Portrait of Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Acting

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.

Born: July 26, 1922

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2017
Arthur Miller: Writer

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

as Joe's Father (video "One")

2000
Going Home

as Charles Barton

2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

as Self (archive footage)

1999
Magnolia

as Earl Partridge

1999
My Best Fiend

as Self (archive footage)

1998
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

1997
A Thousand Acres

as Larry Cook

1996
The West

as Self - Brigham Young

1995
Journey

as Marcus

1995
Crimson Tide

as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

1995
My Antonia

as Josea Burden

1994
Baseball

as (voice)

1994
The Enemy Within

as General R. Pendleton Lloyd

1994
Little Big League

as Thomas Heywood

1994
The Paper

as Graham Keighley

1993
La Classe américaine

as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

1993
Philadelphia

as Charles Wheeler

1993
Heidi

as Grandfather

1993
Heidi

as Großvater

1993
The Trial

as Doctor Huld

1992
Storyville

as Clifford Fowler

1992
When It Was a Game 2

as Passage Narrator (voice)

1992
Deceptions

as Clay (voice)

1991
Mark Twain and Me

as Mark Twain

1991
1991
An Inconvenient Woman

as Jules Mendelson

1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning

as Dr. Armand Hammer

1991
The Perfect Tribute

as President Abraham Lincoln

1990
The Civil War

as Ulysses S. Grant

1990
Quick Change

as Chief Rotzinger

1989
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

1988
The Christmas Wife

as John Tanner

1988
The Good Mother

as W. O. Muth

1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

1988
Bright Lights, Big City

as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)

1988
Inherit the Wind

as Harry Drummond

1987
Breaking Home Ties

as Lloyd Wells

1987
Laguna Heat

as Wade Shephard

1987
Square Dance

as Dillard

1986
The Last Frontier

as Ed Stenning

1986
Johnny Bull

as Stephan Kovacs

1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog

as Self (archive footage)

1985
The Long Hot Summer

as Will Varner

1985
Empire City

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1985
1985
Screen Two

as Doctor Huld

1984
The World of Tomorrow

as Self / Narrator

1984
You Can't Take it With You

as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

1984
Sakharov

as Andrei Sakharov

1983
The Day After

as Dr. Russell Oakes

1983
Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1983
1983
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
Melvin and Howard

as Howard Hughes

1980
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
Caboblanco

as Gunther Beckdorff

1979
1979
Hurricane

as Capt. Charles Bruckner

1978
A Christmas to Remember

as Daniel Larson

1978
Comes a Horseman

as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

1977
Julia

as Dashiell Hammett

1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors

as President Richard Monckton

1976
The Spy Who Never Was

as Inspector Barkan

1976
1976
Addie and the King of Hearts

as James "Jamie" Mills

1975
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

1974
The Country Girl

as Frank Elgin

1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure

as James "Jamie" Mills

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Governor Wallace

1973
Old Faithful

as Jason Robards

1972
1972
Ghost Story

as Elliot Brent

1972
1971
Johnny Got His Gun

as Joe's Father

1971
1970
Fools

as Matthew South

1970
Julius Caesar

as Marcus Brutus

1970
1970
Operation Snafu

as Sam Armstrong

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as General Walter C. Short

1968
1968
Isadora

as Paris Singer

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
Hour of the Gun

as Doc Holliday

1967
1967
Divorce American Style

as Nelson Downes

1966
Noon Wine

as Royal Earle Thompson

1966
Any Wednesday

as John Cleves

1966
ABC Stage 67

as Royal Earle Thompson

1966
1966
The Face of Genius

as Narrator (voice)

1965
1964
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Abraham Lincoln

1963
Act One

as George S. Kaufman

1962
Tender Is the Night

as Dick Diver

1961
By Love Possessed

as Julius Penrose

1960
The Iceman Cometh

as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

1960
The Bat

as Detective Anderson

1959
A Doll's House

as Dr. Rank

1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Robert Jordan

1959
The Journey

as Paul Kedes

1956
Playhouse 90

as Robert Jordan

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
The Alcoa Hour

as Bert Palmer

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1953
1951
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Abe Lincoln

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Frank Elgin

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1948
Studio One

as Frank Cameron

1948
Studio One

as Prisoner

1948
Studio One

as Walter Osgood

1948
Studio One

as Leonard O'Brien