Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor on stage and in film and television and a winner of the Tony Award (theatre), two Academy Awards (film) and the Emmy Award (television). He was also a United States Navy combat veteran of World War II. He became famous playing works of Eugene O'Neill, an American playwright, and regularly performed in O'Neill's works throughout his career. Robards was cast in both common-man roles and as well-known historical figures. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Robards, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
- Born:
- Jul 26, 1922 In Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 107
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Philco Television Playhouse 1948-10-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie Sakharov 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Sakharov | Andrei Sakharov | 2025 |
| Movie | Arthur Miller: Writer | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Ben Bradlee (archive footage) | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
| Movie | That Moment: Magnolia Diary | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Going Home | Charles Barton | 2000-03-12 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone | Self (archive footage) | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | My Best Fiend | Self (archive footage) | 1999-05-17 |
| Movie | Magnolia | Earl Partridge | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | Heartwood | Logan Reeser | 1998-04-19 |
| Movie | The Real Macaw | Grandpa Girdis | 1998-09-24 |
| Movie | Beloved | Mr. Bodwin | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | Enemy of the State | Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | A Thousand Acres | Larry Cook | 1997-09-19 |
| Series | The West | 1996-09-15 | |
| Movie | The Great American West | Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | My Antonia | Josea Burden | 1995-03-29 |
| Movie | Journey | Marcus | 1995-12-10 |
| Movie | Crimson Tide | Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited) | 1995-05-12 |
| Movie | The Paper | Graham Keighley | 1994-03-18 |
| Movie | Little Big League | Thomas Heywood | 1994-06-29 |
| Movie | The Enemy Within | General R. Pendleton Lloyd | 1994-08-24 |
| Series | Baseball | John McGraw / Kenesaw Mountain Landis / Harry Frazee (voice) | 1994-09-18 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Huck Finn | The King | 1993-04-02 |
| Movie | The Trial | Doctor Huld | 1993-06-18 |
| Movie | Philadelphia | Charles Wheeler | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self | 1993-06-29 |
| Movie | La Classe américaine | The Newspaper Director (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
| Movie | Storyville | Clifford Fowler | 1992-08-26 |
| Movie | Lincoln | President Abraham Lincoln (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
| Movie | The Perfect Tribute | President Abraham Lincoln | 1991-04-21 |
| Series | An Inconvenient Woman | Jules Mendelson | 1991-05-12 |
| Movie | Mark Twain and Me | Mark Twain | 1991-11-22 |
| Movie | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | Narrator (voice) | 1991-10-01 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
| Movie | Quick Change | Chief Rotzinger | 1990-07-13 |
| Movie | The Civil War | Ulysses S. Grant | 1990-09-23 |
| Movie | Dream a Little Dream | Coleman Ettinger | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Reunion | Henry Strauss | 1989-05-17 |
| Movie | Thomas Hart Benton | Narrator (voice) | 1989-10-31 |
| Movie | Parenthood | Frank Buckman | 1989-07-31 |
| Movie | Black Rainbow | Walter Travis | 1989-12-05 |
| Movie | Bright Lights, Big City | Mr. Hardy (uncredited) | 1988-04-01 |
| Movie | Inherit the Wind | Harry Drummond | 1988-03-20 |
| Movie | The Good Mother | W. O. Muth | 1988-11-04 |
| Movie | The Christmas Wife | John Tanner | 1988-12-12 |
| Movie | Square Dance | Dillard | 1987-03-01 |
| Movie | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Self (archive footage) | 1986-03-27 |
| Movie | The Last Frontier | Ed Stenning | 1986-10-05 |
| Series | The Atlanta Child Murders | Alvin Binder | 1985-02-10 |
| Series | The Long Hot Summer | Will Varner | 1985-10-06 |
| Movie | Hughie | Erie Smith | 1984-01-02 |
| Movie | America and Lewis Hine | Voice | 1984-09-29 |
| Movie | Max Dugan Returns | Max Dugan | 1983-03-25 |
| Movie | The Day After | Dr. Russell Oakes | 1983-11-20 |
| Movie | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Charles Halloway | 1983-04-29 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Burden of Dreams | Fitzcarraldo (archive footage) | 1982-10-01 |
| Movie | The Legend of the Lone Ranger | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1981-08-06 |
| Movie | Haywire | Leland Hayward | 1980-05-14 |
| Movie | Cabo Blanco | Gunther Beckdorff | 1980-03-13 |
| Movie | Raise the Titanic | Admiral James Sandecker | 1980-08-01 |
| Movie | Melvin and Howard | Howard Hughes | 1980-09-19 |
| Movie | F.D.R.: The Last Year | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1980-05-15 |
| Movie | Hurricane | Capt. Charles Bruckner | 1979-04-12 |
| Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
| Movie | Comes a Horseman | Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing | 1978-10-25 |
| Movie | A Christmas to Remember | Daniel Larson | 1978-12-22 |
| Movie | Julia | Dashiell Hammett | 1977-10-01 |
| Movie | All the President's Men | Ben Bradlee | 1976-04-09 |
| Movie | Addie and the King of Hearts | James "Jamie" Mills | 1976-02-25 |
| Movie | The Spy Who Never Was | Inspector Barkan | 1976-06-01 |
| Movie | A Boy and His Dog | Lou Craddock | 1975-03-23 |
| Movie | The Easter Promise | James "Jamie" Mills | 1975-03-26 |
| Movie | A Moon for the Misbegotten | James Tyrone Jr. | 1975-05-27 |
| Movie | Mr. Sycamore | John Gwilt | 1975-12-12 |
| Movie | The Thanksgiving Treasure | James "Jamie" Mills | 1973-11-18 |
| Movie | The War Between Men and Women | Stephen Kozlenko | 1972-06-01 |
| Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | The House Without a Christmas Tree | James "Jamie" Mills | 1972-12-03 |
| Movie | Murders in the Rue Morgue | Cesar Charron | 1971-07-21 |
| Movie | Johnny Got His Gun | Joe's Father | 1971-08-04 |
| Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | General Walter C. Short | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | Operation Snafu | Sam Armstrong | 1970-03-03 |
| Movie | Fools | Matthew South | 1970-12-23 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Cable Hogue | 1970-03-18 |
| Movie | Isadora | Paris Singer | 1968-09-14 |
| Movie | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Raymond Paine | 1968-12-22 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in the West | 'Cheyenne' | 1968-12-21 |
| Movie | Divorce American Style | Nelson Downes | 1967-06-21 |
| Movie | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Al Capone | 1967-06-30 |
| Movie | Hour of the Gun | Doc Holliday | 1967-11-01 |
| Movie | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Henry Drummond | 1966-06-08 |
| Series | ABC Stage 67 | Unknown | 1966-09-14 |
| Movie | Noon Wine | Royal Earle Thompson | 1966-11-23 |
| Movie | Any Wednesday | John Cleves | 1966-10-13 |
| Movie | Act One | George S. Kaufman | 1963-12-26 |
| Movie | Tender Is the Night | Dick Diver | 1962-01-19 |
| Movie | By Love Possessed | Julius Penrose | 1961-07-19 |
| Movie | The Iceman Cometh | Theodore "Hickey" Hickman | 1960-11-14 |
| Movie | The Journey | Paul Kedes | 1959-02-11 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |