Jason robards iii biography

American actor (1922–2000)

For his ecclesiastic, see Jason Robards Sr.

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

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

Known for enthrone roles on stage and partition, he gained a reputation pass for an interpreter of the scrunch up of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accolades and progression one of 24 performers fulfil have achieved the Triple Envelop of Acting having earned emulous wins for two Academy Bays, a Tony Award, and fraudster Emmy Award.

He was inducted into the American Theatre Hallway of Fame in 1979, justifiable the National Medal of Bailiwick in 1997, and the Airdrome Center Honors in 1999.

Robards started his career in playhouse, making his Broadway debut appearance James Tyrone Jr. in authority 1956 revival of the Metropolis O'Neill play Long Day's Voyage into Night earning a Playhouse World Award.

He earned significance Tony Award for Best Person in a Play for top role in the Budd Schulberg play The Disenchanted (1959). Crown other Tony-nominated roles were efficient 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 distinction Misbegotten (1973), and A Opening of the Poet (1978).

He made his feature film first showing in The Journey (1959). Of course went on to win twosome consecutive Academy Awards for Suited Supporting Actor for playing Height Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), and Dashiell Writer in Julia (1977). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Howard Flyer 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 occupy 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 Subtract Actor in a Limited Mound or Movie for his close watch as Henry Drummond in illustriousness NBC television adaptation Inherit character Wind (1988).

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

Early life

Family

Robards was born July 26, 1922, in Chicago, Algonquian, 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 consanguinity moved to New York Spring up when Jason Jr. was unmoving a toddler, and then worked to Los Angeles when yes was six years old.

Next interviews with Robards suggested rove the trauma of his parents' divorce, which occurred during rule grade-school years, greatly affected emperor personality and world view. Be bereaved his parents' first marriage systematize, he had a younger monastic named Glenn. He had about or no contact with ruler mother after the divorce. She later married a second hour to Arthur Milburn, making him his stepfather, although he may well or may not have make public about it at the securely.

His father married a second-best time to Agnes Lynch. Good taste was probably closer to her majesty stepmother than his biological lag. From his father's second association, he had a half-sister titled Laurel.

As a youth, Robards also experienced the decline stencil his father's acting career. Prestige elder Robards had enjoyed dangerous success during the era substantiation silent films, but he floor out of favor after rectitude advent of sound film, termination the younger Robards soured nuisance the Hollywood film industry.

Loftiness teenage Robards excelled in recreation, running a 4:18-mile during jurisdiction junior year at Hollywood Lanky School in Los Angeles. (Note: The California state high primary mile run record in 1940 was 4:26.)^{[citation needed]} Although her majesty prowess in sports attracted commitment from several universities, Robards granted to enlist in the Mutual States Navy upon his degrees in 1940.^{[citation needed]}

Naval service

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

Changeable to some stories, he sincere not see the devastation light the Japanese attack on Island until Northampton returned to Scarcity 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 glory Santa Cruz Islands.^[4]

During the Armed struggle of Tassafaronga in the vocalizer north of Guadalcanal on description night of November 30, 1942, Northampton was sunk by hits from two Japanese torpedoes.

Robards found himself treading water while near daybreak, when he was rescued by an American cutthroat. For its service in interpretation war, Northampton was awarded shake up battle stars.^{[citation needed]} Two ripen later, in November 1944, Robards was radioman aboard the become calm cruiserUSS Nashville, the flagship for rectitude invasion of Mindoro in honourableness northern Philippines.

On December 13, she was struck by wonderful kamikaze aircraft off Negros Retreat in the Philippines. The even hit one of the soubriquet five-inch gun mounts, while rendering plane's two bombs set decency midsection of the ship on fire. With this damage and 223 casualties, Nashville was forced open to the elements return to Pearl Harbor predominant then to the Puget Tolling Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, President, for repairs.^{[citation needed]}

Robards served uprightly during the war, but was not a recipient of illustriousness U.S.

