Person

Jason Robards

Acting · 1922–2000 · 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.

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  Screen Two

  Doctor Huld

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  American Experience

  Narrator (voice)

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  The Philco Television Playhouse

  Joe Grant

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  Tony Awards

  Self - Host

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  The Dick Cavett Show

  Self - Guest

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  The Ed Sullivan Show

  Self

• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  1963

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  What's My Line?

  Self - Mystery Guest

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  Studio One

  Frank Cameron

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  The Oscars

  Self

• 2017Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)
• 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage)
• 2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One")
• 2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelf
• 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
• 2000Going HomeCharles Barton
• 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)
• 2000That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelf
• 1999MagnoliaEarl Partridge
• 1999My Best FiendSelf (archive footage)
• 1998Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
• 1998BelovedMr. Bodwin
• 1998The Real MacawGrandpa Girdis
• 1998HeartwoodLogan Reeser
• 1997TrumanNarrator (voice)
• 1997A Thousand AcresLarry Cook
• 1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltNarrator
• 1996The WestSelf - Brigham Young
• 1995JourneyMarcus
• 1995Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
• 1995My AntoniaJosea Burden
• 1995The Great American WestNarrator (voice)
• 1994Baseball(voice)
• 1994The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd
• 1994Little Big LeagueThomas Heywood
• 1994The PaperGraham Keighley
• 1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalNarrator
• 1993La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)
• 1993PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler
• 1993HeidiGroßvater
• 1993HeidiGrandfather
• 1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf
• 1993The TrialDoctor Huld
• 1993The Adventures of Huck FinnThe King
• 1992LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)
• 1992The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public LibrarySelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1992StoryvilleClifford Fowler
• 1992When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)
• 1992DeceptionsClay (voice)
• 1991Mark Twain and MeMark Twain
• 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice)
• 1991Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice)
• 1991When It Was a Game(voice)
• 1991An Inconvenient WomanJules Mendelson
• 1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand Hammer
• 1991The Perfect TributePresident Abraham Lincoln
• 1990The Civil WarUlysses S. Grant (voice)
• 1990Quick ChangeChief Rotzinger
• 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
• 1989Black RainbowWalter Travis
• 1989Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)
• 1989ParenthoodFrank Buckman
• 1989ReunionHenry Strauss
• 1989Dream a Little DreamColeman Ettinger
• 1988The Christmas WifeJohn Tanner
• 1988The Good MotherW. O. Muth
• 1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
• 1988Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited)
• 1988Inherit the WindHarry Drummond
• 1987Breaking Home TiesLloyd Wells
• 1987Laguna HeatWade Shephard
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
• 1987Square DanceDillard
• 1986The Last FrontierEd Stenning
• 1986The Last FrontierEd Stenning
• 1986Johnny BullStephan Kovacs
• 1986Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage)
• 1985The Long Hot SummerWill Varner
• 1985Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1985The Atlanta Child MurdersAlvin Binder
• 1985Screen TwoDoctor Huld
• 1984The World of TomorrowSelf / Narrator
• 1984You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin Vanderhof
• 1984America and Lewis HineVoice
• 1984SakharovAndrei Sakharov
• 1983The Day AfterDr. Russell Oakes
• 1983The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in HistorySelf - Host
• 1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1983Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles Halloway
• 1983Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan
• 1982Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)
• 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
• 1981The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. Grant
• 1980Melvin and HowardHoward Hughes
• 1980Ghosts of Cape HornNarrator
• 1980Raise the TitanicAdmiral James Sandecker
• 1980F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 1980HaywireLeland Hayward
• 1980CaboblancoGunther Beckdorff
• 1979Broadway on ShowtimeErie Smith
• 1979HurricaneCapt. Charles Bruckner
• 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
• 1978A Christmas to RememberDaniel Larson
• 1978The Magic of David Copperfield
• 1978Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' Ewing
• 1977JuliaDashiell Hammett
• 1977Washington: Behind Closed DoorsPresident Richard Monckton
• 1976The Spy Who Never WasInspector Barkan
• 1976All the President's MenBen Bradlee
• 1976Addie and the King of HeartsJames "Jamie" Mills
• 1975Mr. SycamoreJohn Gwilt
• 1975A Moon for the MisbegottenJames Tyrone Jr.
• 1975The Easter PromiseJames "Jamie" Mills
• 1975A Boy and His DogLou Craddock
• 1974The Country GirlFrank Elgin
• 1973The Thanksgiving TreasureJames "Jamie" Mills
• 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidGovernor Wallace
• 1973Old FaithfulJason Robards
• 1972The House Without a Christmas TreeJames "Jamie" Mills
• 1972Ghost StoryElliot Brent
• 1972The War Between Men and WomenStephen Kozlenko
• 1971Film '72Self
• 1971Johnny Got His GunJoe's Father
• 1971Murders in the Rue MorgueCesar Charron
• 1970FoolsMatthew South
• 1970Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus
• 1970The Ballad of Cable HogueCable Hogue
• 1970Operation SnafuSam Armstrong
• 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!General Walter C. Short
• 1968The Night They Raided Minsky'sRaymond Paine
• 1968Once Upon a Time in the West'Cheyenne'
• 1968IsadoraParis Singer
• 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
• 1967Hour of the GunDoc Holliday
• 1967The Belle of 14th StreetPerformer
• 1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacreAl Capone
• 1967Divorce American StyleNelson Downes
• 1967The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
• 1966Noon WineRoyal Earle Thompson
• 1966Any WednesdayJohn Cleves
• 1966ABC Stage 67Royal Earle Thompson
• 1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyHenry Drummond
• 1966The Face of GeniusSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1965A Thousand ClownsMurray
• 1964Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbraham Lincoln
• 1963Act OneGeorge S. Kaufman
• 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
• 1962Long Day's Journey Into NightJamie Tyrone
• 1962Tender Is the NightDick Diver
• 1961By Love PossessedJulius Penrose
• 1960The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman
• 1960The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman
• 1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesDetective Anderson
• 1960The BatDetective Anderson
• 1959A Doll's HouseDr. Rank
• 1959Play of the Week
• 1959For Whom the Bell TollsRobert Jordan
• 1959The JourneyPaul Kedes
• 1956Playhouse 90Robert Jordan
• 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host
• 1955The Alcoa HourBert Palmer
• 1953The OscarsSelf
• 1953General Electric TheaterCol. Carter
• 1952Omnibus
• 1951Hallmark Hall of FameDr. Rank
• 1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
• 1948Studio OneFrank Cameron
• 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseJoe Grant
• 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf