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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 30, 1892
Died
April 4, 1963
Place of Birth
Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
- Jason Nelson Robards
- Jason Robards
Jason Robards Sr.
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Famed American stage actor. Trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Appeared in many films, initially as a leading man, then in character roles and occasional bits. Consistently billed as Jason Robards, as his more famous son, Jason Robards, did not come into fame until the end of the elder Robards' career. Only referred to as Jason Robards Sr. in retrospect. Died in 1963, having lived to see his namesake son and grandson (Jason Robards III) carry on the family acting tradition.
Known For
6.2
Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)
Wild in the Country
1961
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5.0
Max
Acapulco
1961
6.2
Rupert Willis
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
0.0
Judge (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
1957
6.4
Sam Brady
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
L.P. Kerner
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
Judge
General Electric Theater
1953
5.4
Stacy Rogers
The Second Woman
1950
5.5
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Western Pacific Agent
1950
Credits
Wild in the Country
as Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)
1961
6.2
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Acapulco
as Max
1961
5.0
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Rupert Willis
1960
6.2
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Judge (uncredited)
1958
0.0
Leave It to Beaver
1957
6.9
General Electric Theater
as Sam Brady
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as L.P. Kerner
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Judge
1953
6.4
The Second Woman
as Stacy Rogers
1950
5.4
Western Pacific Agent
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950
5.5
The Threat
as Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)
1949
5.8
Horsemen of the Sierras
as Phineas Grant
1949
0.0
Feudin' Rhythm
as Mr. Rushman (uncredited)
1949
0.0
Post Office Investigator
as Henry Hand
1949
6.0
Masked Raiders
as Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited)
1949
6.0
South of Death Valley
as Major Porter Mullen (uncredited)
1949
5.0
Massacre River
as Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited)
1949
6.2
Rimfire
as Elkins (Banker)
1949
4.5
Impact
as Judge
1949
6.0
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Charles Carter (uncredited)
1949
5.0
Alaska Patrol
as Dr. Loring
1949
0.0
Dynamite
as Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited)
1949
2.5
Smoky Mountain Melody
as Josh Corby
1948
6.0
Son of God’s Country
as John Thornton
1948
0.0
Race Street
as Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1948
5.8
Return of the Bad Men
as Judge Harper
1948
6.3
Guns of Hate
as Ben Jason
1948
5.0
Shed No Tears
as Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)
1948
4.8
Fighting Father Dunne
as J.J. Sonin
1948
6.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as John Retch
1948
7.0
If You Knew Susie
as Ogleby (uncredited)
1948
7.5
Western Heritage
as Judge Winston
1948
6.3
The Judge Steps Out
as Police Officer Maloney (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Wild Horse Mesa
as Hod Slack
1947
5.0
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Bank Officer (uncredited)
1947
5.3
Under the Tonto Rim
as Captain McLean
1947
6.0
Riff-Raff
as Mr. Domingues
1947
6.2
Desperate
as Ferrari
1947
6.5
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Hayden
1947
6.2
Thunder Mountain
as Jim Gardner
1947
5.0
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Hawks (uncredited)
1947
5.4
Banjo
as Conductor Matthews (uncredited)
1947
7.5
Born to Kill
as Conductor (uncredited)
1947
6.7
A Likely Story
as Cop (uncredited)
1947
4.2
The Farmer's Daughter
as Night Editor (uncredited)
1947
6.9
Code of the West
as Morley (uncredited)
1947
5.0
Trail Street
as Jason
1947
6.4
Do or Diet
as Boss
1947
0.0
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Follow That Music
1947
0.0
The Falcon's Adventure
as Lieutenant Evans
1946
6.1
Vacation in Reno
as Sheriff Johnson
1946
7.0
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Captain (uncredited)
1946
5.3
Criminal Court
as Al Marsh (uncredited)
1946
5.2
Traffic with the Devil
as Irate Motorist (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Step by Step
as Bruckner
1946
6.2
I'll Take Milk
1946
3.0
The Bamboo Blonde
as Colonel Graham (uncredited)
1946
5.0
Twin Husbands
as Dorothy's Attorney
1946
6.5
Bedlam
as Oliver Todd
1946
6.6
Badman's Territory
as Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)
1946
5.7
Ding Dong Williams
as Director Kenmore
1946
5.0
The Falcon's Alibi
as Harvey Beaumont
1946
4.8
Deadline at Dawn
as Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Dick Tracy
as Motorist (uncredited)
1945
5.0
A Game of Death
as Captain
1945
6.2
Man Alive
as Henry Fletcher
1945
5.1
Johnny Angel
as Officer (uncredited)
1945
5.9
Isle of the Dead
as Albrecht
1945
6.0
The Falcon in San Francisco
as Loomis, Butler (uncredited)
1945
5.8
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What, No Cigarettes
as Policeman
1945
6.0
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
0.0
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Crooked Dealer
1945
