Editing Jason Robards (section)

== Awards, honors, and legacy ==
[[File:Jason Robards 1999.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Robards in 1999, upon receiving the Kennedy Center Honors ribbon]]
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Robards received eight Tony Award nominations, more than any other male actor {{as of|2020|lc=on|url = http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/facts/}}.<ref>[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/dyk/ "American Theatre Wing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219135335/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/dyk/ |date=February 19, 2005 }}.</ref> He won the Tony for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play]] for his work in ''[[The Disenchanted]]'' (1959); this was also his only stage appearance with his father. He received the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] in consecutive years: for ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' (1976), portraying ''Washington Post'' editor Ben Bradlee, and for ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977), portraying writer [[Dashiell Hammett]].<ref>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp "Oscars database of nominees and winners"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208011732/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp |date=February 8, 2009 }}.</ref> He was also nominated for another Academy Award for his role as [[Howard Hughes]] in ''[[Melvin and Howard]]'' (1980).

Robards received the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]] for his role in the television film ''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1988).<ref>[http://emmys.com/awards/awardsearch.php "Emmy Awards Database of nominees and winners"].</ref> In 1997, Robards received the U.S. [[National Medal of Arts]], the highest honor conferred to an individual artist on behalf of the people. Recipients are selected by the U.S. [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the medal is awarded by the President of the United States.
In 1999, he was among the recipients at the [[Kennedy Center Honors]], an annual honor given to those in the [[performing arts]] for their lifetime of contributions to [[American culture]].<ref>[http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/history/home.html "Kennedy Center list of Honorees"].</ref> In 2000, Robards received the first Monte Cristo Award, presented by the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]], and named after O'Neill's home. Subsequent recipients have included [[Edward Albee]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Wendy Wasserstein]], and [[Christopher Plummer]].

Robards narrated the public radio documentary, ''Schizophrenia: Voices of an Illness'', produced by [[Lichtenstein Creative Media]], which was awarded a 1994 George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. According to ''Time'', Robards offered to narrate the schizophrenia program, saying that his first wife had been institutionalized for that illness.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105133854/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981590-1,00.html#ixzz0qe05Y4EC The Souls that Drugs Saved] Time Magazine. October 10, 1994.</ref> Robards is in the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]], inducted in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html#QR|title=Members |website=Theater Hall of Fame}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1979/11/19/113925202.pdf|title=Theater Hall of Fame Enshrines 51 Artists|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> The Jason Robards Award was created by the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] in New York City in his honor and his relationship with the theater.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!colspan=6|Theatre Awards 
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Project
! Result
! class="unsortable" | Ref. 
|-
| rowspan=2|1956 || colspan=2| [[Theatre World Award]] || rowspan=2|''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' || {{won}} || rowspan=9|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/person/jason-robards-jr-vault-0000061390|title= Jason Robards Jr.|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|- 
| rowspan=8|[[Tony Award]] || [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]] || {{nom}} 
|-
| 1959
| rowspan=7|[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]]
|''[[The Disenchanted]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1960 
|''[[Toys in the Attic (play)|Toys in the Attic]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1964 
| ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1965
|''[[Hughie]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|1972 
|''[[The Country Girl (1950 play)|The Country Girl]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1974
|''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1978
|''[[A Touch of the Poet]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
!colspan=6|Film Awards
|-
| rowspan=2|1962 || [[Cannes Film Festival]] || [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || rowspan=2|''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' || {{won}} ||
|-
| [[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
| 1965 || [[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] || ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1965 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=6|1976 || [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || rowspan=6|''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977|title= 1976 Academy Awards|website= Oscars.org|date= October 5, 2014|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award]] || [[BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://awards.bafta.org/award/1977/film|title= 1977 BAFTA Awards|website= [[BAFTA Awards|awards.bafta.org]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1976 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics]] || [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} 
|-
| rowspan=4|1977 || [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || rowspan=4|''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978|title= 1977 Academy Awards|website= Oscars.org|date= October 5, 2014|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| BAFTA Award || Best Supporting Actor || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://awards.bafta.org/award/1978/film|title= 1978 BAFTA Awards|website= [[BAFTA Awards|awards.bafta.org]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Golden Globe Award || Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1977 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] || [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
|rowspan=5|1980 || Academy Award || Best Supporting Actor || rowspan=5|''[[Melvin and Howard]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981|title= 1980 Academy Awards|website= Oscars.org|date= October 5, 2014|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Golden Globe Award || Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1980 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|- 
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics]] || [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics]] || [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] ||{{maybe|3rd Place}} ||
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{maybe|2nd Place}} || 
|-
|rowspan=2|1999 || [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture]] || rowspan=2|''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/6th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 6th Annual Screen ACtors Guild Awards|website= SAGawards.org|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle]] || [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]] || {{won}} || 
|-
!colspan=5|Television Awards
|-
|1964 ||rowspan=4| [[Primetime Emmy Award]] || [[16th Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]]
|''Abe Lincoln in Illinois''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1964|title= 1964 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1975 || [[28th Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy]] || ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' || {{nom}} ||  <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1975|title= 1975 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1977 ||  [[30th Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series]] || ''[[Washington: Behind Closed Doors]]'' || {{nom}} ||  <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1977|title= 1977 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1980 ||  [[32nd Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special]] || ''F.D.R.: The Last Year'' || {{nom}} ||  <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1980|title= 1980 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1984 || [[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]] || ''[[Sakharov (film)|Sakharov]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1984 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1988 || [[Primetime Emmy Award]] || [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special]] || ''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' || {{won}} ||  <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1988|title= 1988 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}