Jason Robards
Born · July 26, 1922
Died · December 26, 2000 (78 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self (archive footage)
2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
2016
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Joe's Father (video "One")
2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
2006
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004
Going Home
Charles Barton
2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self (archive footage)
2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Self
2000
Magnolia
Earl Partridge
1999
My Best Fiend
Self (archive footage)
1999
Enemy of the State
Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1998
Beloved
Mr. Bodwin
1998
The Real Macaw
Grandpa Girdis
1998
Heartwood
Logan Reeser
1998
Truman
Narrator (voice)
1997
A Thousand Acres
Larry Cook
1997
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
Narrator
1996
The West
Self - Brigham Young · (9 episodes)
1996
Journey
Marcus
1995
Crimson Tide
Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995
My Antonia
Josea Burden
1995
The Great American West
Narrator (voice)
1995
Baseball
(voice) · (5 episodes)
1994
The Enemy Within
General R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994
Little Big League
Thomas Heywood
1994
The Paper
Graham Keighley
1994
Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
Narrator
1994
La Classe américaine
The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
1993
Philadelphia
Charles Wheeler
1993
Heidi
Großvater
1993
Heidi
Grandfather · (2 episodes)
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
1993
The Trial
Doctor Huld
1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The King
1993
Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1992
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
Self - Narrator (voice)
1992
Storyville
Clifford Fowler
1992
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
Deceptions
Clay (voice)
1992
Mark Twain and Me
Mark Twain
1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Narrator (voice)
1991
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
Narrator (voice)
1991
When It Was a Game
(voice)
1991
An Inconvenient Woman
Jules Mendelson · (2 episodes)
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Armand Hammer
1991
The Perfect Tribute
President Abraham Lincoln
1991
The Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant · (9 episodes)
1990
Quick Change
Chief Rotzinger
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Black Rainbow
Walter Travis
1989
Thomas Hart Benton
Narrator (voice)
1989
Parenthood
Frank Buckman
1989
Reunion
Henry Strauss
1989
Dream a Little Dream
Coleman Ettinger
1989
The Christmas Wife
John Tanner
1988
The Good Mother
W. O. Muth
1988
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
1988
Inherit the Wind
Harry Drummond
1988
Breaking Home Ties
Lloyd Wells
1987
Laguna Heat
Wade Shephard
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Square Dance
Dillard
1987
The Last Frontier
Ed Stenning · (2 episodes)
1986
Johnny Bull
Stephan Kovacs
1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self (archive footage)
1986
The Long Hot Summer
Will Varner · (2 episodes)
1985
Empire City
Self - Narrator (voice)
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
Alvin Binder · (2 episodes)
1985
The World of Tomorrow
Self / Narrator
1984
You Can't Take it With You
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
1984
America and Lewis Hine
Voice
1984
Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov
1984
The Day After
Dr. Russell Oakes
1983
The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History
Self - Host
1983
Reading Rainbow
Himself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Charles Halloway
1983
Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan
1983
Burden of Dreams
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
President Ulysses S. Grant
1981
Melvin and Howard
Howard Hughes
1980
Raise the Titanic
Admiral James Sandecker
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1980
Haywire
Leland Hayward
1980
Caboblanco
Gunther Beckdorff
1980
Broadway on Showtime
Erie Smith · (1 episode)
1979
Hurricane
Capt. Charles Bruckner
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
1978
A Christmas to Remember
Daniel Larson
1978
The Magic of David Copperfield
(1 episode)
1978
Comes a Horseman
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
1978
Julia
Dashiell Hammett
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
President Richard Monckton · (6 episodes)
1977
The Spy Who Never Was
Inspector Barkan
1976
All the President's Men
Ben Bradlee
1976
Addie and the King of Hearts
James "Jamie" Mills
1976
Mr. Sycamore
John Gwilt
1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten
James Tyrone Jr.
1975
The Easter Promise
James "Jamie" Mills
1975
A Boy and His Dog
Lou Craddock
1975
The Country Girl
Frank Elgin
1974
The Thanksgiving Treasure
James "Jamie" Mills
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Governor Wallace
1973
Old Faithful
Self
1973
The House Without a Christmas Tree
James "Jamie" Mills
1972
Ghost Story
Elliot Brent · (1 episode)
1972
The War Between Men and Women
Stephen Kozlenko
1972
Johnny Got His Gun
Joe's Father
1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Cesar Charron
1971
Fools
Matthew South
1970
Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Cable Hogue
1970
Operation Snafu
Sam Armstrong
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
General Walter C. Short
1970
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Raymond Paine
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
'Cheyenne'
1968
Isadora
Paris Singer
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968
Hour of the Gun
Doc Holliday
1967
The Belle of 14th Street
Self
1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Al Capone
1967
Divorce American Style
Nelson Downes
1967
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1967
Noon Wine
Royal Earle Thompson
1966
Any Wednesday
John Cleves
1966
ABC Stage 67
Royal Earle Thompson · (1 episode)
1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Henry Drummond
1966
The Face of Genius
Narrator (voice)
1966
A Thousand Clowns
Murray
1965
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
1964
Act One
George S. Kaufman
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(1 episode)
1963
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · (1 episode)
1963
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Jamie Tyrone
1962
Tender Is the Night
Dick Diver
1962
By Love Possessed
Julius Penrose
1961
The Iceman Cometh
Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
1960
The Bat
Detective Anderson
1960
A Doll's House
Dr. Rank
1959
Play of the Week
(1 episode)
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Robert Jordan
1959
The Journey
Paul Kedes
1959
Playhouse 90
Robert Jordan · (2 episodes)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1956
The Alcoa Hour
Bert Palmer · (1 episode)
1955
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
General Electric Theater
Col. Carter · (1 episode)
1953
Omnibus
(1 episode)
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Rank · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Marcus · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Abe Lincoln · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frank Elgin · (1 episode)
1951
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
1950
Studio One
Frank Cameron · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Prisoner · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Walter Osgood · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Leonard O'Brien · (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Joe Grant · (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mason · (1 episode)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948