Actor
Jason Robards
Born 26 July 1922 · Chicago, Illinois, USA — died 26 December 2000
Jason Robards (1922–2000) was an American actor renowned for his stage work, especially in Eugene O'Neill's plays, and for gravelly, world-weary screen performances. He won back-to-back Best Supporting Actor Oscars in the 1970s. He is one of the few performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting.
Key films
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)On Cinespective
Played the outlaw Cheyenne in Sergio Leone's epic Western, a defining role in a cinema classic.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Took the lead in Sam Peckinpah's elegiac Western about a prospector who finds water in the desert.
All the President's Men (1976)
Played Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, a performance that earned his first Oscar.
Julia (1977)
Played writer Dashiell Hammett and won a second consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
Magnolia (1999)
Played a dying television producer in one of his final film roles.
Key awards
- 1977: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (All the President's Men)
- 1978: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Julia)
- 1959: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (The Disenchanted)
- 1962: Cannes Film Festival Best Actor (shared, Long Day's Journey into Night)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 124
- 1959The Journey · as Paul KedesActor
- 1959A Doll's House · as Dr. RankActor
- 1959For Whom the Bell Tolls · as Robert JordanActor
- 1960The Bat · as Detective AndersonActor
- 1961By Love Possessed · as Julius PenroseActor
- 1962Long Day's Journey Into Night · as Jamie TyroneActor
- 1962Tender Is the Night · as Dick DiverActor
- 1963Act One · as George S. KaufmanActor
- 1964Abe Lincoln in Illinois · as Abraham LincolnActor
- 1965A Thousand Clowns · as MurrayActor
- 1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady · as Henry DrummondActor
- 1966Any Wednesday · as John ClevesActor
- 1966Noon Wine · as Royal Earle ThompsonActor
- 1966The Face of Genius · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacre · as Al CaponeActor
- 1967Hour of the Gun · as Doc HollidayActor
- 1967Divorce American Style · as Nelson DownesActor
- 1967The Belle of 14th Street · as PerformerActor
- 1967The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward HydeActor
- 1968Once Upon a Time in the West · as 'Cheyenne'Actor
- 1968Isadora · as Paris SingerActor
- 1968The Night They Raided Minsky's · as Raymond PaineActor
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! · as General Walter C. ShortActor
- 1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue · as Cable HogueActor
- 1970Julius Caesar · as Marcus BrutusActor
- 1970Fools · as Matthew SouthActor
- 1970Operation Snafu · as Sam ArmstrongActor
- 1971Johnny Got His Gun · as Joe's FatherActor
- 1971Murders in the Rue Morgue · as Cesar CharronActor
- 1972The War Between Men and Women · as Stephen KozlenkoActor
- 1972The House Without a Christmas Tree · as James "Jamie" MillsActor
- 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · as Governor WallaceActor
- 1973The Thanksgiving Treasure · as James "Jamie" MillsActor
- 1973Old Faithful · as Jason RobardsActor
- 1974The Country Girl · as Frank ElginActor
- 1975A Boy and His Dog · as Lou CraddockActor
- 1975Mr. Sycamore · as John GwiltActor
- 1975The Easter Promise · as James "Jamie" MillsActor
- 1975A Moon for the Misbegotten · as James Tyrone Jr.Actor
- 1976All the President's Men · as Ben BradleeActor
- 1976Addie and the King of Hearts · as James "Jamie" MillsActor
- 1976The Spy Who Never Was · as Inspector BarkanActor
- 1977Julia · as Dashiell HammettActor
- 1978Comes a Horseman · as Jacob 'J.W.' EwingActor
- 1978A Christmas to Remember · as Daniel LarsonActor
- 1979Hurricane · as Capt. Charles BrucknerActor
- 1980Raise the Titanic · as Admiral James SandeckerActor
- 1980Melvin and Howard · as Howard HughesActor
- 1980Caboblanco · as Gunther BeckdorffActor
- 1980F.D.R.: The Last Year · as President Franklin D. RooseveltActor
- 1980Haywire · as Leland HaywardActor
- 1980Ghosts of Cape Horn · as NarratorActor
- 1981The Legend of the Lone Ranger · as President Ulysses S. GrantActor
- 1982Burden of Dreams · as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)Actor
- 1982Night of 100 Stars · as SelfActor
- 1983The Day After · as Dr. Russell OakesActor
- 1983Something Wicked This Way Comes · as Charles HallowayActor
- 1983Max Dugan Returns · as Max DuganActor
- 1983The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History · as Self - HostActor
- 1984America and Lewis Hine · as VoiceActor
- 1984The World of Tomorrow · as Self / NarratorActor
- 1984Sakharov · as Andrei SakharovActor
- 1984You Can't Take it With You · as Grandpa Martin VanderhofActor
- 1985Empire City · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1986Portrait: Werner Herzog · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1986Johnny Bull · as Stephan KovacsActor
- 1987Square Dance · as DillardActor
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood · as SelfActor
- 1987Laguna Heat · as Wade ShephardActor
- 1987Breaking Home Ties · as Lloyd WellsActor
- 1988Bright Lights, Big City · as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)Actor
- 1988The Good Mother · as W. O. MuthActor
- 1988Inherit the Wind · as Harry DrummondActor
- 1988The Christmas Wife · as John TannerActor
- 1989Parenthood · as Frank BuckmanActor
- 1989Dream a Little Dream · as Coleman EttingerActor
- 1989Black Rainbow · as Walter TravisActor
- 1989Reunion · as Henry StraussActor
- 1989Thomas Hart Benton · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1990Quick Change · as Chief RotzingerActor
- 1990Night of 100 Stars III · as SelfActor
- 1991Chernobyl: The Final Warning · as Dr. Armand HammerActor
- 1991Mark Twain and Me · as Mark TwainActor
- 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1991The Perfect Tribute · as President Abraham LincolnActor
- 1991Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1991When It Was a Game · as (voice)Actor
- 1992Storyville · as Clifford FowlerActor
- 1992Lincoln · as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)Actor
- 1992When It Was a Game 2 · as Passage Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1992Deceptions · as Clay (voice)Actor
- 1992The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1993Philadelphia · as Charles WheelerActor
- 1993La Classe américaine · as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)Actor
- 1993The Adventures of Huck Finn · as The KingActor
- 1993The Trial · as Doctor HuldActor
- 1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron · as SelfActor
- 1993Heidi · as GroßvaterActor
- 1993Roots of Roe · as Anthony Comstock (voice)Actor
- 1994The Paper · as Graham KeighleyActor
- 1994Little Big League · as Thomas HeywoodActor
- 1994The Enemy Within · as General R. Pendleton LloydActor
- 1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital · as NarratorActor
- 1995Crimson Tide · as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)Actor
- 1995Journey · as MarcusActor
- 1995My Antonia · as Josea BurdenActor
- 1995The Great American West · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt · as NarratorActor
- 1997A Thousand Acres · as Larry CookActor
- 1997Truman · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1998Enemy of the State · as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)Actor
- 1998Beloved · as Mr. BodwinActor
- 1998The Real Macaw · as Grandpa GirdisActor
- 1998Heartwood · as Logan ReeserActor
- 1999Magnolia · as Earl PartridgeActor
- 1999My Best Fiend · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000That Moment: Magnolia Diary · as SelfActor
- 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000Going Home · as Charles BartonActor
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 · as Joe's Father (video "One")Actor
- 2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film · as SelfActor
- 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone · as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Arthur Miller: Writer · as Self (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.