Portrait of Jason Robards Sr.

Acting

Jason Robards Sr.

Titles
173movies4TV shows
Career

Active from 1921 to 1961, with a break from 1950 to 1960, busiest in 1927 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Desperate
Desperate
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Jason Robards Sr. Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.2
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.6
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 4
  • Mystery 4
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Adventure 3
  • Fast-Paced Action 2
  • Escapist Entertainment 2
  • Tension 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Moral Decay 2
  • Melancholy Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

177

1960s

3 titles · average score 62
Poster for Acapulco

TV show · as Max

GoodWatch55
Poster for Wild in the Country

as Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)

GoodWatch70
Poster for The Barbara Stanwyck Show

TV show · as Rupert Willis

1950s

5 titles · average score 64
Poster for The Notorious Mr. Monks

as Judge (uncredited)

GoodWatch68
Poster for General Electric Theater

TV show · as L.P. Kerner / Judge

GoodWatch57
Poster for Western Pacific Agent

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1940s

70 titles · average score 59
All 70 titles from the 1940s

1930s

75 titles · average score 60
Poster for The Mad Empress

as President Benito Juarez

Poster for Radio Hams

as Pilot in distress

Poster for Ex-Bad Boy

as Roger Shields

Poster for Peacock Alley

as Jim Bradbury

Poster for Trifles

as George Henderson

All 75 titles from the 1930s

1920s

24 titles · average score 67
Poster for The Gamblers

as Carvel Emerson

Poster for Trial Marriage

as Dr. Thorvald Ware

Poster for The Heart of Maryland

as Maj. Alan Kendrick

Poster for Jaws of Steel

as John Warren

GoodWatch67
Poster for Wild Geese

as Mark Jordan

Poster for Footloose Widows

as J.A. "Jerry" Smith

Poster for The Land of Hope

as Sascha Rabinoff

All 24 titles from the 1920s
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