Jason Robards

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Jason Robards

Acting July 26, 1922

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…

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Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

8.3 1968 Movie
Philadelphia

Philadelphia

7.7 1993 Movie
Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

7.1 1998 Movie
Magnolia

Magnolia

7.7 1999 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

7.7 1976 Movie
Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

7.2 1995 Movie
Parenthood

Parenthood

6.7 1989 Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.2 1970 Movie
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

7.2 1973 Movie
The Day After

The Day After

6.8 1983 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    Arthur Miller: Writer

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2016
    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    Movie Ben Bradlee (archive footage)

  3. 2006
    Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

    Movie Joe's Father (video "One")

  4. 2006
    Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

    Movie Self

  5. 2004
    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2000
    Going Home

    Movie Charles Barton

  7. 2000
    That Moment: Magnolia Diary

    Movie Self

  8. 2000
    Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 1999
    Magnolia

    Movie Earl Partridge

  10. 1999
    My Best Fiend

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 1998
    Enemy of the State

    Movie Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

  12. 1998
    Beloved

    Movie Mr. Bodwin

  13. 1998
    The Real Macaw

    Movie Grandpa Girdis

  14. 1998
    Heartwood

    Movie Logan Reeser

  15. 1997
    Truman

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  16. 1997
    A Thousand Acres

    Movie Larry Cook

More credits
  1. 1996
    T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

    Movie Narrator

  2. 1996
    The West

    TV show Self - Brigham Young

  3. 1995
    Journey

    Movie Marcus

  4. 1995
    Crimson Tide

    Movie Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

  5. 1995
    My Antonia

    Movie Josea Burden

  6. 1995
    The Great American West

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  7. 1994
    Baseball

    TV show (voice)

  8. 1994
    The Enemy Within

    Movie General R. Pendleton Lloyd

  9. 1994
    Little Big League

    Movie Thomas Heywood

  10. 1994
    The Paper

    Movie Graham Keighley

  11. 1994
    Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital

    Movie Narrator

  12. 1993
    La Classe américaine

    Movie The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

  13. 1993
    Philadelphia

    Movie Charles Wheeler

  14. 1993
    Roots of Roe

    Movie Anthony Comstock (voice)

  15. 1993
    Heidi

    TV show Grandfather

  16. 1993
    Heidi

    Movie Großvater

  17. 1993
    Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

    Movie Self

  18. 1993
    The Trial

    Movie Doctor Huld

  19. 1993
    The Adventures of Huck Finn

    Movie The King

  20. 1992
    Lincoln

    Movie President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

  21. 1992
    The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

    Movie Self - Narrator (voice)

  22. 1992
    Storyville

    Movie Clifford Fowler

  23. 1992
    When It Was a Game 2

    Movie Passage Narrator (voice)

  24. 1992
    Deceptions

    Movie Clay (voice)