Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Known for
Acting
Born
July 26, 1922
Died
December 26, 2000 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story

The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story

Movie · as Earl Partridge (Magnolia archive footage)

2017
Arthur Miller: Writer poster

Arthur Miller: Writer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone poster

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

Movie · as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)

2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 poster

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

Movie · as Joe's Father (video "One")

2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film poster

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Movie · as Self

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone poster

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Going Home poster

Going Home

Movie · as Charles Barton

2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary poster

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

Movie · as Self

1999
Magnolia poster

Magnolia

Movie · as Earl Partridge

1999
My Best Fiend poster

My Best Fiend

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
The Real Macaw poster

The Real Macaw

Movie · as Grandpa Girdis

1998
Heartwood poster

Heartwood

Movie · as Logan Reeser

1998
Beloved poster

Beloved

Movie · as Mr. Bodwin

1998
Enemy of the State poster

Enemy of the State

Movie · as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

1997
A Thousand Acres poster

A Thousand Acres

Movie · as Larry Cook

1997
Truman

Truman

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1996
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt poster

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

Movie · as Narrator

1996
The West poster

The West

TV · as Self - Brigham Young · 9 eps

1995
The Great American West

The Great American West

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1995
My Antonia poster

My Antonia

Movie · as Josea Burden

1995
Journey poster

Journey

Movie · as Marcus

1995
Crimson Tide poster

Crimson Tide

Movie · as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

1994
The Paper poster

The Paper

Movie · as Graham Keighley

1994
The Enemy Within poster

The Enemy Within

Movie · as General R. Pendleton Lloyd

1994
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital poster

Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital

Movie · as Narrator

1994
Little Big League poster

Little Big League

Movie · as Thomas Heywood

1994
Baseball poster

Baseball

TV · as (voice) · 5 eps

1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn poster

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Movie · as The King

1993
The Trial poster

The Trial

Movie · as Doctor Huld

1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron poster

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Movie · as Self

1993
Philadelphia poster

Philadelphia

Movie · as Charles Wheeler

1993
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

1993
Roots of Roe

Roots of Roe

Movie · as Anthony Comstock (voice)

1993
Heidi poster

Heidi

TV · as Grandfather · 2 eps

1992
Storyville poster

Storyville

Movie · as Clifford Fowler

1992
Deceptions poster

Deceptions

Movie · as Clay (voice)

1992
Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie · as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

1992
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1992
When It Was a Game 2 poster

When It Was a Game 2

Movie · as Passage Narrator (voice)

1991
Mark Twain and Me poster

Mark Twain and Me

Movie · as Mark Twain

1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio poster

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1991
The Perfect Tribute poster

The Perfect Tribute

Movie · as President Abraham Lincoln

1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning poster

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

Movie · as Dr. Armand Hammer

1991
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale poster

Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1991
When It Was a Game poster

When It Was a Game

Movie · as (voice)

1991
An Inconvenient Woman poster

An Inconvenient Woman

TV · as Jules Mendelson · 2 eps

1990
Quick Change poster

Quick Change

Movie · as Chief Rotzinger

1990
Night of 100 Stars III poster

Night of 100 Stars III

Movie · as Self

1990
The Civil War poster

The Civil War

TV · as Ulysses S. Grant (voice) · 9 eps

1989
Parenthood poster

Parenthood

Movie · as Frank Buckman

1989
Dream a Little Dream poster

Dream a Little Dream

Movie · as Coleman Ettinger

1989
Black Rainbow poster

Black Rainbow

Movie · as Walter Travis

1989
Reunion poster

Reunion

Movie · as Henry Strauss

1989
Thomas Hart Benton poster

Thomas Hart Benton

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1988
Bright Lights, Big City poster

Bright Lights, Big City

Movie · as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)

1988
The Good Mother poster

The Good Mother

Movie · as W. O. Muth

1988
The Christmas Wife poster

The Christmas Wife

Movie · as John Tanner

1988
Inherit the Wind poster

Inherit the Wind

Movie · as Harry Drummond

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

1987
Square Dance poster

Square Dance

Movie · as Dillard

1987
Laguna Heat poster

Laguna Heat

Movie · as Wade Shephard

1987
Breaking Home Ties poster

Breaking Home Ties

Movie · as Lloyd Wells

1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog poster

Portrait: Werner Herzog

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1986
Johnny Bull poster

Johnny Bull

Movie · as Stephan Kovacs

1986
The Last Frontier poster

The Last Frontier

TV · as Ed Stenning · 2 eps

1985
Empire City poster

Empire City

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1985
The Long Hot Summer poster

The Long Hot Summer

TV · as Will Varner · 2 eps

1985
The Atlanta Child Murders poster

The Atlanta Child Murders

TV · as Alvin Binder · 2 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Doctor Huld · 1 ep

1984
You Can't Take it With You poster

You Can't Take it With You

Movie · as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

1984
America and Lewis Hine

America and Lewis Hine

Movie · as Voice

1984
Sakharov poster

Sakharov

Movie · as Andrei Sakharov

1984
The World of Tomorrow poster

The World of Tomorrow

Movie · as Self / Narrator

1983
Max Dugan Returns poster

Max Dugan Returns

Movie · as Max Dugan

1983
The Day After poster

The Day After

Movie · as Dr. Russell Oakes

1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes poster

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Movie · as Charles Halloway

1983
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

Movie · as Self - Host

1983
Reading Rainbow poster

Reading Rainbow

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1982
Burden of Dreams poster

