ACTOR
Jason Robards
Known for American Experience · What's My Line? · The Dick Cavett Show
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.
Snapshot 2026-10-15
- Born
- Jul 26, 1922
- Died
- Dec 26, 2000
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Known For
- Acting
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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Known For
Filmography
Movies
A Doll's HouseDr. Rank
1959
For Whom the Bell TollsRobert Jordan
1959
The JourneyPaul Kedes
1959
The BatDetective Anderson
1960
By Love PossessedJulius Penrose
1961
Long Day's Journey Into NightJamie Tyrone
1962
Tender Is the NightDick Diver
1962
Act OneGeorge S. Kaufman
1963
Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbraham Lincoln
1964
A Thousand ClownsMurray
1965
A Big Hand for the Little LadyHenry Drummond
1966
Any WednesdayJohn Cleves
1966
Noon WineRoyal Earle Thompson
1966
The Face of GeniusSelf - Narrator (voice)
1966
Divorce American StyleNelson Downes
1967
Hour of the GunDoc Holliday
1967
The Belle of 14th StreetPerformer
1967
The St. Valentine's Day MassacreAl Capone
1967TS
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1967
IsadoraParis Singer
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West'Cheyenne'
1968
The Night They Raided Minsky'sRaymond Paine
1968
FoolsMatthew South
1970
Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus
1970
Operation SnafuSam Armstrong
1970
The Ballad of Cable HogueCable Hogue
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!General Walter C. Short
1970
Johnny Got His GunJoe's Father
1971
Murders in the Rue MorgueCesar Charron
1971
The House Without a Christmas TreeJames "Jamie" Mills
1972
The War Between Men and WomenStephen Kozlenko
1972
Old FaithfulJason Robards
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the KidGovernor Wallace
1973
The Thanksgiving TreasureJames "Jamie" Mills
1973
The Country GirlFrank Elgin
1974
A Boy and His DogLou Craddock
1975
A Moon for the MisbegottenJames Tyrone Jr.
1975
Mr. SycamoreJohn Gwilt
1975
The Easter PromiseJames "Jamie" Mills
1975
Addie and the King of HeartsJames "Jamie" Mills
1976
All the President's MenBen Bradlee
1976
The Spy Who Never WasInspector Barkan
1976
JuliaDashiell Hammett
1977
A Christmas to RememberDaniel Larson
1978
Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' Ewing
1978AP
A Plague on Our ChildrenNarrator (voice)
1979
HurricaneCapt. Charles Bruckner
1979
CaboblancoGunther Beckdorff
1980
F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt
1980
Ghosts of Cape HornNarrator
1980
HaywireLeland Hayward
1980
Melvin and HowardHoward Hughes
1980
Raise the TitanicAdmiral James Sandecker
1980
The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. Grant
1981
Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)
1982
Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982
Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan
1983
Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles Halloway
1983
The Day AfterDr. Russell Oakes
1983TT
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in HistorySelf - Host
1983AA
America and Lewis HineVoice
1984
SakharovAndrei Sakharov
1984
The World of TomorrowSelf / Narrator
1984
You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin Vanderhof
1984
Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice)
1985
Johnny BullStephan Kovacs
1986
Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage)
1986
Breaking Home TiesLloyd Wells
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1987
Laguna HeatWade Shephard
1987
Square DanceDillard
1987
Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited)
1988
Inherit the WindHarry Drummond
1988
The Christmas WifeJohn Tanner
1988
The Good MotherW. O. Muth
1988
Black RainbowWalter Travis
1989
Dream a Little DreamColeman Ettinger
1989
ParenthoodFrank Buckman
1989
ReunionHenry Strauss
1989
Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)
1989
Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
1990
Quick ChangeChief Rotzinger
1990
Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand Hammer
1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice)
1991
Mark Twain and MeMark Twain
1991
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice)
1991
The Perfect TributePresident Abraham Lincoln
1991
When It Was a Game(voice)
1991
DeceptionsClay (voice)
1992L
LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1992
StoryvilleClifford Fowler
1992TP
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public LibrarySelf - Narrator (voice)
1992When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
HeidiGroßvater
1993
La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)
1993
PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler
1993RO
Roots of RoeAnthony Comstock (voice)
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf
1993
The Adventures of Huck FinnThe King
1993
The TrialDoctor Huld
1993
Little Big LeagueThomas Heywood
1994
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalNarrator
1994
The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994
The PaperGraham Keighley
1994
Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995
JourneyMarcus
1995
My AntoniaJosea Burden
1995TG
The Great American WestNarrator (voice)
1995
T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltNarrator
1996
A Thousand AcresLarry Cook
1997T
TrumanNarrator (voice)
1997
BelovedMr. Bodwin
1998
Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1998
HeartwoodLogan Reeser
1998
The Real MacawGrandpa Girdis
1998
MagnoliaEarl Partridge
1999
My Best FiendSelf (archive footage)
1999
Going HomeCharles Barton
2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)
2000
That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelf
2000
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
2004
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelf
2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One")
2006
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage)
2016
Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)
2017Television
Studio OneFrank Cameron · 1 eps
1948Studio OnePrisoner · 1 eps
1948Studio OneWalter Osgood · 1 eps
1948Studio OneLeonard O'Brien · 1 eps
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 1 eps
1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseJoe Grant · 1 eps
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseMason · 1 eps
1948
What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
1950
Hallmark Hall of FameDr. Rank · 1 eps
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMarcus · 1 eps
1951Hallmark Hall of FameAbe Lincoln · 1 eps
1951Hallmark Hall of FameFrank Elgin · 1 eps
1951
Omnibus1 eps
1952
General Electric TheaterCol. Carter · 1 eps
1953
The OscarsSelf · 2 eps
1953
The Alcoa HourBert Palmer · 1 eps
1955
Playhouse 90Robert Jordan · 2 eps
1956
Tony AwardsSelf - Host · 1 eps
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
1956
Play of the Week1 eps
1959TD
The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesDetective Anderson · 1 eps
1960
The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman · 2 eps
1960BH
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1 eps
1963
The Danny Kaye ShowSelf · 1 eps
1963
ABC Stage 67Royal Earle Thompson · 1 eps
1966
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1968F'
Film '72Self · 1 eps
1971
Ghost StoryElliot Brent · 1 eps
1972
Washington: Behind Closed DoorsPresident Richard Monckton · 6 eps
1977
The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf · 1 eps
1978
The Magic of David Copperfield1 eps
1978
Broadway on ShowtimeErie Smith · 1 eps
1979
Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
1983
Screen TwoDoctor Huld · 1 eps
1985
The Atlanta Child MurdersAlvin Binder · 2 eps
1985
The Long Hot SummerWill Varner · 2 eps
1985
The Last FrontierEd Stenning · 2 eps
1986
American ExperienceNarrator (voice) · 7 eps
1988
The Civil WarUlysses S. Grant (voice) · 9 eps
1990
An Inconvenient WomanJules Mendelson · 2 eps
1991
HeidiGrandfather · 2 eps
1993
Baseball(voice) · 5 eps
1994
The WestSelf - Brigham Young · 9 eps
1996Photos
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