Actor
Jason Robards
Born 26 July 1922 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Died 26 December 2000
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.
Films and shows
- 2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film1h 56mSelf - 2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-20042h 21mJoe's Father (video "One") - 2000
Going Home1h 31mCharles Barton - 2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary1h 13mSelf - 2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone20mSelf (archive footage) - 1999
Magnolia3h 9mEarl Partridge - 1999
My Best Fiend1h 39mSelf (archive footage) - 1998
Heartwood1h 32mLogan Reeser - 1998
The Real Macaw1h 31mGrandpa Girdis - 1997Truman4h 20mNarrator (voice)
- 1997
A Thousand Acres1h 45mLarry Cook - 1996
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt3h 45mNarrator - 1996
The West1 seasonSelf - Brigham Young - 1995The Great American West41mNarrator (voice)
- 1995
My Antonia1h 40mJosea Burden - 1995
Journey1h 36mMarcus - 1994
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital58mNarrator - 1994
The Enemy Within1h 26mGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd - 1994
The Paper1h 52mGraham Keighley - 1994
Little Big League1h 59mThomas Heywood - 1993
Heidi1 seasonGrandfather - 1993
Heidi1h 37mGroßvater - 1993
The Trial1h 58mDoctor Huld - 1993
Philadelphia2h 6mCharles Wheeler - 1993Roots of Roe56mAnthony Comstock (voice)
- 1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn1h 48mThe King - 1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron1h 34mSelf - 1992Lincoln4hPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- 1992
Deceptions2hClay (voice) - 1992
Storyville1h 53mClifford Fowler - 1992
When It Was a Game 259mPassage Narrator (voice) - 1992The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library54mSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio1h 53mNarrator (voice) - 1991
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale23mNarrator (voice) - 1991
An Inconvenient Woman1 seasonJules Mendelson - 1991
The Perfect Tribute1h 40mPresident Abraham Lincoln - 1991
Mark Twain and Me1h 33mMark Twain - 1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning1h 35mDr. Armand Hammer - 1991
When It Was a Game57m(voice) - 1990
The Civil War1 seasonUlysses S. Grant (voice) - 1990
Quick Change1h 29mChief Rotzinger - 1989
Dream a Little Dream1h 55mColeman Ettinger - 1989
Thomas Hart Benton1h 25mNarrator (voice) - 1989
Reunion1h 50mHenry Strauss - 1989
Black Rainbow1h 43mWalter Travis - 1989
Parenthood2h 4mFrank Buckman - 1988
The Christmas Wife1h 13mJohn Tanner - 1988
Inherit the Wind1h 36mHarry Drummond - 1988
The Good Mother1h 44mW. O. Muth - 1987
Square Dance1h 52mDillard - 1987
Breaking Home Ties1h 35mLloyd Wells - 1987
Laguna Heat1h 50mWade Shephard - 1986
Johnny Bull1h 40mStephan Kovacs - 1986
The Last Frontier1 seasonEd Stenning - 1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog28mSelf (archive footage) - 1985
The Atlanta Child Murders1 seasonAlvin Binder - 1985
The Long Hot Summer1 seasonWill Varner - 1985
Empire City1h 29mSelf - Narrator (voice) - 1984
You Can't Take it With You1h 56mGrandpa Martin Vanderhof - 1984
The World of Tomorrow1h 23mSelf / Narrator - 1984
Sakharov1h 58mAndrei Sakharov - 1984America and Lewis Hine57mVoice
- 1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes1h 35mCharles Halloway - 1983
The Day After2h 7mDr. Russell Oakes - 1983The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History1h 12mSelf - Host
- 1983
Max Dugan Returns1h 38mMax Dugan - 1981
The Legend of the Lone Ranger1h 38mPresident Ulysses S. Grant - 1980
Raise the Titanic1h 55mAdmiral James Sandecker - 1980
Ghosts of Cape Horn54mNarrator - 1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year3hPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1980
Haywire3h 4mLeland Hayward - 1980
Caboblanco1h 27mGunther Beckdorff - 1980
Melvin and Howard1h 35mHoward Hughes - 1979
Hurricane2hCapt. Charles Bruckner - 1979A Plague on Our Children1h 56mNarrator (voice)
- 1978
A Christmas to Remember1h 40mDaniel Larson - 1978
Comes a Horseman1h 58mJacob 'J.W.' Ewing - 1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors1 seasonPresident Richard Monckton - 1977
Julia1h 57mDashiell Hammett - 1976
Addie and the King of Hearts49mJames "Jamie" Mills - 1976
The Spy Who Never Was1h 53mInspector Barkan - 1976
All the President's Men2h 18mBen Bradlee - 1975
Mr. Sycamore1h 27mJohn Gwilt - 1975
The Easter Promise1h 15mJames "Jamie" Mills - 1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten2h 15mJames Tyrone Jr. - 1975
A Boy and His Dog1h 31mLou Craddock - 1974
The Country Girl1h 17mFrank Elgin - 1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure1h 17mJames "Jamie" Mills - 1973
Old Faithful55mJason Robards - 1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1h 46mGovernor Wallace - 1972
The House Without a Christmas Tree1h 27mJames "Jamie" Mills - 1972
The War Between Men and Women1h 45mStephen Kozlenko - 1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue1h 27mCesar Charron - 1971
Johnny Got His Gun1h 52mJoe's Father - 1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue2h 1mCable Hogue - 1970
Fools1h 33mMatthew South - 1970
Julius Caesar1h 57mMarcus Brutus - 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!2h 24mGeneral Walter C. Short - 1970
Operation Snafu1h 35mSam Armstrong - 1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's1h 39mRaymond Paine - 1968
Once Upon a Time in the West2h 46m'Cheyenne' - 1968
Isadora2h 11mParis Singer - 1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre1h 40mAl Capone - 1967The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1h 59mDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- 1967
Hour of the Gun1h 40mDoc Holliday - 1967
The Belle of 14th Street52mPerformer - 1967
Divorce American Style1h 49mNelson Downes - 1966
Noon Wine51mRoyal Earle Thompson - 1966
Any Wednesday1h 49mJohn Cleves - 1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady1h 35mHenry Drummond - 1966
The Face of Genius51mSelf - Narrator (voice) - 1965
A Thousand Clowns1h 58mMurray - 1964
Abe Lincoln in Illinois1h 18mAbraham Lincoln - 1963
Act One1h 50mGeorge S. Kaufman - 1962
Tender Is the Night2h 22mDick Diver - 1962
Long Day's Journey Into Night2h 50mJamie Tyrone - 1961
By Love Possessed1h 55mJulius Penrose - 1960
The Iceman Cometh4hTheodore "Hickey" Hickman - 1960
The Iceman Cometh1 seasonTheodore "Hickey" Hickman - 1960
The Bat52mDetective Anderson - 1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls3hRobert Jordan - 1959
The Journey2h 6mPaul Kedes - 1959
A Doll's House1h 30mDr. Rank
