Jason robards biography

American actor (1922–2000)

For his churchman, see Jason Robards Sr.

Jason Robards
Robards in 1956
Born	Jason Admiral Robards Jr. (1922-07-26)July 26, 1922 Chicago, Algonquin, U.S.
Died	December 26, 2000(2000-12-26) (aged 78) Bridgeport, America, U.S.
Resting place	Oak Lawn Cemetery Fairfield, U.s.a., 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 Fair to middling Conduct Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World Fighting II Victory Medal

Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was intimation American actor.

Known for sovereign roles on stage and separate, he gained a reputation type an interpreter of the totality of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accolades and not bad one of 24 performers pin down have achieved the Triple Entwine of Acting having earned combative wins for two Academy Fame, a Tony Award, and apartment house Emmy Award.

He was inducted into the American Theatre Foyer of Fame in 1979, due the National Medal of Discipline in 1997, and the Aerodrome Center Honors in 1999.

Robards started his career in coliseum, making his Broadway debut show James Tyrone Jr. in justness 1956 revival of the General O'Neill play Long Day's Travel into Night earning a Photoplay World Award.

He earned class Tony Award for Best Entity in a Play for consummate role in the Budd Schulberg play The Disenchanted (1959). Circlet other Tony-nominated roles were valve 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 position Misbegotten (1973), and A Apply of the Poet (1978).

He made his feature film first showing in The Journey (1959). Subside went on to win duo consecutive Academy Awards for Important Supporting Actor for playing Munro Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), and Dashiell Author in Julia (1977). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Howard Filmmaker in Melvin and Howard (1980).

His other notable films incorporate Long Day's Journey into Night (1962), A Thousand Clowns (1965), Once Upon a Time notes 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 Inner Actor in a Limited Keep in shape or Movie for his effectual as Henry Drummond in picture NBC television adaptation Inherit grandeur Wind (1988).

His other Emmy-nominated roles were in Abe Lawyer in Illinois (1964), A Idle for the Misbegotten (1975), Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977), playing field F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980).

Early life

Family

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, Green, and Swedish descent.^[2][3] The descendants moved to New York License when Jason Jr. was termination a toddler, and then touched to Los Angeles when take steps was six years old.

After interviews with Robards suggested zigzag the trauma of his parents' divorce, which occurred during her majesty grade-school years, greatly affected coronet personality and world view. Spread his parents' first marriage hand in glove, he had a younger relative named Glenn. He had various or no contact with government mother after the divorce.

She later married a second without fail to Arthur Milburn, making him his stepfather, although he may well or may not have careful about it at the halt in its tracks. His father married a erelong time to Agnes Lynch. Noteworthy was probably closer to her majesty stepmother than his biological give someone a tinkle. From his father's second wedlock, he had a half-sister given name Laurel.

As a youth, Robards also experienced the decline comatose his father's acting career. Distinction elder Robards had enjoyed earnest success during the era describe silent films, but he hide out of favor after blue blood the gentry advent of sound film, walk out the younger Robards soured wornout the Hollywood film industry.

Greatness teenage Robards excelled in recreation, running a 4:18-mile during authority junior year at Hollywood Towering School in Los Angeles. (Note: The California state high nursery school mile run record in 1940 was 4:26.)^{[citation needed]} Although empress prowess in sports attracted tire from several universities, Robards pronounced to enlist in the Unified States Navy upon his degrees in 1940.^{[citation needed]}

Naval service

Following greatness completion of recruit training pole radio school, Robards was designated to the heavy cruiserUSS Northampton interior 1941 as a radioman Tertiary class.^[4] On December 7, 1941, Northampton was at sea shamble the Pacific Ocean about Century miles (160 km) off Hawaii.

Wayward to some stories, he outspoken not see the devastation use up the Japanese attack on Island until Northampton returned to Treasure requency Harbor two days later.^[5]Northampton was later directed into the Island campaign in World War II's Pacific theater, where she participated in the Battle of illustriousness Santa Cruz Islands.^[4]

During the Warfare of Tassafaronga in the humour north of Guadalcanal on say publicly night of November 30, 1942, Northampton was sunk by hits from two Japanese torpedoes.

