Jason Robards Sr.

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-12-30 (71 years old)

Deathday

1963-04-04

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.

Acting

1945

Isle of the Dead

as Albrecht

1946

Bedlam

as Oliver Todd

1949

Dynamite

as Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited)

1945

Wanderer of the Wasteland

as Crooked Dealer

1946

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

as Captain (uncredited)

1947

Riff-Raff

as Mr. Domingues

1949

Impact

as Judge

1931

Subway Express

as Paul Bordon

1947

Desperate

as Ferrari

1945

Betrayal from the East

as Charlie Hildebrand

1950

The Second Woman

as Stacy Rogers

1938

The Rage of Paris

as Department Head (uncredited)

1946

The Falcon's Adventure

as Lieutenant Evans

1946

The Falcon's Alibi

as Harvey Beaumont

1948

Shed No Tears

as Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)

1940

The Howards of Virginia

as Backwoodsman (uncredited)

1931

Caught Plastered

as Harry Waters

1944

Mademoiselle Fifi

as A Wholesaler in Wine

1934

Broadway Bill

as Arthur Winslow

1940

The Fatal Hour

as Griswold

1935

The Last Days of Pompeii

as Tax Gatherer (uncredited)

1933

Damaged Lives

as Dr. Bill Hall

1937

The Firefly

as Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)

1941

San Antonio Rose

as Man at Radio Station

1947

Thunder Mountain

as Jim Gardner

1945

A Game of Death

as Captain

1949

1932

Discarded Lovers

as Rex Forsythe

1932

Klondike

as Jim Armstrong

1947

Wild Horse Mesa

as Hod Slack

1932

A Strange Adventure

as Dr. Bailey

1948

Return of the Bad Men

as Judge Harper

1935

1934

The Woman Condemned

as Jim Wallace

1926

Footloose Widows

as J.A. "Jerry" Smith

1934

Public Stenographer

as Fred 'Freddie' White

1931

Trapped

as Detective Lt. Jack Reed

1927

1921

The Land of Hope

as Sascha Rabinoff

1933

Carnival Lady

as Jim Ryan

1945

Man Alive

as Henry Fletcher

1932

Unholy Love

as Simmington

1932

Docks of San Francisco

as John Banning

1937

Clipped Wings

as Raoul McGuire

1934

1932

1946

The Bamboo Blonde

as Colonel Graham (uncredited)

1932

Union Depot

as Station Agent (uncredited)

1930

Peacock Alley

as Jim Bradbury

1932

Slightly Married

as Jack Haines

1948

1946

Ding Dong Williams

as Director Kenmore

1930

Abraham Lincoln

as Herndon

1934

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

as John Drummond

1940

I Love You Again

as Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)

1931

Ex-Bad Boy

as Roger Shields

1934

Woman Unafraid

as Big Bill Lewis

1927

Jaws of Steel

as John Warren

1927

Hills of Kentucky

as Steve Harley

1946

Traffic with the Devil

as Irate Motorist (uncredited)

1939

Danger Flight

as Paul Smith

1937

Vogues of 1938

as Reporter

1934

1948

Western Heritage

as Judge Winston

1933

Employees' Entrance

as Commercial Artist (uncredited)

1939

Zorro's Fighting Legion

as Cantina Proprietor

1939

The Long Shot

as Doctor

1939

Mystery Plane

as Paul Smith

1939

Juarez

as (uncredited)

1939

Stunt Pilot

as Paul Smith

1934

Take the Stand

as Joe Reynolds

1939

Sky Patrol

as Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner

1931

Charlie Chan Carries On

as Walter Honeywood

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)

1949

Riders of the Whistling Pines

as Charles Carter (uncredited)

1949

Rimfire

as Elkins (Banker)

1949

South of Death Valley

as Major Porter Mullen (uncredited)

1949

Alaska Patrol

as Dr. Loring

1948

Race Street

as Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1947

The Judge Steps Out

as Police Officer Maloney (uncredited)

1947

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

as Hawks (uncredited)

1947

Born to Kill

as Conductor (uncredited)

1947

A Likely Story

as Cop (uncredited)

1947

Code of the West

as Morley (uncredited)

1938

Woman Against Woman

as Mr. Roamer

1944

Bermuda Mystery

as Mark Dunham

1940

1931

The Law of the Tong

as Charlie Wong

1938

Cipher Bureau

as Ellsworth

1947

Under the Tonto Rim

as Captain McLean

1933

Ship of Wanted Men

as John Craig

1930

Lightnin'

as Raymond Thomas

1931

Salvation Nell

as Major Williams

1939

Range War

as Rancher

1939

Radio Hams

as Pilot in distress

1949

Massacre River

as Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited)

1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers

as Tavern Singer

1948

If You Knew Susie

as Ogleby (uncredited)

1940

Half a Sinner

as Country Club Garage Man

1927

1947

The Farmer's Daughter

as Night Editor (uncredited)

1946

Criminal Court

as Al Marsh (uncredited)

1948

1935

I Live My Life

as Church (Uncredited)

1933

Corruption

as Police Commissioner

1929

The Gamblers

as Carvel Emerson

1934

All of Me

as Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

1949

Horsemen of the Sierras

as Phineas Grant

1948

Guns of Hate

as Ben Jason

1928

The Death Ship

as Tom - The First Mate

1930

Trifles

as George Henderson

1948

Son of God’s Country

as John Thornton

1942

Silver Queen

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

1943

The Kansan

as Bank Teller

1936

San Francisco

as Father (uncredited)

1945

Zombies on Broadway

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

1928

On Trial

as Defense Attorney

1946

Twin Husbands

as Dorothy's Attorney

1946

Vacation in Reno

as Sheriff Johnson

1930

The Jazz Cinderella

as Herbert Carter

1939

I Stole a Million

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

1932

White Eagle

as Dave Rand

1935

Break of Hearts

as Ticket-Seller (uncredited)

1929

Trial Marriage

as Dr. Thorvald Ware

1925

Stella Maris

as Walter Herold

1947

Banjo

as Conductor Matthews (uncredited)

1929

Paris

as Andrew Sabbot

1937

Torture Money

as Alex Carmathy (uncredited)

1945

The Falcon in San Francisco

as Loomis, Butler (uncredited)

1926

The Third Degree

as Howard Jeffries Jr.

1927

The Heart of Maryland

as Maj. Alan Kendrick

1933

Only Yesterday

as Investor (Uncredited)

1946

Badman's Territory

as Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)

1927

Wild Geese

as Mark Jordan

1947

Trail Street

as Jason

1933

1939

The Mad Empress

as President Benito Juarez

1938

1921

The Gilded Lily

as Frank Thompson

1947

Do or Diet

as Boss

1946

Step by Step

as Bruckner

1947

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

as Bank Officer (uncredited)

1949

Feudin' Rhythm

as Mr. Rushman (uncredited)

1958

The Notorious Mr. Monks

as Judge (uncredited)

1949

Masked Raiders

as Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited)

1949

The Threat

as Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)

1961

Wild in the Country

as Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)

1950

Western Pacific Agent

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1927

White Flannels

as Frank Politz

1926

1927

Streets of Shanghai

as Eugene Fong

1929

The Flying Marine

as Mitch Moran

1929

The Isle of Lost Ships

as Frank Howard

1933

1930

Crazy That Way

as Frank Oakes

1945

Dick Tracy

as Motorist (uncredited)

1935

Vagabond Lady

as John’s Best Man (uncredited)

1936

Laughing at Trouble

as Clerk of Court

1945

Johnny Angel

as Officer (uncredited)

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