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{{Short description|American actor (1922–2000)}}
{{for|his father|Jason Robards Sr.}}
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| name               = Jason Robards
| image              = Jason Robards 1956 Obie Awards (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Robards in 1956
| birth_name         = Jason Nelson Robards Jr.
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1922|07|26}}
| birth_place        = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2000|12|26|1922|07|26}}}}
| death_place        = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Oak Lawn Cemetery]]<br />[[Fairfield, Connecticut]], U.S.
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1947–2000
| other_names        = Jason Robards Jr.
| education          = [[Hollywood High School]]
| alma_mater         = [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]]
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Eleanor Pittman|1948|1958|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Rachel Taylor|1959|1961|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Lauren Bacall]]|1961|1969|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Lois O'Connor<br />|1970}}
}}
| children           = 6, including [[Sam Robards]]
| parents            = [[Jason Robards Sr.]] (father)
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| branch       = {{Flag|United States Navy|1864}}
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| unit         = [[USS Northampton (CA-26)|USS ''Northampton'' (CA-26)]]<br />[[USS Nashville (CL-43)|USS ''Nashville'' (CL-43)]]
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| battles      = [[World War II]]
*[[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]]
*[[Battle of Tassafaronga]]
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'''Jason Nelson Robards Jr.''' (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the works of playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]]. Robards received numerous accolades and is one of 24 performers to have achieved the [[Triple Crown of Acting]] having earned competitive wins for two [[Academy Awards]], a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]], and an [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]]. He was inducted into the [[American Theatre Hall of Fame]] in 1979, earned the [[National Medal of Arts]] in 1997, and the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 1999.

Robards started his career in theatre, making his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut playing James Tyrone Jr. in the 1956 revival of the [[Eugene O'Neill]] play ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' earning a [[Theatre World Award]]. He earned the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] for his role in the [[Budd Schulberg]] play ''[[The Disenchanted]]'' (1959). His other Tony-nominated roles were in ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' (1956). ''[[Toys in the Attic (play)|Toys in the Attic]]'' (1960), ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]'' (1964), ''[[Hughie]]'' (1965), ''[[The Country Girl (1950 play)|The Country Girl]]'' (1972), ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' (1973), and ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' (1978).

He made his feature film debut in ''[[The Journey (1959 film)|The Journey]]'' (1959). He went on to win two consecutive [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor]] for playing [[Ben Bradlee]] in ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' (1976), and [[Dashiell Hammett]] in ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977). He was Oscar-nominated for playing [[Howard Hughes]] in ''[[Melvin and Howard]]'' (1980). His other notable films include ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1962), ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1965), ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'' (1968), ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'' (1970), ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' (1989), ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' (1993), ''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]'' (1998), and ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]'' (1999).

On television, Robards won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]] for his performance as Henry Drummond in the [[NBC]] television adaptation ''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1988). His other Emmy-nominated roles were in ''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' (1964), ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' (1975), ''[[Washington: Behind Closed Doors]]'' (1977), and ''F.D.R.: The Last Year'' (1980).

== Early life ==
=== Family ===
[[File:Jason Robards Sr. by Lewis-Smith.jpg|thumb|left|170px|[[Jason Robards Sr.]] circa 1915]] 
Robards was born July 26, 1922, in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], the son of actor [[Jason Robards Sr.]] and Hope Maxine Robards (née Glanville).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dgmweb.net/FGS/R/RobardsJasonNelson-HopeMaxineGlanville-AgnesE_.html|title=Jason Nelson ROBARDS Sr. & Hope Maxine GLANVILLE & Agnes E. __?__|website=dgmweb.net}}</ref> He was of German, English, Welsh, Irish, and Swedish descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70717F8385F107A93C2AB178AD85F408785F9 |title=Jason Jamie Robards Tyrone - Playing O'Neil, in life and on stage - Article |website=New York Times |date=January 20, 1974|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224849/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70717F8385F107A93C2AB178AD85F408785F9 |archive-date=2012-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F3EB12656F62&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|title=NewsLibrary Search Results|work=newsbank.com|access-date=July 1, 2011|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225131253/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F3EB12656F62&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|url-status=dead}}</ref> The family moved to New York City when Jason Jr. was still a toddler, and then moved to Los Angeles when he was six years old. Later interviews with Robards suggested that the trauma of his parents' divorce, which occurred during his grade-school years, greatly affected his personality and world view. From his parents' first marriage together, he had a younger brother named Glenn. He had little or no contact with his mother after the divorce. She later married a second time to Arthur Milburn, making him his stepfather, although he may or may not have known about it at the time. His father married a second time to Agnes Lynch. He was probably closer to his stepmother than his biological one. From his father's second marriage, he had a half-sister named Laurel.

As a youth, Robards also experienced the decline of his father's acting career. The elder Robards had enjoyed considerable success during the era of [[silent film]]s, but he fell out of favor after the advent of sound film, leaving the younger Robards soured on the Hollywood film industry. The teenage Robards excelled in athletics at [[Hollywood High School]] in Los Angeles. Although his prowess in sports attracted interest from several universities, Robards decided to enlist in the United States Navy upon his graduation in 1940.

=== Naval service ===
Following the completion of recruit training and radio school, Robards was assigned to the [[heavy cruiser]] {{USS|Northampton|CA-26|6}} in 1941 as a [[Radioman|radioman 3rd class]].<ref name="Robards, Jason Nelson, Jr., RM1c">{{cite web|url=https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=6306|title=Robards, Jason Nelson, Jr., RM1c|publisher=Together We Served|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref> On [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|December 7, 1941]], ''Northampton'' was at sea in the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|100|mi|km}} off Hawaii. Contrary to some stories, he did not see the devastation of the Japanese attack on Hawaii until ''Northampton'' returned to [[Pearl Harbor]] two days later.<ref>Bloomfield, Gary L.; Shain, Stacie L., with Davidson, Arlen C., (2004). ''Duty, Honor, Applause – America's Entertainers in World War II''. p. 264. [[Lyon's Press]], [[Guilford, Connecticut|Guilford]], Connecticut. {{ISBN|1-59228-550-3}}</ref> ''Northampton'' was later directed into the [[Battle of Guadalcanal|Guadalcanal campaign]] in [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|World War II's Pacific theater]], where she participated in the [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]].<ref name="Robards, Jason Nelson, Jr., RM1c"/>

During the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]] in the waters north of Guadalcanal on the night of November 30, 1942, ''Northampton'' was sunk by hits from two Japanese [[torpedo]]es. Robards found himself treading water until near daybreak, when he was rescued by an American [[destroyer]]. For its service in the war, ''Northampton'' was awarded six battle stars. Two years later, in November 1944, Robards was radioman aboard the [[light cruiser]] {{USS|Nashville|CL-43|6}}, the [[flagship]] for the [[Battle of Mindoro|invasion of Mindoro]] in the northern [[Philippines]]. On December 13, she was struck by a [[kamikaze]] aircraft off [[Negros Island]] in the Philippines. The aircraft hit one of the port five-inch gun mounts, while the plane's two bombs set the midsection of the ship ablaze. With this damage and 223 casualties, ''Nashville'' was forced to return to Pearl Harbor and then to the [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility|Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]] in [[Bremerton, Washington]], for repairs.

