Jason Robards

Actor · 1922–2000 · Chicago

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.

Filmography

FILM · 125

The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story2026 · Earl Partridge (Magnolia archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer2017 · Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone2016 · Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film2006 · Self
Metallica: The Videos 1989-20042006 · Joe's Father (video "One")
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · Self (archive footage)
Going Home2000 · Charles Barton
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone2000 · Self (archive footage)
That Moment: Magnolia Diary2000 · Self
Magnolia1999 · Earl Partridge
My Best Fiend1999 · Self (archive footage)
Beloved1998 · Mr. Bodwin
Enemy of the State1998 · Congressman Phillip Hammersley
Heartwood1998 · Logan Reeser
The Real Macaw1998 · Grandpa Girdis
A Thousand Acres1997 · Larry Cook
Truman1997 · Narrator (voice)
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt1996 · Narrator
Crimson Tide1995 · Rear Admiral Anderson
Journey1995 · Marcus
My Antonia1995 · Josea Burden
The Great American West1995 · Narrator (voice)
The Paper1994 · Graham Keighley
Little Big League1994 · Thomas Heywood
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital1994 · Narrator
The Enemy Within1994 · General R. Pendleton Lloyd
The Adventures of Huck Finn1993 · The King
La Classe américaine1993 · The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
Philadelphia1993 · Charles Wheeler
Roots of Roe1993 · Anthony Comstock (voice)
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron1993 · Self
The Trial1993 · Doctor Huld
Deceptions1992 · Clay (voice)
Lincoln1992 · President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Storyville1992 · Clifford Fowler
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library1992 · Self - Narrator (voice)
When It Was a Game 21992 · Passage Narrator (voice)
Chernobyl: The Final Warning1991 · Dr. Armand Hammer
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio1991 · Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain and Me1991 · Mark Twain
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale1991 · Narrator (voice)
The Perfect Tribute1991 · President Abraham Lincoln
When It Was a Game1991
Quick Change1990 · Chief Rotzinger
Night of 100 Stars III1990 · Self
Black Rainbow1989 · Walter Travis
Parenthood1989 · Frank Buckman
Dream a Little Dream1989 · Coleman Ettinger
Reunion1989 · Henry Strauss
Thomas Hart Benton1989 · Narrator (voice)
Bright Lights, Big City1988 · Mr. Hardy
Inherit the Wind1988 · Harry Drummond
The Christmas Wife1988 · John Tanner
The Good Mother1988 · W. O. Muth
Square Dance1987 · Dillard
Breaking Home Ties1987 · Lloyd Wells
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · Self
Laguna Heat1987 · Wade Shephard
Johnny Bull1986 · Stephan Kovacs
Portrait: Werner Herzog1986 · Self (archive footage)
Empire City1985 · Self - Narrator (voice)
America and Lewis Hine1984 · Voice
Sakharov1984 · Andrei Sakharov
The World of Tomorrow1984 · Self / Narrator
You Can't Take it With You1984 · Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Max Dugan Returns1983 · Max Dugan
Something Wicked This Way Comes1983 · Charles Halloway
The Day After1983 · Dr. Russell Oakes
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History1983 · Self (host)
Burden of Dreams1982 · Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars1982 · Self
The Legend of the Lone Ranger1981 · President Ulysses S. Grant
Caboblanco1980 · Gunther Beckdorff
F.D.R.: The Last Year1980 · President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ghosts of Cape Horn1980 · Narrator
Haywire1980 · Leland Hayward
Melvin and Howard1980 · Howard Hughes
Raise the Titanic1980 · Admiral James Sandecker
A Plague on Our Children1979 · Narrator (voice)
Hurricane1979 · Capt. Charles Bruckner
A Christmas to Remember1978 · Daniel Larson
Comes a Horseman1978 · Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
FreeJulia1977 · Dashiell Hammett
Addie and the King of Hearts1976 · James "Jamie" Mills
All the President's Men1976 · Ben Bradlee
The Spy Who Never Was1976 · Inspector Barkan
A Moon for the Misbegotten1975 · James Tyrone Jr.
A Boy and His Dog1975 · Lou Craddock
Mr. Sycamore1975 · John Gwilt
The Easter Promise1975 · James "Jamie" Mills
The Country Girl1974 · Frank Elgin
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · Governor Wallace
Old Faithful1973 · Jason Robards
The Thanksgiving Treasure1973 · James "Jamie" Mills
The House Without a Christmas Tree1972 · James "Jamie" Mills
The War Between Men and Women1972 · Stephen Kozlenko
Johnny Got His Gun1971 · Joe's Father
Murders in the Rue Morgue1971 · Cesar Charron
The Ballad of Cable Hogue1970 · Cable Hogue
Fools1970 · Matthew South
FreeJulius Caesar1970 · Marcus Brutus
Operation Snafu1970 · Sam Armstrong
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · General Walter C. Short
Once Upon a Time in the West1968 · 'Cheyenne'
Isadora1968 · Paris Singer
The Night They Raided Minsky's1968 · Raymond Paine
Divorce American Style1967 · Nelson Downes
Hour of the Gun1967 · Doc Holliday
The Belle of 14th Street1967 · Performer
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre1967 · Al Capone
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1967 · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
A Big Hand for the Little Lady1966 · Henry Drummond
Any Wednesday1966 · John Cleves
Noon Wine1966 · Royal Earle Thompson
The Face of Genius1966 · Self - Narrator (voice)
A Thousand Clowns1965 · Murray
Abe Lincoln in Illinois1964 · Abraham Lincoln
Act One1963 · George S. Kaufman
Long Day's Journey Into Night1962 · Jamie Tyrone
Tender Is the Night1962 · Dick Diver
By Love Possessed1961 · Julius Penrose
The Bat1960 · Detective Anderson
A Doll's House1959 · Dr. Rank
For Whom the Bell Tolls1959 · Robert Jordan
The Journey1959 · Paul Kedes
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SERIES · 32

The West1996 · Self - Brigham Young
Baseball1994
Heidi1993 · Grandfather
An Inconvenient Woman1991 · Jules Mendelson
The Civil War1990 · Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
American Experience1988 · Narrator (voice)
The Last Frontier1986 · Ed Stenning
Screen Two1985 · Doctor Huld
The Atlanta Child Murders1985 · Alvin Binder
The Long Hot Summer1985 · Will Varner
Reading Rainbow1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Broadway on Showtime1979 · Erie Smith
The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · Self
The Magic of David Copperfield1978
Washington: Behind Closed Doors1977 · President Richard Monckton
Ghost Story1972 · Elliot Brent
Film '721971 · Self
ABC Stage 671966 · Royal Earle Thompson
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
The Danny Kaye Show1963 · Self
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries1960 · Detective Anderson
The Iceman Cometh1960 · Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
Play of the Week1959
Playhouse 901956 · Robert Jordan
The Alcoa Hour1955 · Bert Palmer
General Electric Theater1953 · Col. Carter
The Oscars1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · Dr. Rank, Marcus
What's My Line?1950 · Self - Mystery Guest
Studio One1948 · Frank Cameron, Prisoner
The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · Self
The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · Joe Grant, Mason
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