Jason Robards
b.7/22/1922 Chicago, Illinois
d.12/20/2000
World War II: United States Navy Pearl Harbor survivor who received the Navy Cross (the second highest decoration of the U.S. Navy) Taxi cab driver in New York after service in the war Performed at small off Broadway venues as actor until breaking onto Broadway in the late 1940s New York Drama Critics Best Actor Award “Long Day’s Journey into Night” 1957 Academy Award Best Supporting Actor “All The President’s Men” 1976 Academy Award Best Supporting Actor “Julie” 1977 Academy Award nomination Best Actor “Melvin and Howard” 1980 (as millionaire aviator and award winning Hollywood producer Howard Hughes) First cinematic movie: “The Journey”
Filmography:
The Journey, Tender is the Night, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Act One, A Thousand Clowns, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Hour of the Gun, Once Upon a Time in the West, Operation SNAFU, Julius Caesar, Tora Tora Tora, Johnny Got His Gun, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, A Boy and His Dog, All the President’s Men, Julia, Raise the Titanic, Melvin and Howard, Legend of the Lone Ranger, Something Wicked this Way Comes, Parenthood, Adventures of Huck Finn