Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes
Jason Robards Sr.

Jason Robards Sr.

Highest Rated: 100% Desperate (1947)

Lowest Rated: 31% Square Dance (1987)

Birthday: Dec 31, 1892

Birthplace: Hillsdale, Michigan, USA

The foremost male interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill since the mid-1950s, Jason Robards owes his career to the celebrated 1956 Circle in the Square revival of the playwright's "The Iceman Cometh," directed by Jose Quintero, which thrust the versatile actor from obscurity into the limelight. The parallels between his own life and O'Neill's are striking and surely resonated for his Broadway debut as Jamie Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (1957), the most autobiographical of the playwright's oeuvre. Robards tapped into the essence of O'Neill, perfectly essaying the highly intelligent, often sensitive but frequently stubborn men, sometimes defeated by their own penchant for sadness while prone to angry outbursts, prejudice and alcoholism.

Highest rated movies

100% Desperate
100% The Crusades
92% Paris
90% Bedlam
90% Isle of the Dead
67% Impact
67% Mademoiselle Fifi
50% Wild in the Country

Photos

DESPERATE, from left: Jason Robards Sr., Steve Brodie, 1947 DESPERATE, from left: Robert Bray, Jason Robards Sr., Steve Brodie, 1947 MADEMOISELLE FIFI, Simone Simon, Edmund Glover, Jason Robards Sr., Alan Napier, Kurt Kreuger, 1944 MADEMOISELLE FIFI, Simone Simon, Romaine Callender, Edmund Glover, Helen Freeman, Alan Napier, Fay Helm, Jason Robards Sr., John Emery, Norma Varden, 1944 CORRUPTION, Jason Robards Sr., 1933 MADEMOISELLE FIFI, Simone Simon, Romaine Callender, Jason Robards Sr., Norma Varden, Fay Helm, Helen Freeman, John Emery, Alan Napier, 1944 MADEMOISELLE FIFI, Jason Robards Sr., Norma Varden, Fay Helm, Helen Freeman, John Emery, Alan Napier, 1944
See all photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
31% 48% Square Dance Unknown (Character) - 1987
50% 58% Wild in the Country Judge Tom Parker (uncredited) (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 48% The Second Woman Stacy Rogers (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 38% Riders of the Whistling Pines Forrester Charles Carter (Character) - 1949
67% 58% Impact Judge (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smoky Mountain Melody Josh Corby (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 32% Return of the Bad Men Judge Harper (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fighting Father Dunne J.J. Sonin (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Under the Tonto Rim Capt. McLean (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Horse Mesa Pop Melhern (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 33% Riff-Raff Mr. Domingues (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 16% Dick Tracy's Dilemma Hawks (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seven Keys to Baldpate Hayden (Character) - 1947
100% 66% Desperate Det. Lt. Louie Ferrari (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 58% Deadline at Dawn Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited) (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 0% Step by Step Bruckner (Character) - 1946
90% 53% Bedlam Oliver Todd (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 17% The Falcon's Alibi Harvey Beaumont (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 33% Johnny Angel Officer (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wanderer of the Wasteland Crooked Dealer (Character) - 1945
90% 52% Isle of the Dead Albrecht (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Master Race Jacob (Character) - 1944
67% 43% Mademoiselle Fifi Wholesaler in Wines (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bermuda Mystery Mark Dunham (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 19% The Fatal Hour Griswold (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sky Patrol Paul Smith (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger Flight Paul Smith (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery Plane Paul Smith (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stunt Pilot Paul Smith (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mad Empress President Benito Juarez (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nurse from Brooklyn Surgeon (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Servant of the People: The Story of the Constitution of the United States Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ladies Crave Excitement Nick (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Miracle Rider Carlton (Character) - 1935
100% 44% The Crusades Amir/Slave in Saladin's Garden (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Public Stenographer Unknown (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Woman Unafraid Big Bill Lewis (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Woman Condemned Jim Wallace (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Carnival Lady Jim Ryan (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Strange Adventure Dr. Bailey (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Docks of San Francisco John Banning (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 62% Klondike Jim Armstrong (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pride of the Legion Moran (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slightly Married Jack Haines (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law of the Tong Charlie Wong (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caught Plastered Harry Waters (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peacock Alley Jim Bradbury (Character) - 1930
92% No Score Yet Paris Andrew Sabbot (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Third Degree Howard Jeffries Jr. (Character) - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stella Maris Walter Herold (Character) - 1925

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deputy Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Dan Preston (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cimarron City Cal Demming (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Unknown (Character) 1958