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.
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Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Known For
Magnolia
(1999)
Earl Partridge
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
'Cheyenne'
Enemy of the State
(1998)
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
Philadelphia
(1993)
Charles Wheeler
Isadora
(1968)
Paris Singer
Crimson Tide
(1995)
Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
The Day After
(1983)
Dr. Russell Oakes
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Lt. General Walter C. Short
Parenthood
(1989)
Frank Buckman
All the President's Men
(1976)
Ben Bradlee
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(1973)
Governor Wallace
Quick Change
(1990)
Chief Rotzinger
Bright Lights, Big City
(1988)
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
Raise the Titanic
(1980)
Admiral James Sandecker
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
(1970)
Cable Hogue
A Boy and His Dog
(1975)
Lou Craddock
Full Filmography
Acting
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1959)
Robert Jordan
A Doll's House
(1959)
Dr. Rank
The Journey
(1959)
Paul Kedes
The Bat
(1960)
Detective Anderson
The Iceman Cometh
(1960)
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
By Love Possessed
(1961)
Julius Penrose
Tender Is the Night
(1962)
Dick Diver
Long Day's Journey Into Night
(1962)
Jamie Tyrone
Act One
(1963)
George S. Kaufman
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
(1964)
Abraham Lincoln
A Thousand Clowns
(1965)
Murray
Noon Wine
(1966)
Royal Earle Thompson
The Face of Genius
(1966)
Narrator (voice)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
(1966)
Henry Drummond
Any Wednesday
(1966)
John Cleves
Hour of the Gun
(1967)
Doc Holliday
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1967)
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
(1967)
Al Capone
Divorce American Style
(1967)
Nelson Downes
The Belle of 14th Street
(1967)
Self
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
'Cheyenne'
Isadora
(1968)
Paris Singer
The Night They Raided Minsky's
(1968)
Raymond Paine
Julius Caesar
(1970)
Marcus Brutus
Fools
(1970)
Matthew South
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
(1970)
Cable Hogue
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Lt. General Walter C. Short
Operation Snafu
(1970)
Sam Armstrong
Murders in the Rue Morgue
(1971)
Cesar Charron
Johnny Got His Gun
(1971)
Joe's Father
The War Between Men and Women
(1972)
Stephen Kozlenko
The House Without a Christmas Tree
(1972)
James "Jamie" Mills
The Thanksgiving Treasure
(1973)
James "Jamie" Mills
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(1973)
Governor Wallace
Old Faithful
(1973)
Himself
The Country Girl
(1974)
Frank Elgin
A Moon for the Misbegotten
(1975)
James Tyrone Jr.
A Boy and His Dog
(1975)
Lou Craddock
The Easter Promise
(1975)
James "Jamie" Mills
Mr. Sycamore
(1975)
John Gwilt
The Spy Who Never Was
(1976)
Inspector Barkan
Addie and the King of Hearts
(1976)
James "Jamie" Mills
All the President's Men
(1976)
Ben Bradlee
Julia
(1977)
Dashiell Hammett
A Christmas to Remember
(1978)
Daniel Larson
Comes a Horseman
(1978)
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
Hurricane
(1979)
Capt. Charles Bruckner
Melvin and Howard
(1980)
Howard Hughes
Cabo Blanco
(1980)
Gunther Beckdorff
Raise the Titanic
(1980)
Admiral James Sandecker
F.D.R.: The Last Year
(1980)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haywire
(1980)
Leland Hayward
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
(1981)
President Ulysses S. Grant
Burden of Dreams
(1982)
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Self
The Day After
(1983)
Dr. Russell Oakes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
(1983)
Charles Halloway
Max Dugan Returns
(1983)
Max Dugan
The World of Tomorrow
(1984)
Self / Narrator
You Can't Take it With You
(1984)
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
America and Lewis Hine
(1984)
Voice
Sakharov
(1984)
Andrei Sakharov
Empire City
(1985)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Portrait: Werner Herzog
(1986)
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Bull
(1986)
Stephan Kovacs
Square Dance
(1987)
Dillard
Laguna Heat
(1987)
Wade Shephard
Breaking Home Ties
(1987)
Lloyd Wells
The Christmas Wife
(1988)
John Tanner
The Good Mother
(1988)
W. O. Muth
Inherit the Wind
(1988)
Harry Drummond
Bright Lights, Big City
(1988)
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
Thomas Hart Benton
(1989)
Narrator (voice)
Black Rainbow
(1989)
Walter Travis
Dream a Little Dream
(1989)
Coleman Ettinger
Parenthood
(1989)
Frank Buckman
Reunion
(1989)
Henry Strauss
Quick Change
(1990)
Chief Rotzinger
Night of 100 Stars III
(1990)
Self
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
(1991)
Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain and Me
(1991)
Mark Twain
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
(1991)
Dr. Armand Hammer
The Perfect Tribute
(1991)
President Abraham Lincoln
Deceptions
(1992)
Clay (voice)
Storyville
(1992)
Clifford Fowler
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
(1992)
Narrator
Lincoln
(1992)
President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Philadelphia
(1993)
Charles Wheeler
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
(1993)
Self
The Trial
(1993)
Doctor Huld
The Adventures of Huck Finn
(1993)
The King
La Classe américaine
(1993)
The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
The Enemy Within
(1994)
General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Little Big League
(1994)
Thomas Heywood
The Paper
(1994)
Graham Keighley
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
(1994)
Narrator
My Antonia
(1995)
Josea Burden
Journey
(1995)
Marcus
The Great American West
(1995)
Narrator (voice)
Crimson Tide
(1995)
Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
(1996)
Narrator
Truman
(1997)
Narrator (voice)
A Thousand Acres
(1997)
Larry Cook
Heartwood
(1998)
Logan Reeser
The Real Macaw
(1998)
Grandpa Girdis
Beloved
(1998)
Mr. Bodwin
Enemy of the State
(1998)
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
My Best Fiend
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
Magnolia
(1999)
Earl Partridge
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
(2000)
Self
Going Home
(2000)
Charles Barton
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
(2001)
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
(2006)
Self
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
(2006)
Joe's Father (video "One")
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
(2016)
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
(2017)
Self (archive footage)