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Jason Robards Sr.

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: Acting

Born: Hillsdale, Michigan, USA, 1892-12-30

Died: 1963-04-04

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1921	The Gilded Lily	Frank Thompson	0
2	1921	The Land of Hope	Sascha Rabinoff	0
3	1925	Stella Maris	Walter Herold	0
4	1926	The Cohens and Kellys	Tim Kelly	0
5	1926	Footloose Widows	J.A. "Jerry" Smith	0
6	1926	The Third Degree	Howard Jeffries Jr.	0
7	1927	Hills of Kentucky	Steve Harley	20
8	1927	White Flannels	Frank Politz	0
9	1927	Tracked by the Police	Bob Owen	80
10	1927	Irish Hearts	Rory	0
11	1927	The Heart of Maryland	Maj. Alan Kendrick	0
12	1927	Jaws of Steel	John Warren	80
13	1927	Wild Geese	Mark Jordan	0
14	1927	Streets of Shanghai	Eugene Fong	0
15	1928	The Death Ship	Tom - The First Mate	0
16	1928	On Trial	Defense Attorney	60
17	1929	Trial Marriage	Dr. Thorvald Ware	0
18	1929	The Flying Marine	Mitch Moran	0
19	1929	The Gamblers	Carvel Emerson	0
20	1929	The Isle of Lost Ships	Frank Howard	0
21	1929	Paris	Andrew Sabbot	0
22	1930	Peacock Alley	Jim Bradbury	43
23	1930	Trifles	George Henderson	50
24	1930	Crazy That Way	Frank Oakes	0
25	1930	The Jazz Cinderella	Herbert Carter	0
26	1930	Abraham Lincoln	Herndon	54
27	1930	Lightnin'	Raymond Thomas	37
28	1931	Charlie Chan Carries On	Walter Honeywood	65
29	1931	Subway Express	Paul Bordon	0
30	1931	Salvation Nell	Major Williams	0
31	1931	Ex-Bad Boy	Roger Shields	0
32	1931	Caught Plastered	Harry Waters	58
33	1931	Trapped	Detective Lt. Jack Reed	0
34	1931	The Law of the Tong	Charlie Wong	60
35	1932	Discarded Lovers	Rex Forsythe	43
36	1932	Union Depot	Station Agent (uncredited)	61
37	1932	Docks of San Francisco	John Banning	45
38	1932	Unholy Love	Simmington	30
39	1932	Klondike	Jim Armstrong	47
40	1932	White Eagle	Dave Rand	0
41	1932	Slightly Married	Jack Haines	55
42	1932	The Pride of the Legion	Moran	60
43	1932	The Conquerors	Lane	48
44	1932	A Strange Adventure	Dr. Bailey	53
45	1933	Employees' Entrance	Commercial Artist (uncredited)	63
46	1933	Corruption	Police Commissioner	53
47	1933	The Devil's Mate	Clinton	0
48	1933	Ship of Wanted Men	John Craig	20
49	1933	Damaged Lives	Dr. Bill Hall	43
50	1933	The Way to Love	Guide	0
51	1933	Only Yesterday	Investor (Uncredited)	68
52	1933	Carnival Lady	Jim Ryan	50
53	1934	Public Stenographer	Fred 'Freddie' White	45
54	1934	All of Me	Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)	60
55	1934	The Super Snooper		0
56	1934	Woman Unafraid	Big Bill Lewis	50
57	1934	The Woman Condemned	Jim Wallace	46
58	1934	Burn 'Em Up Barnes	John Drummond	52
59	1934	Cockeyed Cavaliers	Tavern Singer	60
60	1934	Take the Stand	Joe Reynolds	47
61	1934	Crimson Romance	Pierre	35
62	1934	The President Vanishes	Kilbourne	58
63	1934	Broadway Bill	Arthur Winslow	60
64	1935	The Miracle Rider	Carlton	43
65	1935	Vagabond Lady	John’s Best Man (uncredited)	72
66	1935	Break of Hearts	Ticket-Seller (uncredited)	55
67	1935	Ladies Crave Excitement	Nick	45
68	1935	I Live My Life	Church (Uncredited)	64
69	1935	The Last Days of Pompeii	Tax Gatherer (uncredited)	56
70	1935	The Fighting Marines	Kota	60
71	1936	Robin Hood of El Dorado	Pancho	40
72	1936	San Francisco	Father (uncredited)	66
73	1936	The Luckiest Girl in the World		75
74	1936	Laughing at Trouble	Clerk of Court	60
75	1937	Torture Money	Alex Carmathy (uncredited)	60
76	1937	Sweetheart of the Navy	Bumper	100
77	1937	Vogues of 1938	Reporter	53
78	1937	The Firefly	Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)	64
79	1937	Clipped Wings	Raoul McGuire	35
80	1938	The Nurse from Brooklyn	Surgeon	60
81	1938	The Rage of Paris	Department Head (uncredited)	58
82	1938	Woman Against Woman	Mr. Roamer	65
83	1938	Flight to Fame	Muller	50
84	1938	Cipher Bureau	Ellsworth	43
85	1939	The Long Shot	Doctor	58
86	1939	Scouts to the Rescue	Doc	0
87	1939	Mystery Plane	Paul Smith	73
88	1939	Radio Hams	Pilot in distress	60
89	1939	Juarez	(uncredited)	65
90	1939	Stunt Pilot	Paul Smith	0
91	1939	I Stole a Million	Bank Teller (uncredited)	60
92	1939	Range War	Rancher	0
93	1939	Sky Patrol	Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner	40
94	1939	Danger Flight	Paul Smith	30
95	1939	Zorro's Fighting Legion	Cantina Proprietor	52
96	1939	The Mad Empress	President Benito Juarez	56
97	1940	The Fatal Hour	Griswold	57