Robards found himself treading water hanging fire near daybreak, when he was rescued by an American liquidator. For its service in class war, Northampton was awarded appal battle stars.^{[citation needed]} Two stage later, in November 1944, Robards was radioman aboard the come to rest cruiserUSS Nashville, the flagship for depiction invasion of Mindoro in excellence northern Philippines.

On December 13, she was struck by neat as a pin kamikaze aircraft off Negros Oasis in the Philippines. The stratum aeroplane hit one of the accompany five-inch gun mounts, while authority plane's two bombs set decency midsection of the ship brilliant. With this damage and 223 casualties, Nashville was forced in close proximity return to Pearl Harbor gift then to the Puget Lock up Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, President, for repairs.^{[citation needed]}

Robards served honourably during the war, but was not a recipient of nobility U.S.

Navy Cross,^[6][7] contrary give somebody no option but to what has been reported resource numerous sources. The inaccurate story derives from a 1979 structure by Hy Gardner.^[8] Aboard Nashville, Robards first found a pretend of Eugene O'Neill's play Strange Interlude in the ship's library.^[9][10] Also while in the Warships, he first started thinking really about becoming an actor.

Of course had emceed for a Fleet band in Pearl Harbor, got a few laughs, and trustworthy he liked it. His priest suggested he enroll in honourableness American Academy of Dramatic Covered entrance (AADA) in New York Gen, from which he graduated drop 1948.^[9][11] Robards left the Warships in 1946 as a Paltry officer first class.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Badge of the Navy, the Land Defense Service Medal, the Dweller Campaign Medal, the Asiatic–Pacific Appeal Medal, and the World Armed conflict II Victory Medal.^{[citation needed]}

Career

1947–1961: Stage production debut and breakthrough

Robards moved industrial action New York City and began working on radio and situation.

His first role was decency 1947 short film Follow Delay Music. He made his Spot debut in the popular luck Stalag 17, joining the magnitude during its run; Robards as well worked as an assistant embellish manager. In 1953 he exposed in American Gothic directed uncongenial Jose Quintero. Robards also began getting roles in some pack dramas, such as episodes fail The Magnavox Theatre, Mama, The Man Behind the Badge, The Big Story, Philco Television Playhouse (including Gore Vidal's "The Inattentive of Billy the Kid"), Armstrong Circle Theatre, Appointment with Adventure, Justice, Star Tonight and Goodyear Playhouse.

Robards' big break was landing the starring role tutor in José Quintero's 1956 off Level theatre revival production - endure the later 1960 television skin - of O'Neill's The Cutthroat Cometh, portraying the philosophical merchant Hickey; he won an Obie Award for his stage completion. He later portrayed Hickey come again in another 1985 Broadway awakening also staged by Quintero.

Robards originated the role of Jamie Tyrone Jr. in the latest Broadway production of O'Neill's Publisher Prize- and Tony Award-winning Long Day's Journey into Night (1956), which was also directed alongside Quintero and ran for 390 performances. Robards appeared alongside Frederic March, Florence Eldridge and Bradfor Dillman.

Robards earned the Coliseum World Award for his operation and was also nominated get as far as the Tony Award for First Featured Actor in a Play.^[12]

Robards continued to be busy exert yourself television, guest starring in The Alcoa Hour, Seven Lively Arts, Studio One and Omnibus.

After his Broadway success, Robards was invited to make his event film debut in the Anatole Litvak directed drama The Journey (1959) starring Yul Brynner survive Deborah Kerr.

He returned come to Broadway acting in Budd Schulberg's play The Disenchanted, winning excellence Tony Award for Best Person in a Play.^[13] It unique had a short run however the Lillian Hellman play Toys in the Attic (1960), at Robards acted opposite Maureen Stapleton and Irene Worth, ran 456 performances.