Robards served honorably during the war, but was not a recipient of the U.S. [[Navy Cross]],<ref name=NavyNC>{{cite web |url=https://valor.defense.gov/Portals/24/Navy%20-%20Navy%20Cross%20List%20-%202021%2002%2002.pdf?ver=d2g_29o48C-uP_kGnci3kg%3d%3d |title=(U.S. Navy) Navy Cross Recipients, World War II, 1941-1945 |date=2021-02-02 |publisher=[[U.S. Department of Defense]] |access-date=2022-06-30}}</ref><ref>Sterner, C. Douglas. ''Index: Recipients of the Navy Cross, All Wars/All Periods, All Branches of Service''. Pueblo CO, 2006</ref> contrary to what has been reported in numerous sources. The inaccurate story derives from a 1979 column by [[Hy Gardner]].<ref>Gardner, Hy. ''Panorama'' magazine, Vol. II, No. 1, Sunday ''Daily Herald'', January 7, 1979, p. 2</ref> Aboard ''Nashville'', Robards first found a copy of Eugene O'Neill's play ''[[Strange Interlude]]'' in the ship's library.<ref name="ReferenceA">''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', January 20, 1974</ref><ref name="Shaughnessy">Black, Steven A., ''et al.'' (editors) (2002). ''Jason Robards Remembered – Essays and Recollections''. [[McFarland & Co.]], [[Jefferson, North Carolina|Jefferson]], North Carolina. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-1356-0}}.</ref> Also while in the Navy, he first started thinking seriously about becoming an actor. He had [[Master of Ceremonies|emceed]] for a Navy band in Pearl Harbor, got a few laughs, and decided he liked it. His father suggested he enroll in the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] (AADA) in New York City, from which he graduated in 1948.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aada.edu/notable-alumni#decade:1930_1950/orderby:all/display:panel|title=Notable Alumni |website=The American Academy of Dramatic Arts}}</ref> Robards left the Navy in 1946 as a [[Petty officer first class]]. He was awarded the [[Good Conduct Medal (United States)#Navy Good Conduct Medal|Good Conduct Medal]] of the Navy, the [[American Defense Service Medal]], the [[American Campaign Medal]], the [[Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal]], and the [[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]].

==Career==
=== 1947–1961: Theatre debut and breakthrough ===
[[File:Maureen Stapleton Jason Robards Seven Lively Arts 1958.jpg|thumb|left|Robards and [[Maureen Stapleton]] in ''[[Toys in the Attic (play)|Toys in the Attic]]'' (Broadway, 1960)]]
Robards moved to New York City and began working on radio and stage. His first role was the 1947 short film ''Follow That Music''. He made his Broadway debut in the popular hit ''[[Stalag 17]]'', joining the cast during its run; Robards also worked as an assistant stage manager. In 1953 he appeared in ''American Gothic'' directed by Jose Quintero. Robards also began getting roles in some television dramas, such as episodes of ''The Magnavox Theatre'', ''Mama'', ''The Man Behind the Badge'', ''The Big Story'', ''Philco Television Playhouse'' (including Gore Vidal's "The Death of Billy the Kid"), ''Armstrong Circle Theatre'', ''Appointment with Adventure'', ''Justice'', ''Star Tonight'' and ''Goodyear Playhouse''.

Robards' big break was landing the starring role in [[José Quintero]]'s 1956 [[off Broadway]] theatre revival production - and the later 1960 television film - of O'Neill's ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]'', portraying the philosophical salesman Hickey; he won an [[Obie Award]] for his stage performance. He later portrayed Hickey again in another 1985 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] revival also staged by Quintero.

Robards originated the role of Jamie Tyrone Jr. in the original Broadway production of O'Neill's [[Pulitzer Prize]]- and [[Tony Award]]-winning ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1956), which was also directed by Quintero and ran for 390 performances. Robards appeared alongside [[Fredric March]], [[Florence Eldridge]] and Bradfor Dillman. Robards earned the [[Theatre World Award]] for his performance and was also nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/long-days-journey-into-night-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004510|title= Long Day's Journey into Night (Broadway, 1956)|website= Playbill|access-date= March 17, 2024}}</ref>

Robards continued to be busy on television, guest starring in ''The Alcoa Hour'', ''Seven Lively Arts'', ''Studio One'' and ''Omnibus''.

After his Broadway success, Robards was invited to make his feature film debut in the [[Anatole Litvak]] directed drama ''[[The Journey (1959 film)|The Journey]]'' (1959) starring [[Yul Brynner]] and [[Deborah Kerr]].

He returned to Broadway acting in [[Budd Schulberg]]'s play ''[[The Disenchanted]]'', winning the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=The Disenchanted|page=72|date=5 November 1958|url=https://archive.org/details/variety212-1958-11/page/n73/mode/2up?}}</ref> It only had a short run but the [[Lillian Hellman]] play ''[[Toys in the Attic (play)|Toys in the Attic]]'' (1960), where Robards acted  opposite [[Maureen Stapleton]] and [[Irene Worth]], ran 456 performances. For the role he was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/toys-in-the-attic-hudson-theatre-vault-0000005847|title= Toys in the Attic (Broadway, 1960)|website= Playbill|access-date= March 17, 2024}}</ref>

Robards starred in the TV version of ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' for ''[[Playhouse 90]]'', ''Billy Budd'' for ''[[The Dupont Show of the Month]]'', ''A Doll's House'', and ''[[The Iceman Cometh (The Play of the Week)|The Iceman Cometh]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Great Hemingway Role Falls To Robards|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=March 8, 1959|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60619068/great-hemingway-role-falls-to-robards/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In 1961 Robards starred in ''[[Big Fish, Little Fish]]'' by Hugh Wheeler directed by John Gielgud.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hampton|first=Wilborn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/obituaries/hugh-wheeler-award-winning-playwright.html|title=Obituary: Hugh Wheeler, Award Winning Playwright|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 28, 1987|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> This was followed by the enormously popular Broadway hit ''[[A Thousand Clowns (play)|A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1962–63) by Herb Gardner. In Hollywood Robarts appeared in two flop films, ''[[By Love Possessed (film)|By Love Possessed]]'' (1961) and ''[[Tender Is the Night (film)|Tender is the Night]]'' (1962).<ref>{{cite book|page=65|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodhaunted0000unse_r7i7/page/65/mode/1up?q=%22by+love+possessed%22|title= hollywood the haunted house|year=1967|first=Paul|last=Mayersberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Henry|last=King|title=Henry King, director : from silents to ʼscope|year=1995|publisher= Directors Guild of America|url=https://archive.org/details/henrykingdirecto00king/page/186/mode/1up?|page=186|isbn=978-1-882766-03-1 }}</ref>

=== 1962–1980: Film stardom and acclaim ===
[[File:Jason Robards-1968-1.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Robards in a publicity photo for ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'' (1968)]]
He became a familiar face to movie audiences throughout the 1960s. He repeated his role in ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' in the [[Long Day's Journey into Night (1962 film)|1962 film]] and played playwright [[George S. Kaufman]] in the film ''[[Act One (film)|Act One]]'' (1963) based on the [[Moss Hart]] [[Act One (play)|play of the same name]]. In the latter Robards acted alongside [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], [[George Segal]], [[Jack Klugman]] and [[Eli Wallach]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66776/act-one#overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111204034101/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66776/Act-One/#overview|url-status= dead|archive-date= December 4, 2011|title= Act One (1963)|website= [[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date= March 17, 2024}}</ref>

Robards returned to Broadway to appear in two plays directed by Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller's ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]'' (1964) and S.N. Behrman's ''But For Whom Charlie'' (1964). Roberts was also in Eugene O'Neil's ''[[Hughie]]'' (1964) directed by Quintero

In films, Robards played ''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Hallmark Hall of Fame)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]'' (1964) for television and Murray Burns in the comedy-drama ''[[A Thousand Clowns (film)|A Thousand Clowns]]'' (1965) repeating his stage performance, for which he was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]. He was in two episodes of ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'' including an adaptation of ''[[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]''.

His films included ''[[Big Hand for the Little Lady]]'' (1966), a comedy Western, and ''[[Any Wednesday (film)|Any Wednesday]]'' (1966), an adaptation of a popular Broadway hit. Robards did ''[[Noon Wine]]'' (1966) for [[Sam Peckinpah]] on television, the film that revived Peckinpah's career.<ref>{{cite book |first=Garner |last=Simmons| title=Peckinpah, A Portrait in Montage| publisher=University of Texas Press |year = 1982|pages=76–79 | isbn= 0-292-76493-6}}</ref> On Broadway he was in ''[[The Devils (play)|The Devils]]'' (1966), which only had a short run.

In 1967 Robards portrayed [[Doc Holliday]] in the western film ''[[Hour of the Gun]]'' and played [[Al Capone]] in ''[[The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film)|The St. Valentine's Day Massacre]]''. That same year he acted in ''[[Divorce American Style]]'' acting alongside [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[Van Johnson]], and [[Jean Simmons]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23748/divorce-american-style#overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110714004544/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23748/Divorce-American-Style/#overview|url-status= dead|archive-date= July 14, 2011|title= Divorce American Style (1967)|website= TCM|access-date= March 17, 2024}}</ref>

The following year he played Manuel "Cheyenne" Gutiérrez in the [[Sergio Leone]] western film ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'' (1968). He acted opposite [[Henry Fonda]], [[Charles Bronson]], and [[Claudia Cardinale]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4751/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west#overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120110211541/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4751/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West/#overview|url-status= dead|archive-date= January 10, 2012|title= Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)|website= TCM|access-date= March 17, 2023}}</ref> That year he also acted in the [[William Friedkin]] directed musical comedy ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]'' (1968) and the biographical drama ''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]''.

Robards did ''The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' for television and on  Broadway Robards was in ''[[We Bombed in New Haven]]'' (1968) a play by Joseph Heller.

Robards acted in the 1970 film ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'', a depiction of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, that led the United States into World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tora_tora_tora|title= Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date= February 10, 2024}}</ref> Robards played Brutus in ''[[Julius Caesar (1970 film)|Julius Caesar]]'' (1970) opposite Charlton Heston, did ''[[Rosolino Paternò, soldato...]]'' (1970) in Italy and played the lead in ''[[The Ballad of Cable Hogue]]'' (1970) for Peckinpah.  Robards starred in ''[[Fools (1970 film)|Fools]]'' (1970),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fools-1971|title=Reviews : Fools|author=[[Roger Ebert]]|website=RogerEbert.com|publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=February 15, 1971}}</ref> ''[[Johnny Got His Gun (film)|Johnny Got His Gun]]'' (1971), ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'' (1971) for AIP, and ''[[The War Between Men and Women]]'' (1972). On television he did ''[[The House Without a Christmas Tree]]'' (1972), ''[[The Thanksgiving Treasure]]'' and ''Old Faithful'' (1973).

Robards continued to appear on Broadway in revivals such as ''The Country Girl'' (1972) and ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' (1973). He repeated his performance in ''Moon'' for television in 1975.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Voglino |first=Barbara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDS1Ttk6ddIC&dq=%22Jason+Robards%22+%22A+Moon+for+the+Misbegotten%22&pg=PA112 |title=Perverse Mind: Eugene O'Neill's Struggle with Closure |date=1999 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |isbn=978-0-8386-3833-0 |pages=112 |language=en}}</ref>

Robards had a small role in Peckinpah's ''[[Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid]]'' (1973). He was also in ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]'' (1975), ''[[The Easter Promise]]'' (1975), ''[[Mr. Sycamore]]'' (1975), and ''[[Addie and the King of Hearts]]'' (1976).

Robards appeared in two dramatizations based on the [[Watergate scandal]]; in 1976, he portrayed ''[[Washington Post]]'' executive editor [[Ben Bradlee]] in the film ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'', based on [[All the President's Men|the book]] by [[Carl Bernstein]] and [[Bob Woodward]]. He won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]], denying [[Network (1976 film)|''Network'']] a chance to sweep all four acting categories (something only [[Humphrey Bogart]] had done previously). The next year, he played fictional president Richard Monckton (based on [[Richard Nixon]]) in the 1977 television miniseries ''[[Washington: Behind Closed Doors]]'', based on [[John Ehrlichman]]'s ''[[roman à clef]]'' ''[[The Company (Ehrlichman novel)|The Company]]''.

