Jason Robards

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.

Career Overview

Jason Robards has 129 screen credits in a career dating back to 1948. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently When It Was A Game Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Once Upon a Time in the West, Philadelphia, The Day After. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

129

Birth Date

1922-07-26 00:00:00

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

• 

  Once Upon a Time in the West
• 

  Philadelphia
• 

  The Day After
• 

  Raise the Titanic
• 

  The Ballad of Cable Hogue
• 

  Parenthood

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• When It Was A Game Collection (2 titles)
• Addie Mills Collection (2 titles)
• Dream a Little Dream Collection (1 titles)
• The Lone Ranger (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Mary Steenburgen (2 collaborations)
• Claudia Cardinale (1 collaborations)
• Henry Fonda (1 collaborations)
• Charles Bronson (1 collaborations)
• Gabriele Ferzetti (1 collaborations)
• Paolo Stoppa (1 collaborations)
• Woody Strode (1 collaborations)
• Jack Elam (1 collaborations)
• Keenan Wynn (1 collaborations)
• Frank Wolff (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (129 credits)

  • Arthur Miller: Writer

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    Ben Bradlee (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

    Joe's Father (video "One")

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Going Home

    Charles Barton

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • That Moment: Magnolia Diary

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Magnolia

    Earl Partridge

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • My Best Fiend

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Enemy of the State

    Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Beloved

    Mr. Bodwin

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Real Macaw

    Grandpa Girdis

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Heartwood

    Logan Reeser

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Truman

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • A Thousand Acres

    Larry Cook

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The West

    Self - Brigham Young

    actor

    actors

    - One Sky Above Us (1887-1914) (1996) ... Self - Brigham Young actor actors

    - Ghost Dance (1887 -1914) (1996) ... Self - Brigham Young actor actors

    - The Geography Of Hope (1877-1887) (1996) ... Self - Brigham Young actor actors

    - Fight No More Forever (1874-1877) (1996) ... Self - Brigham Young actor actors

    - The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874) (1996) ... Self - Brigham Young actor actors
    1996
  • Journey

    Marcus

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Crimson Tide

    Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • My Antonia

    Josea Burden

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Enemy Within

    General R. Pendleton Lloyd

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Little Big League

    Thomas Heywood

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Paper

    Graham Keighley

    actor

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

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Baseball

    - Inning Six: The National Pastime (1994) ... (voice) actor actors

    - Inning Four: A National Heirloom (1994) ... (voice) actor actors

    - Inning Three: The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994) ... (voice) actor actors

    - Inning Two: Something Like a War (1994) ... (voice) actor actors

    - Inning One: Our Game (1994) ... (voice) actor actors
    1994
  • La Classe américaine

    The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Philadelphia

    Charles Wheeler

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Heidi

    Großvater

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Trial

    Doctor Huld

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Adventures of Huck Finn

    The King

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Lincoln

    President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

    actor

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

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Storyville

    Clifford Fowler

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • When It Was a Game 2

    Passage Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Deceptions

    Clay (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Mark Twain and Me

    Mark Twain

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • When It Was a Game

    (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Chernobyl: The Final Warning

    Dr. Armand Hammer

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Perfect Tribute

    President Abraham Lincoln

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Quick Change

    Chief Rotzinger

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Black Rainbow

    Walter Travis

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Thomas Hart Benton

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Parenthood

    Frank Buckman

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Reunion

    Henry Strauss

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Dream a Little Dream

    Coleman Ettinger

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The Christmas Wife

    John Tanner

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Good Mother

    W. O. Muth

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Bright Lights, Big City

    Mr. Hardy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Inherit the Wind

    Harry Drummond

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • American Experience

    - Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets (1997) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors

    - Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy (1997) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors

    - T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (4): Black Care (1996) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors

    - T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (3): The Good Fight (1996) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors

    - T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (2): The Bully Pulpit (1996) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors
    1988
  • Breaking Home Ties

    Lloyd Wells

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Laguna Heat

    Wade Shephard

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Square Dance

    Dillard

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • The Last Frontier

    Ed Stenning

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Johnny Bull

    Stephan Kovacs

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Portrait: Werner Herzog

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Empire City

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • The World of Tomorrow

    Self / Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • You Can't Take it With You

    Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • America and Lewis Hine

    Voice

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Sakharov

    Andrei Sakharov

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Day After

    Dr. Russell Oakes

    actor

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

    Self - Host

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Charles Halloway

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Max Dugan Returns

    Max Dugan

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Burden of Dreams

    Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Night of 100 Stars

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Legend of the Lone Ranger

    President Ulysses S. Grant

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Melvin and Howard

    Howard Hughes

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Ghosts of Cape Horn

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Raise the Titanic

    Admiral James Sandecker

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • F.D.R.: The Last Year

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Haywire

    Leland Hayward

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Caboblanco

    Gunther Beckdorff

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Hurricane

    Capt. Charles Bruckner

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • A Christmas to Remember

    Daniel Larson

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Comes a Horseman

    Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Julia

    Dashiell Hammett

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Spy Who Never Was

    Inspector Barkan

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • All the President's Men

    Ben Bradlee

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Addie and the King of Hearts

    James "Jamie" Mills

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Mr. Sycamore

    John Gwilt

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • A Moon for the Misbegotten

    James Tyrone Jr.

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Easter Promise

    James "Jamie" Mills

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • A Boy and His Dog

    Lou Craddock

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Country Girl

    Frank Elgin

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Thanksgiving Treasure

    James "Jamie" Mills

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Governor Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Old Faithful

    Jason Robards

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The House Without a Christmas Tree

    James "Jamie" Mills

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The War Between Men and Women

    Stephen Kozlenko

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Johnny Got His Gun

    Joe's Father

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue

    Cesar Charron

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Fools

    Matthew South

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Julius Caesar

    Marcus Brutus

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    Cable Hogue

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Operation Snafu

    Sam Armstrong

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    General Walter C. Short

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    'Cheyenne'

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Night They Raided Minsky's

    Raymond Paine

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Isadora

    Paris Singer

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - Jason Robards, David Susskind, Viva, Modern Jazz Quartet, Sidney Sheldon (1970) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • Hour of the Gun

    Doc Holliday

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Belle of 14th Street

    Performer

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Al Capone

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Divorce American Style

    Nelson Downes

    actor

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

    Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Noon Wine

    Royal Earle Thompson

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Any Wednesday

    John Cleves

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • A Big Hand for the Little Lady

    Henry Drummond

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Face of Genius

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abraham Lincoln

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Act One

    George S. Kaufman

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Tender Is the Night

    Dick Diver

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • By Love Possessed

    Julius Penrose

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Iceman Cometh

    Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Bat

    Detective Anderson

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • A Doll's House

    Dr. Rank

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    Robert Jordan

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Journey

    Paul Kedes

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Oscars

    - The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977) ... Self actor actors

    - The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966) ... Self actor actors
    1953
  • What's My Line?

    - Episode 745 (1965) ... Self - Mystery Guest actor actors
    1950
  • Studio One

    - Man Under Glass (1958) ... Walter Osgood actor actors

    - Twenty-Four Hours Til Dawn (1957) ... Prisoner actor actors

    - The Incredible World of Horace Ford (1955) ... Leonard O'Brien actor actors

    - A Picture in the Paper (1955) ... Frank Cameron actor actors
    1948