Jason Robards

Jason Robards

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.

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Known For

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 • as Self - Guest

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 • as Joe Grant

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 • as Mason

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 • as Self

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950 • as Self - Mystery Guest

American Experience

American Experience

1988 • as Narrator (voice)

Filmography

2017

Arthur Miller: Writer
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/8/2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/4/2017

2016

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/4/2016

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/1/2014

2006

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
as Joe's Father (video "One")
Movie - Released: 12/4/2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/27/2006

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/25/2004

2000

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000
Going Home
Going Home
as Charles Barton
Movie - Released: 3/12/2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

1999

Magnolia
Magnolia
as Earl Partridge
Movie - Released: 12/17/1999
My Best Fiend
My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/17/1999

1998

The Real Macaw
The Real Macaw
as Grandpa Girdis
Movie - Released: 9/24/1998
Heartwood
Heartwood
as Logan Reeser
Movie - Released: 4/19/1998
Beloved
Beloved
as Mr. Bodwin
Movie - Released: 10/16/1998
Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/20/1998

1997

A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
as Larry Cook
Movie - Released: 9/19/1997
Movie
Truman
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/5/1997

1996

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 10/6/1996
The West
The West
as Self - Brigham Young
TV - Released: 9/15/1996

1995

Movie
The Great American West
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
My Antonia
My Antonia
as Josea Burden
Movie - Released: 3/29/1995
Journey
Journey
as Marcus
Movie - Released: 12/10/1995
Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 5/12/1995

1994

The Paper
The Paper
as Graham Keighley
Movie - Released: 3/18/1994
The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within
as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Movie - Released: 8/24/1994
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994
Little Big League
Little Big League
as Thomas Heywood
Movie - Released: 6/29/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as The King
Movie - Released: 4/2/1993
The Trial
The Trial
as Doctor Huld
Movie - Released: 6/18/1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/29/1993
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
as Charles Wheeler
Movie - Released: 12/22/1993
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/31/1993
Heidi
Heidi
as Großvater
Movie - Released: 7/18/1993
Heidi
Heidi
as Grandfather
TV - Released: 7/18/1993

1992

Storyville
Storyville
as Clifford Fowler
Movie - Released: 8/26/1992
Deceptions
Deceptions
as Clay (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
Movie
Lincoln
as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/26/1992
Movie
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/1/1992
When It Was a Game 2
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/13/1992

1991

Mark Twain and Me
Mark Twain and Me
as Mark Twain
Movie - Released: 11/22/1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/1/1991
The Perfect Tribute
The Perfect Tribute
as President Abraham Lincoln
Movie - Released: 4/21/1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Armand Hammer
Movie - Released: 4/22/1991
Movie
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/14/1991
When It Was a Game
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/8/1991
An Inconvenient Woman
An Inconvenient Woman
as Jules Mendelson
TV - Released: 5/12/1991

1990

Quick Change
Quick Change
as Chief Rotzinger
Movie - Released: 7/13/1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/21/1990
The Civil War
The Civil War
as Ulysses S. Grant
TV - Released: 9/23/1990

1989

Parenthood
Parenthood
as Frank Buckman
Movie - Released: 7/31/1989
Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream
as Coleman Ettinger
Movie - Released: 3/3/1989
Black Rainbow
Black Rainbow
as Walter Travis
Movie - Released: 12/5/1989
Reunion
Reunion
as Henry Strauss
Movie - Released: 5/17/1989
Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/31/1989

1988

Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/1/1988
The Good Mother
The Good Mother
as W. O. Muth
Movie - Released: 11/4/1988
The Christmas Wife
The Christmas Wife
as John Tanner
Movie - Released: 12/12/1988
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
as Harry Drummond
Movie - Released: 3/20/1988
American Experience
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

Square Dance
Square Dance
as Dillard
Movie - Released: 3/1/1987
Laguna Heat
Laguna Heat
as Wade Shephard
Movie - Released: 11/15/1987
Breaking Home Ties
Breaking Home Ties
as Lloyd Wells
Movie - Released: 11/26/1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/18/1987

1986

Portrait: Werner Herzog
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/27/1986
Johnny Bull
Johnny Bull
as Stephan Kovacs
Movie - Released: 5/19/1986
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier
as Ed Stenning
TV - Released: 10/5/1986

1985

Empire City
Empire City
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/1/1985
The Long Hot Summer
The Long Hot Summer
as Will Varner
TV - Released: 10/6/1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Alvin Binder
TV - Released: 2/10/1985

1984

You Can't Take it With You
You Can't Take it With You
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Movie - Released: 11/21/1984
Movie
America and Lewis Hine
as Voice
Movie - Released: 9/29/1984
Sakharov
Sakharov
as Andrei Sakharov
Movie - Released: 6/20/1984
The World of Tomorrow
The World of Tomorrow
as Self / Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/31/1984

1983

Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan Returns
as Max Dugan
Movie - Released: 3/25/1983
The Day After
The Day After
as Dr. Russell Oakes
Movie - Released: 11/20/1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Charles Halloway
Movie - Released: 4/29/1983
Movie
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 10/10/1983
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 6/6/1983

1982

Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/1/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/8/1982

1981

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Movie - Released: 8/6/1981

1980

Caboblanco
Caboblanco
as Gunther Beckdorff
Movie - Released: 1/23/1980
Raise the Titanic
Raise the Titanic
as Admiral James Sandecker
Movie - Released: 8/1/1980
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard
as Howard Hughes
Movie - Released: 9/19/1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Movie - Released: 5/15/1980
Haywire
Haywire
as Leland Hayward
Movie - Released: 5/14/1980

