
Actor
Born July 26, 1922 in 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.

Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Joe's Father (video "One")

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)

Going Home
Charles Barton

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

That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Self

Magnolia
Earl Partridge

My Best Fiend
Self (archive footage)

Enemy of the State
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

Beloved
Mr. Bodwin

The Real Macaw
Grandpa Girdis

Heartwood
Logan Reeser

A Thousand Acres
Larry Cook

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
Narrator

The West
Self - Brigham Young

Journey
Marcus

Crimson Tide
Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

My Antonia
Josea Burden

Baseball
(voice)

The Enemy Within
General R. Pendleton Lloyd

Little Big League
Thomas Heywood

The Paper
Graham Keighley

Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
Narrator

La Classe américaine
The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

Philadelphia
Charles Wheeler

Heidi
Großvater

Heidi
Grandfather

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self

The Trial
Doctor Huld

The Adventures of Huck Finn
The King

Storyville
Clifford Fowler

When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)

Deceptions
Clay (voice)

Mark Twain and Me
Mark Twain

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Narrator (voice)

Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
Narrator (voice)

When It Was a Game
(voice)

An Inconvenient Woman
Jules Mendelson

Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Armand Hammer

The Perfect Tribute
President Abraham Lincoln

The Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Quick Change
Chief Rotzinger

Night of 100 Stars III
Self

Black Rainbow
Walter Travis

Thomas Hart Benton
Narrator (voice)

Parenthood
Frank Buckman

Reunion
Henry Strauss

Dream a Little Dream
Coleman Ettinger

The Christmas Wife
John Tanner

The Good Mother
W. O. Muth

American Experience
Narrator (voice)

Bright Lights, Big City
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)

Inherit the Wind
Harry Drummond

Breaking Home Ties
Lloyd Wells

Laguna Heat
Wade Shephard

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self

Square Dance
Dillard

The Last Frontier
Ed Stenning

The Last Frontier
Ed Stenning

Johnny Bull
Stephan Kovacs

Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self (archive footage)

The Long Hot Summer
Will Varner

Empire City
Self - Narrator (voice)

The Atlanta Child Murders
Alvin Binder

Screen Two
Doctor Huld

The World of Tomorrow
Self / Narrator

You Can't Take it With You
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov

The Day After
Dr. Russell Oakes

Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Charles Halloway

Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan

Burden of Dreams
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars
Self

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
President Ulysses S. Grant

Melvin and Howard
Howard Hughes

Ghosts of Cape Horn
Narrator

Raise the Titanic
Admiral James Sandecker

F.D.R.: The Last Year
President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Haywire
Leland Hayward

Caboblanco
Gunther Beckdorff

Broadway on Showtime
Erie Smith

Hurricane
Capt. Charles Bruckner

The Kennedy Center Honors
Self

A Christmas to Remember
Daniel Larson

The Magic of David Copperfield

Comes a Horseman
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

Julia
Dashiell Hammett

Washington: Behind Closed Doors
President Richard Monckton

The Spy Who Never Was
Inspector Barkan

All the President's Men
Ben Bradlee

Addie and the King of Hearts
James "Jamie" Mills

Mr. Sycamore
John Gwilt

A Moon for the Misbegotten
James Tyrone Jr.

The Easter Promise
James "Jamie" Mills

A Boy and His Dog
Lou Craddock

The Country Girl
Frank Elgin

The Thanksgiving Treasure
James "Jamie" Mills

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Governor Wallace

Old Faithful
Jason Robards

The House Without a Christmas Tree
James "Jamie" Mills

Ghost Story
Elliot Brent

The War Between Men and Women
Stephen Kozlenko

Johnny Got His Gun
Joe's Father

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Cesar Charron

Fools
Matthew South

Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Cable Hogue

Operation Snafu
Sam Armstrong

Tora! Tora! Tora!
General Walter C. Short

The Night They Raided Minsky's
Raymond Paine

Once Upon a Time in the West
'Cheyenne'

Isadora
Paris Singer

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest

Hour of the Gun
Doc Holliday

The Belle of 14th Street
Performer

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Al Capone

Divorce American Style
Nelson Downes

Noon Wine
Royal Earle Thompson

Any Wednesday
John Cleves

ABC Stage 67
Royal Earle Thompson

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Henry Drummond

The Face of Genius
Self - Narrator (voice)

A Thousand Clowns
Murray

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abraham Lincoln

Act One
George S. Kaufman

The Danny Kaye Show
Self

Long Day's Journey Into Night
Jamie Tyrone

Tender Is the Night
Dick Diver

By Love Possessed
Julius Penrose

The Iceman Cometh
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

The Iceman Cometh
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

The Bat
Detective Anderson

A Doll's House
Dr. Rank

Play of the Week

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Robert Jordan

The Journey
Paul Kedes

Playhouse 90
Robert Jordan

Tony Awards
Self - Host

The Alcoa Hour
Bert Palmer

The Oscars
Self

General Electric Theater
Col. Carter

Omnibus

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Rank

What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest

Studio One
Frank Cameron

The Philco Television Playhouse
Joe Grant

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self