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
• Tora! Tora! Tora! as General Walter C. Short
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Governor Wallace
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Cable Hogue
• My Best Fiend as Self (archive footage)
• Johnny Got His Gun as Joe's Father
• Philadelphia as Charles Wheeler
• La Classe américaine as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
• Once Upon a Time in the West as 'Cheyenne'

TV

• The Civil War as Ulysses S. Grant
• Omnibus
• Studio One as Frank Cameron
• General Electric Theater as Col. Carter
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Rank
• The Alcoa Hour as Bert Palmer
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• The Philco Television Playhouse as Joe Grant
• ABC Stage 67 as Royal Earle Thompson
• The Oscars as Self