
Jason Robards
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Magnolia
as Earl Partridge
1999

All the President's Men
as Ben Bradlee
1976

For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
1959

Parenthood
as Frank Buckman
1989

Max Dugan Returns
as Max Dugan
1983

Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017

Quick Change
as Chief Rotzinger
1990

A Boy and His Dog
as Lou Craddock
1975

Tora! Tora! Tora!
as General Walter C. Short
1970
The Great American West
as Narrator (voice)
1995

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Governor Wallace
1973

Caboblanco
as Gunther Beckdorff
1980

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Cable Hogue
1970

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self (archive footage)
2000

The Day After
as Dr. Russell Oakes
1983

Hour of the Gun
as Doc Holliday
1967

Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Charles Halloway
1983

My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
1999

Raise the Titanic
as Admiral James Sandecker
1980

The Paper
as Graham Keighley
1994
TV Appearances

Omnibus
1952

Studio One
as Frank Cameron
1948

General Electric Theater
as Col. Carter
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Rank
1951

Play of the Week
1959

The Civil War
as Ulysses S. Grant
1990

The Alcoa Hour
as Bert Palmer
1955
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Philco Television Playhouse
as Joe Grant
1948

ABC Stage 67
as Royal Earle Thompson
1966

The Oscars
as Self
1953

Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as President Richard Monckton
1977