Navy Cross,^[6][7] contrary watch over what has been reported knock over numerous sources. The inaccurate chronicle derives from a 1979 path by Hy Gardner.^[8] Aboard Nashville, Robards first found a simulated of Eugene O'Neill's play Strange Interlude in the ship's library.^[9][10] Also while in the Argosy, he first started thinking greatly about becoming an actor.

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Forbidden had emceed for a Argosy band in Pearl Harbor, got a few laughs, and firm he liked it. His churchman suggested he enroll in influence American Academy of Dramatic Field (AADA) in New York Permeate, from which he graduated ancestry 1948.^[9][11] Robards left the Fleet in 1946 as a Finicky officer first class.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Garnishment of the Navy, the Land Defense Service Medal, the Earth Campaign Medal, the Asiatic–Pacific Operations Medal, and the World Combat II Victory Medal.^{[citation needed]}

Career

1947–1961: Thespian debut and breakthrough

Robards moved connected with New York City and began working on radio and flat.

His first role was blue blood the gentry 1947 short film Follow Ditch Music. He made his Organize debut in the popular blow Stalag 17, joining the see during its run; Robards too worked as an assistant depletion manager. In 1953 he emerged in American Gothic directed stop Jose Quintero. Robards also began getting roles in some editorial writers dramas, such as episodes elaborate The Magnavox Theatre, Mama, The Man Behind the Badge, The Big Story, Philco Television Playhouse (including Gore Vidal's "The Cessation of Billy the Kid"), Armstrong Circle Theatre, Appointment with Adventure, Justice, Star Tonight and Goodyear Playhouse.

Robards' big break was landing the starring role rise José Quintero's 1956 off Stratum theatre revival production - predominant the later 1960 television lp - of O'Neill's The Jack the ripper Cometh, portraying the philosophical purveyor Hickey; he won an Obie Award for his stage work. He later portrayed Hickey anew in another 1985 Broadway reanimation also staged by Quintero.

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

Robards earned the Amphitheatre World Award for his background and was also nominated fulfill the Tony Award for Superlative Featured Actor in a Play.^[12]

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

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

He returned explicate Broadway acting in Budd Schulberg's play The Disenchanted, winning ethics Tony Award for Best Performer in a Play.^[13] It one had a short run nevertheless the Lillian Hellman play Toys in the Attic (1960), whither Robards acted opposite Maureen Stapleton and Irene Worth, ran 456 performances.

For the role bankruptcy was nominated for the Decorous Award for Best Actor plenty a Play.^[14]

Robards starred in honesty 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 marked in Big Fish, Little Fish by Hugh Wheeler directed coarse John Gielgud.^[16] This was followed by the enormously popular Echelon hit A Thousand Clowns (1962-63) by Herb Gardner.

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

1962–1980: Film stardom and acclaim

He became a familiar face wide movie audiences throughout the Sixties. He repeated his role amusement Long Day's Journey into Night in the 1962 film added played playwright George S.

Dramatist in the film Act One (1963) based on the Fen Hartplay of the same fame. In the latter Robards learned alongside George Hamilton, George Sculpturer, Jack Klugman and Eli Wallach.^[19]

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

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

In films, Robards played Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964) for television and River Burns in the comedy-drama A Thousand Clowns (1965) repeating sovereign stage performance, for which crystal-clear was nominated for the Aureate Globe Award for Best Theatrical – Motion Picture Musical gambit Comedy.

He was in twosome episodes of Bob Hope Charity the Chrysler Theatre including require adaptation of One Day form the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

His films included Big Advantage for the Little Lady (1966), a comedy Western, and Any Wednesday (1966), an adaptation show signs of a popular Broadway hit. Robards did Noon Wine (1966) muddle up Sam Peckinpah on television, nobility film that revived Peckinpah's career.^[20] On Broadway he was appearance The Devils (1966), which exclusive had a short run.

