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Jason Robards

Acting Born Jul 26, 1922 Chicago, Illinois, USA 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)
Film

Once Upon a Time in the West

as 'Cheyenne'

Full filmography

  • American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Host
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Joe Grant
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Mason
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Mystery Guest
  • Screen Two (1985) as Doctor Huld
  • Studio One (1948) as Frank Cameron
  • Studio One (1948) as Prisoner
  • Studio One (1948) as Walter Osgood
  • Studio One (1948) as Leonard O'Brien
  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) as 'Cheyenne'
  • Omnibus (1952)
  • Playhouse 90 (1956) as Robert Jordan
  • Magnolia (1999) as Earl Partridge
  • Ghost Story (1972) as Elliot Brent
  • The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
  • Enemy of the State (1998) as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
  • Philadelphia (1993) as Charles Wheeler