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.
2017Arthur Miller: WriterMovieas Self (archive footage)
2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneMovieas Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Movieas Joe's Father (video "One")
2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmMovieas Self
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeMovieas Self (archive footage)
2000Going HomeMovieas Charles Barton
2000That Moment: Magnolia DiaryMovieas Self
2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneMovieas Self (archive footage)1999MagnoliaMovieas Earl Partridge1999My Best FiendMovieas Self (archive footage)1998Enemy of the StateMovieas Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1998BelovedMovieas Mr. Bodwin
1998The Real MacawMovieas Grandpa Girdis
1998HeartwoodMovieas Logan Reeser
1997A Thousand AcresMovieas Larry Cook
1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltMovieas Narrator
1996The WestTV showas Self - Brigham Young · 9 episodes
1995JourneyMovieas Marcus1995Crimson TideMovieas Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995My AntoniaMovieas Josea Burden
1994BaseballTV showas (voice) · 5 episodes
1994The Enemy WithinMovieas General R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994Little Big LeagueMovieas Thomas Heywood1994The PaperMovieas Graham Keighley
1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalMovieas Narrator1993La Classe américaineMovieas The Newspaper Director (archive footage)1993PhiladelphiaMovieas Charles Wheeler
1993HeidiTV showas Grandfather · 2 episodes
1993HeidiMovieas Großvater
1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronMovieas Self
1993The TrialMovieas Doctor Huld1993The Adventures of Huck FinnMovieas The King
1992StoryvilleMovieas Clifford Fowler
1992When It Was a Game 2Movieas Passage Narrator (voice)
1992DeceptionsMovieas Clay (voice)
1991Mark Twain and MeMovieas Mark Twain
1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioMovieas Narrator (voice)
1991Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleMovieas Narrator (voice)1991When It Was a GameMovieas (voice)
1991An Inconvenient WomanTV showas Jules Mendelson · 2 episodes
1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningMovieas Dr. Armand Hammer
1991The Perfect TributeMovieas President Abraham Lincoln
1990The Civil WarTV showas Ulysses S. Grant (voice) · 9 episodes1990Quick ChangeMovieas Chief Rotzinger
1990Night of 100 Stars IIIMovieas Self
1989Black RainbowMovieas Walter Travis
1989Thomas Hart BentonMovieas Narrator (voice)1989ParenthoodMovieas Frank Buckman
1989ReunionMovieas Henry Strauss
1989Dream a Little DreamMovieas Coleman Ettinger
1988The Christmas WifeMovieas John Tanner
1988The Good MotherMovieas W. O. Muth
1988American ExperienceTV showas Narrator (voice) · 7 episodes
1988Bright Lights, Big CityMovieas Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
1988Inherit the WindMovieas Harry Drummond
1987Breaking Home TiesMovieas Lloyd Wells
1987Laguna HeatMovieas Wade Shephard
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodMovieas Self
1987Square DanceMovieas Dillard
1986The Last FrontierTV showas Ed Stenning · 2 episodes
1986Johnny BullMovieas Stephan Kovacs
1986Portrait: Werner HerzogMovieas Self (archive footage)
1985The Long Hot SummerTV showas Will Varner · 2 episodes
1985Empire CityMovieas Self - Narrator (voice)
1985The Atlanta Child MurdersTV showas Alvin Binder · 2 episodes
1985Screen TwoTV showas Doctor Huld · 1 episodes
1984The World of TomorrowMovieas Self / Narrator
1984You Can't Take it With YouMovieas Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
1984SakharovMovieas Andrei Sakharov1983The Day AfterMovieas Dr. Russell Oakes
1983Reading RainbowTV showas Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 episodes1983Something Wicked This Way ComesMovieas Charles Halloway
1983Max Dugan ReturnsMovieas Max Dugan
1982Burden of DreamsMovieas Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
1982Night of 100 StarsMovieas Self
1981The Legend of the Lone RangerMovieas President Ulysses S. Grant
1980Melvin and HowardMovieas Howard Hughes
1980Ghosts of Cape HornMovieas Narrator
1980Raise the TitanicMovieas Admiral James Sandecker
1980F.D.R.: The Last YearMovieas President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1980HaywireMovieas Leland Hayward
1980CaboblancoMovieas Gunther Beckdorff
1979Broadway on ShowtimeTV showas Erie Smith · 1 episodes
1979HurricaneMovieas Capt. Charles Bruckner
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1978A Christmas to RememberMovieas Daniel Larson
1978The Magic of David CopperfieldTV show1 episodes
1978Comes a HorsemanMovieas Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing1977JuliaMovieas Dashiell Hammett
1977Washington: Behind Closed DoorsTV showas President Richard Monckton · 6 episodes
1976The Spy Who Never WasMovieas Inspector Barkan1976All the President's MenMovieas Ben Bradlee
1976Addie and the King of HeartsMovieas James "Jamie" Mills
1975Mr. SycamoreMovieas John Gwilt
1975A Moon for the MisbegottenMovieas James Tyrone Jr.
