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Jason Robards, Sr. (
December 31 1892 —
April 4 1963) was a stage and screen actor, and the father of
Oscar-winning actor
Jason Robards, Jr..
Biography
Robards was born
Jason Nelson Robards in
Hillsdale, Michigan to Elizabeth Loomis and Frank P. Robards, Sr. 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, didn't 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.
Film Career
Robards, Sr. had a film career which lasted from
1921 through
1961, where he was billed as
Jason Robards, Sr. after his son became famous. His Broadway credits include the musical
Turn To The Right (1917). After 1951, Robards' career consisted entirely of television performances, but prior to that, the
Internet Movie Database lists appearances in 208 movies over a 30-year span before he spent another decade acting in various television shows and series.
Robards' best known stage role was John Marvin in the long-running hit
Lightnin'. Robards' connection to the part caused his son to equate him to the character of James Tyrone in
Long Day's Journey Into Night, which
Jason, Jr. played on
Broadway in
1956. In the play, Tyrone is an actor whose career is limited by his identification with a single part,
The Count of Monte Cristo.
Jason, Jr. would later say "One of the most damaging things for me, I realize now, was playing a drunk in the play
Long Day's Journey Into Night. In the play, the drunk's father is a failed artist and his mother was a drug addict. It was only after years of analysis I realized I was acting out events in my own life on stage."
Further information
Father and son acted on stage together only once, in
Budd Schulberg's
The Disenchanted, a play inspired by the story of
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Jason, Jr. won his only
Tony Award for his performance.
Death
Jason Robards, Sr. died, aged 70, in
Sherman Oaks, California, of a
heart attack.
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