Jason Robards Sr.
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.
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- Born:
- Dec 31, 1892 In Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 156
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Gilded Lily 1921-03-27
- Latest Project:
- Movie Wild in the Country 1961-06-15
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Acapulco | Max | 1961-02-27 |
| Movie | Wild in the Country | Judge Tom Parker (uncredited) | 1961-06-15 |
| Movie | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Judge (uncredited) | 1958-02-28 |
| Series | Leave It to Beaver | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Western Pacific Agent | Train Passenger (uncredited) | 1950-04-10 |
| Movie | The Second Woman | Stacy Rogers | 1950-07-07 |
| Movie | Massacre River | Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited) | 1949-06-26 |
| Movie | Rimfire | Elkins (Banker) | 1949-03-25 |
| Movie | Impact | Judge | 1949-03-20 |
| Movie | Dynamite | Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited) | 1949-01-18 |
| Movie | South of Death Valley | Major Porter Mullen (uncredited) | 1949-08-08 |
| Movie | Post Office Investigator | Henry Hand | 1949-09-01 |
| Movie | Masked Raiders | Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited) | 1949-08-14 |
| Movie | Horsemen of the Sierras | Phineas Grant | 1949-11-22 |
| Movie | The Threat | Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited) | 1949-12-01 |
| Movie | Feudin' Rhythm | Mr. Rushman (uncredited) | 1949-11-02 |
| Movie | Fighting Father Dunne | J.J. Sonin | 1948-05-12 |
| Movie | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | John Retch | 1948-03-25 |
| Movie | Western Heritage | Judge Winston | 1948-02-07 |
| Movie | Shed No Tears | Homicide Inspector (Uncredited) | 1948-06-09 |
| Movie | If You Knew Susie | Ogleby (uncredited) | 1948-02-07 |
| Movie | Smoky Mountain Melody | Josh Corby (as Jason Robards) | 1948-12-16 |
| Movie | Guns of Hate | Ben Jason | 1948-06-18 |
| Movie | Son of God’s Country | John Thornton | 1948-09-15 |
| Movie | Race Street | Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited) | 1948-09-11 |
| Movie | Return of the Bad Men | Judge Harper | 1948-07-17 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Banjo | Conductor Matthews (uncredited) | 1947-05-15 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Hawks (uncredited) | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | Born to Kill | Conductor (uncredited) | 1947-04-30 |
| Movie | Thunder Mountain | Jim Gardner | 1947-06-01 |
| Movie | Trail Street | Jason | 1947-02-19 |
| Movie | Code of the West | Morley (uncredited) | 1947-02-20 |
| Movie | The Farmer's Daughter | Night Editor (uncredited) | 1947-03-26 |
| Movie | A Likely Story | Cop (uncredited) | 1947-04-18 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Bank Officer (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Hayden | 1947-06-05 |
| Movie | Under the Tonto Rim | Captain McLean | 1947-08-01 |
| Movie | Wild Horse Mesa | Hod Slack | 1947-11-13 |
| Movie | Desperate | Ferrari | 1947-06-20 |
| Movie | Riff-Raff | Mr. Domingues | 1947-06-28 |
| Movie | The Judge Steps Out | Police Officer Maloney (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Movie | Twin Husbands | Dorothy's Attorney | 1946-05-10 |
| Movie | Bedlam | Oliver Todd | 1946-05-10 |