1975The Easter PromiseMovieas James "Jamie" Mills1975A Boy and His DogMovieas Lou Craddock
1974The Country GirlMovieas Frank Elgin
1973The Thanksgiving TreasureMovieas James "Jamie" Mills1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidMovieas Governor Wallace
1973Old FaithfulMovieas Jason Robards
1972The House Without a Christmas TreeMovieas James "Jamie" Mills
1972Ghost StoryTV showas Elliot Brent · 1 episodes
1972The War Between Men and WomenMovieas Stephen Kozlenko1971Johnny Got His GunMovieas Joe's Father
1971Murders in the Rue MorgueMovieas Cesar Charron
1970FoolsMovieas Matthew South
1970Julius CaesarMovieas Marcus Brutus1970The Ballad of Cable HogueMovieas Cable Hogue
1970Operation SnafuMovieas Sam Armstrong1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Movieas General Walter C. Short1968Once Upon a Time in the WestMovieas 'Cheyenne'
1968The Night They Raided Minsky'sMovieas Raymond Paine
1968IsadoraMovieas Paris Singer
1968The Dick Cavett ShowTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
1967Hour of the GunMovieas Doc Holliday
1967The Belle of 14th StreetMovieas Performer
1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacreMovieas Al Capone
1967Divorce American StyleMovieas Nelson Downes
1966Noon WineMovieas Royal Earle Thompson
1966Any WednesdayMovieas John Cleves
1966ABC Stage 67TV showas Royal Earle Thompson · 1 episodes
1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyMovieas Henry Drummond
1966The Face of GeniusMovieas Self - Narrator (voice)
1965A Thousand ClownsMovieas Murray
1964Abe Lincoln in IllinoisMovieas Abraham Lincoln
1963Act OneMovieas George S. Kaufman
1963The Danny Kaye ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1962Long Day's Journey Into NightMovieas Jamie Tyrone
1962Tender Is the NightMovieas Dick Diver
1961By Love PossessedMovieas Julius Penrose
1960The Iceman ComethTV showas Theodore "Hickey" Hickman · 2 episodes
1960The BatMovieas Detective Anderson
1959A Doll's HouseMovieas Dr. Rank
1959Play of the WeekTV show1 episodes
1959For Whom the Bell TollsMovieas Robert Jordan
1959The JourneyMovieas Paul Kedes
1956Playhouse 90TV showas Robert Jordan · 2 episodes
1956Tony AwardsTV showas Self - Host · as Self - Presenter · 1 episodes
1955The Alcoa HourTV showas Bert Palmer · 1 episodes
1953The OscarsTV showas Self · 2 episodes
1953General Electric TheaterTV showas Col. Carter · 1 episodes
1952OmnibusTV show1 episodes
1950What's My Line?TV showas Self - Mystery Guest · 1 episodes
1948Studio OneTV showas Frank Cameron · as Prisoner · as Walter Osgood · as Leonard O'Brien · 1 episodes
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseTV showas Joe Grant · as Mason · 1 episodes
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes