Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Jul 26 1922• Died 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. He is one of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
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Narrator (voice)

Frank Cameron

Self - Mystery Guest

Self

Doctor Huld

Joe Grant

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Self - Narrator (voice)

Robert Jordan

Self

Elliot Brent

'Cheyenne'

Self

Ulysses S. Grant

Royal Earle Thompson

Earl Partridge

Charles Wheeler

Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)

Self - Brigham Young

Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)

Dr. Rank

Ben Bradlee

General Walter C. Short

Bert Palmer

Alvin Binder


Mr. Bodwin


Dr. Russell Oakes

Grandfather

Col. Carter

Self

Frank Buckman

Will Varner

Dashiell Hammett

Graham Keighley

The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

Ed Stenning

Jules Mendelson

Joe's Father

Doc Holliday

President Richard Monckton

Thomas Heywood

Dillard

Self

Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

Howard Hughes

Cable Hogue

The King

Governor Wallace

Self (archive footage)

Mr. Hardy (uncredited)

W. O. Muth

Larry Cook

General R. Pendleton Lloyd

Henry Drummond

Chief Rotzinger

Lou Craddock

Marcus

Admiral James Sandecker

Max Dugan

Self

Dick Diver

Paris Singer

Henry Strauss

Doctor Huld

Erie Smith

Paul Kedes

Gunther Beckdorff

Coleman Ettinger

Self

Josea Burden

Nelson Downes

Self
President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Andrei Sakharov

Leland Hayward

Harry Drummond

Raymond Paine

Self

Murray

President Abraham Lincoln

Clifford Fowler

George S. Kaufman

Al Capone

Wade Shephard

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Logan Reeser

Ben Bradlee (archive footage)

Charles Barton

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sam Armstrong

Lloyd Wells

Capt. Charles Bruckner

Julius Penrose

Walter Travis

President Ulysses S. Grant

Cesar Charron

John Cleves

Grandpa Girdis

Charles Halloway

Self - Narrator (voice)

Stephan Kovacs

Dr. Armand Hammer

Jamie Tyrone

Matthew South

Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

Narrator (voice)

Stephen Kozlenko

Clay (voice)

Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

Inspector Barkan

Dr. Rank

Marcus Brutus

Detective Anderson

Mark Twain

Daniel Larson

John Tanner

Self (archive footage)

Großvater

Frank Elgin

Royal Earle Thompson

Passage Narrator (voice)

Jason Robards

John Gwilt

James "Jamie" Mills

James "Jamie" Mills
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Narrator (voice)

Self / Narrator

Robert Jordan

Performer

James "Jamie" Mills
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Voice

Abraham Lincoln

(voice)

James "Jamie" Mills

Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

Self (archive footage)

Narrator (voice)

Joe's Father (video "One")

James Tyrone Jr.
Self - Narrator (voice)

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Self - Host

Ed Stenning