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Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) 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.
Powerful and highly respected American actor Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Hope Maxine (Glanville) and stage and film star Jason Robards Sr. He had Swedish, English, Welsh, German, and Irish ancestry. Robards was raised mostly in Los Angeles.
Dec 26, 2000 · Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
Jun 21, 2024 · Billed as Jason Robards, Jr., he made his first professional New York stage appearance in 1947, in a children’s theatre production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Supplementing his acting income by working as a cab driver and a schoolteacher, he spent several years playing small roles onstage and in radio and television before he won a lead role ...
Dec 26, 2000 · Jason Nelson Robards Jr. Actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was a distinguished performer best known for winning the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for All the President's Men (1976) and for Julia (1977).
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Full name, Jason Nelson Robards, Jr.; born July 26, 1922, in Chicago, IL; sonof Jason Nelson (an actor) and Hope Maxine (maiden name, Glanville) Robards;married Eleanor Pitman, May 7, 1948 (divorced, 1958); married Rachel Taylor (divorced); married Lauren Bacall (an actress), July 4, 1961 (divorced, 1969); married Lois O'Connor (a producer ...
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May 21, 2018 · Nationality: American. Born: Jason Nelson Robards Jr., in Chicago, Illinois, 26 July 1922; son of the actor Jason Robards Sr.; often billed as Jason Robards, Jr. in early years of his career. Education: Attended Hollywood High School; American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, 1946–47.
May 7, 2020 · After leaving the Navy in 1946, Robards moved to New York City where he began working as an actor on radio, stage, and later TV where he was billed as Jason Robards Jr. He married first wife Eleanor Pitman in 1948 with whom he would have three children.
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May 10, 2013 · On Nov. 30, 1942, the Northampton was struck by two Japanese long-range torpedoes in the Battle of Tassafaronga. The ship was destroyed, and Robards survived by treading water near the...
Born in 1922, in Chicago, Robards was the son of a well-known actor of the 1920s and early '30s, Jason Robards, Sr. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and became a radioman stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
