Jason Robards

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Jason Robards

Jason Robards AKA Jason Nelson Robards, Jr.

Born: 26-Jul-1922
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 26-Dec-2000
Location of death: Bridgeport, CT
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: All The President's Men

Military service: US Navy (1939-46, WWII, was at Pearl Harbor)

Father: Jason Nelson Robards, Sr. (actor)
Mother: Hope Glanville
Wife: Eleanor Pittman (m. 7-May-1948, div. 1958, six children)
Son: Jason Robards III (b. 1948)
Wife: Rachel Taylor (actress, m. 1959, div. 4-May-1961)
Wife: Lauren Bacall (actress, m. 4-Jul-1961, div. 10-Sep-1969, one son)
Son: Sam Robards (actor, b. 16-Dec-1961)
Wife: Lois O'Connor (m. 14-Feb-1970)

University: American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Navy Cross
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1977 for All the President's Men
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1978 for Julia
Emmy 1988 for Inherit the Wind
Tony 1959 for The Disenchanted
Kennedy Center Honor 1999
National Medal of Arts 1997
Risk Factors: Alcoholism

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Magnolia (8-Dec-1999)
Beloved (8-Oct-1998)
A Thousand Acres (19-Sep-1997)
Baseball (18-Sep-1994) Himself [VOICE]
Little Big League (29-Jun-1994)
The Paper (18-Mar-1994)
The Enemy Within (22-Feb-1994)
Philadelphia (23-Dec-1993)
Heidi (18-Jul-1993)
The Trial (13-May-1993)
The Adventures of Huck Finn (2-Apr-1993)
Storyville (26-Aug-1992)
The Perfect Tribute (21-Apr-1991)
The Civil War (23-Sep-1990) [VOICE]
Quick Change (13-Jul-1990)
Black Rainbow (Oct-1989)
Parenthood (2-Aug-1989)
Reunion (17-May-1989)
Dream a Little Dream (3-Mar-1989)
The Good Mother (4-Nov-1988)
Inherit the Wind (20-Mar-1988)
Square Dance (20-Feb-1987)
The Long Hot Summer (6-Oct-1985)
The Day After (20-Nov-1983)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (29-Apr-1983)
Max Dugan Returns (25-Mar-1983)
Burden of Dreams (30-May-1982)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (22-May-1981)
Melvin and Howard (19-Sep-1980)
Raise the Titanic (1-Aug-1980)
Caboblanco (14-Mar-1980)
Hurricane (12-Apr-1979)
Comes a Horseman (25-Oct-1978)
Julia (1977)
All the President's Men (7-Apr-1976)
A Boy and His Dog (Nov-1975)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (23-May-1973)
The House Without a Christmas Tree (3-Dec-1972)
The War Between Men and Women (1-Jun-1972)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (Sep-1971)
Johnny Got His Gun (4-Aug-1971)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (23-Sep-1970)
Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1970)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (13-May-1970)
The Night They Raided Minsky's (22-Dec-1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West (21-Dec-1968)
Isadora (Dec-1968)
Hour of the Gun (01-Nov-1967)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (30-Jun-1967)
Divorce American Style (21-Jun-1967)
Any Wednesday (13-Oct-1966)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (8-Jun-1966)
A Thousand Clowns (13-Dec-1965)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (9-Oct-1962)
Tender Is the Night (19-Jan-1962)
By Love Possessed (19-Jul-1961)
The Iceman Cometh (14-Nov-1960)
The Journey (19-Feb-1959)

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