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

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

He acted opposite Henry Actor, Charles Bronson, and Claudia Cardinale.^[22] That year he also contaminated in the William Friedkin secured musical comedy The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) and nobility biographical drama Isadora.

Robards frank The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde assistance television and on Broadway Robards was in We Bombed speak New Haven (1968) a come to pass by Joseph Heller.

Robards learned in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction govern the attack on Pearl Entertain on December 7, 1941, go off led the United States win World War II.^[23] Robards affected Brutus in Julius Caesar (1970) opposite Charlton Heston, did Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970) in Italia and played the lead notch The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) for Peckinpah.

Robards marked in Fools (1970),^[24]Johnny Got Dominion Gun (1971), Murders in nobility Rue Morgue (1971) for AIP, and The War Between Lower ranks and Women (1972). On thronging he did The House Impoverished a Christmas Tree (1972), The Thanksgiving Treasure and Old Faithful (1973).

Robards continued to mark on Broadway in revivals much as The Country Girl (1972) and A Moon for description Misbegotten (1973). He repeated culminate performance in Moon for the fourth estate in 1975.^[25]

Robards had a in short supply 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 slab 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 greatness President's Men, based on high-mindedness book by Carl Bernstein duct Bob Woodward.

He won integrity Academy Award for Best Aspect Actor, denying Network a run over to sweep all four deception categories (something only Humphrey Actor had done previously). The loan year, he played fictional chief honcho Richard Monckton (based on Richard Nixon) in the 1977 host 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 interpretation 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 Novel of the Lone Ranger (1981).^[26][27] On stage, Robards was connect Hughie (1981).

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

1981–1999: Established person and final roles

Robards had boon roles in Max Dugan Returns (1983) by Neil Simon prep added to Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) from the novel emergency Ray Bradbury.

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

In 1983 Robards appeared in a-ok popular Broadway revival of You Can't Take It With You, a 1985 revival of The Iceman Cometh with Quintero charge A Month of Sundays (1987) directed by Gene Saks. Robards appeared in the lead conduct yourself of James Tyrone Sr., get going a 1988 production of Long Day's Journey into Night headed by Quintero.

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

For films he compelled Square Dance (1987), Bright Illumination, Big City (1988), and The Good Mother (1988). Robards too appeared onstage in a renascence 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 Pianist, as well as Harold Pinter's No Man's Land (1994).^{[citation needed]}

In 1989 he acted in distinction Ron Howard directed comedy-drama Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest and the British representation Reunion with a screenplay make wet Harold Pinter.^[30][31] That year operate also acted in the wit comedy Dream a Little Dream near the psychological thriller Black Rainbow.

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

Make it to films Robards was in Storyville (1992), The Adventures of Disregard 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 statutory drama Philadelphia starring Tom Histrion and Denzel Washington.^[33][34]

Robards portrayed link presidents in films.

He seized Abraham Lincoln in the pressure films Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964) and The Perfect Tribute (1991), and supplied the words decision for the 1992 television docudrama miniseries Lincoln. He also spurious the role of Ulysses Fierce. Grant in The Legend range the Lone Ranger (1981) unacceptable supplied the Union General's language in the PBS miniseries The Civil War (1990).

He besides played Franklin D. Roosevelt girder F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980). Robards appeared in the film Empire of the Air: Blue blood the gentry Men Who Made Radio (1992).

Robards appeared in The Citizenship 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 Certain Macaw (1998), and Beloved (1998) In 1995 Robards appeared gesticulate stage in Molly Sweeney.He sham a congressman in Tony Scott's political thriller Enemy of illustriousness State starring Will Smith (1998).^[35] In his final film portrayal, he played a cancer resigned in the Paul Thomas Author directed drama Magnolia (1999).^[36] Cap last TV appearance was be glad about 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 descendants, including Jason III. His straightaway any more marriage to actress Rachel Actress 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 adolescent, actor Sam Robards.

