Jason Robards

Acting

July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000 (died at 78)

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Male

125 Movies

41 TV Shows

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.

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968 8.3

as 'Cheyenne'

Age 46 (now 78)

Philadelphia

1993 7.7

as Charles Wheeler

Age 71 (now 78)

The Day After

1983 6.8

as Dr. Russell Oakes

Age 61 (now 78)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 7.0

as Cable Hogue

Age 47 (now 78)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 7.2

as General Walter C. Short

Age 47 (now 78)

All the President's Men

1976 7.7

as Ben Bradlee

Age 53 (now 78)

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983 6.4

as Charles Halloway

Age 60 (now 78)

Parenthood

1989 6.7

as Frank Buckman

Age 67 (now 78)

Magnolia

1999 7.7

as Earl Partridge

Age 77 (now 78)

Johnny Got His Gun

1971 7.5

as Joe's Father

Age 49 (now 78)

A Boy and His Dog

1975 6.3

as Lou Craddock

Age 52 (now 78)

Dream a Little Dream

1989 5.8

as Coleman Ettinger

Age 66 (now 78)

Quick Change

1990 6.7

as Chief Rotzinger

Age 67 (now 78)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967 6.3

as Al Capone

Age 44 (now 78)

Raise the Titanic

1980 5.3

as Admiral James Sandecker

Age 58 (now 78)

Julia

1977 6.5

as Dashiell Hammett

Age 55 (now 78)

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017 7.1

as Self (archive footage)

Age 95 (now 78)

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016 7.4

as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)

Age 94 (now 78)

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

2006 7.7

as Joe's Father (video "One")

Age 84 (now 78)

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

2006

as Self

Age 83 (now 78)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004 8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Age 81 (now 78)

Going Home

2000 6.5

as Charles Barton

Age 77 (now 78)

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

2000 7.7

as Self

Age 77 (now 78)

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

2000 6.1

as Self (archive footage)

Age 77 (now 78)

Magnolia

1999 7.7

as Earl Partridge

Age 77 (now 78)

My Best Fiend

1999 7.3

as Self (archive footage)

Age 76 (now 78)

Enemy of the State

1998 7.1

as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

Age 76 (now 78)

Beloved

1998 5.8

as Mr. Bodwin

Age 76 (now 78)

The Real Macaw

1998 6.0

as Grandpa Girdis

Age 76 (now 78)

Heartwood

1998 3.8

as Logan Reeser

Age 75 (now 78)

Truman

1997

as Narrator (voice)

Age 75 (now 78)

A Thousand Acres

1997 5.7

as Larry Cook

Age 75 (now 78)

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

1996 9.0

as Narrator

Age 74 (now 78)

Journey

1995 6.2

as Marcus

Age 73 (now 78)

Crimson Tide

1995 7.2

as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

Age 72 (now 78)

My Antonia

1995 7.3

as Josea Burden

Age 72 (now 78)

The Great American West

1995 9.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 72 (now 78)

The Enemy Within

1994 5.8

as General R. Pendleton Lloyd

Age 72 (now 78)

Little Big League

1994 6.0

as Thomas Heywood

Age 71 (now 78)

The Paper

1994 6.6

as Graham Keighley

Age 71 (now 78)

Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital

1994

as Narrator

Age 71 (now 78)

La Classe américaine

1993 7.6

as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

Age 71 (now 78)

Philadelphia

1993 7.7

as Charles Wheeler

Age 71 (now 78)

Heidi

1993 6.0

as Großvater

Age 70 (now 78)

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993 7.1

as Self

Age 70 (now 78)

The Trial

1993 6.0

as Doctor Huld

Age 70 (now 78)

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993 6.2

as The King

Age 70 (now 78)

Lincoln

1992 7.3

as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Age 70 (now 78)

The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

1992

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Age 70 (now 78)

Storyville

1992 5.3

as Clifford Fowler

Age 70 (now 78)

When It Was a Game 2

1992 9.0

as Passage Narrator (voice)

Age 69 (now 78)

Deceptions

1992 9.0

as Clay (voice)

Age 69 (now 78)

Mark Twain and Me

1991 7.6

as Mark Twain

Age 69 (now 78)

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991 7.6

as Narrator (voice)

Age 69 (now 78)

Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale

1991 10.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 69 (now 78)

When It Was a Game

1991 10.0

as (voice)

Age 68 (now 78)

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

1991 5.8

as Dr. Armand Hammer

Age 68 (now 78)

The Perfect Tribute

1991 6.5

as President Abraham Lincoln

Age 68 (now 78)

Quick Change

1990 6.7

as Chief Rotzinger

Age 67 (now 78)

Night of 100 Stars III

1990 4.0

as Self

Age 67 (now 78)

Black Rainbow

1989 5.8

as Walter Travis

Age 67 (now 78)

Thomas Hart Benton

1989 7.8

as Narrator (voice)

Age 67 (now 78)

Parenthood

1989 6.7

as Frank Buckman

Age 67 (now 78)

Reunion

1989 6.7

as Henry Strauss

Age 66 (now 78)

Dream a Little Dream

1989 5.8

as Coleman Ettinger

Age 66 (now 78)

The Christmas Wife

1988 5.0

as John Tanner

Age 66 (now 78)

The Good Mother

1988 5.7

as W. O. Muth

Age 66 (now 78)

Bright Lights, Big City

1988 5.7

as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)

Age 65 (now 78)

Inherit the Wind

1988 7.7

as Harry Drummond

Age 65 (now 78)

Breaking Home Ties

1987 7.3

as Lloyd Wells

Age 65 (now 78)

Laguna Heat

1987 4.3

as Wade Shephard

Age 65 (now 78)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987 6.0

as Self

Age 64 (now 78)

Square Dance

1987 4.7

as Dillard

Age 64 (now 78)

The Last Frontier

1986

as Ed Stenning

Age 64 (now 78)

Johnny Bull

1986 5.5

as Stephan Kovacs

Age 63 (now 78)

Portrait: Werner Herzog

1986 7.1

as Self (archive footage)

Age 63 (now 78)

Empire City

1985 9.0

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Age 62 (now 78)

The World of Tomorrow

1984 5.5

as Self / Narrator

Age 62 (now 78)

You Can't Take it With You

1984

as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

Age 62 (now 78)

America and Lewis Hine

1984 6.2

as Voice

Age 62 (now 78)

Sakharov

1984 7.5

as Andrei Sakharov

Age 61 (now 78)

The Day After

1983 6.8

as Dr. Russell Oakes

Age 61 (now 78)

The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

1983

as Self - Host

Age 61 (now 78)

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983 6.4

as Charles Halloway

Age 60 (now 78)

Max Dugan Returns

1983 6.6

as Max Dugan

Age 60 (now 78)

Burden of Dreams

1982 7.6

as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

Age 60 (now 78)

Night of 100 Stars

1982 6.8

as Self

Age 59 (now 78)

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981 5.0

as President Ulysses S. Grant

Age 59 (now 78)

Melvin and Howard

1980 6.5

as Howard Hughes

Age 58 (now 78)

Ghosts of Cape Horn

1980

as Narrator

Age 58 (now 78)

Raise the Titanic

1980 5.3

as Admiral James Sandecker

Age 58 (now 78)

F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980 6.9

as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Age 57 (now 78)

Haywire

1980 6.7

as Leland Hayward

Age 57 (now 78)

Caboblanco

1980 5.3

as Gunther Beckdorff

Age 57 (now 78)

Hurricane

1979 4.8

as Capt. Charles Bruckner

Age 56 (now 78)

A Christmas to Remember

1978 7.5

as Daniel Larson

Age 56 (now 78)

Comes a Horseman

1978 6.1

as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

Age 56 (now 78)

Julia

1977 6.5

as Dashiell Hammett

Age 55 (now 78)

The Spy Who Never Was

1976 8.0

as Inspector Barkan

Age 53 (now 78)

All the President's Men

1976 7.7

as Ben Bradlee

Age 53 (now 78)

Addie and the King of Hearts

1976 7.7

as James "Jamie" Mills

Age 53 (now 78)

Mr. Sycamore

1975 7.3

as John Gwilt

Age 53 (now 78)

A Moon for the Misbegotten

1975 6.5

as James Tyrone Jr.

Age 52 (now 78)

The Easter Promise

1975 7.3

as James "Jamie" Mills

Age 52 (now 78)

A Boy and His Dog

1975 6.3

as Lou Craddock

Age 52 (now 78)

The Country Girl

1974 10.0

as Frank Elgin

Age 51 (now 78)

The Thanksgiving Treasure

1973 7.8

as James "Jamie" Mills

Age 51 (now 78)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973 7.2

as Governor Wallace

Age 50 (now 78)

Old Faithful

1973

as Jason Robards

Age 50 (now 78)

The House Without a Christmas Tree

1972 6.7

as James "Jamie" Mills

Age 50 (now 78)

The War Between Men and Women

1972 6.4

as Stephen Kozlenko

Age 49 (now 78)

Johnny Got His Gun

1971 7.5

as Joe's Father

Age 49 (now 78)

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1971 5.1

as Cesar Charron

Age 48 (now 78)

Fools

1970 3.3

as Matthew South

Age 48 (now 78)

Julius Caesar

1970 5.9

as Marcus Brutus

Age 47 (now 78)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 7.0

as Cable Hogue

Age 47 (now 78)

Operation Snafu

1970 6.7

as Sam Armstrong

Age 47 (now 78)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 7.2

as General Walter C. Short

Age 47 (now 78)

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968 8.3

as 'Cheyenne'

Age 46 (now 78)

The Night They Raided Minsky's

1968 5.7

as Raymond Paine

Age 46 (now 78)

Isadora

1968 6.2

as Paris Singer

Age 46 (now 78)

Hour of the Gun

1967 6.5

as Doc Holliday

Age 45 (now 78)

The Belle of 14th Street

1967 7.0

as Performer

Age 45 (now 78)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967 6.3

as Al Capone

Age 44 (now 78)

Divorce American Style

1967 5.8

as Nelson Downes

Age 44 (now 78)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1967

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Age 44 (now 78)

Noon Wine

1966 7.0

as Royal Earle Thompson

Age 44 (now 78)

Any Wednesday

1966 6.1

as John Cleves

Age 44 (now 78)

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966 7.1

as Henry Drummond

Age 43 (now 78)

The Face of Genius

1966 7.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 43 (now 78)

A Thousand Clowns

1965 6.9

as Murray

Age 43 (now 78)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1964 8.7

as Abraham Lincoln

Age 41 (now 78)

Act One

1963 6.3

as George S. Kaufman

Age 41 (now 78)

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962 7.0

as Jamie Tyrone

Age 40 (now 78)

Tender Is the Night

1962 5.7

as Dick Diver

Age 39 (now 78)

By Love Possessed

1961 5.3

as Julius Penrose

Age 38 (now 78)

The Iceman Cometh

1960 7.4

as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

Age 38 (now 78)

The Bat

1960 5.0

as Detective Anderson

Age 37 (now 78)

A Doll's House

1959 10.0

as Dr. Rank

Age 37 (now 78)

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959

as Robert Jordan

Age 36 (now 78)

The Journey

1959 6.3

as Paul Kedes

Age 36 (now 78)