| Movie | Badman's Territory | Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited) | 1946-05-04 |
| Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
| Movie | The Bamboo Blonde | Colonel Graham (uncredited) | 1946-07-15 |
| Movie | The Falcon's Alibi | Harvey Beaumont (as Jason Robards) | 1946-04-12 |
| Movie | Ding Dong Williams | Director Kenmore | 1946-04-15 |
| Movie | Traffic with the Devil | Irate Motorist (uncredited) | 1946-08-31 |
| Movie | Vacation in Reno | Sheriff Johnson | 1946-12-10 |
| Movie | The Falcon's Adventure | Lieutenant Evans | 1946-12-13 |
| Movie | I'll Take Milk | 1946-07-19 | |
| Movie | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Captain (uncredited) | 1946-11-22 |
| Movie | Criminal Court | Al Marsh (uncredited) | 1946-11-15 |
| Movie | Step by Step | Bruckner | 1946-08-23 |
| Movie | Zombies on Broadway | Headwaiter (uncredited) | 1945-05-01 |
| Movie | Betrayal from the East | Charlie Hildebrand | 1945-04-24 |
| Movie | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | 1945-06-15 | |
| Movie | A Game of Death | Captain | 1945-11-23 |
| Movie | The Falcon in San Francisco | Loomis, Butler (uncredited) | 1945-07-20 |
| Movie | Man Alive | Henry Fletcher | 1945-11-16 |
| Movie | Isle of the Dead | Albrecht | 1945-09-01 |
| Movie | Bermuda Mystery | Mark Dunham | 1944-05-01 |
| Movie | Mademoiselle Fifi | A Wholesaler in Wine | 1944-07-28 |
| Movie | The Kansan | Bank Teller | 1943-09-10 |
| Movie | Silver Queen | Bank Teller (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
| Movie | San Antonio Rose | Man at Radio Station | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | Half a Sinner | Country Club Garage Man | 1940-04-05 |
| Movie | The Fatal Hour | Griswold | 1940-01-15 |
| Movie | Gangs of Chicago | 1940-05-18 | |
| Movie | The Howards of Virginia | Backwoodsman (uncredited) | 1940-09-19 |
| Movie | I Love You Again | Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited) | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Foley's Bodyguard | 1940-12-24 |
| Movie | Mystery Plane | Paul Smith | 1939-03-08 |
| Movie | Juarez | (uncredited) | 1939-06-10 |
| Movie | Scouts to the Rescue | Doc | 1939-01-17 |
| Movie | The Long Shot | Doctor | 1939-01-06 |
| Movie | Stunt Pilot | Paul Smith | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | Danger Flight | Paul Smith | 1939-11-01 |
| Movie | I Stole a Million | Bank Teller (uncredited) | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | Zorro's Fighting Legion | Cantina Proprietor | 1939-12-16 |
| Movie | The Mad Empress | President Benito Juarez | 1939-12-16 |
| Movie | Range War | Rancher | 1939-09-08 |
| Movie | Sky Patrol | Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner | 1939-09-11 |
| Movie | The Nurse from Brooklyn | Surgeon | 1938-04-29 |
| Movie | The Rage of Paris | Department Head (uncredited) | 1938-06-09 |
| Movie | Cipher Bureau | Ellsworth | 1938-10-25 |
| Movie | Woman Against Woman | Mr. Roamer | 1938-06-24 |
| Movie | Torture Money | Alex Carmathy (uncredited) | 1937-01-02 |
| Movie | Sweetheart of the Navy | Bumper | 1937-06-08 |
| Movie | Clipped Wings | Raoul McGuire | 1937-12-02 |
| Movie | The Firefly | Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited) | 1937-11-05 |
| Movie | Vogues of 1938 | Reporter | 1937-08-18 |
| Movie | Robin Hood of El Dorado | Pancho | 1936-03-17 |
| Movie | San Francisco | Father (uncredited) | 1936-06-26 |
