Jason Robards Sr.
December 30, 1892 (132 years old) in Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
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
Credits
- 1961 · Wild in the Country as Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)
- 1960 · The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Rupert Willis
- 1958 · The Notorious Mr. Monks as Judge (uncredited)
- 1957 · Leave It to Beaver as
- 1950 · The Second Woman as Stacy Rogers
- 1950 · Western Pacific Agent as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- 1949 · The Threat as Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)
- 1949 · Horsemen of the Sierras as Phineas Grant
- 1949 · Feudin' Rhythm as Mr. Rushman (uncredited)
- 1949 · Masked Raiders as Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited)
- 1949 · Massacre River as Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited)
- 1949 · Rimfire as Elkins (Banker)
- 1949 · Impact as Judge
- 1949 · Alaska Patrol as Dr. Loring
- 1948 · Race Street as Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1948 · Return of the Bad Men as Judge Harper
- 1948 · Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as John Retch
- 1947 · The Judge Steps Out as Police Officer Maloney (uncredited)
- 1947 · Riff-Raff as Mr. Domingues
- 1947 · Desperate as Ferrari
- 1947 · Seven Keys to Baldpate as Hayden
- 1947 · Dick Tracy's Dilemma as Hawks (uncredited)
- 1947 · Born to Kill as Conductor (uncredited)
- 1947 · Trail Street as Jason
- 1946 · The Falcon's Adventure as Lieutenant Evans
- 1946 · Criminal Court as Al Marsh (uncredited)
- 1946 · Step by Step as Bruckner
- 1946 · Twin Husbands as Dorothy's Attorney
- 1946 · Bedlam as Oliver Todd
- 1946 · Deadline at Dawn as Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)
- 1945 · Dick Tracy as Motorist (uncredited)
- 1945 · A Game of Death as Captain
- 1945 · Man Alive as Henry Fletcher
- 1945 · Johnny Angel as Officer (uncredited)
- 1945 · Isle of the Dead as Albrecht
- 1945 · What, No Cigarettes as Policeman
- 1945 · Wanderer of the Wasteland as Crooked Dealer
- 1945 · Zombies on Broadway as Headwaiter (uncredited)
- 1945 · Betrayal from the East as Charlie Hildebrand
- 1944 · Music in Manhattan as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1944 · Bermuda Mystery as Mark Dunham
- 1942 · Silver Queen as Bank Teller (uncredited)
- 1940 · The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Foley's Bodyguard
- 1940 · The Howards of Virginia as Backwoodsman (uncredited)
- 1940 · I Love You Again as Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)
- 1940 · Gangs of Chicago as
- 1940 · The Fatal Hour as Griswold
- 1939 · The Mad Empress as President Benito Juarez
- 1939 · Range War as Rancher
- 1939 · I Stole a Million as Bank Teller (uncredited)
- 1939 · Juarez as (uncredited)
- 1939 · Mystery Plane as Paul Smith
- 1939 · Scouts to the Rescue as Doc
- 1939 · The Long Shot as Doctor
- 1938 · The Rage of Paris as Department Head (uncredited)
- 1937 · Torture Money as Alex Carmathy (uncredited)
- 1936 · Laughing at Trouble as Clerk of Court
- 1936 · The Luckiest Girl in the World as
- 1936 · San Francisco as Father (uncredited)
- 1935 · The Last Days of Pompeii as Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
- 1935 · Break of Hearts as Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
- 1934 · Broadway Bill as Arthur Winslow
- 1934 · The President Vanishes as Kilbourne
- 1934 · Crimson Romance as Pierre
- 1934 · Cockeyed Cavaliers as Tavern Singer
- 1934 · Woman Unafraid as Big Bill Lewis
- 1934 · All of Me as Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
- 1934 · Public Stenographer as Fred 'Freddie' White
- 1933 · Only Yesterday as Investor (Uncredited)
- 1933 · Damaged Lives as Dr. Bill Hall
- 1933 · Corruption as Police Commissioner
- 1932 · The Conquerors as Lane
- 1932 · The Pride of the Legion as Moran
- 1932 · Unholy Love as Simmington
- 1932 · Union Depot as Station Agent (uncredited)
- 1932 · Discarded Lovers as Rex Forsythe
- 1931 · Trapped as Detective Lt. Jack Reed
- 1931 · Caught Plastered as Harry Waters
- 1931 · Subway Express as Paul Bordon
- 1930 · Lightnin' as Raymond Thomas
- 1930 · Abraham Lincoln as Herndon
- 1930 · The Jazz Cinderella as Herbert Carter
- 1930 · Peacock Alley as Jim Bradbury
- 1929 · Paris as Andrew Sabbot
- 1929 · The Isle of Lost Ships as Frank Howard
- 1929 · The Gamblers as Carvel Emerson
- 1929 · Trial Marriage as Dr. Thorvald Ware
- 1927 · Streets of Shanghai as Eugene Fong
- 1927 · The Heart of Maryland as Maj. Alan Kendrick
- Future · Let's Go Stepping as
- 1961 · Acapulco as Max
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Sam Brady
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as L.P. Kerner
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Judge
- 1949 · Post Office Investigator as Henry Hand
- 1949 · South of Death Valley as Major Porter Mullen (uncredited)
- 1949 · Riders of the Whistling Pines as Charles Carter (uncredited)
- 1949 · Dynamite as Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited)
- 1948 · Smoky Mountain Melody as Josh Corby
- 1948 · Son of God’s Country as John Thornton
- 1948 · Guns of Hate as Ben Jason
- 1948 · Shed No Tears as Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)
- 1948 · Fighting Father Dunne as J.J. Sonin
- 1948 · If You Knew Susie as Ogleby (uncredited)
- 1948 · Western Heritage as Judge Winston
- 1947 · Wild Horse Mesa as Hod Slack
- 1947 · Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Bank Officer (uncredited)
- 1947 · Under the Tonto Rim as Captain McLean
- 1947 · Thunder Mountain as Jim Gardner
- 1947 · Banjo as Conductor Matthews (uncredited)
- 1947 · A Likely Story as Cop (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Farmer's Daughter as Night Editor (uncredited)
- 1947 · Code of the West as Morley (uncredited)
- 1947 · Do or Diet as Boss
- 1947 · Follow That Music as
- 1946 · Vacation in Reno as Sheriff Johnson
- 1946 · Dick Tracy vs. Cueball as Captain (uncredited)
- 1946 · Traffic with the Devil as Irate Motorist (uncredited)
- 1946 · I'll Take Milk as
- 1946 · The Bamboo Blonde as Colonel Graham (uncredited)
- 1946 · Badman's Territory as Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)
- 1946 · Ding Dong Williams as Director Kenmore
- 1946 · The Falcon's Alibi as Harvey Beaumont
- 1945 · The Falcon in San Francisco as Loomis, Butler (uncredited)
- 1945 · It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as
- 1944 · Mademoiselle Fifi as A Wholesaler in Wine
- 1943 · The Kansan as Bank Teller
- 1941 · San Antonio Rose as Man at Radio Station
- 1940 · Half a Sinner as Country Club Garage Man
- 1939 · Zorro's Fighting Legion as Cantina Proprietor
- 1939 · Danger Flight as Paul Smith
- 1939 · Sky Patrol as Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner
- 1939 · Stunt Pilot as Paul Smith
- 1939 · Radio Hams as Pilot in distress
- 1938 · Cipher Bureau as Ellsworth
- 1938 · Flight to Fame as Muller
- 1938 · Woman Against Woman as Mr. Roamer
- 1938 · The Nurse from Brooklyn as Surgeon
- 1937 · Clipped Wings as Raoul McGuire
- 1937 · The Firefly as Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)
- 1937 · Vogues of 1938 as Reporter
- 1937 · Sweetheart of the Navy as Bumper
- 1936 · Robin Hood of El Dorado as Pancho
- 1935 · The Fighting Marines as Kota
- 1935 · I Live My Life as Church (Uncredited)
- 1935 · Ladies Crave Excitement as Nick
- 1935 · Vagabond Lady as John’s Best Man (uncredited)
- 1935 · The Miracle Rider as Carlton
- 1934 · Take the Stand as Joe Reynolds
- 1934 · Burn 'Em Up Barnes as John Drummond
- 1934 · The Woman Condemned as Jim Wallace
- 1934 · The Super Snooper as
- 1933 · Carnival Lady as Jim Ryan
- 1933 · The Way to Love as Guide
- 1933 · Ship of Wanted Men as John Craig
- 1933 · The Devil's Mate as Clinton
- 1933 · Employees' Entrance as Commercial Artist (uncredited)
- 1932 · A Strange Adventure as Dr. Bailey
- 1932 · Slightly Married as Jack Haines
- 1932 · White Eagle as Dave Rand
- 1932 · Klondike as Jim Armstrong
- 1932 · Docks of San Francisco as John Banning
- 1931 · The Law of the Tong as Charlie Wong
- 1931 · Ex-Bad Boy as Roger Shields
- 1931 · Salvation Nell as Major Williams
- 1931 · Charlie Chan Carries On as Walter Honeywood
- 1930 · Crazy That Way as Frank Oakes
- 1930 · Trifles as George Henderson
- 1929 · The Flying Marine as Mitch Moran
- 1928 · On Trial as Defense Attorney
- 1928 · The Death Ship as Tom - The First Mate
- 1927 · Wild Geese as Mark Jordan
- 1927 · Jaws of Steel as John Warren
- 1927 · Irish Hearts as Rory
- 1927 · Tracked by the Police as Bob Owen
- 1927 · White Flannels as Frank Politz
- 1927 · Hills of Kentucky as Steve Harley
- 1926 · The Third Degree as Howard Jeffries Jr.
- 1926 · Footloose Widows as J.A. "Jerry" Smith
- 1926 · The Cohens and Kellys as Tim Kelly
- 1925 · Stella Maris as Walter Herold
- 1921 · The Land of Hope as Sascha Rabinoff
- 1921 · The Gilded Lily as Frank Thompson