Robards was reunited with O'Neill and Quintero for ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' on stage in 1977. He was alson in ''[[The Spy Who Never Was]]'' (1977), ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977), ''[[Comes a Horseman]]'' (1978), ''[[A Christmas to Remember (1978 film)|A Christmas to Remember]]'' (1978), ''[[Hurricane (1979 film)|Hurricane]]'' (1979), ''[[Caboblanco|Cabo Blanco]]'' (1980), ''[[Haywire (1980 film)|Haywire]]'' (1980) (as [[Leland Hayward]], ''[[F.D.R.: The Last Year]]'' (1980), ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]'' (1980), ''[[Melvin and Howard]]'' (1980) (as [[Howard Hughes]]), and ''[[The Legend of the Lone Ranger]]'' (1981).<ref>At the Movies: The Man Who Made 'Klute' Directs Jane Fonda as a Rancher
Flatley, Guy. New York Times 3 June 1977: 26.</ref><ref>Movies: Bronson: After 62 films, still the reliable pro Siskel, Gene. Chicago Tribune 7 Sep 1980: d3.</ref> On stage, Robards was in ''Hughie'' (1981). Robard's performance in ''Melvin and Howard'' earned him another Oscar nomination.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Eugene O'Neill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNAZ2KjFf64C&q=%20%22Hughie%22 |title=Jason Robards Remembered: Essays and Recollections |date=2002-04-03 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1356-0 |pages=202 |language=en}}</ref>

=== 1981–1999: Established actor and final roles ===
Robards had lead roles in ''[[Max Dugan Returns]]'' (1983) by [[Neil Simon]] and ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (film)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]'' (1983) from the novel by [[Ray Bradbury]]. He played Dr. Russell Oakes in the 1983 television film ''[[The Day After]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lipschutz |first=Ronnie D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iy_i0-PZX3IC&dq=%22Jason+Robards%22+%22the+day+after%22&pg=PA95 |title=Cold War Fantasies: Film, Fiction, and Foreign Policy |date=2001 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-7425-1052-4 |pages=95 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1983 Robards appeared in a popular Broadway revival of ''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It With You]]'', a 1985 revival of ''The Iceman Cometh'' with Quintero and ''A Month of Sundays'' (1987) directed by [[Gene Saks]]. Robards appeared in the lead role of James Tyrone Sr., in a 1988 production of ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' directed by Quintero.

For television Robards did ''[[Sakharov (film)|Sakharov]]'' (1984), ''[[The Atlanta Child Murders (miniseries)|The Atlanta Child Murders]]'' (1984), ''[[The Long Hot Summer (1985 film)|The Long Hot Summer]]'' (1985), ''Johnny Bull'' (1986), ''[[The Last Frontier (miniseries)|The Last Frontier]]'' (1986), ''[[Laguna Heat]]'' (1987), ''Breaking Home Ties'' (1987), ''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1988) and ''[[The Christmas Wife]]'' (1988). For films he made ''[[Square Dance (film)|Square Dance]]'' (1987), ''[[Bright Lights, Big City (film)|Bright Lights, Big City]]'' (1988), and ''[[The Good Mother (1988 film)|The Good Mother]]'' (1988). Robards also appeared onstage in a revival of O'Neill's ''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]'' (1988) directed by [[Arvin Brown]], ''Love Letters'' (1990) with [[Colleen Dewhurst]], ''[[Park Your Car in Harvard Yard]]'' (1991) by [[Israel Horovitz]], as well as [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]'' (1994).

In 1989 he acted in the [[Ron Howard]] directed comedy-drama ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' starring [[Steve Martin]] and [[Dianne Wiest]] and the British drama ''[[Reunion (1989 film)|Reunion]]'' with a screenplay by [[Harold Pinter]]. That year he also acted in the comedy ''[[Dream a Little Dream (film)|Dream a Little Dream]]'' and the psychological thriller ''[[Black Rainbow]]''.

The following year he acted in the crime comedy ''[[Quick Change]]'' starring [[Bill Murray]], [[Geena Davis]], and [[Randy Quaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/quick_change|title= Quick Change|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>  On TV he did ''The Perfect Tribute'' (1991), ''[[Chernobyl: The Final Warning]]'' (1991), ''[[An Inconvenient Woman]]'' (1991), ''[[Mark Twain and Me]]'' (1991), and ''Heidi'' (1993). For films Robards was in ''[[Storyville (film)|Storyville]]'' (1992), ''The Adventures of Huck Finn'' (1992) and in 1993 he acted in [[Harold Pinter]]'s British legal film ''[[The Trial (1993 film)|The Trial]]'' opposite [[Kyle MacLachlan]] and [[Anthony Hopkins]] and the [[AIDS]] legal drama ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' starring [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Denzel Washington]].

Robards portrayed three presidents in films. He played [[Abraham Lincoln]] in the television films ''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' (1964) and ''The Perfect Tribute'' (1991), and supplied the voice for the 1992 television documentary miniseries ''Lincoln''. He also played the role of [[Ulysses S. Grant]] in ''[[The Legend of the Lone Ranger]]'' (1981) and supplied the Union General's voice in the [[PBS]] miniseries ''[[The Civil War (miniseries)|The Civil War]]'' (1990). He also played [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980).  Robards appeared in the documentary ''[[Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio]]'' (1992).

Robards appeared in ''[[The Roots of Roe]]'' (1993), ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]'' (1994), ''[[Little Big League]]'' (1994), ''The Enemy Within'' (1994), ''[[My Antonia (film)|My Antonia]]'' (1995), ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]'' (1995), ''Journey'' (1995), ''[[A Thousand Acres (film)|A Thousand Acres]]'' (1997), ''[[Heartwood (film)|Heartwood]]'' (1998), ''[[The Real Macaw (film)|The Real Macaw]]'' (1998), and ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]'' (1998) In 1995 Robards appeared on stage in ''[[Molly Sweeney]]''. He played a [[Member of Congress|congressman]] in [[Tony Scott]]'s political thriller ''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]'' starring [[Will Smith]] (1998). In his final film role, he played a cancer patient in the [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] directed drama ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]'' (1999). His last TV appearance was in ''Going Home'' (2000).

