Jason Robards

Acting · Born 1922-07-26 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

• Magnolia as Earl Partridge
• All the President's Men as Ben Bradlee
• Parenthood as Frank Buckman
• Max Dugan Returns as Max Dugan
• Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
• Quick Change as Chief Rotzinger
• A Boy and His Dog as Lou Craddock
• Tora! Tora! Tora! as General Walter C. Short
• The Great American West as Narrator (voice)
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Governor Wallace