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 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.6
- Melancholy5.8average 4.7
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.8, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.6, 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
- Character Study 8
- Nostalgic 8
- Social Commentary 8
- Period Piece 7
- 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.
Lisa LucasActorThe House Without a Christmas Tree, Addie and the King of Hearts, The Thanksgiving Treasure, The Easter Promise
Mildred NatwickActorThe House Without a Christmas Tree, Addie and the King of Hearts, The Thanksgiving Treasure, The Easter Promise
Jean SimmonsActorDivorce American Style, Inherit the Wind, Mr. Sycamore, 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
Eugene O'NeillWriterLong Day's Journey Into Night, The Iceman Cometh, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Iceman Cometh
Geoffrey C. WardWriterThe Civil War, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Hart Benton
Mary SteenburgenActorPhiladelphia, Parenthood, Melvin and Howard
L.Q. JonesActorThe Ballad of Cable Hogue, A Boy and His Dog, Noon Wine
James Earl JonesActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, When It Was a Game, Lincoln
Jane FondaActorJulia, Comes a Horseman, Any Wednesday
Burgess MeredithActorA Big Hand for the Little Lady, Lincoln, Old Faithful
Movies and TV shows
134Excellent
Score 90 to 100
1 title
Excellent
Score 90 to 100
92
as (voice)
Great
Score 80 to 89
8 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
88
as 'Cheyenne'
85
as Ben Bradlee
85as Passage Narrator (voice)
85
TV show · as Dr. Rank / Marcus
84
TV show · as Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
84
as Cable Hogue
81
as Earl Partridge
80
as Joe's Father (video "One")
Good
Score 70 to 79
31 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
79
as Nelson Downes
79
as Frank Buckman
78
TV show · as President Richard Monckton
77
as Howard Hughes
77
as Dr. Russell Oakes
77
TV show · as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
76
as Charles Wheeler
76
as Henry Drummond
74
as Murray
72
as Walter Travis
71
TV show · as Grandfather
70
as Al Capone
Decent
Score 60 to 69
24 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
as Paul Kedes
68
as Lou Craddock
67
as Dashiell Hammett
65
as Charles Halloway
65
as Großvater
65
as Max Dugan
64
as General Walter C. Short
63
TV show · as Jules Mendelson
63
TV show · as Will Varner
62
TV show · as Alvin Binder
61
as Doc Holliday
60
as Dr. Armand Hammer
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
29 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
as Doctor Huld
58
as Dick Diver
57
as W. O. Muth
55
as Stephen Kozlenko
53
as Raymond Paine
49
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
45
as Marcus Brutus
41
as Admiral James Sandecker
40
as Gunther Beckdorff
37
as Larry Cook
33
as Coleman Ettinger
30
as Cesar Charron
Not rated yet
41 titles
Not rated yet
TV show · as Ed Stenning
as President Abraham Lincoln
as James Tyrone Jr.
as Daniel Larson
as Andrei Sakharov
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Performer
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
as Narrator
as Leland Hayward
as Lloyd Wells
as Matthew South