==Personal life==
=== Marriages and family ===
Robards was married 4 times and had 6 children. With his first wife, Eleanor Pittman, Robards had three children, including Jason III. His second marriage to actress Rachel Taylor lasted from April 1959-May 1961. He and actress [[Lauren Bacall]], his third wife, to whom he was married from 1961 to 1969, had a son, actor [[Sam Robards]]. Robards and Bacall divorced in part due to his [[alcoholism]].<ref>Bacall, Lauren. (2006). ''By Myself and Then Some''. p. 377. [[HarperCollins]], New York City. {{ISBN|978-0-06-112791-5}}.</ref> Robards had two more children with his fourth wife, Lois O'Connor, and they remained married until his death.

=== Health problems and death ===
In 1972, Robards was seriously injured in an automobile crash when he drove his car into the side of a mountain on a winding California road, requiring extensive surgery and facial reconstruction. The crash may have been related to his longtime struggle with alcoholism.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Shaughnessy"/> Robards overcame his addiction and went on to publicly campaign for alcoholism awareness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19821015&id=2BgiAAAAIBAJ&pg=5306,8166819|title=Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adcouncil.org/content/download/1297/11435/version/1/file/matters_of_choice.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025607/http://www.adcouncil.org/content/download/1297/11435/version/1/file/matters_of_choice.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Robards was an [[American Civil War]] buff and scholar, an interest which informed his portrayal of the voice of [[Ulysses S. Grant]] in ''[[The Civil War (miniseries)|The Civil War]]'' series by filmmaker [[Ken Burns]].

Robards was a resident of the [[Southport, Connecticut|Southport]] section of [[Fairfield, Connecticut]].<ref>"From the Archives" feature ("The Week of July 8") of ''[[The Advocate (Stamford)|The Advocate]]'' ([[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]], [[Connecticut]]), July 9, 2007, page A7, Stamford edition.</ref> He died of [[lung cancer]] in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], on December 26, 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/27/theater/jason-robards-78-pre-eminent-o-neill-actor-dies.html|title=Jason Robards, 78, Pre-eminent O'Neill Actor, Dies|first= Mel|last=Gussow|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 27, 2000|accessdate=January 10, 2023}}</ref> His remains were buried at [[Oak Lawn Cemetery]] in Fairfield.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-mary-tyler-moore-funeral-20170130-story.html |title=Mary Tyler Moore laid to rest in Connecticut |date=2017-01-30 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=2022-11-11}}</ref>

