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Jason Robards

Jason Robards

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.

Born

Jul 26, 1922

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died

Dec 26, 2000

Known For

Acting

Movies

125 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.4

movie

Known For

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

as 'Cheyenne'
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999

as Earl Partridge
Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

1998

as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976

as Ben Bradlee
Philadelphia

Philadelphia

1993

as Charles Wheeler
Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

1995

as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

as Governor Wallace
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as General Walter C. Short
The Day After

The Day After

1983

as Dr. Russell Oakes
Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

as Charles Halloway
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 • as 'Cheyenne'
★ 8.3
Magnolia
Magnolia
1999 • as Earl Partridge
★ 7.7
Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State
1998 • as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
★ 7.1
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
1976 • as Ben Bradlee
★ 7.7
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
1993 • as Charles Wheeler
★ 7.7
Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
1995 • as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 • as Governor Wallace
★ 7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 • as General Walter C. Short
★ 7.2
The Day After
The Day After
1983 • as Dr. Russell Oakes
★ 6.8
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 • as Charles Halloway
★ 6.5
Parenthood
Parenthood
1989 • as Frank Buckman
★ 6.6
Quick Change
Quick Change
1990 • as Chief Rotzinger
★ 6.7
A Boy and His Dog
A Boy and His Dog
1975 • as Lou Craddock
★ 6.3
Julia
Julia
1977 • as Dashiell Hammett
★ 6.5
Raise the Titanic
Raise the Titanic
1980 • as Admiral James Sandecker
★ 5.4
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 • as Joe's Father
★ 7.5
Hour of the Gun
Hour of the Gun
1967 • as Doc Holliday
★ 6.5
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 • as Cable Hogue
★ 7.0
Beloved
Beloved
1998 • as Mr. Bodwin
★ 5.8
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993 • as The King
★ 6.2
Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 • as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
★ 5.7
The Paper
The Paper
1994 • as Graham Keighley
★ 6.6
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 • as Al Capone
★ 6.3
Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream
1989 • as Coleman Ettinger
★ 5.8
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966 • as Henry Drummond
★ 7.1
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night
1962 • as Dick Diver
★ 5.7
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 • as Self
★ 4.3
My Best Fiend
My Best Fiend
1999 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
1982 • as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
★ 7.6
The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within
1994 • as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
★ 5.8
Comes a Horseman
Comes a Horseman
1978 • as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
★ 6.0
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
1997 • as Larry Cook
★ 5.7
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971 • as Cesar Charron
★ 5.2
The Journey
The Journey
1959 • as Paul Kedes
★ 6.3
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 • as President Ulysses S. Grant
★ 4.9
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991 • as Dr. Armand Hammer
★ 5.8
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1962 • as Jamie Tyrone
★ 7.0
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine
1993 • as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
★ 7.6
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
1970 • as Marcus Brutus
★ 5.9
Little Big League
Little Big League
1994 • as Thomas Heywood
★ 6.0
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard
1980 • as Howard Hughes
★ 6.5
The Good Mother
The Good Mother
1988 • as W. O. Muth
★ 5.7
Divorce American Style
Divorce American Style
1967 • as Nelson Downes
★ 5.8
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • as Self
★ 5.8
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • as Self
★ 6.0
The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968 • as Raymond Paine
★ 5.4
Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan Returns
1983 • as Max Dugan
★ 6.5
Caboblanco
Caboblanco
1980 • as Gunther Beckdorff
★ 5.4
Storyville
Storyville
1992 • as Clifford Fowler
★ 5.2
The War Between Men and Women
The War Between Men and Women
1972 • as Stephen Kozlenko
★ 6.4
Black Rainbow
Black Rainbow
1989 • as Walter Travis
★ 5.9
The Trial
The Trial
1993 • as Doctor Huld
★ 6.0
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns
1965 • as Murray
★ 6.9
movie
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story