1979

Hurricane
Hurricane
as Capt. Charles Bruckner
Movie - Released: 4/12/1979
Broadway on Showtime
Broadway on Showtime
as Erie Smith
TV - Released: 5/4/1979

1978

Comes a Horseman
Comes a Horseman
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
Movie - Released: 10/25/1978
A Christmas to Remember
A Christmas to Remember
as Daniel Larson
Movie - Released: 12/22/1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/28/1978
The Magic of David Copperfield
The Magic of David Copperfield
TV - Released: 10/27/1978

1977

Julia
Julia
as Dashiell Hammett
Movie - Released: 10/1/1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as President Richard Monckton
TV - Released: 9/6/1977

1976

All the President's Men
All the President's Men
as Ben Bradlee
Movie - Released: 4/9/1976
Addie and the King of Hearts
Addie and the King of Hearts
as James "Jamie" Mills
Movie - Released: 2/25/1976
The Spy Who Never Was
The Spy Who Never Was
as Inspector Barkan
Movie - Released: 6/1/1976

1975

A Boy and His Dog
A Boy and His Dog
as Lou Craddock
Movie - Released: 3/23/1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten
A Moon for the Misbegotten
as James Tyrone Jr.
Movie - Released: 5/27/1975
Mr. Sycamore
Mr. Sycamore
as John Gwilt
Movie - Released: 12/12/1975
The Easter Promise
The Easter Promise
as James "Jamie" Mills
Movie - Released: 3/26/1975

1974

The Country Girl
The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
Movie - Released: 2/5/1974

1973

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Governor Wallace
Movie - Released: 5/23/1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure
The Thanksgiving Treasure
as James "Jamie" Mills
Movie - Released: 11/18/1973
Old Faithful
Old Faithful
as Himself
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973

1972

The House Without a Christmas Tree
The House Without a Christmas Tree
as James "Jamie" Mills
Movie - Released: 12/3/1972
The War Between Men and Women
The War Between Men and Women
as Stephen Kozlenko
Movie - Released: 6/1/1972
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
as Elliot Brent
TV - Released: 9/15/1972

1971

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Cesar Charron
Movie - Released: 7/21/1971
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Father
Movie - Released: 8/4/1971

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as General Walter C. Short
Movie - Released: 1/26/1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Cable Hogue
Movie - Released: 3/18/1970
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
Movie - Released: 6/4/1970
Fools
Fools
as Matthew South
Movie - Released: 12/23/1970
Operation Snafu
Operation Snafu
as Sam Armstrong
Movie - Released: 3/3/1970

1968

Isadora
Isadora
as Paris Singer
Movie - Released: 9/14/1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Raymond Paine
Movie - Released: 12/22/1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Cheyenne'
Movie - Released: 12/21/1968
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/6/1968

1967

Hour of the Gun
Hour of the Gun
as Doc Holliday
Movie - Released: 11/1/1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Al Capone
Movie - Released: 6/30/1967
Divorce American Style
Divorce American Style
as Nelson Downes
Movie - Released: 6/21/1967
The Belle of 14th Street
The Belle of 14th Street
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/11/1967
Movie
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Movie - Released: 1/1/1967

1966

Any Wednesday
Any Wednesday
as John Cleves
Movie - Released: 10/13/1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Henry Drummond
Movie - Released: 6/8/1966
Noon Wine
Noon Wine
as Royal Earle Thompson
Movie - Released: 11/23/1966
The Face of Genius
The Face of Genius
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/21/1966
ABC Stage 67
ABC Stage 67
as Royal Earle Thompson
TV - Released: 9/14/1966

1965

A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns
as Murray
Movie - Released: 12/13/1965

1964

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abraham Lincoln
Movie - Released: 2/2/1964

1963

Act One
Act One
as George S. Kaufman
Movie - Released: 12/26/1963
TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV - Released: 10/4/1963
The Danny Kaye Show
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/25/1963

1962

Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Jamie Tyrone
Movie - Released: 10/9/1962
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night
as Dick Diver
Movie - Released: 1/19/1962

1961

By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed
as Julius Penrose
Movie - Released: 7/19/1961

1960

The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
Movie - Released: 11/14/1960
The Bat
The Bat
as Detective Anderson
Movie - Released: 3/29/1960

1959

For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
Movie - Released: 3/12/1959
The Journey
The Journey
as Paul Kedes
Movie - Released: 2/11/1959
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
as Dr. Rank
Movie - Released: 11/15/1959
Play of the Week
Play of the Week
TV - Released: 10/12/1959

1956

Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
as Robert Jordan
TV - Released: 10/4/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1955

The Alcoa Hour
The Alcoa Hour
as Bert Palmer
TV - Released: 10/16/1955

1953

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Col. Carter
TV - Released: 2/1/1953
The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1952

Omnibus
Omnibus
TV - Released: 11/9/1952

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Rank
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Marcus
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Abe Lincoln
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Frank Elgin
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1950

What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1948

Studio One
Studio One
as Frank Cameron
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Joe Grant
TV - Released: 10/3/1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948
Studio One
Studio One
as Prisoner
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
Studio One
Studio One
as Walter Osgood
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
Studio One
Studio One
as Leonard O'Brien
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Mason
TV - Released: 10/3/1948