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Jason Robards

Acting · Born 1922-07-26 · 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 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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Arthur Miller: Writer
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Film
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 · Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Film
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
2006 · Joe's Father (video "One")
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self (archive footage)
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Going Home
2000 · Charles Barton
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Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000 · Self (archive footage)
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That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000 · Self
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Magnolia
1999 · Earl Partridge
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My Best Fiend
1999 · Self (archive footage)
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Enemy of the State
1998 · Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
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Beloved
1998 · Mr. Bodwin
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The Real Macaw
1998 · Grandpa Girdis
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Heartwood
1998 · Logan Reeser
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A Thousand Acres
1997 · Larry Cook
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T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
1996 · Narrator
The West
1996 · Self - Brigham Young
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Journey
1995 · Marcus
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Crimson Tide
1995 · Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
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My Antonia
1995 · Josea Burden
The Great American West
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The Great American West
1995 · Narrator (voice)
Baseball
1994 · (voice)
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The Enemy Within
1994 · General R. Pendleton Lloyd
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Little Big League
1994 · Thomas Heywood
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The Paper
1994 · Graham Keighley
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La Classe américaine
1993 · The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
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Philadelphia
1993 · Charles Wheeler
Roots of Roe
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Roots of Roe
1993 · Anthony Comstock (voice)
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Heidi
1993 · Großvater
Heidi
1993 · Grandfather
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Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 · Self
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The Trial
1993 · Doctor Huld
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The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993 · The King
Lincoln
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Lincoln
1992 · President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
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Storyville
1992 · Clifford Fowler
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When It Was a Game 2
1992 · Passage Narrator (voice)
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Deceptions
1992 · Clay (voice)
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Mark Twain and Me
1991 · Mark Twain
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991 · Narrator (voice)
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Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
1991 · Narrator (voice)
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When It Was a Game
1991 · (voice)
An Inconvenient Woman
1991 · Jules Mendelson
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Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991 · Dr. Armand Hammer
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The Perfect Tribute
1991 · President Abraham Lincoln
The Civil War
1990 · Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
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Quick Change
1990 · Chief Rotzinger
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Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
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Black Rainbow
1989 · Walter Travis
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Thomas Hart Benton
1989 · Narrator (voice)
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Parenthood
1989 · Frank Buckman
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Reunion
1989 · Henry Strauss
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Dream a Little Dream
1989 · Coleman Ettinger
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The Christmas Wife
1988 · John Tanner
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The Good Mother
1988 · W. O. Muth
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
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Bright Lights, Big City
1988 · Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
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Inherit the Wind
1988 · Harry Drummond
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Breaking Home Ties
1987 · Lloyd Wells
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Laguna Heat
1987 · Wade Shephard
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
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Square Dance
1987 · Dillard
The Last Frontier
1986 · Ed Stenning
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Johnny Bull
1986 · Stephan Kovacs
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Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986 · Self (archive footage)
The Long Hot Summer
1985 · Will Varner
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Empire City
1985 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Alvin Binder
Screen Two
1985 · Doctor Huld
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The World of Tomorrow
1984 · Self / Narrator
America and Lewis Hine
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America and Lewis Hine
1984 · Voice
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Sakharov
1984 · Andrei Sakharov
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The Day After
1983 · Dr. Russell Oakes
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 · Charles Halloway
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Max Dugan Returns
1983 · Max Dugan
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Burden of Dreams
1982 · Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
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Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 · President Ulysses S. Grant
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Melvin and Howard
1980 · Howard Hughes
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Raise the Titanic
1980 · Admiral James Sandecker
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F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 · President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Haywire
1980 · Leland Hayward
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Caboblanco
1980 · Gunther Beckdorff
Broadway on Showtime
1979 · Erie Smith
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Hurricane
1979 · Capt. Charles Bruckner
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
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A Christmas to Remember
1978 · Daniel Larson
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
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Comes a Horseman
1978 · Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
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Julia
1977 · Dashiell Hammett
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977 · President Richard Monckton
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The Spy Who Never Was
1976 · Inspector Barkan
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All the President's Men
1976 · Ben Bradlee
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Addie and the King of Hearts
1976 · James "Jamie" Mills
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Mr. Sycamore
1975 · John Gwilt
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A Moon for the Misbegotten
1975 · James Tyrone Jr.
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The Easter Promise
1975 · James "Jamie" Mills
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A Boy and His Dog
1975 · Lou Craddock
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The Country Girl
1974 · Frank Elgin
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The Thanksgiving Treasure
1973 · James "Jamie" Mills
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Governor Wallace
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The House Without a Christmas Tree
1972 · James "Jamie" Mills
Ghost Story
1972 · Elliot Brent
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The War Between Men and Women
1972 · Stephen Kozlenko
Film '72
Film '72
1971 · Self
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Johnny Got His Gun
1971 · Joe's Father
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971 · Cesar Charron
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Fools
1970 · Matthew South
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Julius Caesar
1970 · Marcus Brutus
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · Cable Hogue
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Operation Snafu
1970 · Sam Armstrong
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · General Walter C. Short
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The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968 · Raymond Paine
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Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · 'Cheyenne'
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Isadora
1968 · Paris Singer
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
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Hour of the Gun
1967 · Doc Holliday
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The Belle of 14th Street
1967 · Performer
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 · Al Capone
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Divorce American Style
1967 · Nelson Downes
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Noon Wine
1966 · Royal Earle Thompson
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Any Wednesday
1966 · John Cleves
ABC Stage 67
1966 · Royal Earle Thompson
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966 · Henry Drummond
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The Face of Genius
1966 · Self - Narrator (voice)
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A Thousand Clowns
1965 · Murray
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1964 · Abraham Lincoln
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Act One
1963 · George S. Kaufman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
1962 · Jamie Tyrone
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Tender Is the Night
1962 · Dick Diver
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By Love Possessed
1961 · Julius Penrose
The Iceman Cometh
1960 · Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 · Detective Anderson
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The Bat
1960 · Detective Anderson
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A Doll's House
1959 · Dr. Rank
Play of the Week
1959
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The Journey
1959 · Paul Kedes
Playhouse 90
1956 · Robert Jordan
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Host
The Alcoa Hour
1955 · Bert Palmer
The Oscars
1953 · Self
General Electric Theater
1953 · Col. Carter
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Dr. Rank
What's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest
Studio One
1948 · Frank Cameron
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Joe Grant
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
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