Editing Jason Robards (section)

==Acting credits==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year || Title || Role || Notes
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Journey (1959 film)|The Journey]]''
| Paul Kedes
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[By Love Possessed (film)|By Love Possessed]]''
| Julius Penrose
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|1962
| ''[[Tender Is the Night (film)|Tender Is the Night]]''
| Dr. Richard "Dick" Diver
|
|-
| ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
| Jamie Tyrone
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Act One (film)|Act One]]''
|[[George S. Kaufman]]
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]''
| Murray Burns
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1966
| ''[[A Big Hand for the Little Lady]]''
| Henry Drummond
|
|-
| ''[[Any Wednesday (film)|Any Wednesday]]''
| John Cleves
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1967
| ''[[Divorce American Style]]''
| Nelson Downes
|
|-
| ''[[The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film)|The St. Valentine's Day Massacre]]''
| [[Al Capone]]
|
|-
| ''[[Hour of the Gun]]''
| [[Doc Holliday]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1968
| ''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]''
| Singer
|
|-
| ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''
| Manuel "Cheyenne" Gutiérrez
|
|-
| ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]''
| Raymond Paine
|
|-
| rowspan="5"|1970
| ''Rosolino Paternò, soldato…''
| Sam Armstrong
|
|-
| ''[[The Ballad of Cable Hogue]]''
| Cable Hogue
|
|-
| ''[[Julius Caesar (1970 film)|Julius Caesar]]''
| [[Marcus Junius Brutus]]
|
|-
| ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]''
| [[Walter Short|Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short]]
|
|-
| ''[[Fools (1970 film)|Fools]]''
| Matthew South
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1971
| ''Jud''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Johnny Got His Gun (film)|Johnny Got His Gun]]''
| Joe's Father
|
|-
| ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]''
| Cesar Charron
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The War Between Men and Women]]''
| Stephen Kozlenko
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid]]''
| Governor Wallace
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1975
| ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]''
| Lou Craddock
|
|-
| ''[[Mr. Sycamore]]''
| John Gwilt
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1976
| ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''
| [[Ben Bradlee]]
|
|-
| ''The Spy Who Never Was''
| Inspector Barkan
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
|[[Dashiell Hammett]]
| 
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Comes a Horseman]]''
| Jacob "J.W." Ewing
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Hurricane (1979 film)|Hurricane]]''
| Captain Bruckner
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1980
| ''[[Caboblanco|Cabo Blanco]]''
| Gunther Beckdorff
|
|-
| ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]''
| Admiral James Sandecker
|
|-
| ''[[Melvin and Howard]]''
| [[Howard Hughes]]
| 
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Legend of the Lone Ranger]]''
| [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1983
| ''[[Max Dugan Returns]]''
| Max Dugan
|
|-
| ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (film)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
| Charles Halloway
|
|-
| ''[[The Day After]]''
| Dr. Russell Oakes
| 
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Square Dance (film)|Square Dance]]''
| Dillard
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1988
| ''[[Bright Lights, Big City (film)|Bright Lights, Big City]]''
| Mr. Hardy
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Good Mother (1988 film)|The Good Mother]]''
| Muth
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1989
| ''[[Dream a Little Dream (film)|Dream a Little Dream]]''
| Coleman Ettinger
|
|-
| ''[[Reunion (1989 film)|Reunion]]''
| Harry Strauss
|
|-
| ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]''
| Frank Buckman
|
|-
| ''[[Black Rainbow]]''
| Walter Travis
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Quick Change]]''
| Chief Rotzinger
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Storyville (film)|Storyville]]''
| Clifford Fowler
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1993
| ''[[The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)|The Adventures of Huck Finn]]''
| The King
|
|-
| ''[[The Trial (1993 film)|The Trial]]''
| Doctor Huld
|
|-
| ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]''
| Charles Wheeler
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1994
| ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]''
| Graham Keighley
|
|-
| ''[[The Enemy Within (1994 film)|The Enemy Within]]''
| General R. Pendleton Lloyd
|
|-
| ''[[Little Big League]]''
| Thomas Heywood
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]''
| Rear Admiral Anderson
| Uncredited
|-
| 1997
| ''[[A Thousand Acres (film)|A Thousand Acres]]''
| Larry Cook
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1998
| ''[[The Real Macaw (film)|The Real Macaw]]''
| Grandpa Girdis
|
|-
| ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]''
| Mr. Bodwin
|
|-
| ''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]''
| Congressman Phillip Hammersley
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Heartwood (film)|Heartwood]]''
| Logan Reeser
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]''
| Earl Partridge
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1951–1954
|''[[The Big Story (radio/TV series)|The Big Story]]''
| Mr. Simms<br />Aaron Dudley
| Episode: "Arthur Mielke of the Washington Times Herald"<br />Episode: "Aaron Dudley, Reporter"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1955
|''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]''
| Mason<br />Joe Grant
|Episode: "The Outsiders"<br />Episode: "The Death of Billy the Kid"
|-
|''[[Star Tonight]]''
|[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|Episode: "Flame and Ice"<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/167054914/ "Television and Radio Highlights"]. ''The Atlanta Constitution''. August 25, 1955. p.&nbsp;26. Retrieved March 2, 2025. "'The Flame and Ice,' starring Jason Robards Jr., deals with an episode in the life of Lincoln, showing his inner torment when faced with a decision which affects both the nation and his son. This is the Star Tonight presentation.'</ref><ref>Gianakos, Larry James (1980). ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Television_Drama_Series_Programming/Ar1kAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=oscard+%22flame+and+ice%22&dq=oscard+%22flame+and+ice%22&printsec=frontcover Television Drama Series Programming: A Comprehensive Chronicle, 1947-1959 · Volume 1]''. The Scarecrow Press. p.&nbsp;436. {{ISBN|0810813300}}. "30. 'Flame and Ice' (8-25-55) Jason Robards Jr., Gordon Dilworth, Joe Helgessen, Miko Oscard."</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|1955–1956
|''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]''
|Paul Foster<br />Ralph Sawyer<br />Reinhardt Schmidt
|Episode: "Man in Shadow"<br />Episode: "The Town That Refused to Die"<br />Episode: "Lost $2 Billion: The Story of Hurricane Diane"
|-
|''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]''
|Karder
|Episode: "Pattern of Lies"<br />Episode: "Decision by Panic"
|-
|1956–1957
|''[[The Alcoa Hour]]''
|Jayson<br />Bert Palmer<br />Bridger
|Episode: "Night"<br />Episode: "The Big Build-Up"<br />Episode: "Even the Weariest River"
|-
|1955–1957
|''Studio One in Hollywood''
|Prisoner<br />Leonard O'Brien<br />Cameron
|Episode: "Twenty-Four Hours"<br />Episode: "The Incredible World of Horace Ford"<br />Episode: "A Picture in the Paper"
|-
|1958
|''[[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]]''
|Prime Minister
| Episode: "Moment of Truth"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1959
|''[[Playhouse 90]]''
|Robert Jordan
|Episode: "For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2"
|-
|''[[NBC Sunday Showcase]]''
|Alex Reed
|Episode: "People Kill People Sometimes"
|-
|''A Doll's House''
|Dr. Rank
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1960
|''[[Dow Hour of Great Mysteries]]''
|Detective Anderson
| Episode: "[[The Bat (play)|The Bat]]" by [[Mary Roberts Rinehart]]
|-
|''[[The Play of the Week]]''
|Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
| Episode: "The Iceman Cometh"
|-
|1962
|''That's Where the Town is Going''
|Hobart Cramm
|TV Movie
|-
|1964
|''Abe Lincoln in Illinois''
|[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|TV Movie
|-
|1963–1966
|''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
|Irish LaFontain<br />Ivan Denisovich
|Episode: "Shipwrecked" <br/> Episode: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"
|-
|1966
|''[[ABC Stage 67]]''
|Royal Earle Thompson
|Episode: "Noon Wine"
|-
|1969
|''Spoon River''
|Reader
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1972
|''[[Circle of Fear]]''
|Elliot Brent
|Episode: "The Dead We Leave Behind"
|-
|''[[The House Without a Christmas Tree]]''
|Jamie Mills
|TV Movie
|-
|1973
|''The Thanksgiving Treasure''
|James Mills
|TV Movie
|-
|1974
|''[[The Country Girl (1950 play)|The Country Girl]]''
|Frank Elgin
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1975
|''The Easter Promise''
|Jamie
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
|James Tyrone Jr.
