Jason Robards

Career timeline

1. 1922 · Born

   Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   The Philco Television Playhouse (TV)

3. 1968 · Breakthrough

   Once Upon a Time in the West (Movie)

4. 1999 · Latest release

   Magnolia (Movie)

5. 2000 · Died

   December 26, 2000

Career in numbers

2 1940s

7 1950s

13 1960s

16 1970s

19 1980s

17 1990s

• Drama52
• Comedy17
• Romance10
• Thriller8
• History7
• Western7

Highest-rated title Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 8.3 Most popular title Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 8.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Jason Robards in our catalogue.

Daniel Petrie

7 titles together

Sidney Lumet

6 titles together

Ralph Nelson

3 titles together

Jon Voight

3 titles together

Fielder Cook

3 titles together

Robert Mulligan

3 titles together

Delbert Mann

3 titles together

Martin Balsam

2 titles together

Harold Pinter

2 titles together

Ted Post

2 titles together

1. 1999 Magnolia as Earl Partridge 7.7 Movie
2. 1998 Enemy of the State as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
3. 1997 A Thousand Acres as Larry Cook 5.7 Movie
4. 1995 Crimson Tide as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
5. 1994 Baseball as (voice) 7.6 TV
6. 1994 The Enemy Within as General R. Pendleton Lloyd 5.8 Movie
7. 1994 Little Big League as Thomas Heywood 6.0 Movie
8. 1994 The Paper as Graham Keighley 6.6 Movie
9. 1993 La Classe américaine as The Newspaper Director (archive footage) 7.6 Movie
10. 1993 Philadelphia as Charles Wheeler 7.7 Movie
11. 1993 Heidi as Grandfather 7.2 TV
12. 1993 The Trial as Doctor Huld 6.0 Movie
13. 1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn as The King 6.2 Movie
14. 1991 An Inconvenient Woman as Jules Mendelson TV
15. 1991 Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Dr. Armand Hammer Movie
16. 1990 The Civil War as Ulysses S. Grant (voice) 8.0 TV
17. 1990 Quick Change as Chief Rotzinger 6.7 Movie
18. 1989 Black Rainbow as Walter Travis 5.9 Movie
19. 1989 Parenthood as Frank Buckman 6.6 Movie
20. 1989 Dream a Little Dream as Coleman Ettinger 5.8 Movie
21. 1988 The Good Mother as W. O. Muth 5.7 Movie
22. 1988 American Experience as Narrator (voice) 6.5 TV
23. 1988 Bright Lights, Big City as Mr. Hardy (uncredited) 5.7 Movie
24. 1987 Square Dance as Dillard 4.7 Movie
25. 1986 The Last Frontier as Ed Stenning TV
26. 1985 The Long Hot Summer as Will Varner TV
27. 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders as Alvin Binder TV
28. 1985 Screen Two as Doctor Huld TV
29. 1983 The Day After as Dr. Russell Oakes 6.8 Movie
30. 1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes as Charles Halloway 6.5 Movie
31. 1983 Max Dugan Returns as Max Dugan 6.6 Movie
32. 1982 Burden of Dreams as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage) 7.6 Movie
33. 1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger as President Ulysses S. Grant 4.9 Movie
34. 1980 Melvin and Howard as Howard Hughes 6.5 Movie
35. 1980 Raise the Titanic as Admiral James Sandecker 5.4 Movie
36. 1980 Caboblanco as Gunther Beckdorff 5.3 Movie
37. 1979 Broadway on Showtime as Erie Smith TV
38. 1978 The Magic of David Copperfield TV
39. 1978 Comes a Horseman as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing 6.0 Movie
40. 1977 Julia as Dashiell Hammett 6.5 Movie
41. 1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors as President Richard Monckton TV
42. 1976 All the President's Men as Ben Bradlee 7.7 Movie
43. 1975 A Boy and His Dog as Lou Craddock 6.3 Movie
44. 1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Governor Wallace 7.2 Movie
45. 1972 Ghost Story as Elliot Brent TV
46. 1972 The War Between Men and Women as Stephen Kozlenko 6.4 Movie
47. 1971 Johnny Got His Gun as Joe's Father 7.5 Movie
48. 1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue as Cesar Charron 5.2 Movie
49. 1970 Fools as Matthew South Movie
50. 1970 Julius Caesar as Marcus Brutus 5.9 Movie
51. 1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Cable Hogue 7.0 Movie
52. 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! as General Walter C. Short 7.2 Movie
53. 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West as 'Cheyenne' 8.3 Movie
54. 1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's as Raymond Paine 5.4 Movie
55. 1968 Isadora as Paris Singer 6.2 Movie
56. 1967 Hour of the Gun as Doc Holliday 6.5 Movie
57. 1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Al Capone 6.4 Movie
58. 1967 Divorce American Style as Nelson Downes 5.8 Movie
59. 1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Henry Drummond 7.1 Movie
60. 1965 A Thousand Clowns as Murray 6.9 Movie
61. 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV
62. 1962 Long Day's Journey Into Night as Jamie Tyrone 7.0 Movie
63. 1962 Tender Is the Night as Dick Diver Movie
64. 1960 The Iceman Cometh as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman TV
65. 1960 The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries as Detective Anderson TV
66. 1959 Play of the Week TV
67. 1959 The Journey as Paul Kedes 6.3 Movie
68. 1956 Playhouse 90 as Robert Jordan TV
69. 1955 The Alcoa Hour as Bert Palmer TV
70. 1953 General Electric Theater as Col. Carter TV
71. 1952 Omnibus TV
72. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Rank TV
73. 1948 Studio One as Frank Cameron TV
74. 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse as Joe Grant TV

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