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Jason Robards
Jason Robards’s screen credits include 'Cheyenne' in Once Upon a Time in the West and Ben Bradlee in All the President's Men.
Born July 26, 1922† December 26, 2000 Chicago, Illinois, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2026The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann StoryEarl Partridge (Magnolia archive footage)Upcoming
- 2017Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)
- 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage)
- 2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One")
- 2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelf
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
- 2000Going HomeCharles Barton
- 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)
- 2000That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelf
- 1999MagnoliaEarl Partridge
- 1999My Best FiendSelf (archive footage)
- 1998Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
- 1998BelovedMr. Bodwin
- 1998The Real MacawGrandpa Girdis
- 1998HeartwoodLogan Reeser
- 1997TrumanNarrator (voice)
- 1997A Thousand AcresLarry Cook
- 1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltNarrator
- 1995JourneyMarcus
- 1995Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
- 1995My AntoniaJosea Burden
- 1995The Great American WestNarrator (voice)
- 1994The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd
- 1994Little Big LeagueThomas Heywood
- 1994The PaperGraham Keighley
- 1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalNarrator
- 1993La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)
- 1993PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler
- 1993Roots of RoeAnthony Comstock (voice)
- 1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf
- 1993The TrialDoctor Huld
- 1993The Adventures of Huck FinnThe King
- 1992LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- 1992The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public LibrarySelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1992StoryvilleClifford Fowler
- 1992When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)
- 1992DeceptionsClay (voice)
- 1991Mark Twain and MeMark Twain
- 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice)
- 1991Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice)
- 1991When It Was a Game(voice)
- 1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand Hammer
- 1991The Perfect TributePresident Abraham Lincoln
- 1990Quick ChangeChief Rotzinger
- 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
- 1989Black RainbowWalter Travis
- 1989Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)
- 1989ParenthoodFrank Buckman
- 1989ReunionHenry Strauss
- 1989Dream a Little DreamColeman Ettinger
- 1988The Christmas WifeJohn Tanner
- 1988The Good MotherW. O. Muth
- 1988Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited)
- 1988Inherit the WindHarry Drummond
- 1987Breaking Home TiesLloyd Wells
- 1987Laguna HeatWade Shephard
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
- 1987Square DanceDillard
- 1986Johnny BullStephan Kovacs
- 1986Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage)
- 1985Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1984The World of TomorrowSelf / Narrator
- 1984You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin Vanderhof
- 1984America and Lewis HineVoice
- 1984SakharovAndrei Sakharov
- 1983The Day AfterDr. Russell Oakes
- 1983The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in HistorySelf - Host
- 1983Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles Halloway
- 1983Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan
- 1982Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)
- 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
- 1981The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. Grant
- 1980Melvin and HowardHoward Hughes
- 1980Ghosts of Cape HornNarrator
- 1980Raise the TitanicAdmiral James Sandecker
- 1980F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1980HaywireLeland Hayward
- 1980CaboblancoGunther Beckdorff
- 1979A Plague on Our ChildrenNarrator (voice)
- 1979HurricaneCapt. Charles Bruckner
- 1978A Christmas to RememberDaniel Larson
- 1978Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' Ewing
- 1977JuliaDashiell Hammett
- 1976The Spy Who Never WasInspector Barkan
- 1976Addie and the King of HeartsJames "Jamie" Mills
- 1975Mr. SycamoreJohn Gwilt
- 1975A Moon for the MisbegottenJames Tyrone Jr.
- 1975The Easter PromiseJames "Jamie" Mills
- 1975A Boy and His DogLou Craddock
- 1974The Country GirlFrank Elgin
- 1973The Thanksgiving TreasureJames "Jamie" Mills
- 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidGovernor Wallace
- 1973Old FaithfulJason Robards
- 1972The House Without a Christmas TreeJames "Jamie" Mills
- 1972The War Between Men and WomenStephen Kozlenko
- 1971Johnny Got His GunJoe's Father
- 1971Murders in the Rue MorgueCesar Charron
- 1970FoolsMatthew South
- 1970Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus
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