood
1998
Logan Reeser
Truman
1997
Narrator (voice)
movieA Thousand Acres
1997
Larry Cook
tvThe West
1996
Self - Brigham Young
movieJourney
1995
Marcus
movieCrimson Tide
1995
Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
movieMy Antonia
1995
Josea Burden
The Great American West
1995
Narrator (voice)
tvBaseball
1994
(voice)
movieThe Enemy Within
1994
General R. Pendleton Lloyd
movieLittle Big League
1994
Thomas Heywood
movieThe Paper
1994
Graham Keighley
movieLa Classe américaine
1993
The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
moviePhiladelphia
1993
Charles Wheeler
movieHeidi
1993
Großvater
tvHeidi
1993
Grandfather
movieThe Trial
1993
Doctor Huld
Lincoln
1992
President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
1992
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieStoryville
1992
Clifford Fowler
movieWhen It Was a Game 2
1992
Passage Narrator (voice)
movieDeceptions
1992
Clay (voice)
movieMark Twain and Me
1991
Mark Twain
movieEmpire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
Narrator (voice)
movieRabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
1991
Narrator (voice)
movieWhen It Was a Game
1991
(voice)
tvAn Inconvenient Woman
1991
Jules Mendelson
movieChernobyl: The Final Warning
1991
Dr. Armand Hammer
movieThe Perfect Tribute
1991
President Abraham Lincoln
tvThe Civil War
1990
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
movieQuick Change
1990
Chief Rotzinger
movieBlack Rainbow
1989
Walter Travis
movieThomas Hart Benton
1989
Narrator (voice)
movieParenthood
1989
Frank Buckman
movieReunion
1989
Henry Strauss
movieDream a Little Dream
1989
Coleman Ettinger
movieThe Christmas Wife
1988
John Tanner
movieThe Good Mother
1988
W. O. Muth
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Narrator (voice)
movieBright Lights, Big City
1988
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
movieInherit the Wind
1988
Harry Drummond
movieBreaking Home Ties
1987
Lloyd Wells
movieLaguna Heat
1987
Wade Shephard
movieSquare Dance
1987
Dillard
tvThe Last Frontier
1986
Ed Stenning
movieThe Last Frontier
1986
Ed Stenning
movieJohnny Bull
1986
Stephan Kovacs
moviePortrait: Werner Herzog
1986
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Long Hot Summer
1985
Will Varner
movieEmpire City
1985
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvThe Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Alvin Binder
tvScreen Two
1985
Doctor Huld
movieThe World of Tomorrow
1984
Self / Narrator
movieYou Can't Take it With You
1984
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
movieSakharov
1984
Andrei Sakharov
movieThe Day After
1983
Dr. Russell Oakes
tvReading Rainbow
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieSomething Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Charles Halloway
movieMax Dugan Returns
1983
Max Dugan
movieBurden of Dreams
1982
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
movieThe Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
President Ulysses S. Grant
movieMelvin and Howard
1980
Howard Hughes
movieGhosts of Cape Horn
1980
Narrator
movieRaise the Titanic
1980
Admiral James Sandecker
movieF.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
movieHaywire
1980
Leland Hayward
movieCaboblanco
1980
Gunther Beckdorff
tvBroadway on Showtime
1979
Erie Smith
movieHurricane
1979
Capt. Charles Bruckner
movieA Christmas to Remember
1978
Daniel Larson
movieComes a Horseman
1978
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
movieJulia
1977
Dashiell Hammett
tvWashington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
President Richard Monckton
movieThe Spy Who Never Was
1976
Inspector Barkan
movieAll the President's Men
1976
Ben Bradlee
movieAddie and the King of Hearts
1976
James "Jamie" Mills
movieMr. Sycamore
1975
John Gwilt
movieA Moon for the Misbegotten
1975
James Tyrone Jr.
movieThe Easter Promise
1975
James "Jamie" Mills
movieA Boy and His Dog
1975
Lou Craddock
movieThe Country Girl
1974
Frank Elgin
movieThe Thanksgiving Treasure
1973
James "Jamie" Mills
moviePat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Governor Wallace
movieOld Faithful
1973
Jason Robards
movieThe House Without a Christmas Tree
1972
James "Jamie" Mills
tvGhost Story
1972
Elliot Brent
movieThe War Between Men and Women
1972
Stephen Kozlenko
movieJohnny Got His Gun
1971
Joe's Father
movieMurders in the Rue Morgue
1971
Cesar Charron
movieFools
1970
Matthew South
movieJulius Caesar
1970
Marcus Brutus
movieThe Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
Cable Hogue
movieOperation Snafu
1970
Sam Armstrong
movieTora! Tora! Tora!
1970
General Walter C. Short
movieThe Night They Raided Minsky's
1968
Raymond Paine
movieOnce Upon a Time in the West
1968
'Cheyenne'
movieIsadora
1968
Paris Singer
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieHour of the Gun
1967
Doc Holliday
movieThe Belle of 14th Street
1967
Performer
movieDivorce American Style
1967
Nelson Downes
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1967
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
movieNoon Wine
1966
Royal Earle Thompson
movieAny Wednesday
1966
John Cleves
tvABC Stage 67
1966
Royal Earle Thompson
movieA Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
Henry Drummond
movieThe Face of Genius
1966
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieAbe Lincoln in Illinois
1964
Abraham Lincoln
movieAct One
1963
George S. Kaufman
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1962
Jamie Tyrone
movieTender Is the Night
1962
Dick Diver
movieBy Love Possessed
1961
Julius Penrose
movieThe Iceman Cometh
1960
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
tvThe Iceman Cometh
1960
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
Detective Anderson
movieThe Bat
1960
Detective Anderson
movieA Doll's House
1959
Dr. Rank
movieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
Robert Jordan
movieThe Journey
1959
Paul Kedes
tvPlayhouse 90
1956
Robert Jordan
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Host / Self - Presenter
tvThe Alcoa Hour
1955
Bert Palmer
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Col. Carter
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Dr. Rank / Marcus / Abe Lincoln / Frank Elgin
tvWhat's My Line?
1950
Self - Mystery Guest
tvStudio One
1948
Frank Cameron / Prisoner / Walter Osgood / Leonard O'Brien
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Joe Grant / Mason
