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Jason Robards Sr.

Jason Robards Sr.

Actor · Born 1892-12-30 · Hillsdale, Michigan, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) — John Retch
  2. Isle of the Dead (1945) — Albrecht
  3. Born to Kill (1947) — Conductor (uncredited)
  4. Leave It to Beaver (1957)
  5. San Francisco (1936) — Father (uncredited)
  6. Bedlam (1946) — Oliver Todd
  7. Impact (1949) — Judge
  8. I Love You Again (1940) — Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)
  9. Return of the Bad Men (1948) — Judge Harper
  10. Desperate (1947) — Ferrari
  11. Abraham Lincoln (1930) — Herndon
  12. The Farmer's Daughter (1947) — Night Editor (uncredited)
  13. Wild in the Country (1961) — Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)
  14. The Second Woman (1950) — Stacy Rogers
  15. Deadline at Dawn (1946) — Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)
  16. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) — Bank Officer (uncredited)
  17. Dick Tracy (1945) — Motorist (uncredited)
  18. Johnny Angel (1945) — Officer (uncredited)
  19. Employees' Entrance (1933) — Commercial Artist (uncredited)
  20. Zombies on Broadway (1945) — Headwaiter (uncredited)
  21. Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) — Hawks (uncredited)
  22. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) — Captain (uncredited)
  23. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) — Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
  24. Juarez (1939) — (uncredited)
  25. Riff-Raff (1947) — Mr. Domingues
  26. The Threat (1949) — Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)
  27. The Fatal Hour (1940) — Griswold
  28. Broadway Bill (1934) — Arthur Winslow
  29. The Rage of Paris (1938) — Department Head (uncredited)
  30. Race Street (1948) — Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  31. Shed No Tears (1948) — Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)
  32. Union Depot (1932) — Station Agent (uncredited)
  33. The Woman Condemned (1934) — Jim Wallace
  34. Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937) — Reporter
  35. Criminal Court (1946) — Al Marsh (uncredited)
  36. The Howards of Virginia (1940) — Backwoodsman (uncredited)
  37. Step by Step (1946) — Bruckner
  38. Torture Money (1937) — Alex Carmathy (uncredited)
  39. The Falcon in San Francisco (1945) — Loomis, Butler (uncredited)
  40. Badman's Territory (1946) — Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)