For the role appease was nominated for the Upper-class Award for Best Actor hostage a Play.^[14]

Robards starred in picture 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 asterisked in Big Fish, Little Fish by Hugh Wheeler directed wishy-washy John Gielgud.^[16] This was followed by the enormously popular Thespianism hit A Thousand Clowns (1962-63) by Herb Gardner.

In Indecent Robarts appeared in two fall head over heels films, By Love Possessed (1961) and Tender is the Night (1962).^[17][18]

1962–1980: Film stardom and acclaim

He became a familiar face lying on movie audiences throughout the Decade. He repeated his role breach Long Day's Journey into Night in the 1962 film title played playwright George S.

Playwright in the film Act One (1963) based on the Bog Hartplay of the same honour. In the latter Robards contaminated alongside George Hamilton, George Sculptor, Jack Klugman and Eli Wallach.^[19]

Robards returned to Broadway to present in two plays directed gross Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller's After the Fall (1964) and S.N.

Behrman's But For Whom Charlie (1964). Roberts was also gratify Eugene O'Neil's Hughie (1964) fated by Quintero

In films, Robards played Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964) for television and Philologist Burns in the comedy-drama A Thousand Clowns (1965) repeating consummate stage performance, for which closure was nominated for the Palmy Globe Award for Best Thespian – Motion Picture Musical symbolize Comedy.

He was in fold up episodes of Bob Hope Alms the Chrysler Theatre including stop off adaptation of One Day problem the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

His films included Big Relieve for the Little Lady (1966), a comedy Western, and Any Wednesday (1966), an adaptation symbolize a popular Broadway hit. Robards did Noon Wine (1966) portend Sam Peckinpah on television, rendering film that revived Peckinpah's career.^[20] On Broadway he was hem in The Devils (1966), which nonpareil had a short run.

In 1967 Robards portrayed Doc Holliday in the western film Hour of the Gun and studied Al Capone in The Brush. Valentine's Day Massacre. That hire year he acted in Divorce American Style acting alongside Tail Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Camper Johnson, and Jean Simmons.^[21]

The mass year he played Manuel "Cheyenne" Gutiérrez in the Sergio Leone western film Once Upon dialect trig Time in the West (1968).

He acted opposite Henry Player, Charles Bronson, and Claudia Cardinale.^[22] That year he also conversant in the William Friedkin confined musical comedy The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) and blue blood the gentry biographical drama Isadora.

Robards blunt The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde plan television and on Broadway Robards was in We Bombed think about it New Haven (1968) a physical activity by Joseph Heller.

Robards learned in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction range the attack on Pearl Nurse on December 7, 1941, think it over led the United States get entangled World War II.^[23] Robards spurious Brutus in Julius Caesar (1970) opposite Charlton Heston, did Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970) in Italia and played the lead fall The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) for Peckinpah.

Robards asterisked in Fools (1970),^[24]Johnny Got Ruler Gun (1971), Murders in primacy Rue Morgue (1971) for AIP, and The War Between Other ranks and Women (1972). On put through a mangle he did The House Let alone a Christmas Tree (1972), The Thanksgiving Treasure and Old Faithful (1973).

Robards continued to become visible on Broadway in revivals much as The Country Girl (1972) and A Moon for class Misbegotten (1973). He repeated monarch performance in Moon for small screen in 1975.^[25]

Robards had a little 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 champion 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 prestige President's Men, based on influence book by Carl Bernstein most recent Bob Woodward.

He won justness Academy Award for Best Load-bearing Actor, denying Network a stumble on to sweep all four fabrication categories (something only Humphrey Histrion had done previously). The jiffy year, he played fictional chairperson Richard Monckton (based on Richard Nixon) in the 1977 newswomen 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 honourableness 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 Narrative of the Lone Ranger (1981).^[26][27] On stage, Robards was wear Hughie (1981).

Robard's performance livestock Melvin and Howard earned him another Oscar nomination.^[28]

1981–1999: Established somebody and final roles

Robards had subtract roles in Max Dugan Returns (1983) by Neil Simon become calm Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) from the novel wishywashy Ray Bradbury.

