1922Born, Chicago
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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.
Known for
PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler
Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
MagnoliaEarl Partridge
Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
ParenthoodFrank Buckman2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage)Movie
2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One")Movie
2000Going HomeCharles BartonMovie
1999MagnoliaEarl PartridgeMovie
1998Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)Movie
1998BelovedMr. BodwinMovie
1998The Real MacawGrandpa GirdisMovie
1998HeartwoodLogan ReeserMovie
1997TrumanNarrator (voice)Movie
1997A Thousand AcresLarry CookMovie
1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore RooseveltNarratorMovie
1995JourneyMarcusMovie
1995Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)Movie
1995My AntoniaJosea BurdenMovie
1995The Great American WestNarrator (voice)Movie
1994The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton LloydMovie
1994Little Big LeagueThomas HeywoodMovie
1994The PaperGraham KeighleyMovie
1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's CapitalNarratorMovie
1993La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)Movie
1993PhiladelphiaCharles WheelerMovie
1993Roots of RoeAnthony Comstock (voice)Movie
1993HeidiGrandfather · 2 episodesShow
1993The TrialDoctor HuldMovie
1993The Adventures of Huck FinnThe KingMovie
1992LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)Movie
1992StoryvilleClifford FowlerMovie
1992When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)Movie
1992DeceptionsClay (voice)Movie
1991Mark Twain and MeMark TwainMovie
1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice)Movie
1991Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice)Movie
1991When It Was a Game(voice)Movie
1991An Inconvenient WomanJules Mendelson · 2 episodesShow
1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand HammerMovie
1991The Perfect TributePresident Abraham LincolnMovie
1990The Civil WarUlysses S. Grant (voice) · 9 episodesShow
1990Quick ChangeChief RotzingerMovie
1989Black RainbowWalter TravisMovie
1989Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)Movie
1989ParenthoodFrank BuckmanMovie
1989ReunionHenry StraussMovie
1989Dream a Little DreamColeman EttingerMovie
1988The Christmas WifeJohn TannerMovie
1988The Good MotherW. O. MuthMovie
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice) · 7 episodesShow
1988Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited)Movie
1988Inherit the WindHarry DrummondMovie
1987Breaking Home TiesLloyd WellsMovie
1987Laguna HeatWade ShephardMovie
1987Square DanceDillardMovie
1986The Last FrontierEd Stenning · 2 episodesShow
1986Johnny BullStephan KovacsMovie
1985The Long Hot SummerWill Varner · 2 episodesShow
1985The Atlanta Child MurdersAlvin Binder · 2 episodesShow
1985Screen TwoDoctor Huld · 1 episodeShow
1984You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin VanderhofMovie
1984America and Lewis HineVoiceMovie
1984SakharovAndrei SakharovMovie
1983The Day AfterDr. Russell OakesMovie
1983Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles HallowayMovie
1983Max Dugan ReturnsMax DuganMovie
1982Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)Movie
1981The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. GrantMovie
1980Melvin and HowardHoward HughesMovie
1980Ghosts of Cape HornNarratorMovie
1980Raise the TitanicAdmiral James SandeckerMovie
1980F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. RooseveltMovie
1980HaywireLeland HaywardMovie
1980CaboblancoGunther BeckdorffMovie
1979A Plague on Our ChildrenNarrator (voice)Movie
1979Broadway on ShowtimeErie Smith · 1 episodeShow
1979HurricaneCapt. Charles BrucknerMovie
1978A Christmas to RememberDaniel LarsonMovie
1978The Magic of David Copperfield1 episodeShow
1978Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' EwingMovie
1977JuliaDashiell HammettMovie
1977Washington: Behind Closed DoorsPresident Richard Monckton · 6 episodesShow
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