==Acting credits==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year || Title || Role || Notes
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Journey (1959 film)|The Journey]]''
| Paul Kedes
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[By Love Possessed (film)|By Love Possessed]]''
| Julius Penrose
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|1962
| ''[[Tender Is the Night (film)|Tender Is the Night]]''
| Dr. Richard "Dick" Diver
|
|-
| ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
| Jamie Tyrone
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Act One (film)|Act One]]''
|[[George S. Kaufman]]
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]''
| Murray Burns
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1966
| ''[[A Big Hand for the Little Lady]]''
| Henry Drummond
|
|-
| ''[[Any Wednesday (film)|Any Wednesday]]''
| John Cleves
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1967
| ''[[Divorce American Style]]''
| Nelson Downes
|
|-
| ''[[The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film)|The St. Valentine's Day Massacre]]''
| [[Al Capone]]
|
|-
| ''[[Hour of the Gun]]''
| [[Doc Holliday]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1968
| ''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]''
| Singer
|
|-
| ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''
| Manuel "Cheyenne" Gutiérrez
|
|-
| ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]''
| Raymond Paine
|
|-
| rowspan="5"|1970
| ''Rosolino Paternò, soldato…''
| Sam Armstrong
|
|-
| ''[[The Ballad of Cable Hogue]]''
| Cable Hogue
|
|-
| ''[[Julius Caesar (1970 film)|Julius Caesar]]''
| [[Marcus Junius Brutus]]
|
|-
| ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]''
| [[Walter Short|Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short]]
|
|-
| ''[[Fools (1970 film)|Fools]]''
| Matthew South
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1971
| ''Jud''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Johnny Got His Gun (film)|Johnny Got His Gun]]''
| Joe's Father
|
|-
| ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]''
| Cesar Charron
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The War Between Men and Women]]''
| Stephen Kozlenko
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid]]''
| Governor Wallace
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1975
| ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]''
| Lou Craddock
|
|-
| ''[[Mr. Sycamore]]''
| John Gwilt
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1976
| ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''
| [[Ben Bradlee]]
|
|-
| ''The Spy Who Never Was''
| Inspector Barkan
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
|[[Dashiell Hammett]]
| 
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Comes a Horseman]]''
| Jacob "J.W." Ewing
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Hurricane (1979 film)|Hurricane]]''
| Captain Bruckner
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1980
| ''[[Caboblanco|Cabo Blanco]]''
| Gunther Beckdorff
|
|-
| ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]''
| Admiral James Sandecker
|
|-
| ''[[Melvin and Howard]]''
| [[Howard Hughes]]
| 
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Legend of the Lone Ranger]]''
| [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1983
| ''[[Max Dugan Returns]]''
| Max Dugan
|
|-
| ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (film)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
| Charles Halloway
|
|-
| ''[[The Day After]]''
| Dr. Russell Oakes
| 
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Square Dance (film)|Square Dance]]''
| Dillard
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1988
| ''[[Bright Lights, Big City (film)|Bright Lights, Big City]]''
| Mr. Hardy
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Good Mother (1988 film)|The Good Mother]]''
| Muth
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1989
| ''[[Dream a Little Dream (film)|Dream a Little Dream]]''
| Coleman Ettinger
|
|-
| ''[[Reunion (1989 film)|Reunion]]''
| Harry Strauss
|
|-
| ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]''
| Frank Buckman
|
|-
| ''[[Black Rainbow]]''
| Walter Travis
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Quick Change]]''
| Chief Rotzinger
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Storyville (film)|Storyville]]''
| Clifford Fowler
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1993
| ''[[The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)|The Adventures of Huck Finn]]''
| The King
|
|-
| ''[[The Trial (1993 film)|The Trial]]''
| Doctor Huld
|
|-
| ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]''
| Charles Wheeler
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1994
| ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]''
| Graham Keighley
|
|-
| ''[[The Enemy Within (1994 film)|The Enemy Within]]''
| General R. Pendleton Lloyd
|
|-
| ''[[Little Big League]]''
| Thomas Heywood
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]''
| Rear Admiral Anderson
| Uncredited
|-
| 1997
| ''[[A Thousand Acres (film)|A Thousand Acres]]''
| Larry Cook
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1998
| ''[[The Real Macaw (film)|The Real Macaw]]''
| Grandpa Girdis
|
|-
| ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]''
| Mr. Bodwin
|
|-
| ''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]''
| Congressman Phillip Hammersley
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Heartwood (film)|Heartwood]]''
| Logan Reeser
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]''
| Earl Partridge
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1951–1954
|''[[The Big Story (radio/TV series)|The Big Story]]''
| Mr. Simms<br />Aaron Dudley
| Episode: "Arthur Mielke of the Washington Times Herald"<br />Episode: "Aaron Dudley, Reporter"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1955
|''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]''
| Mason<br />Joe Grant
|Episode: "The Outsiders"<br />Episode: "The Death of Billy the Kid"
|-
|''[[Star Tonight]]''
|[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|Episode: "Flame and Ice"<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/167054914/ "Television and Radio Highlights"]. ''The Atlanta Constitution''. August 25, 1955. p.&nbsp;26. Retrieved March 2, 2025. "'The Flame and Ice,' starring Jason Robards Jr., deals with an episode in the life of Lincoln, showing his inner torment when faced with a decision which affects both the nation and his son. This is the Star Tonight presentation.'</ref><ref>Gianakos, Larry James (1980). ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Television_Drama_Series_Programming/Ar1kAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=oscard+%22flame+and+ice%22&dq=oscard+%22flame+and+ice%22&printsec=frontcover Television Drama Series Programming: A Comprehensive Chronicle, 1947-1959 · Volume 1]''. The Scarecrow Press. p.&nbsp;436. {{ISBN|0810813300}}. "30. 'Flame and Ice' (8-25-55) Jason Robards Jr., Gordon Dilworth, Joe Helgessen, Miko Oscard."</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|1955–1956
|''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]''
|Paul Foster<br />Ralph Sawyer<br />Reinhardt Schmidt
|Episode: "Man in Shadow"<br />Episode: "The Town That Refused to Die"<br />Episode: "Lost $2 Billion: The Story of Hurricane Diane"
|-
|''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]''
|Karder
|Episode: "Pattern of Lies"<br />Episode: "Decision by Panic"
|-
|1956–1957
|''[[The Alcoa Hour]]''
|Jayson<br />Bert Palmer<br />Bridger
|Episode: "Night"<br />Episode: "The Big Build-Up"<br />Episode: "Even the Weariest River"
|-
|1955–1957
|''Studio One in Hollywood''
|Prisoner<br />Leonard O'Brien<br />Cameron
|Episode: "Twenty-Four Hours"<br />Episode: "The Incredible World of Horace Ford"<br />Episode: "A Picture in the Paper"
|-
|1958
|''[[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]]''
|Prime Minister
| Episode: "Moment of Truth"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1959
|''[[Playhouse 90]]''
|Robert Jordan
|Episode: "For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2"
|-
|''[[NBC Sunday Showcase]]''
|Alex Reed
|Episode: "People Kill People Sometimes"
|-
|''A Doll's House''
|Dr. Rank
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1960
|''[[Dow Hour of Great Mysteries]]''
|Detective Anderson
| Episode: "[[The Bat (play)|The Bat]]" by [[Mary Roberts Rinehart]]
|-
|''[[The Play of the Week]]''
|Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
| Episode: "The Iceman Cometh"
|-
|1962
|''That's Where the Town is Going''
|Hobart Cramm
|TV Movie
|-
|1964
|''Abe Lincoln in Illinois''
|[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|TV Movie
|-
|1963–1966
|''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
|Irish LaFontain<br />Ivan Denisovich
|Episode: "Shipwrecked" <br/> Episode: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"
|-
|1966
|''[[ABC Stage 67]]''
|Royal Earle Thompson
|Episode: "Noon Wine"
|-
|1969
|''Spoon River''
|Reader
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1972
|''[[Circle of Fear]]''
|Elliot Brent
|Episode: "The Dead We Leave Behind"
|-
|''[[The House Without a Christmas Tree]]''
|Jamie Mills
|TV Movie
|-
|1973
|''The Thanksgiving Treasure''
|James Mills
|TV Movie
|-
|1974
|''[[The Country Girl (1950 play)|The Country Girl]]''
|Frank Elgin
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1975
|''The Easter Promise''
|Jamie
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
|James Tyrone Jr.
|TV Special 
|-
|1976
|''Addie and the King of Hearts''
|Jamie Mills
|TV Movie
|-
|1977
|''[[Washington: Behind Closed Doors]]''
|President Richard Monckton
| Miniseries; 6 episodes
|-
|1978
|''[[A Christmas to Remember (1978 film)|A Christmas to Remember]]''
|Daniel Larson
|TV movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1980
|''F.D.R.: The Last Year''
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Haywire (1980 film)|Haywire]]''
|[[Leland Hayward]]
|TV movie
|-
|1983
|''[[The Day After]]''
|Russell Oakes
|TV Movie 
|-
|rowspan="3"|1984
|''[[American Playhouse]]''
|Erie Smith
|Episode: "Hughie"
|-
|''[[Sakharov (film)|Sakharov]]''
|[[Andrei Sakharov]]
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[Great Performances]]''
|Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
|Episode: "You Can't Take It with You"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1985
|''[[The Atlanta Child Murders (miniseries)|The Atlanta Child Murders]]''
|Alvin Binder
|2 episodes
|-
|''[[The Long Hot Summer (1985 film)|The Long Hot Summer]]''
|Will Varner
|2 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1986
|''Johnny Bull''
|Stephen Kovacs
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[The Last Frontier (miniseries)|The Last Frontier]]''
|Ed Stenning
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1987
|''[[Laguna Heat]]''
|Wade Shepard
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[Breaking Home Ties]]''
|Lloyd
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="3"|1988
|''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]''
|Henry Drummond
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[The Christmas Wife]]'' 
|John Tanner
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Thomas Hart Benton (film)|Thomas Hart Benton]]''
|Narrator
|TV movie
|-
|1990
|''[[The Civil War (miniseries)|The Civil War]]''
|[[Ulysses S. Grant]] (voice)
|Nine episodes
|-
|rowspan="5"|1991
|''[[The Perfect Tribute]]''
|Abraham Lincoln
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[Chernobyl: The Final Warning]]''
|[[Armand Hammer]]
|TV Movie
|-
|''[[An Inconvenient Woman]]''
|Jules Mendelson
|2 episodes
|-
|''On the Waterways''
|Narrator
|13 episodes
|-
|''Mark Twain and Me''
|[[Mark Twain]]
|TV movie
|-
|1991–1997
|''[[American Experience]]''
|Narrator
|7 episodes
|-
|1992
|''Lincoln''
|Abraham Lincoln 
| Voice; TV movie
|-
|1993
|''[[Heidi (miniseries)|Heidi]]''
|Grandfather
|Miniseries; 2 episodes
|-
|1994
|''[[The Enemy Within (1994 film)|The Enemy Within]]''
|General R. Pendleton Lloyd
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1995
|''[[My Antonia (film)|My Antonia]]''
|Josea Burden
|TV Movie 
|-
|''[[Journey (1995 film)|Journey]]''
| Marcus
|TV Movie
|-
|2000
|''Going Home''
|Charles Barton
|Final appearance
|-
|}

===Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Production
! Role
! Venue 
! class="unsortable" | Ref.
|-
| 1956–1958
|''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
| James Tyrone Jr.
| [[Helen Hayes Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/long-days-journey-into-night-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004510|title= Long Day's Journey into Night (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1958 
|''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]''
| Hotspur
| [[Stratford Festival|Stratford Shakespearean Festival]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/22|title=Stratford Festival Archives &#124; Details|website=archives.stratfordfestival.ca|access-date=April 6, 2019|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406223728/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1958 
|''[[The Winter's Tale]]''
| Polixenes
| [[Stratford Festival|Stratford Shakespearean Festival]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/27|title=Stratford Festival Archives &#124; Details|website=archives.stratfordfestival.ca|access-date=April 6, 2019|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406223730/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1958–1959
|''[[The Disenchanted]]''
| Manley Halliday
| [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre|Coronet Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-disenchanted-coronet-theatre-vault-0000004748|title= The Disenchanted (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1960–1961
|''[[Toys in the Attic (play)|Toys in the Attic]]''
| Julian Berniers
|[[Hudson Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/toys-in-the-attic-hudson-theatre-vault-0000005847|title= Toys in the Attic (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1961
|''[[Big Fish, Little Fish (play)|Big Fish, Little Fish]]''
| William Baker
|[[August Wilson Theatre|ANTA Playhouse]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/big-fish-little-fish-anta-playhouse-vault-0000005313|title= Big Fish, Little Fish|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1962–1963
|''[[A Thousand Clowns (play)|A Thousand Clowns]]''
| Murray Burns
|[[Eugene O'Neill Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-thousand-clowns-eugene-oneill-theatre-vault-0000004736|title= A Thousand Clowns (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1964–1965
| ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]''
| Quentin
|ANTA Theatre, Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/after-the-fall-anta-washington-square-theatre-vault-0000013310|title= After the Fall (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1964
| ''But for Whom Charlie''
| Seymour Rosenthal
|ANTA Theatre, Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/but-for-whom-charlie-anta-washington-square-theatre-vault-0000013440|title= But for Whom Charlie|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1964–1965
|''[[Hughie]]''
|"Erie" Smith
|[[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre|Royale Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/hughie-royale-theatre-vault-0000010228|title= Hughie (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1965–1966
|''[[The Devils (play)|The Devils]]''
| Urbain Grandier
|[[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-devils-broadway-theatre-vault-0000012278|title= The Devils|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1968 
|''[[We Bombed in New Haven]]''
| Captain Starkey
|[[Ambassador Theatre (New York City)|Ambassador Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/we-bombed-in-new-haven-ambassador-theatre-vault-0000001010|title= We Bombed in New Haven (Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1972
|''[[The Country Girl (1950 play)|The Country Girl]]''
| Frank Elgin
|[[Billy Rose Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-country-girl-billy-rose-theatre-vault-0000002739|title= The Country Girl (Broadway, 1972)|website= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1973–1974
|''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
| James Tyrone Jr.
|[[Morosco Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-moon-for-the-misbegotten-morosco-theatre-vault-0000002396|title= A Moon for the Misbegotten (Broadway, 1973)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1977–1978
|''[[A Touch of the Poet]]''
| Cornelius Melody
| [[Helen Hayes Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-touch-of-the-poet-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004471|title= A Touch of the Poet (Broadway, 1977)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1983–1984
|''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It with You]]''
| Martin Vanderhof
|[[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/productions/you-cant-take-it-with-you-plymouth-theatre-vault-0000009567|title= You Can't Take it With You (Broadway, 1983)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1985
|''[[The Iceman Cometh]]''
| Theodore Hickman "Hickey"
|[[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-iceman-cometh-lunt-fontanne-theatre-vault-0000005034|title= The Iceman Cometh (Broadway, 1985)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
|''A Month of Sundays''
| Cooper
| [[Walter Kerr Theatre|Ritz Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-month-of-sundays-ritz-theatre-vault-0000010060|title= A Month of Sundays (Broadway, 1987)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
|''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]''
| Nat Miller
|[[Neil Simon Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/ah-wilderness-neil-simon-theatre-vault-0000000864|title= Ah, Wilderness! (Broadway, 1988)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
|''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
| James Tyrone
|Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/long-days-journey-into-night-neil-simon-theatre-vault-0000000865|title= Long Day's Journey into Night (Broadway, 1988)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1989–1990
|''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]''
| Andrew Makepiece Ladd III
|[[Edison Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/love-letters-edison-theatre-vault-0000013329|title= Love Letters (Broadway, 1989)|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1991–1992
|''Park Your Car in Harvard Yard''
| Jacob Brackish
|[[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/park-your-car-in-harvard-yard-music-box-theatre-vault-0000002583|title= Park Your Car in Harvard Yard|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]''
| Hirst
| [[Olympia Theatre (New York City)|Criterion Center Stage]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/no-mans-land-criterion-center-stage-right-vault-0000003824|title= No Man's Land (Broadway, 1994)|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}
Source: {{cite magazine|title=Jason Robards, Jr.|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/61390/Jason-Robards-Jr|magazine=Playbill Vault|access-date=September 20, 2013}}

== Awards, honors, and legacy ==
[[File:Jason Robards 1999.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Robards in 1999, upon receiving the Kennedy Center Honors ribbon]]
<!--the obie award (for iceman) should probably be included here as well-->
Robards received eight Tony Award nominations, more than any other male actor {{as of|2020|lc=on|url = http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/facts/}}.<ref>[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/dyk/ "American Theatre Wing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219135335/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/dyk/ |date=February 19, 2005 }}.</ref> He won the Tony for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play]] for his work in ''[[The Disenchanted]]'' (1959); this was also his only stage appearance with his father. He received the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] in consecutive years: for ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' (1976), portraying ''Washington Post'' editor Ben Bradlee, and for ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977), portraying writer [[Dashiell Hammett]].<ref>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp "Oscars database of nominees and winners"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208011732/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp |date=February 8, 2009 }}.</ref> He was also nominated for another Academy Award for his role as [[Howard Hughes]] in ''[[Melvin and Howard]]'' (1980).

