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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-12-30 (132 years old)

Place of Birth

Hillsdale, Michigan, USA

Jason Robards Sr.

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

1961

Wild in the Country as Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)
Acapulco as Max

1960

The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Rupert Willis

1958

The Notorious Mr. Monks as Judge (uncredited)

1957

1953

1950

The Second Woman as Stacy Rogers
Western Pacific Agent as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1949

Dynamite as Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited)
Impact as Judge
South of Death Valley as Major Porter Mullen (uncredited)
Rimfire as Elkins (Banker)
Riders of the Whistling Pines as Charles Carter (uncredited)
Alaska Patrol as Dr. Loring
Massacre River as Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited)
Horsemen of the Sierras as Phineas Grant
The Threat as Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)
Feudin' Rhythm as Mr. Rushman (uncredited)
Masked Raiders as Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited)

1948

Shed No Tears as Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)
Return of the Bad Men as Judge Harper
Fighting Father Dunne as J.J. Sonin
Western Heritage as Judge Winston
Race Street as Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie as Ogleby (uncredited)
Smoky Mountain Melody as Josh Corby
Guns of Hate as Ben Jason
Son of God’s Country as John Thornton

1947

Riff-Raff as Mr. Domingues
Desperate as Ferrari
Thunder Mountain as Jim Gardner
Wild Horse Mesa as Hod Slack
The Judge Steps Out as Police Officer Maloney (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma as Hawks (uncredited)
Born to Kill as Conductor (uncredited)
A Likely Story as Cop (uncredited)
Code of the West as Morley (uncredited)
Under the Tonto Rim as Captain McLean
The Farmer's Daughter as Night Editor (uncredited)
Banjo as Conductor Matthews (uncredited)
Trail Street as Jason
Do or Diet as Boss
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Bank Officer (uncredited)

1946

Bedlam as Oliver Todd
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball as Captain (uncredited)
The Falcon's Alibi as Harvey Beaumont
The Falcon's Adventure as Lieutenant Evans
The Bamboo Blonde as Colonel Graham (uncredited)
Ding Dong Williams as Director Kenmore
Traffic with the Devil as Irate Motorist (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn as Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)
Criminal Court as Al Marsh (uncredited)
Twin Husbands as Dorothy's Attorney
Vacation in Reno as Sheriff Johnson
Badman's Territory as Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)
Step by Step as Bruckner

1945

Isle of the Dead as Albrecht
Wanderer of the Wasteland as Crooked Dealer
Betrayal from the East as Charlie Hildebrand
A Game of Death as Captain
Man Alive as Henry Fletcher
Zombies on Broadway as Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco as Loomis, Butler (uncredited)
Dick Tracy as Motorist (uncredited)
Johnny Angel as Officer (uncredited)

1944

Mademoiselle Fifi as A Wholesaler in Wine
Bermuda Mystery as Mark Dunham

1943

The Kansan as Bank Teller

1942

Silver Queen as Bank Teller (uncredited)

1941

San Antonio Rose as Man at Radio Station

1940

The Howards of Virginia as Backwoodsman (uncredited)
The Fatal Hour as Griswold
I Love You Again as Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Foley's Bodyguard
Half a Sinner as Country Club Garage Man

1939

Danger Flight as Paul Smith
Zorro's Fighting Legion as Cantina Proprietor
The Long Shot as Doctor
Mystery Plane as Paul Smith
Juarez as (uncredited)
Stunt Pilot as Paul Smith
Sky Patrol as Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner
Range War as Rancher
Radio Hams as Pilot in distress
I Stole a Million as Bank Teller (uncredited)
The Mad Empress as President Benito Juarez

1938

The Rage of Paris as Department Head (uncredited)
Woman Against Woman as Mr. Roamer
Cipher Bureau as Ellsworth
Flight to Fame as Muller

1937

The Firefly as Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)
Clipped Wings as Raoul McGuire
Vogues of 1938 as Reporter
Torture Money as Alex Carmathy (uncredited)

1936

San Francisco as Father (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble as Clerk of Court

1935

The Last Days of Pompeii as Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
I Live My Life as Church (Uncredited)
Break of Hearts as Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady as John’s Best Man (uncredited)

1934

Broadway Bill as Arthur Winslow
The Woman Condemned as Jim Wallace
Public Stenographer as Fred 'Freddie' White
Crimson Romance as Pierre
Burn 'Em Up Barnes as John Drummond
Woman Unafraid as Big Bill Lewis
Take the Stand as Joe Reynolds
Cockeyed Cavaliers as Tavern Singer
All of Me as Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

1933

Damaged Lives as Dr. Bill Hall
Carnival Lady as Jim Ryan
Employees' Entrance as Commercial Artist (uncredited)
Ship of Wanted Men as John Craig
Corruption as Police Commissioner
Only Yesterday as Investor (Uncredited)
The Devil's Mate as Clinton

1932

Discarded Lovers as Rex Forsythe
Klondike as Jim Armstrong
A Strange Adventure as Dr. Bailey
Unholy Love as Simmington
Docks of San Francisco as John Banning
Union Depot as Station Agent (uncredited)
Slightly Married as Jack Haines
White Eagle as Dave Rand

1931

Subway Express as Paul Bordon
Caught Plastered as Harry Waters
Trapped as Detective Lt. Jack Reed
Ex-Bad Boy as Roger Shields
Charlie Chan Carries On as Walter Honeywood
The Law of the Tong as Charlie Wong
Salvation Nell as Major Williams

1930

Peacock Alley as Jim Bradbury
Abraham Lincoln as Herndon
Lightnin' as Raymond Thomas
Trifles as George Henderson
The Jazz Cinderella as Herbert Carter
Crazy That Way as Frank Oakes

1929

The Gamblers as Carvel Emerson
Trial Marriage as Dr. Thorvald Ware
Paris as Andrew Sabbot
The Flying Marine as Mitch Moran
The Isle of Lost Ships as Frank Howard

1928

The Death Ship as Tom - The First Mate
On Trial as Defense Attorney

1927

Irish Hearts as Rory
Hills of Kentucky as Steve Harley
Jaws of Steel as John Warren
The Heart of Maryland as Maj. Alan Kendrick
Wild Geese as Mark Jordan
White Flannels as Frank Politz
Streets of Shanghai as Eugene Fong

1926

Footloose Widows as J.A. "Jerry" Smith
The Third Degree as Howard Jeffries Jr.

1925

Stella Maris as Walter Herold

1921

The Land of Hope as Sascha Rabinoff
The Gilded Lily as Frank Thompson