Jason Robards Sr.
Acting
Born: 1892-12-30 in Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
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
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
John Retch
Isle of the Dead
Albrecht
Born to Kill
Conductor (uncredited)
Leave It to Beaver
San Francisco
Father (uncredited)
Bedlam
Oliver Todd
Impact
Judge
I Love You Again
Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)
Return of the Bad Men
Judge Harper
Abraham Lincoln
Herndon
Desperate
Ferrari
The Farmer's Daughter
Night Editor (uncredited)
Wild in the Country
Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)
The Second Woman
Stacy Rogers
Deadline at Dawn
Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Bank Officer (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
Motorist (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
Officer (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Hawks (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance
Commercial Artist (uncredited)
Zombies on Broadway
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Captain (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii
Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
Juarez
(uncredited)
Riff-Raff
Mr. Domingues
The Threat
Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)
The Fatal Hour
Griswold
Broadway Bill
Arthur Winslow
The Rage of Paris
Department Head (uncredited)
Race Street
Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Shed No Tears
Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)
Union Depot
Station Agent (uncredited)
The Woman Condemned
Jim Wallace
The Howards of Virginia
Backwoodsman (uncredited)
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Reporter
Criminal Court
Al Marsh (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco
Loomis, Butler (uncredited)
Step by Step
Bruckner
Torture Money
Alex Carmathy (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)