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Jason Robards
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Biography
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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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Riding the Circuit
From theme park gunslingers to bounty hunters on Mars, a journey through the sci-fi Western and the cultures that remade it.
8 films
The Perfect Needledrop: Ten Moments That Own the Screen
From sudden silences to euphoric choruses, these are the film moments where a song doesn't just score the scene, it becomes the scene.
10 films
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Magnolia
1999 · Earl Partridge
The Paper
1994 · Graham Keighley
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993 · The King
Quick Change
1990 · Chief Rotzinger
Black Rainbow
1989 · Walter Travis
Parenthood
1989 · Frank Buckman
The World of Tomorrow
1984 · Self / Narrator
Burden of Dreams
1982 · Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Julia
1977 · Dashiell Hammett
All the President's Men
1976 · Ben Bradlee
A Boy and His Dog
1975 · Lou Craddock
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 · Joe's Father
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · 'Cheyenne'