Jason Robards

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Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Acted opposite his father, Jason Robards Sr., only once, in the 1959 play The Disenchanted.

Preferred the stage to film work, and didn't act in films until he was 37.

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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

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Heartwood -Logan Reeser

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Johnny Bull

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Laguna Heat

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My Antonia -Grandfather

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On the Waterways

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Sakharov -Andrei Sakharov

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The Christmas Wife

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The Day After -Dr. Russell Oakes

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The House Without a Christmas Tree -James Mills

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The Perfect Tribute -Abraham Lincoln

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The Thanksgiving Treasure

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They Drew Fire

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Thomas Hart Benton

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Washington, D.C.: Our Nation's Capital

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Washington: Behind Closed Doors -President Richard Monckton

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When Doctors Get Cancer

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Highlights

Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Acted opposite his father, Jason Robards Sr., only once, in the 1959 play The Disenchanted.

Preferred the stage to film work, and didn't act in films until he was 37.

His big break was in the 1956 Off Broadway play The Iceman Cometh, playing salesman Hickey. He recreated the role in the 1960 TV movie and again in the 1985 Broadway production.

All of his Oscar nominations are for playing real-life people: Benjamin Bradlee in All the President's Men, Dashiell Hammett in Julia and Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard.

Though closely associated with the works of Eugene O'Neill, all of his award wins come from non-O'Neill productions.