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===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1951β1954 |''[[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. 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 Β· Volume 1]''. The Scarecrow Press. p. 436. {{ISBN|0810813300}}. "30. 'Flame and Ice' (8-25-55) Jason Robards Jr., Gordon Dilworth, Joe Helgessen, Miko Oscard."</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|1955β1956 |''[[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" |- |1956β1957 |''[[The Alcoa Hour]]'' |Jayson<br />Bert Palmer<br />Bridger |Episode: "Night"<br />Episode: "The Big Build-Up"<br />Episode: "Even the Weariest River" |- |1955β1957 |''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 |- |1963β1966 |''[[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 |- |1991β1997 |''[[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 |- |}
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