
Jason Robards Sr.
Known for: Acting
Born: December 30, 1892
Died: April 4, 1963
Famed American stage actor. Trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Appeared in many films, initially as a leading man, then in character roles and occasional bits. Consistently billed as Jason Robards, as his more famous son, Jason Robards, did not come into fame until the end of the elder Robards' career. Only referred to as Jason Robards Sr. in retrospect. Died in 1963, having lived to see his namesake son and grandson (Jason Robards III) carry on the family acting tradition.
Known for

Trifles
1930

The Isle of Lost Ships
1929

The Super Snooper
1934

Irish Hearts
1927

The Land of Hope
1921

Jaws of Steel
1927

Hills of Kentucky
1927

Tracked by the Police
1927

The Death Ship
1928

The Jazz Cinderella
1930

The Heart of Maryland
1927

White Flannels
1927

Polly of the Movies
1927

Some Mother's Boy
1929
Dance Hall Hostess
1933

Footloose Widows
1926

Peacock Alley
1930

Ex-Bad Boy
1931

The Law of the Tong
1931

The Gamblers
1929

Trial Marriage
1929

The Mad Empress
1939

The Gilded Lily
1921

The Flying Marine
1929

Klondike
1932

Wild Horse Mesa
1947

A Strange Adventure
1932

Public Stenographer
1934

Docks of San Francisco
1932

Slightly Married
1932

Danger Flight
1939
Follow That Music
1947

Stunt Pilot
1939

Sky Patrol
1939

Salvation Nell
1931

Twin Husbands
1946

White Eagle
1932

Stella Maris
1925

Paris
1929

The Third Degree
1926

Crazy That Way
1930

Sisters
1930

Casey Jones
1927

Subway Express
1931

Caught Plastered
1931

Damaged Lives
1933

Discarded Lovers
1932

The Woman Condemned
1934

Trapped
1931

Carnival Lady
1933

Traffic with the Devil
1946

Lightnin'
1930

Radio Hams
1939

Wild Geese
1927

Flight to Fame
1938

Do or Diet
1947

The Cohens and Kellys
1926

Streets of Shanghai
1927

Desperate
1947

Mademoiselle Fifi
1944

Thunder Mountain
1947

A Game of Death
1945

The Miracle Rider
1935

Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1934

Mystery Plane
1939

Smoky Mountain Melody
1948

On Trial
1928

I'll Take Milk
1946

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
Let's Go Stepping

Isle of the Dead
1945

Bedlam
1946

Riff-Raff
1947

Unholy Love
1932

Clipped Wings
1937

Ship of Wanted Men
1933

Horsemen of the Sierras
1949
What, No Cigarettes
1945

The Fighting Marines
1935

Woman Unafraid
1934

Under the Tonto Rim
1947

Guns of Hate
1948

Seven Keys to Baldpate
1947

Son of God’s Country
1948

Step by Step
1946

Feudin' Rhythm
1949

The Devil's Mate
1933

Ladies Crave Excitement
1935

The Pride of the Legion
1932

Man Alive
1945

Sweetheart of the Navy
1937

Western Heritage
1948

The Second Woman
1950

The Fatal Hour
1940

Ding Dong Williams
1946

Cipher Bureau
1938

Vacation in Reno
1946

Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945

The Falcon's Alibi
1946

The Conquerors
1932

Bermuda Mystery
1944

Scouts to the Rescue
1939

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948

Take the Stand
1934

Range War
1939

Banjo
1947

Torture Money
1937

Trail Street
1947

The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958

Masked Raiders
1949

Betrayal from the East
1945

The Falcon's Adventure
1946

Abraham Lincoln
1930

Charlie Chan Carries On
1931

Rimfire
1949

South of Death Valley
1949

Dynamite
1949

Broadway Bill
1934

Post Office Investigator
1949

Crimson Romance
1934

Alaska Patrol
1949

Criminal Court
1946

Zombies on Broadway
1945

The Rage of Paris
1938

The Bamboo Blonde
1946

Corruption
1933

Impact
1949

Shed No Tears
1948

Fighting Father Dunne
1948

The Way to Love
1933

Western Pacific Agent
1950

San Antonio Rose
1941

Union Depot
1932

Gangs of Chicago
1940

The President Vanishes
1934

Employees' Entrance
1933

Massacre River
1949

Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934

The Farmer's Daughter
1947

Wild in the Country
1961

The Firefly
1937

Return of the Bad Men
1948

The Long Shot
1939

The Last Days of Pompeii
1935

Half a Sinner
1940

The Falcon in San Francisco
1945

Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947

All of Me
1934

Code of the West
1947

The Howards of Virginia
1940

The Nurse from Brooklyn
1938

Break of Hearts
1935

Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949

Laughing at Trouble
1936

Music in Manhattan
1944

If You Knew Susie
1948

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947

Born to Kill
1947

Dick Tracy
1945

The Threat
1949

San Francisco
1936

The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936

Woman Against Woman
1938

Juarez
1939

Race Street
1948

I Love You Again
1940

The Kansan
1943

Johnny Angel
1945

Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936

Deadline at Dawn
1946

Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939

I Live My Life
1935

Silver Queen
1942

A Likely Story
1947

Vogues of 1938
1937

I Stole a Million
1939

A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940

Vagabond Lady
1935

Only Yesterday
1933

Badman's Territory
1946

The Judge Steps Out
1947

General Electric Theater
1953
Acapulco
1961

Leave It to Beaver
1957

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960