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Jason Robards
Born July 26, 1922Died December 26, 2000
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Roba...
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Filmography
Actor (164 credits)
Movies
Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben BradleeSelf (archive footage)
2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage)
2016
And the Oscar Goes To...Self (archive footage)
2014
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One")
2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelf
2006
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
2004
Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)
2000
Going HomeCharles Barton
2000
That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelf
2000
MagnoliaEarl Partridge
1999
My Best FiendSelf (archive footage)
1999
The Real MacawGrandpa Girdis
1998
HeartwoodLogan Reeser
1998
BelovedMr. Bodwin
1998
Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1998
A Thousand AcresLarry Cook
1997
TrumanNarrator (voice)
1997
T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltNarrator
1996
The Great American WestNarrator (voice)
1995
My AntoniaJosea Burden
1995
JourneyMarcus
1995
Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995
The PaperGraham Keighley
1994
The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalNarrator
1994
Little Big LeagueThomas Heywood
1994
The Adventures of Huck FinnThe King
1993
The TrialDoctor Huld
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf
1993
PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler
1993
La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)
1993
HeidiGroßvater
1993
StoryvilleClifford Fowler
1992
DeceptionsClay (voice)
1992
LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1992
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public LibrarySelf - Narrator (voice)
1992
When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
Mark Twain and MeMark Twain
1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice)
1991
The Perfect TributePresident Abraham Lincoln
1991
Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand Hammer
1991
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice)
1991
When It Was a Game(voice)
1991
Quick ChangeChief Rotzinger
1990
Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
1990
ParenthoodFrank Buckman
1989
Dream a Little DreamColeman Ettinger
1989
Black RainbowWalter Travis
1989
ReunionHenry Strauss
1989
Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)
1989
Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited)
1988
The Good MotherW. O. Muth
1988
The Christmas WifeJohn Tanner
1988
Inherit the WindHarry Drummond
1988
Square DanceDillard
1987
Laguna HeatWade Shephard
1987
Breaking Home TiesLloyd Wells
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1987
Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage)
1986
Johnny BullStephan Kovacs
1986
Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice)
1985
You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin Vanderhof
1984
America and Lewis HineVoice
1984
SakharovAndrei Sakharov
1984
The World of TomorrowSelf / Narrator
1984
Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan
1983
The Day AfterDr. Russell Oakes
1983
Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles Halloway
1983
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in HistorySelf - Host
1983
Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)
1982
Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982
The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. Grant
1981
CaboblancoGunther Beckdorff
1980
Raise the TitanicAdmiral James Sandecker
1980
Melvin and HowardHoward Hughes
1980
F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt
1980
HaywireLeland Hayward
1980
HurricaneCapt. Charles Bruckner
1979
Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' Ewing
1978
A Christmas to RememberDaniel Larson
1978
JuliaDashiell Hammett
1977
All the President's MenBen Bradlee
1976
Addie and the King of HeartsJames "Jamie" Mills
1976
The Spy Who Never WasInspector Barkan
1976
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
The Country GirlFrank Elgin
1974
Pat Garrett & Billy the KidGovernor Wallace
1973
The Thanksgiving TreasureJames "Jamie" Mills
1973
Old FaithfulHimself
1973
The House Without a Christmas TreeJames "Jamie" Mills
1972
The War Between Men and WomenStephen Kozlenko
1972
Murders in the Rue MorgueCesar Charron
1971
Johnny Got His GunJoe's Father
1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!General Walter C. Short
1970
The Ballad of Cable HogueCable Hogue
1970
Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus
1970
FoolsMatthew South
1970
Operation SnafuSam Armstrong
1970
IsadoraParis Singer
1968
The Night They Raided Minsky'sRaymond Paine
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West'Cheyenne'
1968
Hour of the GunDoc Holliday
1967
The St. Valentine's Day MassacreAl Capone
1967
Divorce American StyleNelson Downes
1967
The Belle of 14th StreetSelf
1967
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1967
Any WednesdayJohn Cleves
1966
A Big Hand for the Little LadyHenry Drummond
1966
Noon WineRoyal Earle Thompson
1966
The Face of GeniusNarrator (voice)
1966
A Thousand ClownsMurray
1965
Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbraham Lincoln
1964
Act OneGeorge S. Kaufman
1963
Long Day's Journey Into NightJamie Tyrone
1962
Tender Is the NightDick Diver
1962
By Love PossessedJulius Penrose
1961
The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman
1960
The BatDetective Anderson
1960
For Whom the Bell TollsRobert Jordan
1959
The JourneyPaul Kedes
1959
A Doll's HouseDr. Rank
1959
Tv
The WestSelf - Brigham Young
1996
Baseball(voice)
1994
HeidiGrandfather
1993
An Inconvenient WomanJules Mendelson
1991
The Civil WarUlysses S. Grant
1990
American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
1988
The Last FrontierEd Stenning
1986
The Long Hot SummerWill Varner
1985
The Atlanta Child MurdersAlvin Binder
1985
Reading RainbowHimself - Narrator (voice)
1983
Broadway on ShowtimeErie Smith
1979
The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
1978
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Washington: Behind Closed DoorsPresident Richard Monckton
1977
Ghost StoryElliot Brent
1972
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1968
ABC Stage 67Royal Earle Thompson
1966
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
1963
Play of the Week
1959
Playhouse 90Robert Jordan
1956
Tony AwardsSelf - Host
1956
Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1956
The Alcoa HourBert Palmer
1955
General Electric TheaterCol. Carter
1953
The OscarsSelf
1953
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of FameDr. Rank
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameMarcus
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameAbe Lincoln
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameFrank Elgin
1951
What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Studio OneFrank Cameron
1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseJoe Grant
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948
Studio OnePrisoner
1948
Studio OneWalter Osgood
1948
Studio OneLeonard O'Brien
1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseMason
1948