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Jason Robards

Actor
Born July 26, 1922Died December 26, 2000 (78 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • A Boy and His Dog
  • Dream a Little Dream
  • Raise the Titanic
  • Isadora
  • The Legend of the Lone Ranger
  • Journey
  • Breaking Home Ties
  • The Bat

Known For

  • Philadelphia
  • Magnolia
  • All the President's Men
  • The Day After
  • Parenthood
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes
  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue
  • Dream a Little Dream
  • A Boy and His Dog
  • Julia
  • Raise the Titanic
  • Quick Change
  • The Civil War
  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
  • Johnny Got His Gun
  • A Thousand Clowns
  • Hour of the Gun
  • Melvin and Howard
  • The Adventures of Huck Finn
  • Long Day's Journey Into Night
  • The Paper
  • Max Dugan Returns
  • A Thousand Acres

Jason Robards Filmography

2016
2016
For the Love of Spock · as W. O. Muth
2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 · as Joe's Father (video "one")
2000
Going Home · as Charles Barton
1999
Magnolia · as Earl Partridge
1998
Enemy of the State · as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1998
Beloved · as Mr. Bodwin
1998
The Real Macaw · as Grandpa Girdis
1998
Heartwood · as Logan Reeser
1997
A Thousand Acres · as Larry Cook
1995
Journey · as Marcus
1995
Voci notturne (TV Series) · as Mario Fedrigo
1995
Crimson Tide · as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995
My Antonia · as Josea Burden
1995
The Great American West · as Narrator (voice)
1994
Baseball (TV Series) · as (voice)
1994
The Enemy Within · as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994
Little Big League · as Thomas Heywood
1994
The Paper · as Graham Keighley
1994
1994
1993
La classe américaine · as The Newspaper Director (archive Footage)
1993
Philadelphia · as Charles Wheeler
1993
The Roots of Roe · as Anthony Comstock
1993
Heidi (1993) (TV Series) · as Grandfather
1993
Heidi · as Großvater
1993
The Trial · as Doctor Huld
1993
1992
Lincoln · as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1992
Storyville · as Clifford Fowler
1992
When It Was a Game 2 · as Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
Empire of the Air (TV Series) · as Narrator
1992
Deceptions · as Clay (voice)
1991
Mark Twain and Me · as Mark Twain
1991
1991
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale · as Narrator (voice)
1991
When It Was a Game · as (voice)
1991
An Inconvenient Woman (TV Series) · as Jules Mendelson
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning · as Dr. Armand Hammer
1991
The Perfect Tribute · as President Abraham Lincoln
1991
On the Waterways (TV Series) · as Narrator
1990
The Civil War (TV Series) · as Ulysses S. Grant
1990
Quick Change · as Chief Rotzinger
1989
Black Rainbow · as Walter Travis
1989
Thomas Hart Benton · as Narrator (voice)
1989
Parenthood · as Frank Buckman
1989
Reunion · as Henry Strauss
1989
Dream a Little Dream · as Coleman Ettinger
1988
The Christmas Wife · as John Tanner
1988
The Good Mother · as W. O. Muth
1988
American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
1988
Bright Lights, Big City · as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
1988
Inherit the Wind · as Harry Drummond
1987
Breaking Home Ties · as Lloyd Wells
1987
Laguna Heat · as Wade Shephard
1987
Square Dance · as Dillard
1986
The Last Frontier (TV Series) · as Ed Stenning
1986
The Last Frontier · as Ed Stenning
1986
Johnny Bull · as Stephan Kovacs
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Narrator
1985
The Long Hot Summer (TV Series) · as Will Varner
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Series) · as Alvin Binder
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Doctor Huld
1984
1984
Sakharov · as Andrei Sakharov
1983
The Day After · as Dr. Russell Oakes
1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes · as Charles Halloway
1983
Max Dugan Returns · as Max Dugan
1982
Burden of Dreams · as Fitzcarraldo (archive Footage)
1981
The Legend of the Lone Ranger · as President Ulysses S. Grant
1980
American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Erie Smith
1980
Melvin and Howard · as Howard Hughes
1980
Ghosts of Cape Horn · as Narrator
1980
Raise the Titanic · as Admiral James Sandecker
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year · as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1980
Haywire · as Leland Hayward
1980
Cabo Blanco · as Gunther Beckdorff
1979
Hurricane · as Capt. Charles Bruckner
1978
A Christmas to Remember · as Daniel Larson
1978
Comes a Horseman · as Jacob 'j.w.' Ewing
1977
Julia · as Dashiell Hammett
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (TV Series) · as President Richard Monckton
1976
The Spy Who Never Was · as Inspector Barkan
1976
All the President's Men · as Ben Bradlee
1976
Addie and the King of Hearts · as James "jamie" Mills
1975
Mr. Sycamore · as John Gwilt
1975
A Boy and His Dog · as Lou Craddock
1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten · as James Tyrone Jr.
1975
The Easter Promise · as James "jamie" Mills
1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure · as James "jamie" Mills
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · as Governor Wallace
1972
The House Without a Christmas Tree · as James "jamie" Mills
1972
The War Between Men and Women · as Stephen Kozlenko
1972
Ghost Story (TV Series) · as Elliot Brent
1971
Johnny Got His Gun · as Joe's Father
1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue · as Cesar Charron
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
1970
Fools · as Matthew South
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! · as General Walter C. Short
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue · as Cable Hogue
1970
Rosolino Paternò, soldato... · as Sam Armstrong
1970
Julius Caesar · as Marcus Brutus
1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's · as Raymond Paine
1968
1968
Isadora · as Paris Singer
1967
Hour of the Gun · as Doc Holliday
1967
The Belle of 14th Street · as Performer
1967
1967
Divorce American Style · as Nelson Downes
1967
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1966
Noon Wine · as Royal Earle Thompson
1966
Any Wednesday · as John Cleves
1966
ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Royal Earle Thompson
1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady · as Henry Drummond
1965
A Thousand Clowns · as Murray
1964
Mr. Broadway (TV Series) · as Cast
1963
Act One · as George S. Kaufman
1963
1962
1962
Tender Is the Night · as Dick Diver
1961
By Love Possessed · as Julius Penrose
1960
The Iceman Cometh · as Theodore "hickey" Hickman
1960
The Case of the Dangerous Robin (TV Series) · as Cast
1960
The Bat · as Detective Anderson
1959
A Doll's House · as Dr. Rank
1959
1959
Sunday Showcase (TV Series) · as Alex Reed
1959
The Journey · as Paul Kedes
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) · as Romeo
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Cast
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Robert Jordan
1955
Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Bert Palmer
1955
Star Tonight (TV Series) · as Cast
1953
The Man Behind the Badge (TV Series) · as Cast
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Col. Carter
1952
Omnibus (TV Series)
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Marcus
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Paul Foster
1949
The Big Story (TV Series) · as Aaron Dudley
1949
I Remember Mama (TV Series) · as Cast
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Walter Osgood
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mason

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