Personal Info
Birthday
July 26, 1922
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Jason Robards
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.
Acting Filmography (149)
7.1
Arthur Miller: Writer
Movie2017
7.4
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Movie2016
No Backdrop
7.7
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Movie2006
0.0
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Movie2006
8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie2004
No Backdrop
6.5
Going Home
Movie2000
No Backdrop
6.1
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Movie2000
7.7
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Movie2000
7.7
Magnolia
Movie1999
7.3
My Best Fiend
Movie1999
7.1
Enemy of the State
Movie1998
5.8
Beloved
Movie1998
6.0
The Real Macaw
Movie1998
3.8
Heartwood
Movie1998
5.7
A Thousand Acres
Movie1997
No Backdrop
9.0
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
Movie1996
8.4
The West
TV Series1996
6.2
Journey
Movie1995
7.2
Crimson Tide
Movie1995
7.3
My Antonia
Movie1995
7.5
Baseball
TV Series1994
5.8
The Enemy Within
Movie1994
5.9
Little Big League
Movie1994
6.6
The Paper
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
Movie1994
7.6
La Classe américaine
Movie1993
7.7
Philadelphia
Movie1993
6.0
Heidi
Movie1993
7.1
Heidi
TV Series1993
7.1
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Movie1993
6.0
The Trial
Movie1993
6.2
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Movie1993
5.3
Storyville
Movie1992
No Backdrop
9.0
When It Was a Game 2
Movie1992
No Backdrop
9.0
Deceptions
Movie1992
7.6
Mark Twain and Me
Movie1991
7.6
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie1991
No Backdrop
10.0
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
Movie1991
No Backdrop
10.0
When It Was a Game
Movie1991
5.8
An Inconvenient Woman
TV Series1991
5.8
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Movie1991
6.5
The Perfect Tribute
Movie1991
7.9
The Civil War
TV Series1990
6.7
Quick Change
Movie1990
No Backdrop
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie1990
5.9
Black Rainbow
Movie1989
7.8
Thomas Hart Benton
Movie1989
6.7
Parenthood
Movie1989
6.7
Reunion
Movie1989
5.8
Dream a Little Dream
Movie1989
5.0
The Christmas Wife
Movie1988
5.7
The Good Mother
Movie1988
6.5
American Experience
TV Series1988
5.7
Bright Lights, Big City
Movie1988
7.3
Inherit the Wind
Movie1988
7.3
Breaking Home Ties
Movie1987
No Backdrop
4.3
Laguna Heat
Movie1987
No Backdrop
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie1987
4.7
Square Dance
Movie1987
7.0
The Last Frontier
TV Series1986
No Backdrop
5.5
Johnny Bull
Movie1986
7.1
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Movie1986
5.5
The Long Hot Summer
TV Series1985
9.0
Empire City
Movie1985
5.8
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV Series1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
5.5
The World of Tomorrow
Movie1984
0.0
You Can't Take it With You
Movie1984
No Backdrop
7.5
Sakharov
Movie1984
6.8
The Day After
Movie1983
8.3
Reading Rainbow
TV Series1983
6.5
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Movie1983
6.6
Max Dugan Returns
Movie1983
7.6
Burden of Dreams
Movie1982
No Backdrop
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
Movie1982
4.9
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Movie1981
6.5
Melvin and Howard
Movie1980
No Backdrop
0.0
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Movie1980
5.4
Raise the Titanic
Movie1980
No Backdrop
6.9
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Movie1980
6.7
Haywire
Movie1980
5.3
Caboblanco
Movie1980
No Backdrop
0.0
Broadway on Showtime
TV Series1979
4.7
Hurricane
Movie1979
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV Series1978
7.5
A Christmas to Remember
Movie1978
7.0
The Magic of David Copperfield
TV Series1978
6.1
Comes a Horseman
Movie1978
6.5
Julia
Movie1977
7.8
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
TV Series1977
No Backdrop
8.0
The Spy Who Never Was
Movie1976
7.7
All the President's Men
Movie1976
No Backdrop
7.7
Addie and the King of Hearts
Movie1976
7.3
Mr. Sycamore
Movie1975
6.5
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Movie1975
No Backdrop
7.3
The Easter Promise
Movie1975
6.3
A Boy and His Dog
Movie1975
No Backdrop
10.0
The Country Girl
Movie1974
No Backdrop
7.8
The Thanksgiving Treasure
Movie1973
7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Movie1973
No Backdrop
0.0
Old Faithful
Movie1973
No Backdrop
6.7
The House Without a Christmas Tree
Movie1972
7.4
Ghost Story
TV Series1972
6.4
The War Between Men and Women
Movie1972
7.5
Johnny Got His Gun
Movie1971
5.1
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Movie1971
3.3
Fools
Movie1970
5.9
Julius Caesar
Movie1970
7.0
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Movie1970
6.7
Operation Snafu
Movie1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie1970
5.7
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Movie1968
8.3
Once Upon a Time in the West
Movie1968
6.2
Isadora
Movie1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
TV Series1968
6.5
Hour of the Gun
Movie1967
7.0
The Belle of 14th Street
Movie1967
6.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Movie1967
5.9
Divorce American Style
Movie1967
No Backdrop
7.0
Noon Wine
Movie1966
6.1
Any Wednesday
Movie1966
No Backdrop
6.8
ABC Stage 67
TV Series1966
7.1
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Movie1966
No Backdrop
7.0
The Face of Genius
Movie1966
6.9
A Thousand Clowns
Movie1965
No Backdrop
8.7
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie1964
6.3
Act One
Movie1963
No Backdrop
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
TV Series1963
6.9
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Movie1962
5.7
Tender Is the Night
Movie1962
5.3
By Love Possessed
Movie1961
No Backdrop
7.4
The Iceman Cometh
Movie1960
No Backdrop
0.0
The Iceman Cometh
TV Series1960
No Backdrop
5.0
The Bat
Movie1960
No Backdrop
10.0
A Doll's House
Movie1959
No Backdrop
8.0
Play of the Week
TV Series1959
No Backdrop
0.0
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie1959
6.3
The Journey
Movie1959
7.6
Playhouse 90
TV Series1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
7.0
The Alcoa Hour
TV Series1955
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
TV Series1953
No Backdrop
6.3
Omnibus
TV Series1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
7.0
What's My Line?
TV Series1950
5.4
Studio One
TV Series1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV Series1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948