Jason Robards


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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 fi...

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Date of Birth: Jul 26, 1922

Date of Death: Dec 26, 2000


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Filmography

Actor (107 Known Credits)


Going Home

Charles Barton

Magnolia

Earl Partridge

Mein liebster Feind

Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

Enemy of the State

Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

Beloved

Mr. Bodwin

The Real Macaw

Grandpa Girdis

Heartwood

Logan Reeser

A Thousand Acres

Larry Cook

My Antonia

Josea Burden

Journey

Marcus

The Paper

Graham Keighley

Little Big League

Thomas Heywood

The Enemy Within

General R. Pendleton Lloyd

Baseball

Voice (John McGraw, Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Harry Frazee)

Philadelphia

Charles Wheeler

The Trial

Dr Huld

Heidi

Grandfather

Storyville

Clifford Fowler

Mark Twain and Me

Mark Twain

The Perfect Tribute

President Abraham Lincoln

An Inconvenient Woman

Jules Mendelson

Quick Change

Chief Rotzinger

The Civil War

Ulysses S. Grant

Parenthood

Frank Buckman

Dream a Little Dream

Coleman Ettinger

Black Rainbow

Walter Travis

Reunion

Hans Strauss(alt)

Thomas Hart Benton

Narrator (voice)

American Experience

Narrator (voice)

Bright Lights, Big City

Drunken Writer/Mr. Hardy

The Christmas Wife

John Tanner

Inherit the Wind

Harry Drummond

Square Dance

Dillard

Laguna Heat

Wade Shephard

Breaking Home Ties

Lloyd Wells

The Last Frontier

Ed Stenning

Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov

You Can't Take It with You

Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

The Day After

Dr. Russell Oakes

Burden of Dreams

Fitzcarraldo

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

President Ulysses S. Grant

Caboblanco

Gunther Beckdorff

Raise the Titanic

Admiral James Sandecker

Melvin and Howard

Howard Hughes

F.D.R.: The Last Year

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Haywire

Leland Hayward

Hurricane

Capt. Bruckner

Comes a Horseman

Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

Julia

Dashiell Hammett

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

President Richard Monckton

Tod eines Fremden

Inspector Barkan

A Boy and His Dog

Lou Craddock

A Moon for the Misbegotten

James Tyrone Jr.

Mr. Sycamore

John Gwilt

The Easter Promise

Jamie Mills

Johnny Got His Gun

Joe's Father

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Lt. General Walter C. Short

Julius Caesar

Marcus Brutus

Fools

Matthew South

The Dick Cavett Show

Himself - Guest

C'era una volta il West

Manuel 'Cheyenne' Gutiérrez

Isadora

Singer

Hour of the Gun

Doc Holliday

Any Wednesday

John Cleves

Noon Wine

Royal Earle Thompson

A Thousand Clowns

Murray N. Burns

Act One

George S. Kaufman

Tender Is the Night

Dr. Richard 'Dick' Diver (as Jason Robards Jr.)

By Love Possessed

Julius Penrose

The Iceman Cometh

Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

The Bat

Detective Anderson

The Journey

Paul Kedes

A Doll's House

Dr. Rank

Tony Awards

Himself - Host

Tony Awards

Presenter

The Gilded Lily

Frank Thompson

Going Home (2000)
Charles Barton
Magnolia (1999)
Earl Partridge
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
Beloved (1998)
Mr. Bodwin
Grandpa Girdis
Heartwood (1998)
Logan Reeser
Larry Cook
Narrator
My Antonia (1995)
Josea Burden
Journey (1995)
Marcus
The Paper (1994)
Graham Keighley
Thomas Heywood
General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Baseball (1994)
Voice (John McGraw, Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Harry Frazee)
Philadelphia (1993)
Charles Wheeler
The Trial (1993)
Dr Huld
Heidi (1993)
Grandfather
Storyville (1992)
Clifford Fowler
Mark Twain
Dr. Armand Hammer
President Abraham Lincoln
Jules Mendelson
Quick Change (1990)
Chief Rotzinger
The Civil War (1990)
Ulysses S. Grant
Parenthood (1989)
Frank Buckman
Coleman Ettinger
Black Rainbow (1989)
Walter Travis
Reunion (1989)
Hans Strauss(alt)
Narrator (voice)
American Experience (1988 - 2022)
Narrator (voice)
Drunken Writer/Mr. Hardy
Muth
John Tanner
Harry Drummond
Square Dance (1987)
Dillard
Laguna Heat (1987)
Wade Shephard
Lloyd Wells
archive footage
Ed Stenning
Alvin Binder
Will Varner
(voice)
Sakharov (1984)
Andrei Sakharov
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Max Dugan
The Day After (1983)
Dr. Russell Oakes
Charles Halloway
Fitzcarraldo
President Ulysses S. Grant
Caboblanco (1980)
Gunther Beckdorff
Admiral James Sandecker
Howard Hughes
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haywire (1980)
Leland Hayward
Hurricane (1979)
Capt. Bruckner
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
Daniel Larson
Julia (1977)
Dashiell Hammett
President Richard Monckton
Ben Bradlee
Jamie Mills
Inspector Barkan
Lou Craddock
James Tyrone Jr.
Mr. Sycamore (1975)
John Gwilt
Jamie Mills
Governor Wallace
James Mills
Stephen Kozlenko
Joe's Father
Lt. General Walter C. Short
Cable Hogue
Julius Caesar (1970)
Marcus Brutus
Fools (1970)
Matthew South
Sam Armstrong
The Dick Cavett Show (1968 - 1995)
Himself - Guest
Manuel 'Cheyenne' Gutiérrez
Isadora (1968)
Singer
Raymond Paine
Doc Holliday
Nelson Downes
Henry Drummond
Any Wednesday (1966)
John Cleves
Noon Wine (1966)
Royal Earle Thompson
Murray N. Burns
Act One (1963)
George S. Kaufman
Jamie Tyrone
Dr. Richard 'Dick' Diver (as Jason Robards Jr.)
Julius Penrose
Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
The Bat (1960)
Detective Anderson
The Journey (1959)
Paul Kedes
Dr. Rank
Tony Awards (1956 - 2022)
Himself - Host
Tony Awards (1956 - 2022)
Presenter
Frank Thompson

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