Jason Robards Jr.

Jason Robards (born in Chicago, Illinois, July 26, 1922, died December 26, 2000) acted on the Broadway stage and in movies like Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962) directed by Sidney Lumet from the 1956 play by Eugene O’Neill, A Thousand Clowns (1965), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) by Sergio Leone, All the President’s Men (1976) by Alan Pakula with Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, Julia (1977) by Fred Zinnemann with Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave, Melvin and Howard (1980) by Jonathan Demme. On television, Robards acted in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964), A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975), F.D.R. The Last Year (1980), Sakharov (1984), Inherit the Wind (1988).

Golden Globe Awards

1985 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Sakharov
- Jason Robards Jr.
1981 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Melvin and Howard
- Jason Robards Jr.
1978 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Julia
- Jason Robards Jr.
1977 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- All The President's Men
- Jason Robards Jr.
1966 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Thousand Clowns, A
- Jason Robards Jr.