7.5
Zombies on Broadway
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
1945
5.1
Betrayal from the East
as Charlie Hildebrand
1945
5.8
Music in Manhattan
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Mademoiselle Fifi
as A Wholesaler in Wine
1944
6.1
Bermuda Mystery
as Mark Dunham
1944
6.0
The Kansan
as Bank Teller
1943
5.4
Silver Queen
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1942
5.7
San Antonio Rose
as Man at Radio Station
1941
7.0
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Foley's Bodyguard
1940
6.2
The Howards of Virginia
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)
1940
6.5
I Love You Again
as Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)
1940
7.2
Gangs of Chicago
1940
5.3
Half a Sinner
as Country Club Garage Man
1940
5.2
The Fatal Hour
as Griswold
1940
5.6
The Mad Empress
as President Benito Juarez
1939
5.6
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Cantina Proprietor
1939
5.2
Danger Flight
as Paul Smith
1939
3.2
Sky Patrol
as Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner
1939
4.0
Range War
as Rancher
1939
4.0
I Stole a Million
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Stunt Pilot
as Paul Smith
1939
5.0
Juarez
as (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Radio Hams
as Pilot in distress
1939
6.0
Mystery Plane
as Paul Smith
1939
7.2
Scouts to the Rescue
as Doc
1939
0.0
The Long Shot
as Doctor
1939
5.8
Cipher Bureau
as Ellsworth
1938
4.2
Flight to Fame
as Muller
1938
5.0
Woman Against Woman
as Mr. Roamer
1938
6.5
The Rage of Paris
as Department Head (uncredited)
1938
5.8
The Nurse from Brooklyn
as Surgeon
1938
6.0
Clipped Wings
as Raoul McGuire
1937
3.5
The Firefly
as Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)
1937
6.4
Vogues of 1938
as Reporter
1937
5.4
Sweetheart of the Navy
as Bumper
1937
10.0
Torture Money
as Alex Carmathy (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Laughing at Trouble
as Clerk of Court
1936
6.0
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936
7.5
San Francisco
as Father (uncredited)
1936
6.5
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Pancho
1936
4.2
The Fighting Marines
as Kota
1935
6.0
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
1935
5.6
I Live My Life
as Church (Uncredited)
1935
6.4
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Nick
1935
4.5
Break of Hearts
as Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
1935
4.9
Vagabond Lady
as John’s Best Man (uncredited)
1935
7.2
The Miracle Rider
as Carlton
1935
4.3
Broadway Bill
as Arthur Winslow
1934
6.0
The President Vanishes
as Kilbourne
1934
5.8
Crimson Romance
as Pierre
1934
5.0
Take the Stand
as Joe Reynolds
1934
4.7
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as Tavern Singer
1934
5.3
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as John Drummond
1934
5.2
The Woman Condemned
as Jim Wallace
1934
4.4
Woman Unafraid
as Big Bill Lewis
1934
5.0
The Super Snooper
1934
0.0
All of Me
as Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Public Stenographer
as Fred 'Freddie' White
1934
4.5
Carnival Lady
as Jim Ryan
1933
5.0
Only Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited)
1933
6.8
The Way to Love
as Guide
1933
0.0
Damaged Lives
as Dr. Bill Hall
1933
4.3
Ship of Wanted Men
as John Craig
1933
1.7
The Devil's Mate
as Clinton
1933
0.0
Corruption
as Police Commissioner
1933
5.3
Employees' Entrance
as Commercial Artist (uncredited)
1933
6.1
A Strange Adventure
as Dr. Bailey
1932
5.0
The Conquerors
as Lane
1932
4.8
The Pride of the Legion
as Moran
1932
6.0
Slightly Married
as Jack Haines
1932
5.5
White Eagle
as Dave Rand
1932
0.0
Klondike
as Jim Armstrong
1932
4.7
Unholy Love
as Simmington
1932
2.5
Docks of San Francisco
as John Banning
1932
4.0
Union Depot
as Station Agent (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Discarded Lovers
as Rex Forsythe
1932
4.3
The Law of the Tong
as Charlie Wong
1931
6.0
Trapped
as Detective Lt. Jack Reed
1931
0.0
Caught Plastered
as Harry Waters
1931
5.8
Ex-Bad Boy
as Roger Shields
1931
0.0
Salvation Nell
as Major Williams
1931
0.0
Subway Express
as Paul Bordon
1931
0.0
Charlie Chan Carries On
as Walter Honeywood
1931
6.5
Lightnin'
as Raymond Thomas
1930
3.7
Abraham Lincoln
as Herndon
1930
5.4
The Jazz Cinderella
as Herbert Carter
1930
0.0
Sisters
as John Shannon
1930
0.0
Crazy That Way
as Frank Oakes
1930
0.0
Trifles
as George Henderson
1930
5.0
Peacock Alley
as Jim Bradbury
1930
4.3
Paris
as Andrew Sabbot
1929
0.0
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Frank Howard
1929
0.0
The Gamblers
as Carvel Emerson
1929
0.0
The Flying Marine
as Mitch Moran
1929
0.0
Trial Marriage
as Dr. Thorvald Ware
1929
0.0
Some Mother's Boy
as The Boy
1929
0.0
On Trial
as Defense Attorney
1928
6.0
The Death Ship
as Tom - The First Mate
1928
0.0
Streets of Shanghai
as Eugene Fong
1927
0.0
Wild Geese
as Mark Jordan
1927
0.0
Polly of the Movies
as Angus Whitcomb
1927
0.0
Jaws of Steel
as John Warren
1927
8.0
The Heart of Maryland
as Maj. Alan Kendrick
1927
0.0
Irish Hearts
as Rory
1927
0.0
Tracked by the Police
as Bob Owen
1927
8.0
White Flannels
as Frank Politz
1927
0.0
Hills of Kentucky
as Steve Harley
1927
2.0
The Third Degree
as Howard Jeffries Jr.
1926
0.0
Footloose Widows
as J.A. "Jerry" Smith
1926
0.0
The Cohens and Kellys
as Tim Kelly
1926
0.0
Stella Maris
as Walter Herold
1925
6.0
The Land of Hope
as Sascha Rabinoff
1921
0.0
The Gilded Lily
as Frank Thompson
1921
0.0
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Let's Go Stepping
N/A
0.0