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
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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
61990s
2 titles · average score 77
71
Heidi (1993)
TV show · as Grandfather
84
The Civil War (1990)
TV show · as Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
1980s
3 titles · average score 65
The Last Frontier (1986)
TV show · as Ed Stenning
62
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
TV show · as Alvin Binder
69
Screen Two (1985)
TV show · as Doctor Huld
1970s
1 title
Broadway on Showtime (1979)
TV show · as Erie Smith