Jason Robards
AKA Jason Nelson Robards, Jr.
Born: 26-Jul-1922
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 26-Dec-2000
Location of death: Bridgeport, CT
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: All The President's Men
Military service: US Navy (1939-46, WWII, was at Pearl Harbor)
Father: Jason Robards, Sr. (actor, b. 31-Dec-1892, d. 4-Apr-1963)
Mother: Hope Glanville
Wife: Eleanor Pittman (m. 7-May-1948, div. 1958, six children)
Son: Jason Robards III (b. 1948)
Wife: Rachel Taylor (actress, m. 1959, div. 4-May-1961)
Wife: Lauren Bacall (actress, m. 4-Jul-1961, div. 10-Sep-1969, one son)
Son: Sam Robards (actor, b. 16-Dec-1961)
Wife: Lois O'Connor (m. 14-Feb-1970)
Conservatory: American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1977 for All the President's Men
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1978 for Julia
Emmy 1988 for Inherit the Wind
Tony 1959 for The Disenchanted
Kennedy Center Honor 1999
National Medal of Arts 1997
Driving While Intoxicated (28-Sep-1960), convicted (28-Mar-1961)
Hit and Run (28-Sep-1960), charge reduced
Reckless Driving (28-Sep-1960), convicted (28-Mar-1961)
Failure to Appear (27-Mar-1961)
Visited Disneyland Candlelight Procession (Dec-1981)
Risk Factors: Alcoholism
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Magnolia (8-Dec-1999)
Beloved (8-Oct-1998)
A Thousand Acres (19-Sep-1997)
Baseball (18-Sep-1994) · Herself
Little Big League (29-Jun-1994) · Thomas Heywood
The Paper (18-Mar-1994) · Graham Keighley
The Enemy Within (22-Feb-1994)
Philadelphia (23-Dec-1993) · Charles Wheeler
Heidi (18-Jul-1993)
The Trial (13-May-1993)
The Adventures of Huck Finn (2-Apr-1993)
Storyville (26-Aug-1992)
The Perfect Tribute (21-Apr-1991)
Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)
The Civil War (23-Sep-1990)
Quick Change (13-Jul-1990) · Chief Rotzinger
Black Rainbow (Oct-1989)
Parenthood (2-Aug-1989) · Frank
Reunion (17-May-1989)
Dream a Little Dream (3-Mar-1989) · Coleman Ettinger
The Christmas Wife (12-Dec-1988)
The Good Mother (4-Nov-1988)
Inherit the Wind (20-Mar-1988)
Breaking Home Ties (26-Nov-1987)
Square Dance (20-Feb-1987)
The Long Hot Summer (6-Oct-1985)
The Atlanta Child Murders (10-Feb-1985)
The World of Tomorrow (7-Mar-1984) · Himself
The Day After (20-Nov-1983)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (29-Apr-1983)
Max Dugan Returns (25-Mar-1983) · Max Dugan
Burden of Dreams (30-May-1982)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (22-May-1981)
Melvin and Howard (19-Sep-1980)
Raise the Titanic (1-Aug-1980)
Caboblanco (14-Mar-1980)
Hurricane (12-Apr-1979)
A Christmas to Remember (22-Dec-1978)
Comes a Horseman (25-Oct-1978) · Ewing
Julia (2-Oct-1977) · Hammett
All the President's Men (7-Apr-1976) · Ben Bradlee
Mr. Sycamore (12-Dec-1975)
A Moon for the Misbegotten (27-May-1975)
A Boy and His Dog (Mar-1975)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (23-May-1973) · Gov. Wallace
The House Without a Christmas Tree (3-Dec-1972)
The War Between Men and Women (1-Jun-1972)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (Sep-1971) · Cesar Charron
Johnny Got His Gun (4-Aug-1971) · Joe's Father
Fools (23-Dec-1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (23-Sep-1970) · Gen. Short
Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1970)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (13-May-1970) · Cable Hogue
The Night They Raided Minsky's (22-Dec-1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West (21-Dec-1968) · Cheyenne
Isadora (Dec-1968)
Hour of the Gun (1-Nov-1967) · Doc Holliday
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (30-Jun-1967)
Divorce American Style (21-Jun-1967) · Nelson Downes
Any Wednesday (13-Oct-1966) · John Cleves
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (8-Jun-1966) · Henry Drummond
A Thousand Clowns (13-Dec-1965) · Murray Burns
Act One (26-Dec-1963) · George S. Kaufman
Long Day's Journey Into Night (9-Oct-1962) · Jamie Tyrone
Tender Is the Night (19-Jan-1962)
By Love Possessed (19-Jul-1961) · Julius Penrose
The Iceman Cometh (14-Nov-1960)
The Journey (19-Feb-1959) · Paul Kedes
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