98	1940	Half a Sinner	Country Club Garage Man	52
99	1940	Gangs of Chicago		53
100	1940	I Love You Again	Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)	72
101	1940	The Howards of Virginia	Backwoodsman (uncredited)	65
102	1940	The Green Hornet Strikes Again!	Foley's Bodyguard	62
103	1941	San Antonio Rose	Man at Radio Station	70
104	1942	Silver Queen	Bank Teller (uncredited)	57
105	1943	The Kansan	Bank Teller	53
106	1944	Bermuda Mystery	Mark Dunham	60
107	1944	Mademoiselle Fifi	A Wholesaler in Wine	58
108	1945	Betrayal from the East	Charlie Hildebrand	58
109	1945	Zombies on Broadway	Headwaiter (uncredited)	50
110	1945	Wanderer of the Wasteland	Crooked Dealer	75
111	1945	It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog		0
112	1945	The Falcon in San Francisco	Loomis, Butler (uncredited)	61
113	1945	Isle of the Dead	Albrecht	60
114	1945	Johnny Angel	Officer (uncredited)	59
115	1945	Man Alive	Henry Fletcher	51
116	1945	A Game of Death	Captain	62
117	1945	Dick Tracy	Motorist (uncredited)	49
118	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)	63
119	1946	The Falcon's Alibi	Harvey Beaumont	52
120	1946	Ding Dong Williams	Director Kenmore	50
121	1946	Badman's Territory	Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)	57
122	1946	Bedlam	Oliver Todd	65
123	1946	Twin Husbands	Dorothy's Attorney	65
124	1946	The Bamboo Blonde	Colonel Graham (uncredited)	60
125	1946	I'll Take Milk		30
126	1946	Step by Step	Bruckner	62
127	1946	Traffic with the Devil	Irate Motorist (uncredited)	63
128	1946	Criminal Court	Al Marsh (uncredited)	53
129	1946	Dick Tracy vs. Cueball	Captain (uncredited)	52
130	1946	Vacation in Reno	Sheriff Johnson	70
131	1946	The Falcon's Adventure	Lieutenant Evans	61
132	1947	Follow That Music		0
133	1947	Do or Diet	Boss	0
134	1947	Trail Street	Jason	64
135	1947	Code of the West	Morley (uncredited)	50
136	1947	The Farmer's Daughter	Night Editor (uncredited)	69
137	1947	A Likely Story	Cop (uncredited)	42
138	1947	Born to Kill	Conductor (uncredited)	67
139	1947	Banjo	Conductor Matthews (uncredited)	75
140	1947	Dick Tracy's Dilemma	Hawks (uncredited)	54
141	1947	Thunder Mountain	Jim Gardner	50
142	1947	Seven Keys to Baldpate	Hayden	62
143	1947	Desperate	Ferrari	65
144	1947	Riff-Raff	Mr. Domingues	62
145	1947	Under the Tonto Rim	Captain McLean	60
146	1947	Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome	Bank Officer (uncredited)	54
147	1947	Wild Horse Mesa	Hod Slack	50
148	1947	The Judge Steps Out	Police Officer Maloney (uncredited)	70
149	1948	Western Heritage	Judge Winston	63
150	1948	If You Knew Susie	Ogleby (uncredited)	75
151	1948	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	John Retch	70
152	1948	Fighting Father Dunne	J.J. Sonin	60
153	1948	Shed No Tears	Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)	50
154	1948	Guns of Hate	Ben Jason	50
155	1948	Return of the Bad Men	Judge Harper	63
156	1948	Race Street	Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)	58
157	1948	Son of God’s Country	John Thornton	0
158	1948	Smoky Mountain Melody	Josh Corby	60
159	1949	Dynamite	Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited)	25
160	1949	Alaska Patrol	Dr. Loring	0
161	1949	Riders of the Whistling Pines	Charles Carter (uncredited)	50
162	1949	Impact	Judge	60
163	1949	Rimfire	Elkins (Banker)	45
164	1949	Massacre River	Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited)	62
165	1949	South of Death Valley	Major Porter Mullen (uncredited)	50
166	1949	Masked Raiders	Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited)	60
167	1949	Post Office Investigator	Henry Hand	60
168	1949	Feudin' Rhythm	Mr. Rushman (uncredited)	0
169	1949	Horsemen of the Sierras	Phineas Grant	0
170	1949	The Threat	Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)	58
171	1950	Western Pacific Agent	Train Passenger (uncredited)	57
172	1950	The Second Woman	Stacy Rogers	56
173	1958	The Notorious Mr. Monks	Judge (uncredited)	0
174	1961	Wild in the Country	Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)	63

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	General Electric Theater	Sam Brady	63
2	1953	General Electric Theater	L.P. Kerner	63
3	1953	General Electric Theater	Judge	63
4	1957	Leave It to Beaver		70
5	1960	The Barbara Stanwyck Show	Rupert Willis	62
6	1961	Acapulco	Max	50