Acting
Jason Robards
- Titles
- 125movies35TV shows
- Career
Active from 1959 to 2000, busiest in 1991 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 90top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
When It Was a Game92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 73 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.6average 2.6
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Melancholy5.8average 4.7
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.9, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.4
- Fantasy0.8, average 1.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 10
- Character-Driven 10
- Nostalgic 8
- Social Commentary 8
- Political Intrigue 7
- Period Piece 6
- Character Study 5
- Atmospheric 5
- Political Thriller 4
- Melancholy 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Tragedy 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jean SimmonsActorDivorce American Style, Inherit the Wind, Mr. Sycamore, The Easter Promise
Mildred NatwickActorAddie and the King of Hearts, The Thanksgiving Treasure, The House Without a Christmas Tree, The Easter Promise
Lisa LucasActorAddie and the King of Hearts, The Thanksgiving Treasure, The House Without a Christmas Tree, The Easter Promise
Jerry GoldsmithComposerTora! Tora! Tora!, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Hour of the Gun, Caboblanco
Paul BogartDirectorThe Thanksgiving Treasure, The House Without a Christmas Tree, The Country Girl, The Easter Promise
Geoffrey C. WardWriterThe Civil War, T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Thomas Hart Benton
Martin BalsamActorTora! Tora! Tora!, All the President's Men, A Thousand Clowns
Colleen DewhurstActorYou Can't Take it With You, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Johnny Bull
Joanne WoodwardActorA Big Hand for the Little Lady, A Christmas to Remember, Roots of Roe
Burgess MeredithActorA Big Hand for the Little Lady, Lincoln, Old Faithful
Mary SteenburgenActorPhiladelphia, Parenthood, Melvin and Howard
James Earl JonesActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, When It Was a Game, Lincoln
Movies and TV shows
1342010s
1 title · average score 67
as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
2000s
2 titles · average score 80
as Joe's Father (video "One")
as Charles Barton
1990s
37 titles · average score 66
as Larry Cook
as Marcus
as Charles Wheeler
TV show · as Grandfather
as Doctor Huld
as Großvater
as Clifford Fowler
TV show · as Jules Mendelson
as Mark Twain
as Dr. Armand Hammer
TV show · as Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
as Chief Rotzinger
1980s
32 titles · average score 60
as Coleman Ettinger
as Walter Travis
as W. O. Muth
as Dillard
TV show · as Will Varner
TV show · as Alvin Binder
as Dr. Russell Oakes
as Charles Halloway
as Max Dugan
as Admiral James Sandecker
as Howard Hughes
as Gunther Beckdorff
1970s
29 titles · average score 63
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
as Dashiell Hammett
TV show · as President Richard Monckton
as Ben Bradlee
as Lou Craddock
as Governor Wallace
as Stephen Kozlenko
as Cesar Charron
as Joe's Father
as General Walter C. Short
as Cable Hogue
as Marcus Brutus
1960s
22 titles · average score 67
as 'Cheyenne'
as Raymond Paine
as Al Capone
as Doc Holliday
as Nelson Downes
as Henry Drummond
as John Cleves
as Murray
as George S. Kaufman
as Dick Diver
as Julius Penrose
TV show · as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
1950s
9 titles · average score 75
as Paul Kedes
as Robert Jordan
as Dr. Rank
TV show
TV show · as Robert Jordan
TV show · as Bert Palmer
TV show · as Col. Carter
TV show
TV show · as Dr. Rank / Marcus
1940s
2 titles · average score 65
TV show · as Leonard O'Brien / Walter Osgood
TV show · as Mason / Joe Grant