Jason Robards
Run Production Role Notes
November 7 , 1956 - March 29 , 1958 Long Day 's Journey into Night James Tyrone Jr Theatre World Award Nominated - Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
June 23 , 1958 - September 23 , 1958 Henry IV , Part 1 Hotspur In repertory at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival
July 21 , 1958 - September 13 , 1958 The Winter 's Tale Polixenes In repertory at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival
December 3 , 1958 - May 16 , 1959 The Disenchanted Manley Halliday Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
February 25 , 1960 - April 8 , 1961 Toys in the Attic Julian Berniers Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
March 15 , 1961 - June 10 , 1961 Big Fish , Little Fish William Baker
April 5 , 1962 - April 13 , 1963 A Thousand Clowns Murray Burns
January 23 , 1964 - May 29 , 1965 After the Fall Quentin Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
March 12 , 1964 - July 2 , 1964 But for Whom Charlie Seymour Rosenthal
December 22 , 1964 - January 30 , 1965 Hughie Erie Smith Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
November 16 , 1965 - January 22 , 1966 The Devils Urbain Grandier
October 16 , 1968 - December 29 , 1968 We Bombed in New Haven Captain Starkey
March 15 , 1972 - May 6 , 1972 The Country Girl Frank Elgin Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
December 29 , 1973 - November 17 , 1974 A Moon for the Misbegotten James Tyrone Jr Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
December 28 , 1977 - April 30 , 1978 A Touch of the Poet Cornelius Melody Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
April 4 , 1983 - January 1 , 1984 You Ca n't Take It with You Martin Vanderhof
September 29 , 1985 - December 1 , 1985 The Iceman Cometh Theodore Hickman Hickey
April 16 , 1987 - April 18 , 1987 A Month of Sundays Cooper
June 23 , 1988 - July 23 , 1988 Ah , Wilderness ! Nat Miller
June 14 , 1988 - July 23 , 1988 Long Day 's Journey into Night James Tyrone
Work -- Stage
Robards and Maureen Stapleton in Toys in the Attic ( Broadway , 1960 )
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was a winner of a Tony Award, two Academy Awards and an Emmy Award, making him one of 24 Triple Crown of Acting winners. He was also a United States Navy decorated combat veteran of World War II. He became famous playing works of American playwright Eugene O'Neill and regularly performed in O'Neill's works throughout his career. Robards was cast both in common-man roles and as well-known historical figures.