Jason Robards
- Born
- July 26, 1922 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- December 26, 2000
- Actor
- soundtrack
- Archive footage
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.
Filmography · 51 credits
- 1999Magnolia · Actor (Earl Partridge)
- 1998Heartwood · Actor (Logan Reeser)
- 1997A Thousand Acres · Actor (Larry Cook)
- 1994The Paper · Actor (Graham Keighley)
- 1994Little Big League · Actor (Thomas Heywood)
- 1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital · Actor (Narrator)
- 1993The Adventures of Huck Finn · Actor (The King)
- 1992Storyville · Actor (Clifford Fowler)
- 1992The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library · Actor (Narrator)
- 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio · Actor (Narrator)
- 1989Parenthood · Actor (Frank Buckman)
- 1989Dream a Little Dream · Actor (Coleman Ettinger)
- 1988The Good Mother · Actor (W. O. Muth)
- 1987Square Dance · Actor (Dillard)
- 1984The World of Tomorrow · Self (Self - Narrator)
- 1984America and Lewis Hine · Actor
- 1983Something Wicked This Way Comes · Actor (Charles Halloway)
- 1983Max Dugan Returns · Actor (Max Dugan)
- 1982Burden of Dreams · Actor (Fitzcarraldo)
- 1982Burden of Dreams · Actor (Self)
- 1981The Legend of the Lone Ranger · Actor (President Grant)
- 1980Raise the Titanic · Actor (Admr. James Sandecker)
- 1980Melvin and Howard · Actor (Howard Hughes)
- 1980Cabo Blanco · Actor (Gunther Beckdorff)
- 1980Ghosts of Cape Horn · Actor (Narrator)
- 1979Hurricane · Actor (Capt. Charles Bruckner)
- 1978Comes a Horseman · Actor (Ewing)
- 1977Julia · Actor (Hammett)
- 1976All the President's Men · Actor (Ben Bradlee)
- 1975A Boy and His Dog · Actor (Lou Craddock)
- 1975Mr. Sycamore · Actor (John Gwilt)
- 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · Actor (Governor Wallace)
- 1972The War Between Men and Women · Actor (Stephen Kozlenko)
- 1971Johnny Got His Gun · Actor (Joe's Father)
- 1971Murders in the Rue Morgue · Actor (Cesar Charron)
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! · Actor (General Walter C. Short)
- 1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue · Actor (Cable Hogue)
- 1970Fools · Actor (Matthew South)
- 1968The Night They Raided Minsky's · Actor (Raymond Paine)
- 1967Hour of the Gun · Actor (Doc Holliday)
- 1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacre · Actor (Al Capone)
- 1967Divorce American Style · Actor (Nelson Downes)
- 1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady · Actor (Henry Drummond)
- 1966Any Wednesday · Actor (John Cleves)
- 1966The Face of a Genius · Self (Self - Narrator)
- 1965A Thousand Clowns · Actor (Murray)
- 1963Act One · Actor (George S. Kaufman)
- 1962Long Day's Journey Into Night · Actor (Jamie Tyrone)
- 1962Tender Is the Night · Actor (Dr. Richard 'Dick' Diver)
- 1961By Love Possessed · Actor (Julius Penrose)
- 1959The Journey · Actor (Paul Kedes)