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Jason Robards

Actor | * 07/26/1922 († 78, 12/26/2000) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accolades and is one of 24 performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting having earned competitive wins for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Emmy Award. He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979, and earned the National Medal of Arts in 1997, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999. Robards started his career in theatre, making his Broadway debut playing James Tyrone Jr. in the 1956 revival of the Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey into Night earning a Theatre World Award. He earned the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in the Budd Schulberg play Disenchanted (1959). His other Tony-nominated roles were in Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). Toys in the Attic (1960), After the Fall (1964), Hughie (1965), The Country Girl (1972), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Documentaries

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The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, t ...

Parenthood

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1989 | 3.4/5 | 2h 4min
Comedy, Drama
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An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. ...

Magnolia

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1999 | 3.9/5 | 3h 9min
Drama
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During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post. ...

All the President's Men

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1976 | 3.9/5 | 2h 18min
Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
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As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life. ...

Once Upon a Time in the West

15

1968 | 4.1/5 | 2h 46min
Drama, Western
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Awards & Nominations for Jason Robards

National Medal of Arts 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Kennedy Center Honors Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Drama League Award 3x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 6x Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Jason Robards as Actor(114)

as Self (archive footage)2017 The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
as Self (archive footage)2017 Arthur Miller: Writer
as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as himself2006 Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
as Joe's Father (video "One")2006 Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
as Self (archive footage)2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)2001 Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Charles Barton2000 Going Home
as himself2000 That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as Self (archive footage)1999 My Best Fiend
as Earl Partridge1999 Magnolia
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)1998 Enemy of the State
as Logan Reeser1998 Heartwood
as Mr. Bodwin1998 Beloved
as Grandpa Girdis1998 The Real Macaw
as Larry Cook1997 A Thousand Acres
as Narrator1996 American Experience: T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)1995 Crimson Tide
as Josea Burden1995 My Antonia
as Narrator (voice)1995 The Great American West
as Marcus1995 Journey
as General R. Pendleton Lloyd1994 The Enemy Within
as Graham Keighley1994 The Paper
as Thomas Heywood1994 Little Big League
as Charles Wheeler1993 Philadelphia
as The King1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Doctor Huld1993 The Trial
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)1993 La Classe américaine
as himself1993 Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Clifford Fowler1992 Storyville
as Narrator1992 The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
as Clay (voice)1992 Deceptions
as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)1992 Lincoln
as Dr. Armand Hammer1991 Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Mark Twain1991 Mark Twain and Me
as Narrator (voice)1991 Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as President Abraham Lincoln1991 The Perfect Tribute
as himself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as Chief Rotzinger1990 Quick Change
as Frank Buckman1989 Parenthood
as Narrator (voice)1989 Thomas Hart Benton
as Coleman Ettinger1989 Dream a Little Dream
as Henry Strauss1989 Reunion
as Walter Travis1989 Black Rainbow
as W. O. Muth1988 The Good Mother
as Harry Drummond1988 Inherit the Wind
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)1988 Bright Lights, Big City
as John Tanner1988 The Christmas Wife
as Lloyd Wells1987 Breaking Home Ties
as Wade Shephard1987 Laguna Heat
as Dillard1987 Square Dance
as Self (archive footage)1986 Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Stephan Kovacs1986 Johnny Bull
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof1984 You Can't Take it With You
as Andrei Sakharov1984 Sakharov
as Voice1984 America and Lewis Hine
as Self / Narrator1984 The World of Tomorrow
as Max Dugan1983 Max Dugan Returns
as Dr. Russell Oakes1983 The Day After
as Charles Halloway1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)1982 Burden of Dreams
as President Ulysses S. Grant1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as Admiral James Sandecker1980 Raise the Titanic
as Leland Hayward1980 Haywire
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Howard Hughes1980 Melvin and Howard
as Gunther Beckdorff1980 Cabo Blanco
as Capt. Charles Bruckner1979 Hurricane
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing1978 Comes a Horseman
as Daniel Larson1978 A Christmas to Remember
as Dashiell Hammett1977 Julia
as James "Jamie" Mills1976 Addie and the King of Hearts
as Inspector Barkan1976 The Spy Who Never Was
as Ben Bradlee1976 All the President's Men
as James "Jamie" Mills1975 The Easter Promise
as Lou Craddock1975 A Boy and His Dog
as John Gwilt1975 Mr. Sycamore
as James Tyrone Jr.1975 A Moon for the Misbegotten
as Frank Elgin1974 The Country Girl
as Governor Wallace1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as himself1973 Old Faithful
as James "Jamie" Mills1973 The Thanksgiving Treasure
as James "Jamie" Mills1972 The House Without a Christmas Tree
as Stephen Kozlenko1972 The War Between Men and Women
as Cesar Charron1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Joe's Father1971 Johnny Got His Gun
as Marcus Brutus1970 Julius Caesar
as Matthew South1970 Fools
as Lt. General Walter C. Short1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cable Hogue1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Sam Armstrong1970 Operation Snafu
as Paris Singer1968 Isadora
as Raymond Paine1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's
as 'Cheyenne'1968 Once Upon a Time in the West
as Nelson Downes1967 Divorce American Style
as himself1967 The Belle of 14th Street
as Al Capone1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Doc Holliday1967 Hour of the Gun
as John Cleves1966 Any Wednesday
as Narrator (voice)1966 The Face of Genius
as Henry Drummond1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Royal Earle Thompson1966 Noon Wine
as Murray1965 A Thousand Clowns
as Abraham Lincoln1964 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as George S. Kaufman1963 Act One
as Jamie Tyrone1962 Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Dick Diver1962 Tender Is the Night
as Julius Penrose1961 By Love Possessed
as Detective Anderson1960 The Bat
as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman1960 The Iceman Cometh
as Robert Jordan1959 For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Dr. Rank1959 A Doll's House
as Paul Kedes1959 The Journey