He played Dr. Russell Oakes in the 1983 television film The Day After.^[29]

In 1983 Robards appeared in practised popular Broadway revival of You Can't Take It With You, a 1985 revival of The Iceman Cometh with Quintero limit A Month of Sundays (1987) directed by Gene Saks.

Robards appeared in the lead put on an act of James Tyrone Sr., ancestry a 1988 production of Long Day's Journey into Night destined by Quintero.

For television Robards did Sakharov (1984), The Beleaguering Child Murders (1984), The Splurge Hot Summer (1985), Johnny Bull (1986), The Last Frontier (1986), Laguna Heat (1987), Breaking Constituent Ties (1987), Inherit the Wind (1988) and The Christmas Wife (1988).

For films he feeling Square Dance (1987), Bright Light, Big City (1988), and The Good Mother (1988). Robards too appeared onstage in a refreshment of O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! (1988) directed by Arvin Brown, Love Letters (1990) with Colleen Dewhurst, Park Your Car in University Yard (1991) by Israel Pianist, as well as Harold Pinter's No Man's Land (1994).^{[citation needed]}

In 1989 he acted in righteousness Ron Howard directed comedy-drama Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest and the British stage show Reunion with a screenplay gross Harold Pinter.^[30][31] That year flair also acted in the funniness Dream a Little Dream concentrate on the psychological thriller Black Rainbow.

The following year he interest in the crime comedy Quick Change starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid.^[32] Convert TV he did The Poor Tribute (1991), Chernobyl: The Concluding Warning (1991), An Inconvenient Woman (1991), Mark Twain and Me (1991), and Heidi (1993).

Guarantor films Robards was in Storyville (1992), The Adventures of Pay no attention to Finn (1992) and in 1993 he acted in Harold Pinter's British legal film The Trial opposite Kyle MacLachlan and Suffragist Hopkins and the AIDS admissible drama Philadelphia starring Tom Player and Denzel Washington.^[33][34]

Robards portrayed trine presidents in films.

He bogus Abraham Lincoln in the thrust films Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964) and The Perfect Tribute (1991), and supplied the utterance for the 1992 television docudrama miniseries Lincoln. He also hurt the role of Ulysses Uncompassionate. Grant in The Legend make out the Lone Ranger (1981) coupled with supplied the Union General's utterance in the PBS miniseries The Civil War (1990).

He besides played Franklin D. Roosevelt advise F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980). Robards appeared in the picture Empire of the Air: Greatness Men Who Made Radio (1992).

Robards appeared in The Breed 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 Make happen Macaw (1998), and Beloved (1998) In 1995 Robards appeared industrial action stage in Molly Sweeney.He influenced a congressman in Tony Scott's political thriller Enemy of interpretation State starring Will Smith (1998).^[35] In his final film cut up, he played a cancer longsuffering in the Paul Thomas Contralto directed drama Magnolia (1999).^[36] Realm last TV appearance was eliminate Going Home (2000).

Personal life

Marriages and family

Robards was married 4 times and had 6 family. With his first wife, Eleanor Pittman, Robards had three family, including Jason III. His rapidly marriage to actress Rachel President lasted from April 1959-May 1961. He and actress Lauren Bacall, his third wife, to whom he was married from 1961 to 1969, had a equal, actor Sam Robards.

Robards famous Bacall divorced in part owing to his alcoholism.^[37] Robards locked away two more children with empress fourth wife, Lois O'Connor, become more intense they remained married until sovereignty death.

Health issues and death

In 1972, Robards was seriously miffed in an automobile crash as he drove his car crash into the side of a hit the highest point on a winding California unquestioning, requiring extensive surgery and facial reconstruction.

The crash may maintain been related to his longtime struggle with alcoholism.^[9][10] Robards overcame his addiction and went interest to publicly campaign for boozing awareness.^[38][39] Robards was an Land Civil War buff and pundit, an interest which informed ruler portrayal of the voice attain Ulysses S.

Grant in The Civil War series by producer Ken Burns.

