Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Acting

Born July 26, 1922 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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…

Known for

American Experience

American Experience

1988

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950

Studio One

Studio One

1948

Studio One

Studio One

1948

Studio One

Studio One

1948

Acting(160)

2017Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)

2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage)

2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One")

2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelf

2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)

2000Going HomeCharles Barton

2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)

2000That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelf

1999MagnoliaEarl Partridge

1999My Best FiendSelf (archive footage)

1998Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

1998BelovedMr. Bodwin

1998The Real MacawGrandpa Girdis

1998HeartwoodLogan Reeser

1997TrumanNarrator (voice)

1997A Thousand AcresLarry Cook

1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltNarrator

1996The WestSelf - Brigham Young

1995JourneyMarcus

1995Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

1995My AntoniaJosea Burden

1995The Great American WestNarrator (voice)

1994Baseball(voice)

1994The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd

1994Little Big LeagueThomas Heywood

1994The PaperGraham Keighley

1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalNarrator

1993La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)

1993PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler

1993HeidiGroßvater

1993HeidiGrandfather

1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf

1993The TrialDoctor Huld

1993The Adventures of Huck FinnThe King

1992LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)

1992The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public LibrarySelf - Narrator (voice)

1992StoryvilleClifford Fowler

1992When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)

1992DeceptionsClay (voice)

1991Mark Twain and MeMark Twain

1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice)

1991Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice)

1991When It Was a Game(voice)

1991An Inconvenient WomanJules Mendelson

1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand Hammer

1991The Perfect TributePresident Abraham Lincoln

1990The Civil WarUlysses S. Grant (voice)

1990Quick ChangeChief Rotzinger

1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf

1989Black RainbowWalter Travis

1989Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)

1989ParenthoodFrank Buckman

1989ReunionHenry Strauss

1989Dream a Little DreamColeman Ettinger

1988The Christmas WifeJohn Tanner

1988The Good MotherW. O. Muth

1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)

1988Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited)

1988Inherit the WindHarry Drummond

1987Breaking Home TiesLloyd Wells

1987Laguna HeatWade Shephard

1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf

1987Square DanceDillard

1986The Last FrontierEd Stenning

1986The Last FrontierEd Stenning

1986Johnny BullStephan Kovacs

1986Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage)

1985The Long Hot SummerWill Varner

1985Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice)

1985The Atlanta Child MurdersAlvin Binder

1985Screen TwoDoctor Huld

1984The World of TomorrowSelf / Narrator

1984You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin Vanderhof

1984America and Lewis HineVoice

1984SakharovAndrei Sakharov

1983The Day AfterDr. Russell Oakes

1983The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in HistorySelf - Host

1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)

1983Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles Halloway

1983Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan

1982Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)

1982Night of 100 StarsSelf

1981The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. Grant

1980Melvin and HowardHoward Hughes

1980Ghosts of Cape HornNarrator

1980Raise the TitanicAdmiral James Sandecker

1980F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt

1980HaywireLeland Hayward

1980CaboblancoGunther Beckdorff

1979Broadway on ShowtimeErie Smith

1979HurricaneCapt. Charles Bruckner

1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf

1978A Christmas to RememberDaniel Larson

1978The Magic of David Copperfield

1978Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' Ewing

1977JuliaDashiell Hammett

1977Washington: Behind Closed DoorsPresident Richard Monckton

1976The Spy Who Never WasInspector Barkan

1976All the President's MenBen Bradlee

1976Addie and the King of HeartsJames "Jamie" Mills

1975Mr. SycamoreJohn Gwilt

1975A Moon for the MisbegottenJames Tyrone Jr.

1975The Easter PromiseJames "Jamie" Mills

1975A Boy and His DogLou Craddock

1974The Country GirlFrank Elgin

1973The Thanksgiving TreasureJames "Jamie" Mills

1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidGovernor Wallace

1973Old FaithfulJason Robards

1972The House Without a Christmas TreeJames "Jamie" Mills

1972Ghost StoryElliot Brent

1972The War Between Men and WomenStephen Kozlenko

1971Film '72Self

1971Johnny Got His GunJoe's Father

1971Murders in the Rue MorgueCesar Charron

1970FoolsMatthew South

1970Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus

1970The Ballad of Cable HogueCable Hogue

1970Operation SnafuSam Armstrong

1970Tora! Tora! Tora!General Walter C. Short

1968The Night They Raided Minsky'sRaymond Paine

1968Once Upon a Time in the West'Cheyenne'

1968IsadoraParis Singer

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1967Hour of the GunDoc Holliday

1967The Belle of 14th StreetPerformer

1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacreAl Capone

1967Divorce American StyleNelson Downes

1967The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

1966Noon WineRoyal Earle Thompson

1966Any WednesdayJohn Cleves

1966ABC Stage 67Royal Earle Thompson

1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyHenry Drummond

1966The Face of GeniusSelf - Narrator (voice)

1965A Thousand ClownsMurray

1964Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbraham Lincoln

1963Act OneGeorge S. Kaufman

1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf

1962Long Day's Journey Into NightJamie Tyrone

1962Tender Is the NightDick Diver

1961By Love PossessedJulius Penrose

1960The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman

1960The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman

1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesDetective Anderson

1960The BatDetective Anderson

1959A Doll's HouseDr. Rank

1959Play of the Week

1959For Whom the Bell TollsRobert Jordan

1959The JourneyPaul Kedes

1956Playhouse 90Robert Jordan

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host

1955The Alcoa HourBert Palmer

1953The OscarsSelf

1953General Electric TheaterCol. Carter

1951Hallmark Hall of FameDr. Rank

1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest

1948Studio OneFrank Cameron

1948The Philco Television PlayhouseJoe Grant

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf

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