

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
351990s
12 titles · average score 69
81
as Earl Partridge
71
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
57
as Mr. Bodwin
79
TV show · as (voice)
76
as Charles Wheeler
59
as Doctor Huld
66
as The King
76
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
55
as Clifford Fowler
63
TV show · as Jules Mendelson
60
as Dr. Armand Hammer
84
TV show · as Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
1980s
10 titles · average score 67
72
as Walter Travis
57
as W. O. Muth
69
as Harry Drummond
75
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
46
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
62
TV show · as Alvin Binder
63
TV show · as Will Varner
69
TV show · as Doctor Huld
77
as Dr. Russell Oakes
77
as Howard Hughes
1970s
8 titles · average score 69
67
as Dashiell Hammett
78
TV show · as President Richard Monckton
85
as Ben Bradlee
68
as Lou Craddock
67
as Governor Wallace
73
as Joe's Father
64
as General Walter C. Short
45
as Marcus Brutus
1960s
4 titles · average score 72
88
as 'Cheyenne'
70
as Al Capone

as Abraham Lincoln
58
as Dick Diver
1950s
1 title · average score 79
79
TV show · as Robert Jordan