Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
as Self
Magnolia
as Earl Partridge
My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
Enemy of the State
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
Beloved
as Mr. Bodwin
The Real Macaw
as Grandpa Girdis
Heartwood
as Logan Reeser
Truman
as Narrator (voice)
A Thousand Acres
as Larry Cook
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
as Narrator
Journey
as Marcus
Crimson Tide
as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
My Antonia
as Josea Burden
The Great American West
as Narrator (voice)
The Enemy Within
as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Little Big League
as Thomas Heywood
The Paper
as Graham Keighley
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
as Narrator
La Classe américaine
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
Philadelphia
as Charles Wheeler
Roots of Roe
as Anthony Comstock (voice)
Heidi
as Großvater
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
The Trial
as Doctor Huld
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as The King
Lincoln
as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Storyville
as Clifford Fowler
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Deceptions
as Clay (voice)
Mark Twain and Me
as Mark Twain
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
as Narrator (voice)
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Armand Hammer
The Perfect Tribute
as President Abraham Lincoln
Quick Change
as Chief Rotzinger
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Black Rainbow
as Walter Travis
Thomas Hart Benton
as Narrator (voice)
Parenthood
as Frank Buckman
Reunion
as Henry Strauss
Dream a Little Dream
as Coleman Ettinger
The Christmas Wife
as John Tanner
The Good Mother
as W. O. Muth
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
as Harry Drummond
Breaking Home Ties
as Lloyd Wells
Laguna Heat
as Wade Shephard
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Square Dance
as Dillard
Johnny Bull
as Stephan Kovacs
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
Empire City
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The World of Tomorrow
as Self / Narrator
You Can't Take it With You
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
America and Lewis Hine
as Voice
Sakharov
as Andrei Sakharov
The Day After
as Dr. Russell Oakes
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History
as Self - Host
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Charles Halloway
Max Dugan Returns
as Max Dugan
Burden of Dreams
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Melvin and Howard
as Howard Hughes
Ghosts of Cape Horn
as Narrator
Raise the Titanic
as Admiral James Sandecker
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haywire
as Leland Hayward
Caboblanco
as Gunther Beckdorff
Hurricane
as Capt. Charles Bruckner
A Christmas to Remember
as Daniel Larson
Comes a Horseman
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
Julia
as Dashiell Hammett
The Spy Who Never Was
as Inspector Barkan
All the President's Men
as Ben Bradlee
Addie and the King of Hearts
as James "Jamie" Mills
Mr. Sycamore
as John Gwilt
A Moon for the Misbegotten
as James Tyrone Jr.
The Easter Promise
as James "Jamie" Mills
A Boy and His Dog
as Lou Craddock
The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
The Thanksgiving Treasure
as James "Jamie" Mills
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Governor Wallace
Old Faithful
as Jason Robards
The House Without a Christmas Tree
as James "Jamie" Mills
The War Between Men and Women
as Stephen Kozlenko
Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Father
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Cesar Charron
Fools
as Matthew South
Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Cable Hogue
Operation Snafu
as Sam Armstrong
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as General Walter C. Short
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Raymond Paine
Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Cheyenne'
Isadora
as Paris Singer
Hour of the Gun
as Doc Holliday
The Belle of 14th Street
as Performer
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Al Capone
Divorce American Style
as Nelson Downes
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Noon Wine
as Royal Earle Thompson
Any Wednesday
as John Cleves
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Henry Drummond
The Face of Genius
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Thousand Clowns
as Murray
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abraham Lincoln
Act One
as George S. Kaufman
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Jamie Tyrone
Tender Is the Night
as Dick Diver
By Love Possessed
as Julius Penrose
The Bat
as Detective Anderson
