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

• 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone — Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
• 2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 — Joe's Father (video "One")
• 2000Going Home — Charles Barton
• 1999Magnolia — Earl Partridge
• 1998Beloved — Mr. Bodwin
• 1998Enemy of the State — Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
• 1998Heartwood — Logan Reeser
• 1998The Real Macaw — Grandpa Girdis
• 1997A Thousand Acres — Larry Cook
• 1997Truman — Narrator (voice)
• 1996T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt — Narrator
• 1995Crimson Tide — Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
• 1995Journey — Marcus
• 1995My Antonia — Josea Burden
• 1995The Great American West — Narrator (voice)
• Baseball — (voice)
• 1994Little Big League — Thomas Heywood
• 1994Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital — Narrator
• 1994The Enemy Within — General R. Pendleton Lloyd
• 1994The Paper — Graham Keighley
• 1993Heidi — Großvater
• Heidi — Grandfather
• 1993La Classe américaine — The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
• 1993Philadelphia — Charles Wheeler
• 1993Roots of Roe — Anthony Comstock (voice)
• 1993The Adventures of Huck Finn — The King
• 1993The Trial — Doctor Huld
• 1992Deceptions — Clay (voice)
• 1992Lincoln — President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
• 1992Storyville — Clifford Fowler
• 1992When It Was a Game 2 — Passage Narrator (voice)
• An Inconvenient Woman — Jules Mendelson
• 1991Chernobyl: The Final Warning — Dr. Armand Hammer
• 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio — Narrator (voice)
• 1991Mark Twain and Me — Mark Twain
• 1991Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale — Narrator (voice)
• 1991The Perfect Tribute — President Abraham Lincoln
• 1991When It Was a Game — (voice)
• 1990Quick Change — Chief Rotzinger
• The Civil War — Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
• 1989Black Rainbow — Walter Travis
• 1989Dream a Little Dream — Coleman Ettinger
• 1989Parenthood — Frank Buckman
• 1989Reunion — Henry Strauss
• 1989Thomas Hart Benton — Narrator (voice)
• American Experience — Narrator (voice)
• 1988Bright Lights, Big City — Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
• 1988Inherit the Wind — Harry Drummond
• 1988The Christmas Wife — John Tanner
• 1988The Good Mother — W. O. Muth
• 1987Breaking Home Ties — Lloyd Wells
• 1987Laguna Heat — Wade Shephard
• 1987Square Dance — Dillard
• 1986Johnny Bull — Stephan Kovacs
• The Last Frontier — Ed Stenning
• Screen Two — Doctor Huld
• The Atlanta Child Murders — Alvin Binder
• The Long Hot Summer — Will Varner
• 1984America and Lewis Hine — Voice
• 1984Sakharov — Andrei Sakharov
• 1984You Can't Take it With You — Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
• 1983Max Dugan Returns — Max Dugan
• 1983Something Wicked This Way Comes — Charles Halloway
• 1983The Day After — Dr. Russell Oakes
• 1982Burden of Dreams — Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
• 1981The Legend of the Lone Ranger — President Ulysses S. Grant
• 1980Caboblanco — Gunther Beckdorff
• 1980F.D.R.: The Last Year — President Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 1980Ghosts of Cape Horn — Narrator
• 1980Haywire — Leland Hayward
• 1980Melvin and Howard — Howard Hughes
• 1980Raise the Titanic — Admiral James Sandecker
• Broadway on Showtime — Erie Smith
• 1979Hurricane — Capt. Charles Bruckner
• 1978A Christmas to Remember — Daniel Larson
• 1978Comes a Horseman — Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
• The Magic of David Copperfield
• 1977Julia — Dashiell Hammett
• Washington: Behind Closed Doors — President Richard Monckton
• 1976Addie and the King of Hearts — James "Jamie" Mills
• 1976All the President's Men — Ben Bradlee
• 1976The Spy Who Never Was — Inspector Barkan
• 1975A Boy and His Dog — Lou Craddock
• 1975A Moon for the Misbegotten — James Tyrone Jr.
• 1975Mr. Sycamore — John Gwilt
• 1975The Easter Promise — James "Jamie" Mills
• 1974The Country Girl — Frank Elgin
• 1973Old Faithful — Jason Robards
• 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid — Governor Wallace
• 1973The Thanksgiving Treasure — James "Jamie" Mills
• Ghost Story — Elliot Brent
• 1972The House Without a Christmas Tree — James "Jamie" Mills
• 1972The War Between Men and Women — Stephen Kozlenko
• 1971Johnny Got His Gun — Joe's Father
• 1971Murders in the Rue Morgue — Cesar Charron
• 1970Fools — Matthew South
• 1970Julius Caesar — Marcus Brutus
• 1970Operation Snafu — Sam Armstrong
• 1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue — Cable Hogue
• 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! — General Walter C. Short
• 1968Isadora — Paris Singer
• 1968Once Upon a Time in the West — 'Cheyenne'
• 1968The Night They Raided Minsky's — Raymond Paine
• 1967Divorce American Style — Nelson Downes
• 1967Hour of the Gun — Doc Holliday
• 1967The Belle of 14th Street — Performer
• 1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacre — Al Capone
• 1967The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
• 1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady — Henry Drummond
• ABC Stage 67 — Royal Earle Thompson
• 1966Any Wednesday — John Cleves
• 1966Noon Wine — Royal Earle Thompson
• 1965A Thousand Clowns — Murray
• 1964Abe Lincoln in Illinois — Abraham Lincoln
• 1963Act One — George S. Kaufman
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• 1962Long Day's Journey Into Night — Jamie Tyrone
• 1962Tender Is the Night — Dick Diver
• 1961By Love Possessed — Julius Penrose
• 1960The Bat — Detective Anderson
• The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries — Detective Anderson
• The Iceman Cometh — Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
• 1959A Doll's House — Dr. Rank
• 1959For Whom the Bell Tolls — Robert Jordan
• Play of the Week
• 1959The Journey — Paul Kedes
• Playhouse 90 — Robert Jordan
• The Alcoa Hour — Bert Palmer
• General Electric Theater — Col. Carter
• Omnibus
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Dr. Rank, Marcus, Abe Lincoln, Frank Elgin
• Studio One — Frank Cameron, Prisoner, Walter Osgood, Leonard O'Brien
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Joe Grant, Mason

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2017Arthur Miller: Writer — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film — Self
• 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone — Self (archive footage)
• 2000That Moment: Magnolia Diary — Self
• 1999My Best Fiend — Self (archive footage)
• The West — Self - Brigham Young
• 1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron — Self
• 1992The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1986Portrait: Werner Herzog — Self (archive footage)
• 1985Empire City — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1984The World of Tomorrow — Self / Narrator
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1983The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History — Self - Host
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1966The Face of Genius — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Danny Kaye Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Host, Self - Presenter
• The Oscars — Self
• What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self