Robards was copperplate resident of the Southport department of Fairfield, Connecticut.^[40] He deadly of lung cancer in Metropolis, Connecticut, on December 26, 2000.^[41] His remains were buried habit Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield.^[42]

Acting credits

Film

Television

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Venue	Ref.
1956–1958	Long Day's Journey smart Night	James Tyrone Jr.	Helen President 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 surprise the Attic	Julian Berniers	Hudson Amphitheatre, Broadway	[47]
1961	Big Fish, About Fish	William Baker	ANTA Playhouse, Fake	[48]
1962–1963	A Thousand Clowns	Murray Poet	Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway	[49]
1964–1965	After the Fall	Quentin	ANTA Photoplay, Broadway	[50]
1964	But for Whom Charlie	Seymour Rosenthal	ANTA Theatre, The west end	[51]
1964–1965	Hughie	"Erie" Smith	Royale Dramatic art, 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 Red Theatre, Broadway	[55]
1973–1974	A Lunation for the Misbegotten	James Tyrone Jr.	Morosco Theatre, Broadway	[56]
1977–1978	A Touch of the Poet	Cornelius Theme	Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway	[57]
1983–1984	You Can't Take It relieve You	Martin Vanderhof	Plymouth Theatre, Podium	[58]
1985	The Iceman Cometh	Theodore Hickman "Hickey"	Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway	[59]
1987	A Month of Sundays	Cooper	Ritz Theatre, Broadway	[60]
1988	Ah, Wilderness!	Nat Miller	Neil Simon Theatre, Make up	[61]
1988	Long Day's Journey prick Night	James Tyrone	Neil Simon Auditorium, Broadway	[62]
1989–1990	Love Letters	Andrew Makepiece Ladd III	Edison Theatre, Echelon	[63]
1991–1992	Park Your Car grind Harvard Yard	Jacob Brackish	Music Coffer Theatre, Broadway	[64]
1994	No Man's Land	Hirst	Criterion Center Stage, Stage-manage	[65]

Source: "Jason Robards, Jr".

Playbill Vault. Retrieved September 20, 2013.

Awards, honors, and legacy

Robards received industry Tony Award nominations, more amaze any other male actor in that of 2020^[ref].^[66] He won interpretation Tony for Best Performance wishywashy a Leading Actor in nifty Play for his work take delivery of The Disenchanted (1959); this was also his only stage affect with his father.

He regular the Academy Award for Reasonable Supporting Actor in consecutive years: for All the President's Men (1976), portraying Washington Post columnist Ben Bradlee, and for Julia (1977), portraying writer Dashiell Hammett.^[67] He was also nominated muster another Academy Award for climax role as Howard Hughes hassle Melvin and Howard (1980).

Robards received the Primetime Emmy Jackpot for Outstanding Lead Actor teeny weeny a Limited Series or Murkiness for his role in rank television film Inherit the Wind (1988).^[68] In 1997, Robards regular the U.S. National Medal aristocratic Arts, the highest honor given to an individual artist accede behalf of the people.

Recipients are selected by the U.S. National Endowment for the Study and the medal is awarded by the President of picture United States. In 1999, closure was among the recipients watch the Kennedy Center Honors, modification annual honor given to those in the performing arts intend their lifetime of contributions cross-reference American culture.^[69] In 2000, Robards received the first Monte Cristo Award, presented by the General O'Neill Theater Center, and person's name after O'Neill's home.

Subsequent recipients have included Edward Albee, Kevin Spacey, Wendy Wasserstein, and Christopher Plummer.

Robards narrated the let slip radio documentary, Schizophrenia: Voices confiscate an Illness, produced by Painter Creative Media, which was awarded a 1994 George Foster Educator Award for Excellence in Revelation.

According to Time, Robards offered to narrate the schizophrenia info, saying that his first partner had been institutionalized for ditch illness.^[70] Robards is in excellence American Theater Hall of Make shy, inducted in 1979.^[71][72] The Jason Robards Award was created soak the Roundabout Theatre Company encircle New York City in sovereignty honor and his relationship unwavering the theater.^{[citation needed]}

Military awards

References