2026 • as Earl Partridge (Magnolia archive footage)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.8
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
F.D.R.: The Last Year
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 • as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
★ 6.9
When It Was a Game 2
When It Was a Game 2
1992 • as Passage Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
Square Dance
Square Dance
1987 • as Dillard
★ 4.7
Isadora
Isadora
1968 • as Paris Singer
★ 6.2
By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed
1961 • as Julius Penrose
★ 5.2
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000 • as Self
★ 7.7
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.1
Mark Twain and Me
Mark Twain and Me
1991 • as Mark Twain
★ 7.5
Any Wednesday
Any Wednesday
1966 • as John Cleves
★ 6.1
The Real Macaw
The Real Macaw
1998 • as Grandpa Girdis
★ 6.0
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
1988 • as Harry Drummond
★ 7.3
Arthur Miller: Writer
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Act One
Act One
1963 • as George S. Kaufman
★ 6.3
A Christmas to Remember
A Christmas to Remember
1978 • as Daniel Larson
★ 7.5
Sakharov
Sakharov
1984 • as Andrei Sakharov
★ 7.5
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 • as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
★ 7.4
When It Was a Game
When It Was a Game
1991 • as (voice)
★ 10.0
Hurricane
Hurricane
1979 • as Capt. Charles Bruckner
★ 4.7
Haywire
Haywire
1980 • as Leland Hayward
★ 6.7
Reunion
Reunion
1989 • as Henry Strauss
★ 6.7
The Belle of 14th Street
The Belle of 14th Street
1967 • as Performer
★ 7.0
The World of Tomorrow
The World of Tomorrow
1984 • as Self / Narrator
★ 5.5
You Can't Take it With You
You Can't Take it With You
1984 • as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
My Antonia
My Antonia
1995 • as Josea Burden
★ 7.3
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 • as Self
★ 7.1
Operation Snafu
Operation Snafu
1970 • as Sam Armstrong
★ 6.7
The Thanksgiving Treasure
The Thanksgiving Treasure
1973 • as James "Jamie" Mills
★ 7.8
Addie and the King of Hearts
Addie and the King of Hearts
1976 • as James "Jamie" Mills
★ 7.7
Breaking Home Ties
Breaking Home Ties
1987 • as Lloyd Wells
★ 7.3
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006 • as Self
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1964 • as Abraham Lincoln
★ 8.7
Going Home
Going Home
2000 • as Charles Barton
★ 6.5
The Perfect Tribute
The Perfect Tribute
1991 • as President Abraham Lincoln
★ 6.5
Heartwood
Heartwood
1998 • as Logan Reeser
★ 3.8
Mr. Sycamore
Mr. Sycamore
1975 • as John Gwilt
★ 7.3
A Moon for the Misbegotten
A Moon for the Misbegotten
1975 • as James Tyrone Jr.
★ 6.5
Noon Wine
Noon Wine
1966 • as Royal Earle Thompson
★ 7.0
Journey
Journey
1995 • as Marcus
★ 6.2
movie
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1967 • as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
The House Without a Christmas Tree
The House Without a Christmas Tree
1972 • as James "Jamie" Mills
★ 6.8
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959 • as Robert Jordan
Laguna Heat
Laguna Heat
1987 • as Wade Shephard
★ 4.3
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
1996 • as Narrator
★ 9.0
movie
America and Lewis Hine
1984 • as Voice
★ 6.2
Fools
Fools
1970 • as Matthew South
★ 3.5
movie
Lincoln
1992 • as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
★ 7.3
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
The Easter Promise
The Easter Promise
1975 • as James "Jamie" Mills
★ 7.3
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
2006 • as Joe's Father (video "One")
★ 7.7
Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton
1989 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.8
The Christmas Wife
The Christmas Wife
1988 • as John Tanner
★ 5.0
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
1959 • as Dr. Rank
★ 10.0
Old Faithful
Old Faithful
1973 • as Jason Robards
The Face of Genius
The Face of Genius
1966 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
movie
Truman
1997 • as Narrator (voice)
movie
A Plague on Our Children
1979 • as Narrator (voice)
Empire City
Empire City
1985 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Ghosts of Cape Horn
1980 • as Narrator
The Country Girl
The Country Girl
1974 • as Frank Elgin
★ 10.0
movie
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
1992 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
Deceptions
Deceptions
1992 • as Clay (voice)
★ 9.0
Johnny Bull
Johnny Bull
1986 • as Stephan Kovacs
★ 5.5
movie
The Great American West
1995 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
The Spy Who Never Was
The Spy Who Never Was
1976 • as Inspector Barkan
★ 8.0
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
1991 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
1994 • as Narrator
movie
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History
1983 • as Self - Host
The Bat
The Bat
1960 • as Detective Anderson
★ 5.0
movie
Roots of Roe
1993 • as Anthony Comstock (voice)
★ 7.0