|TV Special 
|-
|1976
|''Addie and the King of Hearts''
|Jamie Mills
|TV Movie
|-
|1977
|''[[Washington: Behind Closed Doors]]''
|President Richard Monckton
| Miniseries; 6 episodes
|-
|1978
|''[[A Christmas to Remember (1978 film)|A Christmas to Remember]]''
|Daniel Larson
|TV movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1980
|''F.D.R.: The Last Year''
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Haywire (1980 film)|Haywire]]''
|[[Leland Hayward]]
|TV movie
|-
|1983
|''[[The Day After]]''
|Russell Oakes
|TV Movie 
|-
|rowspan="3"|1984
|''[[American Playhouse]]''
|Erie Smith
|Episode: "Hughie"
|-
|''[[Sakharov (film)|Sakharov]]''
|[[Andrei Sakharov]]
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[Great Performances]]''
|Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
|Episode: "You Can't Take It with You"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1985
|''[[The Atlanta Child Murders (miniseries)|The Atlanta Child Murders]]''
|Alvin Binder
|2 episodes
|-
|''[[The Long Hot Summer (1985 film)|The Long Hot Summer]]''
|Will Varner
|2 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1986
|''Johnny Bull''
|Stephen Kovacs
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[The Last Frontier (miniseries)|The Last Frontier]]''
|Ed Stenning
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1987
|''[[Laguna Heat]]''
|Wade Shepard
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[Breaking Home Ties]]''
|Lloyd
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="3"|1988
|''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]''
|Henry Drummond
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[The Christmas Wife]]'' 
|John Tanner
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Thomas Hart Benton (film)|Thomas Hart Benton]]''
|Narrator
|TV movie
|-
|1990
|''[[The Civil War (miniseries)|The Civil War]]''
|[[Ulysses S. Grant]] (voice)
|Nine episodes
|-
|rowspan="5"|1991
|''[[The Perfect Tribute]]''
|Abraham Lincoln
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[Chernobyl: The Final Warning]]''
|[[Armand Hammer]]
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[An Inconvenient Woman]]''
|Jules Mendelson
|2 episodes
|-
|''On the Waterways''
|Narrator
|13 episodes
|-
|''Mark Twain and Me''
|[[Mark Twain]]
|TV movie
|-
|1991–1997
|''[[American Experience]]''
|Narrator
|7 episodes
|-
|1992
|''Lincoln''
|Abraham Lincoln 
| Voice; TV movie
|-
|1993
|''[[Heidi (miniseries)|Heidi]]''
|Grandfather
|Miniseries; 2 episodes
|-
|1994
|''[[The Enemy Within (1994 film)|The Enemy Within]]''
|General R. Pendleton Lloyd
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1995
|''[[My Antonia (film)|My Antonia]]''
|Josea Burden
|TV Movie 
|-
|''[[Journey (1995 film)|Journey]]''
| Marcus
|TV Movie
|-
|2000
|''Going Home''
|Charles Barton
|Final appearance
|-
|}

===Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Production
! Role
! Venue 
! class="unsortable" | Ref.
|-
| 1956–1958
|''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
| James Tyrone Jr.
