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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.

Born

Jul 26, 1922

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died

Dec 26, 2000

Known For

Acting

Movies

125 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.6

movie

Known For

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

as 'Cheyenne'
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999

as Earl Partridge
Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

1995

as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

1998

as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
Philadelphia

Philadelphia

1993

as Charles Wheeler
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976

as Ben Bradlee
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as General Walter C. Short
Parenthood

Parenthood

1989

as Frank Buckman
Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

as Joe's Father
Beloved

Beloved

1998

as Mr. Bodwin
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 • as 'Cheyenne'
★ 8.3
Magnolia
Magnolia
1999 • as Earl Partridge
★ 7.7
Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
1995 • as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State
1998 • as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
1993 • as Charles Wheeler
★ 7.7
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
1976 • as Ben Bradlee
★ 7.7
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 • as General Walter C. Short
★ 7.2
Parenthood
Parenthood
1989 • as Frank Buckman
★ 6.7
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 • as Joe's Father
★ 7.5
Beloved
Beloved
1998 • as Mr. Bodwin
★ 5.8
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 • as Governor Wallace
★ 7.2
The Paper
The Paper
1994 • as Graham Keighley
★ 6.6
The Day After
The Day After
1983 • as Dr. Russell Oakes
★ 6.8
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
1970 • as Marcus Brutus
★ 5.9
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 • as Cable Hogue
★ 7.0
Quick Change
Quick Change
1990 • as Chief Rotzinger
★ 6.7
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan Returns
1983 • as Max Dugan
★ 6.6
Hour of the Gun
Hour of the Gun
1967 • as Doc Holliday
★ 6.5
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 • as Charles Halloway
★ 6.4
A Boy and His Dog
A Boy and His Dog
1975 • as Lou Craddock
★ 6.3
Reunion
Reunion
1989 • as Henry Strauss
★ 6.7
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
1988 • as Harry Drummond
★ 7.7
Julia
Julia
1977 • as Dashiell Hammett
★ 6.5
Little Big League
Little Big League
1994 • as Thomas Heywood
★ 6.0
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000 • as Self
★ 7.7
Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream
1989 • as Coleman Ettinger
★ 5.8
Raise the Titanic
Raise the Titanic
1980 • as Admiral James Sandecker
★ 5.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 • as Al Capone
★ 6.3
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • as Self
★ 6.8
My Best Fiend
My Best Fiend
1999 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
1997 • as Larry Cook
★ 5.7
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993 • as The King
★ 6.2
The Journey
The Journey
1959 • as Paul Kedes
★ 6.3
Heartwood
Heartwood
1998 • as Logan Reeser
★ 3.8
The Trial
The Trial
1993 • as Doctor Huld
★ 6.0
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard
1980 • as Howard Hughes
★ 6.5
Comes a Horseman
Comes a Horseman
1978 • as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
★ 6.1
Caboblanco
Caboblanco
1980 • as Gunther Beckdorff
★ 5.3
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • as Self
★ 6.0
Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 • as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 • as Self
★ 4.0
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 • as President Ulysses S. Grant
★ 5.0
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966 • as Henry Drummond
★ 7.1
The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within
1994 • as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
★ 5.8
Hurricane
Hurricane
1979 • as Capt. Charles Bruckner
★ 4.8
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine
1993 • as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
★ 7.6
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night
1962 • as Dick Diver
★ 5.7
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 • as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
★ 7.4
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971 • as Cesar Charron
★ 5.1
Any Wednesday
Any Wednesday
1966 • as John Cleves
★ 6.1
Laguna Heat
Laguna Heat
1987 • as Wade Shephard
★ 4.3
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1962 • as Jamie Tyrone
★ 7.0
Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
1982 • as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
★ 7.6
The Good Mother
The Good Mother
1988 • as W. O. Muth
★ 5.7
Isadora
Isadora
1968 • as Paris Singer
★ 6.2
