Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is one of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Robards, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible...
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Once Upon a Time in the West
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When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
as General Walter C. ShortIn the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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Philadelphia
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Quick Change
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All the President's Men
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Parenthood
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The Day After
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The Journey
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
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My Best Fiend
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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La Classe américaine
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of...
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady
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The Paper
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The Adventures of Huck Finn
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Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's FatherA young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his...
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Reunion
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And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...
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as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German...
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as Howard HughesThe story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to...
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Max Dugan Returns
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Black Rainbow
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as Harry DrummondBased on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science...
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as James "Jamie" MillsAddie tries to invite her father's sworn enemy over for Thanksgiving dinner in the hopes of...
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as Lloyd WellsInspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, this 1950s coming of age drama centers on a young man...
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Night of 100 Stars III
as SelfA celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Empire City
as Self - Narrator (voice)A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the...
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Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his...
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as Royal Earle ThompsonA dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in...
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Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
as SelfEugene O'Neill tells the haunting story of the life and work of America's greatest and only...
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as Narrator (voice)Thomas Hart Benton's paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in...
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Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
as Joe's Father (video "One")This is a collection of Metallica's videos ending with those shot for St. Anger.
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Going Home
as Charles BartonA daughter must choose between her career as a book editor at a high powered New York firm, or...
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The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
as Self (archive footage)An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable...
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My Antonia
as Josea BurdenAfter the death of his parents, Jimmy uproots his life to live with his grandparents in Black...
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F.D.R.: The Last Year
as President Franklin D. RooseveltThough visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting...
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as SelfThis straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah,...
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as John TannerAn aging and recent widower, not wanting to spend his first Christmas alone, responds to an ad...
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Johnny Bull
as Stephan KovacsAn English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the...
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You Can't Take it With You
as Grandpa Martin VanderhofA man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly...
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A Christmas to Remember
as Daniel LarsonA city-bred grandson moves to his grandparents' farm during the Great Depression and grows up...
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Addie and the King of Hearts
as James "Jamie" MillsAddie becomes jealous when her widowed father starts to woo a beautician.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abraham LincolnThe life of Abraham Lincoln is traced from the 1830s when he was a struggling backwoods lawyer...
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The Easter Promise
as James "Jamie" MillsAddie and her friends are excited over the visit of a celebrity, a local woman who became a...
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The World of Tomorrow
as Self / NarratorDocumentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair. Includes film...
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The Bat
as Detective AndersonA sinister criminal known only as "The Bat" attempts to locate a fortune in stolen securities...
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A Moon for the Misbegotten
as James Tyrone Jr.A cynical, self-hating, failed actor visits the gruff, earthy daughter of his scheming Irish...
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T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
as NarratorA champion of the strenuous life, Teddy Roosevelt embodied the notion of an expanded presidency....
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Over Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital
as NarratorOver Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital, narrated by 2-time Academy Award-winning actor Jason...
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The Belle of 14th Street
as SelfHer first television special to feature guest-stars, The Belle of 14th Street celebrates, in...
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The Country Girl
as Frank ElginFrank Elgin's career in the theater is all washed up — but his friend Bernie thinks he can make...
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Old Faithful
as HimselfA forest ranger is asked by his boss to attract a record-breaking crowd to Yellowstone National...
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Deceptions
as Clay (voice)A beautiful widow is determined to uncover the facts behind her husband's death.
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The Face of Genius
as Narrator (voice)The Face of a Genius is a 1966 American documentary film about Eugene O’Neill, produced by...
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Ghost Story
as Elliot BrentGhost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...
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Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode...
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American Experience
as Narrator (voice)TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...
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The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - GuestThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Philco Television Playhouse
as Joe GrantThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
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The Philco Television Playhouse
as MasonThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
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Studio One
as Frank CameronAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Studio One
as PrisonerAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Studio One
as Walter OsgoodAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Studio One
as Leonard O'BrienAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Tony Awards
as Self - HostThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - PresenterThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Omnibus
as uncreditedOmnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
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Playhouse 90
as Robert JordanPlayhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...
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The Kennedy Center Honors
as SelfThe Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their...
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The Danny Kaye Show
as SelfThe Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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ABC Stage 67
as Royal Earle ThompsonABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety...
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The Alcoa Hour
as Bert PalmerThe Alcoa Hour is an American anthology television series that was aired live on NBC from 1955...
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The Civil War
as Ulysses S. GrantA documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the...
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Baseball
as Various (voice)The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and...
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Play of the Week
as uncreditedThis syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas,...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. RankHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as MarcusHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Abe LincolnHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Frank ElginHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Heidi
as GrandfatherAfter charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he...
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The West
as Self - Brigham YoungThe West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the...
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The Long Hot Summer
as Will VarnerWhen drifter Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town, Will Varner, a family patriarch,...
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The Atlanta Child Murders
as Alvin BinderThe Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS....
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An Inconvenient Woman
as Jules MendelsonA rich man's mistress gets in the middle of a high-society murder in Beverly Hills.
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The Last Frontier
as Ed StenningFollowing a whirlwind courtship, a single mother from Los Angeles marries an Australian cattle...
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The Magic of David Copperfield
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Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as President Richard MoncktonCIA director Bill Martin knows that an incoming president means a new direction for the...
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General Electric Theater
as Col. CarterGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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Broadway on Showtime
as Erie SmithTheatrical performances from Broadway are presented for TV.
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