| Movie | Break of Hearts | Ticket-Seller (uncredited) | 1935-05-31 |
| Movie | Ladies Crave Excitement | Nick | 1935-06-21 |
| Movie | The Miracle Rider | Carlton | 1935-04-11 |
| Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Tax Gatherer (uncredited) | 1935-10-18 |
| Movie | I Live My Life | Church (Uncredited) | 1935-10-04 |
| Movie | The Fighting Marines | Kota | 1935-11-22 |
| Movie | The Woman Condemned | Jim Wallace | 1934-04-03 |
| Movie | Woman Unafraid | Big Bill Lewis | 1934-03-27 |
| Movie | Public Stenographer | Fred 'Freddie' White | 1934-01-09 |
| Movie | All of Me | Man in Speakeasy (uncredited) | 1934-02-01 |
| Movie | Burn 'Em Up Barnes | John Drummond | 1934-06-15 |
| Movie | Broadway Bill | Arthur Winslow | 1934-11-30 |
| Movie | Cockeyed Cavaliers | Tavern Singer | 1934-06-29 |
| Movie | The President Vanishes | Kilbourne | 1934-11-17 |
| Movie | Crimson Romance | Pierre | 1934-10-12 |
| Movie | Take the Stand | Joe Reynolds | 1934-08-07 |
| Movie | Ship of Wanted Men | John Craig | 1933-09-08 |
| Movie | Employees' Entrance | Commercial Artist (uncredited) | 1933-02-11 |
| Movie | Corruption | Police Commissioner | 1933-06-18 |
| Movie | The Devil's Mate | Clinton | 1933-08-20 |
| Movie | Damaged Lives | Dr. Bill Hall | 1933-09-15 |
| Movie | Only Yesterday | Investor (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
| Movie | Carnival Lady | Jim Ryan | 1933-11-11 |
| Movie | The Way to Love | Guide | 1933-10-20 |
| Movie | Docks of San Francisco | John Banning | 1932-02-01 |
| Movie | Union Depot | Station Agent (uncredited) | 1932-01-14 |
| Movie | Discarded Lovers | Rex Forsythe | 1932-01-03 |
| Movie | Klondike | Jim Armstrong | 1932-08-29 |
| Movie | Unholy Love | Simmington | 1932-06-08 |
| Movie | White Eagle | Dave Rand | 1932-10-07 |
| Movie | The Conquerors | Lane | 1932-11-18 |
| Movie | The Pride of the Legion | Moran | 1932-10-17 |
| Movie | A Strange Adventure | Dr. Bailey | 1932-11-20 |
| Movie | Slightly Married | Jack Haines | 1932-10-15 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan Carries On | Walter Honeywood | 1931-04-11 |
| Movie | Salvation Nell | Major Williams | 1931-07-01 |
| Movie | The Law of the Tong | Charlie Wong | 1931-12-15 |
| Movie | Ex-Bad Boy | Roger Shields | 1931-07-15 |
| Movie | Caught Plastered | Harry Waters | 1931-08-21 |
| Movie | Peacock Alley | Jim Bradbury | 1930-01-04 |
| Movie | Trifles | George Henderson | 1930-01-30 |
| Movie | Lightnin' | Raymond Thomas | 1930-11-28 |
| Movie | The Jazz Cinderella | Herbert Carter | 1930-09-01 |
| Movie | Abraham Lincoln | Herndon | 1930-11-08 |
| Movie | The Gamblers | Carvel Emerson | 1929-06-29 |
| Movie | Trial Marriage | Dr. Thorvald Ware | 1929-03-10 |
| Movie | Paris | Andrew Sabbot | 1929-11-07 |
| Movie | The Death Ship | Tom - The First Mate | 1928-06-01 |
| Movie | On Trial | Defense Attorney | 1928-12-01 |
| Movie | Tracked by the Police | Bob Owen | 1927-05-07 |
| Movie | Hills of Kentucky | Steve Harley (as Jason Robards) | 1927-02-19 |
| Movie | Irish Hearts | Rory | 1927-05-21 |
| Movie | Jaws of Steel | John Warren | 1927-09-10 |
| Movie | The Heart of Maryland | Maj. Alan Kendrick | 1927-07-13 |
| Movie | Wild Geese | Mark Jordan | 1927-11-15 |
| Movie | Footloose Widows | J.A. "Jerry" Smith | 1926-06-19 |
| Movie | The Third Degree | Howard Jeffries Jr. | 1926-12-01 |
| Movie | Stella Maris | Walter Herold | 1925-12-13 |
| Movie | The Gilded Lily | Frank Thompson | 1921-03-27 |