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006 • as Self
Square Dance
Square Dance
1987 • as Dillard
★ 4.7
Arthur Miller: Writer
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
The War Between Men and Women
The War Between Men and Women
1972 • as Stephen Kozlenko
★ 6.4
movie
Lincoln
1992 • as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
★ 7.3
Divorce American Style
Divorce American Style
1967 • as Nelson Downes
★ 5.8
Black Rainbow
Black Rainbow
1989 • as Walter Travis
★ 5.8
Haywire
Haywire
1980 • as Leland Hayward
★ 6.7
By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed
1961 • as Julius Penrose
★ 5.3
The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968 • as Raymond Paine
★ 5.7
When It Was a Game 2
When It Was a Game 2
1992 • as Passage Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
F.D.R.: The Last Year
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 • as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
★ 6.9
The Bat
The Bat
1960 • as Detective Anderson
★ 5.0
The Perfect Tribute
The Perfect Tribute
1991 • as President Abraham Lincoln
★ 6.5
Journey
Journey
1995 • as Marcus
★ 6.2
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 • as Self
★ 7.1
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.1
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns
1965 • as Murray
★ 6.9
Storyville
Storyville
1992 • as Clifford Fowler
★ 5.3
Fools
Fools
1970 • as Matthew South
★ 3.3
The Real Macaw
The Real Macaw
1998 • as Grandpa Girdis
★ 6.0
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.6
Act One
Act One
1963 • as George S. Kaufman
★ 6.3
Sakharov
Sakharov
1984 • as Andrei Sakharov
★ 7.5
Heidi
Heidi
1993 • as Großvater
★ 6.0
Old Faithful
Old Faithful
1973 • as Jason Robards
The Country Girl
The Country Girl
1974 • as Frank Elgin
★ 10.0
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
1960 • as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
★ 7.4
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
1959 • as Dr. Rank
★ 10.0
Breaking Home Ties
Breaking Home Ties
1987 • as Lloyd Wells
★ 7.3
Johnny Bull
Johnny Bull
1986 • as Stephan Kovacs
★ 5.5
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991 • as Dr. Armand Hammer
★ 5.8
Operation Snafu
Operation Snafu
1970 • as Sam Armstrong
★ 6.7
When It Was a Game
When It Was a Game
1991 • as (voice)
★ 10.0
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959 • as Robert Jordan
movie
Truman
1997 • as Narrator (voice)
Going Home
Going Home
2000 • as Charles Barton
★ 6.5
My Antonia
My Antonia
1995 • as Josea Burden
★ 7.3
The Belle of 14th Street
The Belle of 14th Street
1967 • as Performer
★ 7.0
The Easter Promise
The Easter Promise
1975 • as James "Jamie" Mills
★ 7.3
Empire City
Empire City
1985 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
movie
America and Lewis Hine
1984 • as Voice
★ 6.2
Mark Twain and Me
Mark Twain and Me
1991 • as Mark Twain
★ 7.6
The World of Tomorrow
The World of Tomorrow
1984 • as Self / Narrator
★ 5.5
A Moon for the Misbegotten
A Moon for the Misbegotten
1975 • as James Tyrone Jr.
★ 6.5
Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton
1989 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.8
Deceptions
Deceptions
1992 • as Clay (voice)
★ 9.0
Addie and the King of Hearts
Addie and the King of Hearts
1976 • as James "Jamie" Mills
★ 7.7
Noon Wine
Noon Wine
1966 • as Royal Earle Thompson
★ 7.0
The Spy Who Never Was
The Spy Who Never Was
1976 • as Inspector Barkan
★ 8.0
The Christmas Wife
The Christmas Wife
1988 • as John Tanner
★ 5.0
A Christmas to Remember
A Christmas to Remember
1978 • as Daniel Larson
★ 7.5
Mr. Sycamore
Mr. Sycamore
1975 • as John Gwilt
★ 7.3
The Thanksgiving Treasure
The Thanksgiving Treasure
1973 • as James "Jamie" Mills
★ 7.8
You Can't Take it With You
You Can't Take it With You
1984 • as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1964 • as Abraham Lincoln
★ 8.7
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier
1986 • as Ed Stenning
movie
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
1992 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
movie
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History
1983 • as Self - Host
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
1996 • as Narrator
★ 9.0
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
2006 • as Joe's Father (video "One")
★ 7.7
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
1991 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
The House Without a Christmas Tree
The House Without a Christmas Tree
1972 • as James "Jamie" Mills
★ 6.7
movie
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1967 • as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
movie
The Great American West
1995 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
The Face of Genius
The Face of Genius
1966 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Ghosts of Cape Horn
1980 • as Narrator
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
1994 • as Narrator