Jason Robards Sr.
Highest Rated: 100% Desperate (1947)
Lowest Rated: 31% Square Dance (1987)
Birthday: Dec 31, 1892
Birthplace: Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
The foremost male interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill since the mid-1950s, Jason Robards owes his career to the celebrated 1956 Circle in the Square revival of the playwright's "The Iceman Cometh," directed by Jose Quintero, which thrust the versatile actor from obscurity into the limelight. The parallels between his own life and O'Neill's are striking and surely resonated for his Broadway debut as Jamie Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (1957), the most autobiographical of the playwright's oeuvre. Robards tapped into the essence of O'Neill, perfectly essaying the highly intelligent, often sensitive but frequently stubborn men, sometimes defeated by their own penchant for sadness while prone to angry outbursts, prejudice and alcoholism.
Photos
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31% | 48% | Square Dance | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 50% | 58% | Wild in the Country | Judge Tom Parker (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Second Woman | Stacy Rogers (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Riders of the Whistling Pines | Forrester Charles Carter (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 67% | 56% | Impact | Judge (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smoky Mountain Melody | Josh Corby (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | Return of the Bad Men | Judge Harper (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Father Dunne | J.J. Sonin (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under the Tonto Rim | Capt. McLean (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Horse Mesa | Pop Melhern (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Riff-Raff | Mr. Domingues (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 16% | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Hawks (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Hayden (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 100% | 63% | Desperate | Det. Lt. Louie Ferrari (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Deadline at Dawn | Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Step by Step | Bruckner (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 90% | 53% | Bedlam | Oliver Todd (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | The Falcon's Alibi | Harvey Beaumont (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Johnny Angel | Officer (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wanderer of the Wasteland | Crooked Dealer (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 90% | 51% | Isle of the Dead | Albrecht (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Master Race | Jacob (Character) | - | 1944 |
| 67% | 43% | Mademoiselle Fifi | Wholesaler in Wines (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bermuda Mystery | Mark Dunham (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Fatal Hour | Griswold (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sky Patrol | Paul Smith (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danger Flight | Paul Smith (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mystery Plane | Paul Smith (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stunt Pilot | Paul Smith (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wayne Murder Case | Dr. Bailey (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nurse from Brooklyn | Surgeon (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Servant of the People: The Story of the Constitution of the United States | Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ladies Crave Excitement | Nick (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Miracle Rider | Carlton (Character) | - | 1935 |
| 100% | 44% | The Crusades |
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- | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Public Stenographer | Unknown (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Woman Unafraid | Big Bill Lewis (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carnival Lady | Jim Ryan (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Docks of San Francisco | John Banning (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Klondike | Jim Armstrong (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pride of the Legion | Moran (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Slightly Married | Jack Haines (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law of the Tong | Charlie Wong (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caught Plastered | Harry Waters (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peacock Alley | Jim Bradbury (Character) | - | 1930 |
| 92% | No Score Yet | Paris | Andrew Sabbot (Character) | - | 1929 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Third Degree | Howard Jeffries Jr. (Character) | - | 1926 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stella Maris | Walter Herold (Character) | - | 1925 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Dan Preston (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron City | Cal Demming (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |