Acting

Jason Robards

Born: July 26, 1922
Died: December 26, 2000 (aged 78)
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits: 160 titles

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.

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Signature work

Known For

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

Philadelphia

1993

Magnolia

1999

All the President's Men

1976

Parenthood

1989

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

The Day After

1983

Quick Change

1990

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

A Boy and His Dog

1975

The Paper

1994

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993

Julia

1977

Dream a Little Dream

1989

The Civil War

1990

Acting credits 160

Year	Title	Role
2017	Arthur Miller: Writer Film	Self (archive footage)
2016	All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone Film	Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
2006	Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 Film	Joe's Father (video "One")
2006	Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film Film	Self
2004	Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Film	Self (archive footage)
2000	Going Home Film	Charles Barton
2000	Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone Film	Self (archive footage)
2000	That Moment: Magnolia Diary Film	Self
1999	Magnolia Film	Earl Partridge
1999	My Best Fiend Film	Self (archive footage)
1998	Enemy of the State Film	Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1998	Beloved Film	Mr. Bodwin
1998	The Real Macaw Film	Grandpa Girdis
1998	Heartwood Film	Logan Reeser
1997	Truman Film	Narrator (voice)
1997	A Thousand Acres Film	Larry Cook
1996	T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt Film	Narrator
1996	The West TV	Self - Brigham Young (9 ep)
1995	Journey Film	Marcus
1995	Crimson Tide Film	Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995	My Antonia Film	Josea Burden
1995	The Great American West Film	Narrator (voice)
1994	Baseball TV	(voice) (5 ep)
1994	The Enemy Within Film	General R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994	Little Big League Film	Thomas Heywood
1994	The Paper Film	Graham Keighley
1994	Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital Film	Narrator
1993	La Classe américaine Film	The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
1993	Philadelphia Film	Charles Wheeler
1993	Roots of Roe Film	Anthony Comstock (voice)
1993	Heidi Film	Großvater
1993	Heidi TV	Grandfather (2 ep)
1993	Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron Film	Self
1993	The Trial Film	Doctor Huld
1993	The Adventures of Huck Finn Film	The King
1992	Lincoln Film	President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1992	The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library Film	Self - Narrator (voice)
1992	Storyville Film	Clifford Fowler
1992	When It Was a Game 2 Film	Passage Narrator (voice)
1992	Deceptions Film	Clay (voice)
1991	Mark Twain and Me Film	Mark Twain
1991	Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio Film	Narrator (voice)
1991	Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale Film	Narrator (voice)
1991	When It Was a Game Film	(voice)
1991	An Inconvenient Woman TV	Jules Mendelson (2 ep)
1991	Chernobyl: The Final Warning Film	Dr. Armand Hammer
1991	The Perfect Tribute Film	President Abraham Lincoln
1990	The Civil War TV	Ulysses S. Grant (voice) (9 ep)
1990	Quick Change Film	Chief Rotzinger
1990	Night of 100 Stars III Film	Self
1989	Black Rainbow Film	Walter Travis
1989	Thomas Hart Benton Film	Narrator (voice)
1989	Parenthood Film	Frank Buckman
1989	Reunion Film	Henry Strauss
1989	Dream a Little Dream Film	Coleman Ettinger
1988	The Christmas Wife Film	John Tanner
1988	The Good Mother Film	W. O. Muth
1988	American Experience TV	Narrator (voice) (7 ep)
1988	Bright Lights, Big City Film	Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
1988	Inherit the Wind Film	Harry Drummond