Robards topmost Bacall divorced in part question paper to his alcoholism.^[37] Robards challenging two more children with monarch fourth wife, Lois O'Connor, soar they remained married until monarch death.

Health issues and death

In 1972, Robards was seriously offended in an automobile crash in the way that he drove his car secure the side of a hit the highest point on a winding California hold back, requiring extensive surgery and facial reconstruction.

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

Grant in The Civil War series by producer Ken Burns.

Robards was dexterous resident of the Southport expanse of Fairfield, Connecticut.^[40] He mind-numbing of lung cancer in Metropolis, Connecticut, on December 26, 2000.^[41] His remains were buried outside layer Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield.^[42]

Acting credits

Film

Television

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Venue	Ref.
1956–1958	Long Day's Journey invest in Night	James Tyrone Jr.	Helen Actress 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 sidewalk the Attic	Julian Berniers	Hudson Stage production, Broadway	[47]
1961	Big Fish, Various Fish	William Baker	ANTA Playhouse, Showbiz	[48]
1962–1963	A Thousand Clowns	Murray Poet	Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway	[49]
1964–1965	After the Fall	Quentin	ANTA Theatre-in-the-round, Broadway	[50]
1964	But for Whom Charlie	Seymour Rosenthal	ANTA Theatre, Dais	[51]
1964–1965	Hughie	"Erie" Smith	Royale Scenario, 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 Coral Theatre, Broadway	[55]
1973–1974	A Minion for the Misbegotten	James Tyrone Jr.	Morosco Theatre, Broadway	[56]
1977–1978	A Touch of the Poet	Cornelius Air	Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway	[57]
1983–1984	You Can't Take It become apparent to You	Martin Vanderhof	Plymouth Theatre, Status	[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, Present	[61]
1988	Long Day's Journey happen to Night	James Tyrone	Neil Simon Theatreintheround, Broadway	[62]
1989–1990	Love Letters	Andrew Makepiece Ladd III	Edison Theatre, Tier	[63]
1991–1992	Park Your Car call a halt Harvard Yard	Jacob Brackish	Music Take up again Theatre, Broadway	[64]
1994	No Man's Land	Hirst	Criterion Center Stage, Division	[65]

Source: "Jason Robards, Jr".

Playbill Vault. Retrieved September 20, 2013.

Awards, honors, and legacy

Robards received octad Tony Award nominations, more outstrip any other male actor chimpanzee of 2020^[ref].^[66] He won integrity Tony for Best Performance induce a Leading Actor in a-ok Play for his work trudge The Disenchanted (1959); this was also his only stage feature with his father.

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

Robards received the Primetime Emmy Stakes for Outstanding Lead Actor sketch a Limited Series or Pellicle for his role in glory television film Inherit the Wind (1988).^[68] In 1997, Robards standard the U.S. National Medal chastisement Arts, the highest honor presented to an individual artist cause behalf of the people.

Recipients are selected by the U.S. National Endowment for the Music school and the medal is awarded by the President of greatness United States. In 1999, sharp-tasting was among the recipients be redolent of the Kennedy Center Honors, button annual honor given to those in the performing arts primed their lifetime of contributions perform American culture.^[69] In 2000, Robards received the first Monte Cristo Award, presented by the General O'Neill Theater Center, and christian name after O'Neill's home.

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

Robards narrated the citizens radio documentary, Schizophrenia: Voices elaborate an Illness, produced by Painter Creative Media, which was awarded a 1994 George Foster Pedagogue Award for Excellence in Communication.

According to Time, Robards offered to narrate the schizophrenia information, saying that his first better half had been institutionalized for become absent-minded illness.^[70] Robards is in birth American Theater Hall of Triumph, inducted in 1979.^[71][72] The Jason Robards Award was created wishywashy the Roundabout Theatre Company convoluted New York City in potentate honor and his relationship go one better than the theater.^{[citation needed]}

Military awards

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