Burden of Dreams

Movie · as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1981
The Legend of the Lone Ranger poster

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

Movie · as President Ulysses S. Grant

1980
Caboblanco poster

Caboblanco

Movie · as Gunther Beckdorff

1980
Raise the Titanic poster

Raise the Titanic

Movie · as Admiral James Sandecker

1980
Melvin and Howard poster

Melvin and Howard

Movie · as Howard Hughes

1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year poster

F.D.R.: The Last Year

Movie · as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

1980
Haywire poster

Haywire

Movie · as Leland Hayward

1980
Ghosts of Cape Horn poster

Ghosts of Cape Horn

Movie · as Narrator

1979
Hurricane poster

Hurricane

Movie · as Capt. Charles Bruckner

1979
A Plague on Our Children

A Plague on Our Children

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1979
Broadway on Showtime poster

Broadway on Showtime

TV · as Erie Smith · 1 ep

1978
Comes a Horseman poster

Comes a Horseman

Movie · as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

1978
A Christmas to Remember poster

A Christmas to Remember

Movie · as Daniel Larson

1978
The Kennedy Center Honors poster

The Kennedy Center Honors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
The Magic of David Copperfield poster

The Magic of David Copperfield

TV · 1 ep

1977
Julia poster

Julia

Movie · as Dashiell Hammett

1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors poster

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

TV · as President Richard Monckton · 6 eps

1976
All the President's Men poster

All the President's Men

Movie · as Ben Bradlee

1976
Addie and the King of Hearts poster

Addie and the King of Hearts

Movie · as James "Jamie" Mills

1976
The Spy Who Never Was poster

The Spy Who Never Was

Movie · as Inspector Barkan

1975
A Boy and His Dog poster

A Boy and His Dog

Movie · as Lou Craddock

1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten poster

A Moon for the Misbegotten

Movie · as James Tyrone Jr.

1975
Mr. Sycamore poster

Mr. Sycamore

Movie · as John Gwilt

1975
The Easter Promise poster

The Easter Promise

Movie · as James "Jamie" Mills

1974
The Country Girl poster

The Country Girl

Movie · as Frank Elgin

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid poster

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Movie · as Governor Wallace

1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure poster

The Thanksgiving Treasure

Movie · as James "Jamie" Mills

1973
Old Faithful poster

Old Faithful

Movie · as Jason Robards

1972
The House Without a Christmas Tree poster

The House Without a Christmas Tree

Movie · as James "Jamie" Mills

1972
The War Between Men and Women poster

The War Between Men and Women

Movie · as Stephen Kozlenko

1972
Ghost Story poster

Ghost Story

TV · as Elliot Brent · 1 ep

1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue poster

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Movie · as Cesar Charron

1971
Johnny Got His Gun poster

Johnny Got His Gun

Movie · as Joe's Father

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie · as General Walter C. Short

1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue poster

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Movie · as Cable Hogue

1970
Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar

Movie · as Marcus Brutus

1970
Fools poster

Fools

Movie · as Matthew South

1970
Operation Snafu poster

Operation Snafu

Movie · as Sam Armstrong

1968
Isadora poster

Isadora

Movie · as Paris Singer

1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's poster

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Movie · as Raymond Paine

1968
Once Upon a Time in the West poster

Once Upon a Time in the West

Movie · as 'Cheyenne'

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
Hour of the Gun poster

Hour of the Gun

Movie · as Doc Holliday

1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre poster

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Movie · as Al Capone

1967
Divorce American Style poster

Divorce American Style

Movie · as Nelson Downes

1967
The Belle of 14th Street poster

The Belle of 14th Street

Movie · as Performer

1967
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

1966
Any Wednesday poster

Any Wednesday

Movie · as John Cleves

1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady poster

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Movie · as Henry Drummond

1966
Noon Wine poster

Noon Wine

Movie · as Royal Earle Thompson

1966
The Face of Genius poster

The Face of Genius

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1966
ABC Stage 67 poster

ABC Stage 67

TV · as Royal Earle Thompson · 1 ep

1965
A Thousand Clowns poster

A Thousand Clowns

Movie · as Murray

1964
Abe Lincoln in Illinois poster

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Movie · as Abraham Lincoln

1963
Act One poster

Act One

Movie · as George S. Kaufman

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
Long Day's Journey Into Night poster

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Movie · as Jamie Tyrone

1962
Tender Is the Night poster

Tender Is the Night

Movie · as Dick Diver

1961
By Love Possessed poster

By Love Possessed

Movie · as Julius Penrose

1960
The Bat poster

The Bat

Movie · as Detective Anderson

1960
The Iceman Cometh poster

The Iceman Cometh

TV · as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman · 2 eps

1960
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

TV · as Detective Anderson · 1 ep

1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls poster

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Movie · as Robert Jordan

1959
The Journey poster

The Journey

Movie · as Paul Kedes

1959
A Doll's House poster

A Doll's House

Movie · as Dr. Rank

1959
Play of the Week poster

Play of the Week

TV · 1 ep

1956
Playhouse 90 poster

Playhouse 90

TV · as Robert Jordan · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1955
The Alcoa Hour poster

The Alcoa Hour

TV · as Bert Palmer · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Col. Carter · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Dr. Rank, Marcus, Abe Lincoln, Frank Elgin · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Frank Cameron, Prisoner, Walter Osgood, Leonard O'Brien · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Joe Grant, Mason · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep