Died 2000-12-26.
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Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accolades and is one of 24 performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting having earned competitive wins for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In addition to these pl…
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Born 26 July 1922 · Died 26 December 2000 · Q296630
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2000· 2 entries
Robards received the first Monte Cristo Award, presented by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and named after O'Neill's home
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1999· 1 entry
Was among the recipients at the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture
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1995· 1 entry
Robards appeared on stage in Molly Sweeney
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1993· 1 entry
Acted in Harold Pinter's British legal film The Trial opposite Kyle MacLachlan and Anthony Hopkins and the AIDS legal drama Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
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1989· 1 entry
Acted in the Ron Howard directed comedy-drama Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest and the British drama Reunion with a screenplay by Harold Pinter
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Inherit the Wind (1988).
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1983· 1 entry
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
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1979· 1 entry
Earned the National Medal of Arts in 1997, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Julia (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for All the President's Men (1977).
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1976· 1 entry
Portrayed Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee in the film All the President's Men, based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
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1972· 1 entry
Robards was seriously injured in an automobile crash when he drove his car into the side of a mountain on a winding California road, requiring extensive surgery and facial reconstruction
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1967· 1 entry
Robards portrayed Doc Holliday in the western film Hour of the Gun and played Al Capone in The St
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Long Day's Journey into Night (1962).
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1961· 1 entry
Robards starred in Big Fish, Little Fish by Hugh Wheeler directed by John Gielgud
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (1959).
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1957).
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1953· 1 entry
Appeared in American Gothic directed by Jose Quintero
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1948· 1 entry
Studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1948).
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1941· 2 entries
Northampton was at sea in the Pacific Ocean about 100 miles (160 km) off Hawaii
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That led the United States into World War II
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1922· 2 entries
Born 1922-07-26.
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Robards was born July 26, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of actor Jason Robards Sr. and Hope Maxine Robards (née Glanville).
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