Jason Robards

Jason Robards, Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor whose wizened, iconic quality kept him in the forefront of the acting profession for nearly fifty years. He made his name playing in the works of American dramatist Eugene O'Neill, and would regularly return to O'Neill's works throughout his career. Robards' versatility was such that he was cast to equal effect in common-man roles and as well-known historical figures.

List of credits

Broadway Theatre

• Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956)
• The Disenchanted (1958)
• Toys in the Attic (1960)
• Big Fish, Little Fish (1961)
• A Thousand Clowns (1962)
• Hughie (1964)
• But For Whom Charlie (1964)
• After The Fall (1964)
• The Devils (1965)
• We Bombed in New Haven (1968)
• The Country Girl (1972)
• A Moon for the Misbegotten (1973)
• A Touch of the Poet (1977)
• You Can't Take It With You (1984)
• The Iceman Cometh (1985)
• A Month of Sundays (1987)
• Ah, Wilderness! (1988)
• Long Day's Journey Into Night (1988)
• Love Letters (1989)
• Park Your Car in Harvard Yard (1991)
• No Man's Land (1994)

Film

• The Journey (1959)
• By Love Possessed (1961)
• Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
• Tender Is the Night (1962)
• Act One (1963) (as George S. Kaufman)
• A Thousand Clowns (1965)
• Any Wednesday (1966)
• A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
• Hour of the Gun (1967) (as Doc Holliday)
• The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) (as Al Capone)
• Divorce American Style (1967)
• Isadora (1968)
• The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
• Fools (1970)
• Julius Caesar (1970) (as Brutus)
• ' , aka Operation Snafu (1970)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) (as Gen. Walter Short)
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
• Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
• Jud (1971)
• Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
• The War Between Men and Women (1972)
• The Death Merchants aka Tod eines Fremden, aka The Execution (1973)
• Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) (as Lew Wallace)
• Mr. Sycamore (1975)
• A Boy and His Dog (1975)
• All the President's Men (1976) (as Ben Bradlee) Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor
• Julia (1977) (as Dashiell Hammett) Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor
• Comes a Horseman (1978)
• Hurricane (1979)
• Melvin and Howard (1980) (as Howard Hughes) Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actor
• Raise the Titanic (1980)
• Caboblanco (1980)
• The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) (as President Ulysses S. Grant)
• Something Wicked this Way Comes (1983)
• Max Dugan Returns (1983)
• The World of Tomorrow (1984) (voice narration)
• America and Lewis Hine (1984) (voice-over)
• Square Dance (1987)
• The Good Mother (1988)
• Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
• Black Rainbow (1989)
• Parenthood (1989)
• Reunion (1989)
• Dream a Little Dream (1989)
• Quick Change (1990)
• ' (1991) (voice narration)
• Storyville (1992)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• The Trial (1993)
• The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
• Little Big League (1994)
• The Paper (1994)
• Crimson Tide (1995)
• A Thousand Acres (1997)
• The Great American West (1997) (voice narration)
• Heartwood (1998)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Beloved (1998)
• The Real Macaw (1998)
• Magnolia (1999)
• ' (2000) (voice narration)

Films for Television

• A Doll's House (1959)
• The Iceman Cometh (1960)
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964) (as Abraham Lincoln) Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
• Noon Wine (1966)
• The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972)
• The Country Girl (1973)
• The Holiday Treasure (1973)
• A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975) Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special
• The Easter Promise (1975)
• Addie and the King of Hearts (1976)
• ' (1977) Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series
• A Christmas to Remember (1978)
• Haywire (1980) (as Leland Hayward)
• ' (1980) (as Franklin D. Roosevelt) Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special
• The Day After (1983)
• You Can't Take It with You (1984)
• Sakharov (1984) (as Andrei Sakharov)
• Hughie (1984)
• The Long Hot Summer (1985)
• The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
• Johnny Bull (1986)
• The Last Frontier (1986)
• Breaking Home Ties (1987)
• Laguna Heat (1987)
• Thomas Hart Benton (1988)
• The Christmas Wife (1988)
• Inherit the Wind (1988) Emmy Award, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special
• The Civil War (1990) (voice, as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant)
• Mark Twain and Me (1991) (as Mark Twain)
• An Inconvenient Woman (1991)
• ' (1991) (as Dr. Armand Hammer)
• American Masters: Helen Hayes ? First Lady of the American Theatre (1991) (voice narration)
• When It Was a Game (1991) (voice)
• The Perfect Tribute (1991) (as Abraham Lincoln)
• ' (1992)
• Lincoln (1992) (voice, as Abraham Lincoln)
• When It Was a Game 2 (1992) (voice)
• Heidi (1993)
• The Enemy Within (1994)
• Baseball (1994) (voice)
• Journey (1995)
• My Antonia (1995)
• TR (1996) (voice narration)
• The West (1996) (voice)
• Truman (1996) (voice narration)
• ' (1998) (voice)
• Going Home (2000)