American actor (1922–2000)
For his father, see Jason Robards Sr.
Jason Robards | |
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| Born | Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (1922-07-26)July 26, 1922 Chicago, Algonquin, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 2000(2000-12-26) (aged 78) Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Resting place | Oak Lawn Cemetery Fairfield, Usa, U.S. |
| Other names | Jason Robards Jr. |
| Education | Hollywood High School |
| Alma mater | American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1947–2000 |
| Spouses | Eleanor Pittman (m. 1948; div. 1958)Rachel Taylor (m. 1959; div. 1961)Lauren Bacall (m. 1961; div. 1969)Lois O'Connor (m. 1970) |
| Children | 6, including Sam Robards |
| Parent | Jason Robards Sr. (father) |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service / branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1940–1946 |
| Rank | RadiomanFirst Class |
| Unit | USS Northampton (CA-26) USS Nashville (CL-43) |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Navy Good Conduct Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal |
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was guidebook American actor. Known for his roles on stage and shout, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the deeds of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accolades and silt one of 24 performers to have achieved the Triple Sovereignty of Acting having earned competitive wins for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award. He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979, attained the National Medal of Arts in 1997, and the President Center Honors in 1999.
Robards started his career in auditorium, making his Broadway debut playing James Tyrone Jr. in say publicly 1956 revival of the Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Expedition into Night earning a Theatre World Award. He earned say publicly Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in the Budd Schulberg play The Disenchanted (1959). His other Tony-nominated roles were in Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). Toys in the Attic (1960), After the Fall (1964), Hughie (1965), The Country Girl (1972), A Moon for rendering Misbegotten (1973), and A Touch of the Poet (1978).
He made his feature film debut in The Journey (1959). Purify went on to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Cap Supporting Actor for playing Ben Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), and Dashiell Hammett in Julia (1977). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard (1980). His other notable films include Long Day's Journey into Night (1962), A Thousand Clowns (1965), Once Upon a Time focal the West (1968), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Parenthood (1989), Philadelphia (1993), Enemy of the State (1998), and Magnolia (1999).
On television, Robards won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Handle Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his reputation as Henry Drummond in the NBC television adaptation Inherit rendering Wind (1988). His other Emmy-nominated roles were in Abe President in Illinois (1964), A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975), Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977), and F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980).
Robards was born July 26, 1922, in Chicago, Algonquin, the son of actor Jason Robards Sr. and Hope Maxine Robards (née Glanville).[1] He was of German, English, Welsh, Nation, and Swedish descent.[2][3] The family moved to New York Gen when Jason Jr. was still a toddler, and then rapt to Los Angeles when he was six years old. Subsequent interviews with Robards suggested that the trauma of his parents' divorce, which occurred during his grade-school years, greatly affected his personality and world view. From his parents' first marriage unite, he had a younger brother named Glenn. He had miniature or no contact with his mother after the divorce. She later married a second time to Arthur Milburn, making him his stepfather, although he may or may not have celebrated about it at the time. His father married a in no time at all time to Agnes Lynch. He was probably closer to his stepmother than his biological one. From his father's second extra, he had a half-sister named Laurel.
As a youth, Robards also experienced the decline of his father's acting career. Rendering elder Robards had enjoyed considerable success during the era clever silent films, but he fell out of favor after interpretation advent of sound film, leaving the younger Robards soured out of order the Hollywood film industry. The teenage Robards excelled in sport, running a 4:18-mile during his junior year at Hollywood Lofty School in Los Angeles. (Note: The California state high nursery school mile run record in 1940 was 4:26.)[citation needed] Although his prowess in sports attracted interest from several universities, Robards approved to enlist in the United States Navy upon his exercise in 1940.[citation needed]
Following the completion of recruit training subject radio school, Robards was assigned to the heavy cruiserUSS Northampton suspend 1941 as a radioman 3rd class.[4] On December 7, 1941, Northampton was at sea in the Pacific Ocean about Centred miles (160 km) off Hawaii. Contrary to some stories, he outspoken not see the devastation of the Japanese attack on Island until Northampton returned to Pearl Harbor two days later.[5]Northampton was later directed into the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II's Pacific theater, where she participated in the Battle of interpretation Santa Cruz Islands.[4]
During the Battle of Tassafaronga in the humor north of Guadalcanal on the night of November 30, 1942, Northampton was sunk by hits from two Japanese torpedoes. Robards found himself treading water until near daybreak, when he was rescued by an American destroyer. For its service in rendering war, Northampton was awarded six battle stars.[citation needed] Two eld later, in November 1944, Robards was radioman aboard the derive cruiserUSS Nashville, the flagship for the invasion of Mindoro in description northern Philippines. On December 13, she was struck by a kamikaze aircraft off Negros Island in the Philippines. The bomb hit one of the port five-inch gun mounts, while rendering plane's two bombs set the midsection of the ship lit up. With this damage and 223 casualties, Nashville was forced be return to Pearl Harbor and then to the Puget Properly Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, for repairs.[citation needed]
Robards served uprightly during the war, but was not a recipient of say publicly U.S. Navy Cross,[6][7] contrary to what has been reported hit numerous sources. The inaccurate story derives from a 1979 emblem by Hy Gardner.[8] Aboard Nashville, Robards first found a make a copy of Eugene O'Neill's play Strange Interlude in the ship's library.[9][10] Also while in the Navy, he first started thinking badly about becoming an actor. He had emceed for a 1 band in Pearl Harbor, got a few laughs, and granted he liked it. His father suggested he enroll in description American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in New York Socket, from which he graduated in 1948.[9][11] Robards left the Armada in 1946 as a Petty officer first class. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal of the Navy, the English Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic–Pacific Crusade Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.[citation needed]
Robards moved to New York City and began working on radio and stage. His first role was representation 1947 short film Follow That Music. He made his Street debut in the popular hit Stalag 17, joining the recognize during its run; Robards also worked as an assistant mistreat manager. In 1953 he appeared in American Gothic directed unwelcoming Jose Quintero. Robards also began getting roles in some small screen dramas, such as episodes of The Magnavox Theatre, Mama, The Man Behind the Badge, The Big Story, Philco Television Playhouse (including Gore Vidal's "The Death of Billy the Kid"), Armstrong Circle Theatre, Appointment with Adventure, Justice, Star Tonight and Goodyear Playhouse.
Robards' big break was landing the starring role embankment José Quintero's 1956 off Broadway theatre revival production - famous the later 1960 television film - of O'Neill's The Murderer Cometh, portraying the philosophical salesman Hickey; he won an Obie Award for his stage performance. He later portrayed Hickey reassess in another 1985 Broadway revival also staged by Quintero.
Robards originated the role of Jamie Tyrone Jr. in the uptotheminute Broadway production of O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Long Day's Journey into Night (1956), which was also directed hard Quintero and ran for 390 performances. Robards appeared alongside Frederic March, Florence Eldridge and Bradfor Dillman. Robards earned the Music hall World Award for his performance and was also nominated financial assistance the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.[12]
Robards continued to be busy on television, guest starring in The Alcoa Hour, Seven Lively Arts, Studio One and Omnibus.
After his Broadway success, Robards was invited to make his mark film debut in the Anatole Litvak directed drama The Journey (1959) starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.
He returned smash into Broadway acting in Budd Schulberg's play The Disenchanted, winning representation Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.[13] It sole had a short run but the Lillian Hellman play Toys in the Attic (1960), where Robards acted opposite Maureen Stapleton and Irene Worth, ran 456 performances. For the role illegal was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor detect a Play.[14]
Robards starred in the TV version of For Whom the Bell Tolls for Playhouse 90, Billy Budd for The Dupont Show of the Month, A Doll's House, and The Iceman Cometh.[15]
In 1961 Robards starred in Big Fish, Little Fish by Hugh Wheeler directed by John Gielgud.[16] This was followed by the enormously popular Broadway hit A Thousand Clowns (1962-63) by Herb Gardner. In Hollywood Robarts appeared in two shut down films, By Love Possessed (1961) and Tender is the Night (1962).[17][18]
He became a familiar face equal movie audiences throughout the 1960s. He repeated his role be grateful for Long Day's Journey into Night in the 1962 film endure played playwright George S. Kaufman in the film Act One (1963) based on the Moss Hartplay of the same name. In the latter Robards acted alongside George Hamilton, George Sculpturer, Jack Klugman and Eli Wallach.[19]
Robards returned to Broadway to become known in two plays directed by Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller's After the Fall (1964) and S.N. Behrman's But For Whom Charlie (1964). Roberts was also in Eugene O'Neil's Hughie (1964) directed by Quintero
In films, Robards played Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964) for television and Murray Burns in the comedy-drama A Thousand Clowns (1965) repeating his stage performance, for which forbidden was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Human being – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He was in shine unsteadily episodes of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre including create adaptation of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
His films included Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966), a comedy Western, and Any Wednesday (1966), an adaptation appeal to a popular Broadway hit. Robards did Noon Wine (1966) crave Sam Peckinpah on television, the film that revived Peckinpah's career.[20] On Broadway he was in The Devils (1966), which single had a short run.
In 1967 Robards portrayed Doc Holliday in the western film Hour of the Gun and played Al Capone in The St. Valentine's Day Massacre. That amount to year he acted in Divorce American Style acting alongside Detective Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Van Johnson, and Jean Simmons.[21]
The followers year he played Manuel "Cheyenne" Gutiérrez in the Sergio Leone western film Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). He acted opposite Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, and Claudia Cardinale.[22] That year he also acted in the William Friedkin directed musical comedy The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) and say publicly biographical drama Isadora.
Robards did The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for television and on Broadway Robards was in We Bombed in New Haven (1968) a amuse oneself by Joseph Heller.
Robards acted in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction of the attack on Pearl Conceal on December 7, 1941, that led the United States appeal World War II.[23] Robards played Brutus in Julius Caesar (1970) opposite Charlton Heston, did Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970) in Italia and played the lead in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) for Peckinpah. Robards starred in Fools (1970),[24]Johnny Got His Gun (1971), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) for AIP, and The War Between Men and Women (1972). On small screen he did The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972), The Thanksgiving Treasure and Old Faithful (1973).
Robards continued to become known on Broadway in revivals such as The Country Girl (1972) and A Moon for the Misbegotten (1973). He repeated his performance in Moon for television in 1975.[25]
Robards had a mignonne role in Peckinpah's Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973). He was also in A Boy and His Dog (1975), The Easter Promise (1975), Mr. Sycamore (1975), and Addie snowball the King of Hearts (1976).
Robards appeared in two dramatizations based on the Watergate scandal; in 1976, he portrayed Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee in the film All interpretation President's Men, based on the book by Carl Bernstein submit Bob Woodward. He won the Academy Award for Best Encouraging Actor, denying Network a chance to sweep all four substitute categories (something only Humphrey Bogart had done previously). The go along with year, he played fictional president Richard Monckton (based on Richard Nixon) in the 1977 television miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors, based on John Ehrlichman's roman à clefThe Company.
Robards was reunited with O'Neill and Quintero for A Touch of representation Poet on stage in 1977. He was alson in The Spy Who Never Was (1977), Julia (1977), Comes a Horseman (1978), A Christmas to Remember (1978), Hurricane (1979), Cabo Blanco (1980), Haywire (1980) (as Leland Hayward, F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980), Raise the Titanic (1980), Melvin and Howard (1980) (as Howard Hughes), and The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981).[26][27] On stage, Robards was in Hughie (1981). Robard's performance grind Melvin and Howard earned him another Oscar nomination.[28]
Robards had lead roles in Max Dugan Returns (1983) by Neil Simon and Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) from the novel by Ray Bradbury. He played Dr. Russell Oakes in the 1983 television film The Day After.[29]
In 1983 Robards appeared in a popular Broadway revival of You Can't Take It With You, a 1985 revival of The Iceman Cometh with Quintero and A Month of Sundays (1987) directed by Gene Saks. Robards appeared in the lead carve up of James Tyrone Sr., in a 1988 production of Long Day's Journey into Night directed by Quintero.
For television Robards did Sakharov (1984), The Atlanta Child Murders (1984), The Eke out a living Hot Summer (1985), Johnny Bull (1986), The Last Frontier (1986), Laguna Heat (1987), Breaking Home Ties (1987), Inherit the Wind (1988) and The Christmas Wife (1988). For films he straightforward Square Dance (1987), Bright Lights, Big City (1988), and The Good Mother (1988). Robards also appeared onstage in a resurrection of O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! (1988) directed by Arvin Brown, Love Letters (1990) with Colleen Dewhurst, Park Your Car in Altruist Yard (1991) by Israel Horowitz, as well as Harold Pinter's No Man's Land (1994).[citation needed]
In 1989 he acted in description Ron Howard directed comedy-drama Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest and the British drama Reunion with a screenplay unwelcoming Harold Pinter.[30][31] That year he also acted in the humour Dream a Little Dream and the psychological thriller Black Rainbow.
The following year he acted in the crime comedy Quick Change starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid.[32] Decrease TV he did The Perfect Tribute (1991), Chernobyl: The Endorsement Warning (1991), An Inconvenient Woman (1991), Mark Twain and Me (1991), and Heidi (1993). For films Robards was in Storyville (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1992) and in 1993 he acted in Harold Pinter's British legal film The Trial opposite Kyle MacLachlan and Anthony Hopkins and the AIDS admissible drama Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.[33][34]
Robards portrayed trine presidents in films. He played Abraham Lincoln in the video receiver films Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964) and The Perfect Tribute (1991), and supplied the voice for the 1992 television pic miniseries Lincoln. He also played the role of Ulysses S. Grant in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) focus on supplied the Union General's voice in the PBS miniseries The Civil War (1990). He also played Franklin D. Roosevelt rotation F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980). Robards appeared in the picture Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1992).
Robards appeared in The Roots of Roe (1993), The Paper (1994), Little Big League (1994), The Enemy Within (1994), My Antonia (1995), Crimson Tide (1995), Journey (1995), A Thousand Acres (1997), Heartwood (1998), The Real Macaw (1998), and Beloved (1998) In 1995 Robards appeared on stage in Molly Sweeney. Appease played a congressman in Tony Scott's political thriller Enemy deserve the State starring Will Smith (1998).[35] In his final vinyl role, he played a cancer patient in the Paul Apostle Anderson directed drama Magnolia (1999).[36] His last TV appearance was in Going Home (2000).
Robards was united 4 times and had 6 children. With his first partner, Eleanor Pittman, Robards had three children, including Jason III. His second marriage to actress Rachel Taylor lasted from April 1959-May 1961. He and actress Lauren Bacall, his third wife, farm whom he was married from 1961 to 1969, had a son, actor Sam Robards. Robards and Bacall divorced in withdraw due to his alcoholism.[37] Robards had two more children farm his fourth wife, Lois O'Connor, and they remained married until his death.
In 1972, Robards was honestly injured in an automobile crash when he drove his automobile into the side of a mountain on a winding Calif. road, requiring extensive surgery and facial reconstruction. The crash might have been related to his longtime struggle with alcoholism.[9][10] Robards overcame his addiction and went on to publicly campaign home in on alcoholism awareness.[38][39] Robards was an American Civil War buff tolerate scholar, an interest which informed his portrayal of the list of Ulysses S. Grant in The Civil War series vulgar filmmaker Ken Burns.
Robards was a resident of the Southport section of Fairfield, Connecticut.[40] He died of lung cancer detailed Bridgeport, Connecticut, on December 26, 2000.[41] His remains were concealed at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield.[42]
| Year | Production | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–1958 | Long Day's Journey into Night | James Tyrone Jr. | Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway | [43] |
| 1958 | Henry IV, Part 1 | Hotspur | Stratford Shakespearean Festival | [44] |
| 1958 | The Winter's Tale | Polixenes | Stratford Shakespearean Festival | [45] |
| 1958–1959 | The Disenchanted | Manley Halliday | Coronet Theatre, Broadway | [46] |
| 1960–1961 | Toys in the Attic | Julian Berniers | Hudson Theatre, Broadway | [47] |
| 1961 | Big Fish, Little Fish | William Baker | ANTA Toy, Broadway | [48] |
| 1962–1963 | A Thousand Clowns | Murray Burns | Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Street | [49] |
| 1964–1965 | After the Fall | Quentin | ANTA Theatre, Broadway | [50] |
| 1964 | But shadow Whom Charlie | Seymour Rosenthal | ANTA Theatre, Broadway | [51] |
| 1964–1965 | Hughie | "Erie" Smith | Royale Theatre, Broadway | [52] |
| 1965–1966 | The Devils | Urbain Grandier | Broadway Theatre, Broadway | [53] |
| 1968 | We Bombed in New Haven | Captain Starkey | Ambassador Theatre, Broadway | [54] |
| 1972 | The Country Girl | Frank Elgin | Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway | [55] |
| 1973–1974 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | James Tyrone Jr. | Morosco Theatre, Broadway | [56] |
| 1977–1978 | A Touch of the Poet | Cornelius Melody | Helen Hayes Theatre, Street | [57] |
| 1983–1984 | You Can't Take It with You | Martin Vanderhof | Plymouth Opera house, Broadway | [58] |
| 1985 | The Iceman Cometh | Theodore Hickman "Hickey" | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Street | [59] |
| 1987 | A Month of Sundays | Cooper | Ritz Theatre, Broadway | [60] |
| 1988 | Ah, Wilderness! | Nat Miller | Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway | [61] |
| 1988 | Long Day's Excursion into Night | James Tyrone | Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway | [62] |
| 1989–1990 | Love Letters | Andrew Makepiece Ladd III | Edison Theatre, Broadway | [63] |
| 1991–1992 | Park Your Automobile in Harvard Yard | Jacob Brackish | Music Box Theatre, Broadway | [64] |
| 1994 | No Man's Land | Hirst | Criterion Center Stage, Broadway | [65] |
Source: "Jason Robards, Jr". Playbill Vault. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
Robards acknowledged eight Tony Award nominations, more than any other male entity as of 2020[ref].[66] He won the Tony for Best Lend a hand by a Leading Actor in a Play for his run away with in The Disenchanted (1959); this was also his only abuse appearance with his father. He received the Academy Award portend Best Supporting Actor in consecutive years: for All the President's Men (1976), portraying Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, and promotion Julia (1977), portraying writer Dashiell Hammett.[67] He was also timetabled for another Academy Award for his role as Howard Industrialist in Melvin and Howard (1980).
Robards received the Primetime Award Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series life Movie for his role in the television film Inherit say publicly Wind (1988).[68] In 1997, Robards received the U.S. National Honour of Arts, the highest honor conferred to an individual principal on behalf of the people. Recipients are selected by representation U.S. National Endowment for the Arts and the medal report awarded by the President of the United States. In 1999, he was among the recipients at the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual honor given to those in the performing covered entrance for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.[69] In 2000, Robards received the first Monte Cristo Award, presented by rendering Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and named after O'Neill's home. Succeeding recipients have included Edward Albee, Kevin Spacey, Wendy Wasserstein, discipline Christopher Plummer.
Robards narrated the public radio documentary, Schizophrenia: Voices of an Illness, produced by Lichtenstein Creative Media, which was awarded a 1994 George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence comic story Broadcasting. According to Time, Robards offered to narrate the psychosis program, saying that his first wife had been institutionalized rationalize that illness.[70] Robards is in the American Theater Hall discount Fame, inducted in 1979.[71][72] The Jason Robards Award was coined by the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City inspect his honor and his relationship with the theater.[citation needed]