Jason Robards
Acting1922Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
Acting History
2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
as Joe's Father (video "One")
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as Self
1999
My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
Magnolia
as Earl Partridge
The Kennedy Center Honors
TVas Self• 1 eps
1998
The Real Macaw
as Grandpa Girdis
Beloved
as Mr. Bodwin
Enemy of the State
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1997
A Thousand Acres
as Larry Cook
Truman
as Narrator (voice)
1996
The West
TVas Self - Brigham Young
1995
The Great American West
as Narrator (voice)
Journey
as Marcus
My Antonia
as Josea Burden
Crimson Tide
as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1994
Little Big League
as Thomas Heywood
The Enemy Within
as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
The Paper
as Graham Keighley
Baseball
TVas (voice)• 5 eps
1993
Philadelphia
as Charles Wheeler
The Trial
as Doctor Huld
La Classe américaine
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as The King
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
Screen Two
TVas Doctor Huld• 1 eps
Heidi
TVas Grandfather
1992
Storyville
as Clifford Fowler
Lincoln
as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Deceptions
as Clay (voice)
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
1991
Mark Twain and Me
as Mark Twain
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Narrator (voice)
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Armand Hammer
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
American Experience
TVas Narrator (voice)• 7 eps
1990
Quick Change
as Chief Rotzinger
The Civil War
TVas Ulysses S. Grant• 9 eps
1989
Dream a Little Dream
as Coleman Ettinger
Parenthood
as Frank Buckman
Black Rainbow
as Walter Travis
Reunion
as Henry Strauss
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
The Good Mother
as W. O. Muth
The Christmas Wife
as John Tanner
Inherit the Wind
as Harry Drummond
1987
1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
TVas Alvin Binder• 2 eps
1984
1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Charles Halloway
The Day After
as Dr. Russell Oakes
Max Dugan Returns
as Max Dugan
1982
Burden of Dreams
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
1981
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1980
Caboblanco
as Gunther Beckdorff
Haywire
as Leland Hayward
Raise the Titanic
as Admiral James Sandecker
Melvin and Howard
as Howard Hughes
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Host / Presenter• 1 eps
1979
Hurricane
as Capt. Charles Bruckner
1978
Comes a Horseman
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
1977
Julia
as Dashiell Hammett
1976
Addie and the King of Hearts
as James "Jamie" Mills
All the President's Men
as Ben Bradlee
The Spy Who Never Was
as Inspector Barkan
1975
The Easter Promise
as James "Jamie" Mills
A Boy and His Dog
as Lou Craddock
A Moon for the Misbegotten
as James Tyrone Jr.
1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure
as James "Jamie" Mills
Old Faithful
as Jason Robards
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Governor Wallace
1972
The House Without a Christmas Tree
as James "Jamie" Mills
The War Between Men and Women
as Stephen Kozlenko
Ghost Story
TVas Elliot Brent
1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Cesar Charron
Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Father
1970
Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as General Walter C. Short
Operation Snafu
as Sam Armstrong
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Cable Hogue
Fools
as Matthew South
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Cheyenne'
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Raymond Paine
Isadora
as Paris Singer
1967
Hour of the Gun
as Doc Holliday
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Al Capone
Divorce American Style
as Nelson Downes
1966
Noon Wine
as Royal Earle Thompson
Any Wednesday
as John Cleves
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Henry Drummond
The Face of Genius
as Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
TVas Self• 2 eps
ABC Stage 67
TVas Royal Earle Thompson
1965
A Thousand Clowns
as Murray
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
1963
Act One
as George S. Kaufman
1962
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Jamie Tyrone
Tender Is the Night
as Dick Diver
1961
By Love Possessed
as Julius Penrose
1959
1958
1955
Studio One
TVas Leonard O'Brien• 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
TVas Mason• 1 eps
The Alcoa Hour
TVas Bert Palmer
1953
General Electric Theater
TVas Col. Carter
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self