TV Shows/Series with Jason Robards as Actor(34)

as Self - Brigham Young1996 The West
as Various (voice)1994 Baseball
as Grandfather1993 Heidi
as Jules Mendelson1991 An Inconvenient Woman
as Narrator (voice)1988 American Experience
as Ed Stenning1986 The Last Frontier
as Alvin Binder1985 The Atlanta Child Murders
as himself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 The Magic of David Copperfield
as President Richard Monckton1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as Elliot Brent1972 Ghost Story
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof1971 Great Performances
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Royal Earle Thompson1966 ABC Stage 67
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as himself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as Ulysses S. Grant1961 Supercar
1959 Play of the Week
as Robert Jordan1956 Playhouse 90
as Bert Palmer1955 The Alcoa Hour
as Col. Carter1953 GE Theater
1952 Omnibus
as Dr. Rank1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Abe Lincoln1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Frank Elgin1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Marcus1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Frank Cameron1948 Studio One
as Leonard O'Brien1948 Studio One
as Prisoner1948 Studio One
as Walter Osgood1948 Studio One
as Joe Grant1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
as Mason1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Full Name: Jason Robards
Born: Wednesday, 07/26 1922 (July) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 12/26 2000 (December) in Bridgeport (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Hollywood High School, HB Studio
Spouses (current/former): Lauren Bacall
Children: Sam Robards, Jason Robards III
Other names for Jason Robards (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jason Robards Jr."
"Джейсон Робардс"
"Jason Nelson Robards"
Jason Robards frequently works together with these people:
Charlton Heston (24x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (23x, Actor)
James Daly (19x, Actor)
John Forsythe (16x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (16x, Actor)
Hume Cronyn (16x, Actor)
Julie Harris (16x, Actress)
Maurice Evans (15x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (15x, Actor)
Joanne Woodward (14x, Actress)
Nina Foch (14x, Actress)
L.Q. Jones (9x, Actor)
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