Robards received the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]] for his role in the television film ''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1988).<ref>[http://emmys.com/awards/awardsearch.php "Emmy Awards Database of nominees and winners"].</ref> In 1997, Robards received the U.S. [[National Medal of Arts]], the highest honor conferred to an individual artist on behalf of the people. Recipients are selected by the U.S. [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the medal is awarded by the President of the United States.
In 1999, he was among the recipients at the [[Kennedy Center Honors]], an annual honor given to those in the [[performing arts]] for their lifetime of contributions to [[American culture]].<ref>[http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/history/home.html "Kennedy Center list of Honorees"].</ref> In 2000, Robards received the first Monte Cristo Award, presented by the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]], and named after O'Neill's home. Subsequent recipients have included [[Edward Albee]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Wendy Wasserstein]], and [[Christopher Plummer]].

Robards narrated the public radio documentary, ''Schizophrenia: Voices of an Illness'', produced by [[Lichtenstein Creative Media]], which was awarded a 1994 George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. According to ''Time'', Robards offered to narrate the schizophrenia program, saying that his first wife had been institutionalized for that illness.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105133854/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981590-1,00.html#ixzz0qe05Y4EC The Souls that Drugs Saved] Time Magazine. October 10, 1994.</ref> Robards is in the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]], inducted in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html#QR|title=Members |website=Theater Hall of Fame}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1979/11/19/113925202.pdf|title=Theater Hall of Fame Enshrines 51 Artists|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> The Jason Robards Award was created by the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] in New York City in his honor and his relationship with the theater.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!colspan=6|Theatre Awards 
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Project
! Result
! class="unsortable" | Ref. 
|-
| rowspan=2|1956 || colspan=2| [[Theatre World Award]] || rowspan=2|''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' || {{won}} || rowspan=9|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/person/jason-robards-jr-vault-0000061390|title= Jason Robards Jr.|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|- 
| rowspan=8|[[Tony Award]] || [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]] || {{nom}} 
|-
| 1959
| rowspan=7|[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]]
|''[[The Disenchanted]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1960 
|''[[Toys in the Attic (play)|Toys in the Attic]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1964 
| ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1965
|''[[Hughie]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|1972 
|''[[The Country Girl (1950 play)|The Country Girl]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1974
|''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1978
|''[[A Touch of the Poet]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
!colspan=6|Film Awards
|-
| rowspan=2|1962 || [[Cannes Film Festival]] || [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || rowspan=2|''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' || {{won}} ||
|-
| [[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
| 1965 || [[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] || ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1965 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=6|1976 || [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || rowspan=6|''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977|title= 1976 Academy Awards|website= Oscars.org|date= October 5, 2014|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award]] || [[BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://awards.bafta.org/award/1977/film|title= 1977 BAFTA Awards|website= [[BAFTA Awards|awards.bafta.org]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1976 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics]] || [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} 
|-
| rowspan=4|1977 || [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || rowspan=4|''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978|title= 1977 Academy Awards|website= Oscars.org|date= October 5, 2014|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| BAFTA Award || Best Supporting Actor || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://awards.bafta.org/award/1978/film|title= 1978 BAFTA Awards|website= [[BAFTA Awards|awards.bafta.org]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Golden Globe Award || Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1977 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] || [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
|rowspan=5|1980 || Academy Award || Best Supporting Actor || rowspan=5|''[[Melvin and Howard]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981|title= 1980 Academy Awards|website= Oscars.org|date= October 5, 2014|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Golden Globe Award || Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1980 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|- 
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics]] || [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}} ||
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics]] || [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] ||{{maybe|3rd Place}} ||
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{maybe|2nd Place}} || 
|-
|rowspan=2|1999 || [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture]] || rowspan=2|''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/6th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 6th Annual Screen ACtors Guild Awards|website= SAGawards.org|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle]] || [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]] || {{won}} || 
|-
!colspan=5|Television Awards
|-
|1964 ||rowspan=4| [[Primetime Emmy Award]] || [[16th Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]]
|''Abe Lincoln in Illinois''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1964|title= 1964 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1975 || [[28th Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy]] || ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]'' || {{nom}} ||  <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1975|title= 1975 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1977 ||  [[30th Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series]] || ''[[Washington: Behind Closed Doors]]'' || {{nom}} ||  <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1977|title= 1977 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1980 ||  [[32nd Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special]] || ''F.D.R.: The Last Year'' || {{nom}} ||  <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1980|title= 1980 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1984 || [[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]] || ''[[Sakharov (film)|Sakharov]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jason-robards-jr/|title= 1984 Golden Globe Awards|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1988 || [[Primetime Emmy Award]] || [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special]] || ''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' || {{won}} ||  <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1988|title= 1988 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Military awards==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="2"|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=U.S. Navy Good Conduct Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
| colspan="2"|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{Ribbon devices|number=0|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
!1st Row
| colspan="3"|[[Good Conduct Medal (United States)|Navy Good Conduct Medal]]
| colspan="3"|[[American Defense Service Medal]]
|-
!2nd Row
| colspan="2"|[[American Campaign Medal]]
| colspan="2"|[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]]
| colspan="2"|[[World War II Victory Medal]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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* [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jason-Robards ''Jason Robards''], su [[Encyclopædia Britannica|''Enciclopedia Britannica'']], Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
* [https://www.discogs.com/it/artist/2560465 ''Jason Robards''], su ''[[Discogs]]'', Zink Media.
* ''[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/64fbb40a-6901-4d8b-b79d-f659e907d6ef Jason Robards]'', su ''[[MusicBrainz]]'', MetaBrainz Foundation
* ''[https://www.mymovies.it/persone/jason-robards/3744/ Jason Robards]'', su ''[[Mymovies.it|MYmovies.it]]'' Mo-Net Srl
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jason_robards ''Jason Robards''] su ''[[Rotten Tomatoes]]'', Flixster Inc

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