| [[Helen Hayes Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/long-days-journey-into-night-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004510|title= Long Day's Journey into Night (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1958 
|''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]''
| Hotspur
| [[Stratford Festival|Stratford Shakespearean Festival]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/22|title=Stratford Festival Archives &#124; Details|website=archives.stratfordfestival.ca}}</ref>
|-
| 1958 
|''[[The Winter's Tale]]''
| Polixenes
| [[Stratford Festival|Stratford Shakespearean Festival]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/27|title=Stratford Festival Archives &#124; Details|website=archives.stratfordfestival.ca}}</ref>
|-
| 1958–1959
|''[[The Disenchanted]]''
| Manley Halliday
| [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre|Coronet Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-disenchanted-coronet-theatre-vault-0000004748|title= The Disenchanted (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1960–1961
|''[[Toys in the Attic (play)|Toys in the Attic]]''
| Julian Berniers
|[[Hudson Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/toys-in-the-attic-hudson-theatre-vault-0000005847|title= Toys in the Attic (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1961
|''[[Big Fish, Little Fish (play)|Big Fish, Little Fish]]''
| William Baker
|[[August Wilson Theatre|ANTA Playhouse]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/big-fish-little-fish-anta-playhouse-vault-0000005313|title= Big Fish, Little Fish|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1962–1963
|''[[A Thousand Clowns (play)|A Thousand Clowns]]''
| Murray Burns
|[[Eugene O'Neill Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-thousand-clowns-eugene-oneill-theatre-vault-0000004736|title= A Thousand Clowns (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1964–1965
| ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]''
| Quentin
|ANTA Theatre, Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/after-the-fall-anta-washington-square-theatre-vault-0000013310|title= After the Fall (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1964
| ''But for Whom Charlie''
| Seymour Rosenthal
|ANTA Theatre, Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/but-for-whom-charlie-anta-washington-square-theatre-vault-0000013440|title= But for Whom Charlie|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1964–1965
|''[[Hughie]]''
|"Erie" Smith
|[[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre|Royale Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/hughie-royale-theatre-vault-0000010228|title= Hughie (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1965–1966
|''[[The Devils (play)|The Devils]]''
| Urbain Grandier
|[[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-devils-broadway-theatre-vault-0000012278|title= The Devils|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1968 
|''[[We Bombed in New Haven]]''
| Captain Starkey
|[[Ambassador Theatre (New York City)|Ambassador Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/we-bombed-in-new-haven-ambassador-theatre-vault-0000001010|title= We Bombed in New Haven (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1972
|''[[The Country Girl (1950 play)|The Country Girl]]''
| Frank Elgin
|[[Billy Rose Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-country-girl-billy-rose-theatre-vault-0000002739|title= The Country Girl (Broadway, 1972)|website= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1973–1974
|''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
| James Tyrone Jr.
|[[Morosco Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-moon-for-the-misbegotten-morosco-theatre-vault-0000002396|title= A Moon for the Misbegotten (Broadway, 1973)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1977–1978
|''[[A Touch of the Poet]]''
| Cornelius Melody
| [[Helen Hayes Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-touch-of-the-poet-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004471|title= A Touch of the Poet (Broadway, 1977)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1983–1984
|''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It with You]]''
| Martin Vanderhof
|[[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/productions/you-cant-take-it-with-you-plymouth-theatre-vault-0000009567|title= You Can't Take it With You (Broadway, 1983)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1985
|''[[The Iceman Cometh]]''
| Theodore Hickman "Hickey"
|[[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-iceman-cometh-lunt-fontanne-theatre-vault-0000005034|title= The Iceman Cometh (Broadway, 1985)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
|''A Month of Sundays''
| Cooper
| [[Walter Kerr Theatre|Ritz Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-month-of-sundays-ritz-theatre-vault-0000010060|title= A Month of Sundays (Broadway, 1987)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
|''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]''
| Nat Miller
|[[Neil Simon Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/ah-wilderness-neil-simon-theatre-vault-0000000864|title= Ah, Wilderness! (Broadway, 1988)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
|''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
| James Tyrone
|Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/long-days-journey-into-night-neil-simon-theatre-vault-0000000865|title= Long Day's Journey into Night (Broadway, 1988)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1989–1990
|''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]''
| Andrew Makepiece Ladd III
|[[Edison Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/love-letters-edison-theatre-vault-0000013329|title= Love Letters (Broadway, 1989)|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1991–1992
|''Park Your Car in Harvard Yard''
| Jacob Brackish
|[[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/park-your-car-in-harvard-yard-music-box-theatre-vault-0000002583|title= Park Your Car in Harvard Yard|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]''
| Hirst
| [[Olympia Theatre (New York City)|Criterion Center Stage]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/no-mans-land-criterion-center-stage-right-vault-0000003824|title= No Man's Land (Broadway, 1994)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}
Source: {{cite magazine|title=Jason Robards, Jr.|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/61390/Jason-Robards-Jr|magazine=Playbill Vault|access-date=September 20, 2013}}