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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Robards, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1922-07-26 |
| Died | 2000-12-26 |
Movies
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
as Self (archive footage)
2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
2016
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
as Joe's Father (video "One")
2006
2006
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Going Home
as Charles Barton
2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as Self
2000
Magnolia
as Earl Partridge
1999
My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Enemy of the State
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1998
Beloved
as Mr. Bodwin
1998
The Real Macaw
as Grandpa Girdis
1998
Heartwood
as Logan Reeser
1998
Truman
as Narrator (voice)
1997
A Thousand Acres
as Larry Cook
1997
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
as Narrator
1996
Journey
as Marcus
1995
Crimson Tide
as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995
My Antonia
as Josea Burden
1995
The Great American West
as Narrator (voice)
1995
The Enemy Within
as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994
Little Big League
as Thomas Heywood
1994
The Paper
as Graham Keighley
1994
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
as Narrator
1994
La Classe américaine
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
1993
Philadelphia
as Charles Wheeler
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
1993
The Trial
as Doctor Huld
1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as The King
1993
Lincoln
as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1992
1992
Storyville
as Clifford Fowler
1992
Deceptions
as Clay (voice)
1992
Mark Twain and Me
as Mark Twain
1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Armand Hammer
1991
The Perfect Tribute
as President Abraham Lincoln
1991
Quick Change
as Chief Rotzinger
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Black Rainbow
as Walter Travis
1989
Thomas Hart Benton
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Parenthood
as Frank Buckman
1989
Reunion
as Henry Strauss
1989
Dream a Little Dream
as Coleman Ettinger
1989
The Christmas Wife
as John Tanner
1988
The Good Mother
as W. O. Muth
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
1988
Inherit the Wind
as Harry Drummond
1988
Breaking Home Ties
as Lloyd Wells
1987
Laguna Heat
as Wade Shephard
1987
Square Dance
as Dillard
1987
Johnny Bull
as Stephan Kovacs
1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Empire City
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1985
The World of Tomorrow
as Self / Narrator
1984
You Can't Take it With You
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
1984
America and Lewis Hine
as Voice
1984
Sakharov
as Andrei Sakharov
1984
The Day After
as Dr. Russell Oakes
1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Charles Halloway
1983
Max Dugan Returns
as Max Dugan
1983
Burden of Dreams
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1981
Melvin and Howard
as Howard Hughes
1980
Raise the Titanic
as Admiral James Sandecker
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1980
Haywire
as Leland Hayward
1980
Cabo Blanco
as Gunther Beckdorff
1980
Hurricane
as Capt. Charles Bruckner
1979
A Christmas to Remember
as Daniel Larson
1978
Comes a Horseman
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
1978
Julia
as Dashiell Hammett
1977
The Spy Who Never Was
as Inspector Barkan
1976
All the President's Men
as Ben Bradlee
1976
Addie and the King of Hearts
as James "Jamie" Mills
1976
Mr. Sycamore
as John Gwilt
1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten
as James Tyrone Jr.
1975
The Easter Promise
as James "Jamie" Mills
1975
A Boy and His Dog
as Lou Craddock
1975
The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
1974
The Thanksgiving Treasure
as James "Jamie" Mills
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Governor Wallace
1973
Old Faithful
as Himself
1973
The House Without a Christmas Tree
as James "Jamie" Mills
1972
The War Between Men and Women
as Stephen Kozlenko
1972
Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Father
1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Cesar Charron
1971
Fools
as Matthew South
1970
Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Cable Hogue
1970
Operation Snafu
as Sam Armstrong
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Lt. General Walter C. Short
1970
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Raymond Paine
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Cheyenne'
1968
Isadora
as Paris Singer
1968
Hour of the Gun
as Doc Holliday
1967
The Belle of 14th Street
as Self
1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Al Capone
1967
Divorce American Style
as Nelson Downes
1967
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1967
Noon Wine
as Royal Earle Thompson
1966
Any Wednesday
as John Cleves
1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Henry Drummond
1966
The Face of Genius
as Narrator (voice)
1966
A Thousand Clowns
as Murray
1965
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abraham Lincoln
1964
Act One
as George S. Kaufman
1963
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Jamie Tyrone
1962
Tender Is the Night
as Dick Diver
1962
By Love Possessed
as Julius Penrose
1961
The Iceman Cometh
as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
1960
The Bat
as Detective Anderson
1960
A Doll's House
as Dr. Rank
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
1959
The Journey
as Paul Kedes
1959
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