Acting
Jason Robards
- Titles
- 124movies35TV shows
- Career
Active from 1959 to 2000, busiest in 1991 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 89top 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.
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.1average 3.6
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Melancholy5.8average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.9, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.8, average 1.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 9
- Character-Driven 9
- Nostalgic 8
- Social Commentary 8
- Character Study 7
- Period Piece 6
- Political Intrigue 6
- Melancholy 5
- Atmospheric 5
- Political Thriller 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Moral Ambiguity 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 NatwickActorThe House Without a Christmas Tree, Addie and the King of Hearts, The Thanksgiving Treasure, The Easter Promise
Lisa LucasActorThe House Without a Christmas Tree, Addie and the King of Hearts, The Thanksgiving Treasure, The Easter Promise
Jerry GoldsmithComposerTora! Tora! Tora!, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Hour of the Gun, Caboblanco
Paul BogartDirectorThe House Without a Christmas Tree, The Country Girl, The Thanksgiving Treasure, The Easter Promise
Geoffrey C. WardWriterThe Civil War, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Hart Benton
Julie HarrisActorThe Civil War, A Doll's House, The Christmas Wife
Martin BalsamActorTora! Tora! Tora!, All the President's Men, A Thousand Clowns
Jane FondaActorJulia, Comes a Horseman, Any Wednesday
Joanne WoodwardActorA Big Hand for the Little Lady, A Christmas to Remember, Roots of Roe
Mary SteenburgenActorPhiladelphia, Parenthood, Melvin and Howard
L.Q. JonesActorThe Ballad of Cable Hogue, A Boy and His Dog, Noon Wine
Movies and TV shows
321980s
32 titles · average score 60
33
as Coleman Ettinger
72
as Walter Travis
79
as Frank Buckman
61
as Henry Strauss
74
as Narrator (voice)
57
as W. O. Muth
69
as Harry Drummond
47
as John Tanner
75
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
46
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
40
as Dillard
45
as Wade Shephard
as Lloyd Wells
TV show · as Ed Stenning
as Stephan Kovacs
62
TV show · as Alvin Binder
63
TV show · as Will Varner
69
TV show · as Doctor Huld
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
as Andrei Sakharov
as Voice
77
as Dr. Russell Oakes
65
as Charles Halloway
65
as Max Dugan
72
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
46
as President Ulysses S. Grant
41
as Admiral James Sandecker
77
as Howard Hughes
40
as Gunther Beckdorff
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Leland Hayward
as Narrator