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- Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)2017
- The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben BradleeSelf (archive footage)2017
- All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneBen Bradlee (archive footage)2016
- And the Oscar Goes To...Self (archive footage)2014
- Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Joe's Father (video "One")2006
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)2004
- Going HomeCharles Barton2000
- Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)2000
- 2000
- MagnoliaEarl Partridge1999
- My Best FiendSelf (archive footage)1999
- Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)1998
- BelovedMr. Bodwin1998
- The Real MacawGrandpa Girdis1998
- HeartwoodLogan Reeser1998
- TrumanNarrator (voice)1997
- A Thousand AcresLarry Cook1997
- 1996
- JourneyMarcus1995
- Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)1995
- My AntoniaJosea Burden1995
- The Great American WestNarrator (voice)1995
- The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd1994
- Little Big LeagueThomas Heywood1994
- The PaperGraham Keighley1994
- 1994
- La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)1993
- PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler1993
- HeidiGroßvater1993
- 1993
- The TrialDoctor Huld1993
- The Adventures of Huck FinnThe King1993
- LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)1992
- The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public LibrarySelf - Narrator (voice)1992
- StoryvilleClifford Fowler1992
- When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)1992
- DeceptionsClay (voice)1992
- Mark Twain and MeMark Twain1991
- Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioNarrator (voice)1991
- Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the WhaleNarrator (voice)1991
- When It Was a Game(voice)1991
- Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Armand Hammer1991
- The Perfect TributePresident Abraham Lincoln1991
- Quick ChangeChief Rotzinger1990
- 1990
- Black RainbowWalter Travis1989
- Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)1989
- ParenthoodFrank Buckman1989
- ReunionHenry Strauss1989
- Dream a Little DreamColeman Ettinger1989
- The Christmas WifeJohn Tanner1988
- The Good MotherW. O. Muth1988
- Bright Lights, Big CityMr. Hardy (uncredited)1988
- Inherit the WindHarry Drummond1988
- Breaking Home TiesLloyd Wells1987
- Laguna HeatWade Shephard1987
- 1987
- Square DanceDillard1987
- Johnny BullStephan Kovacs1986
- Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage)1986
- Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice)1985
- The World of TomorrowSelf / Narrator1984
- You Can't Take it With YouGrandpa Martin Vanderhof1984
- 1984
- SakharovAndrei Sakharov1984
- The Day AfterDr. Russell Oakes1983
- 1983
- Something Wicked This Way ComesCharles Halloway1983
- Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan1983
- Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)1982
- 1982
- The Legend of the Lone RangerPresident Ulysses S. Grant1981
- Melvin and HowardHoward Hughes1980
- Ghosts of Cape HornNarrator1980
- Raise the TitanicAdmiral James Sandecker1980
- F.D.R.: The Last YearPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt1980
- HaywireLeland Hayward1980
- CaboblancoGunther Beckdorff1980
- HurricaneCapt. Charles Bruckner1979
- A Christmas to RememberDaniel Larson1978
- Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' Ewing1978
- JuliaDashiell Hammett1977
- The Spy Who Never WasInspector Barkan1976
- All the President's MenBen Bradlee1976
- Addie and the King of HeartsJames "Jamie" Mills1976
- Mr. SycamoreJohn Gwilt1975
- A Moon for the MisbegottenJames Tyrone Jr.1975
- The Easter PromiseJames "Jamie" Mills1975
- A Boy and His DogLou Craddock1975
- The Country GirlFrank Elgin1974
- The Thanksgiving TreasureJames "Jamie" Mills1973
- Pat Garrett & Billy the KidGovernor Wallace1973
- Old FaithfulSelf1973
- The House Without a Christmas TreeJames "Jamie" Mills1972
- The War Between Men and WomenStephen Kozlenko1972
- Johnny Got His GunJoe's Father1971
- Murders in the Rue MorgueCesar Charron1971
- FoolsMatthew South1970
- Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus1970
- The Ballad of Cable HogueCable Hogue1970
- Operation SnafuSam Armstrong1970
- Tora! Tora! Tora!General Walter C. Short1970
- The Night They Raided Minsky'sRaymond Paine1968
- Once Upon a Time in the West'Cheyenne'1968
- IsadoraParis Singer1968
- Hour of the GunDoc Holliday1967
- 1967
- The St. Valentine's Day MassacreAl Capone1967
- Divorce American StyleNelson Downes1967
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde1967
- Noon WineRoyal Earle Thompson1966
- Any WednesdayJohn Cleves1966
- A Big Hand for the Little LadyHenry Drummond1966
- The Face of GeniusNarrator (voice)1966
- A Thousand ClownsMurray1965
- Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbraham Lincoln1964
- Act OneGeorge S. Kaufman1963
- Long Day's Journey Into NightJamie Tyrone1962
- Tender Is the NightDick Diver1962
- By Love PossessedJulius Penrose1961
- The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman1960
- The BatDetective Anderson1960
- A Doll's HouseDr. Rank1959
- For Whom the Bell TollsRobert Jordan1959
- The JourneyPaul Kedes1959
Personal details
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- Alternative names
- Jason Robards Jr.
- Джейсон Робардс
- Jason Nelson Robards Jr.
- BornJuly 26, 1922Chicago, Illinois, USA
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