Jason Robards, Jr.

1922 - 2000  (78 years)    Has one ancestor and 2 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Jason Robards
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	26 Jul 1922	Chicago, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	USA
  actor
  Death	26 Dec 2000	Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I184258	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2001

  
  

  Father	Jason Robards, Sr.,   b. 31 Dec 1892, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA d. 4 Apr 1963, Sherman Oaks, California, USA (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F121481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor Pittman   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 May 1948
  6 children
  Divorce	1958
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F121482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2001

  
  

  Family 2	Rachel Taylor
  Marriage	1959
  Divorce	4 May 1962
  Family ID	F121483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2001

  
  

  Family 3	Lauren Bacall,   b. 16 Sep 1924, New York, New York, USA d. 12 Aug 2014, New York, New York, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1961
  Divorce	1969
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F74257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2001

  
  

  Family 4	Lois o' Connor
  Marriage	14 Feb 1970
  1 child
  Family ID	F121484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2001

  
  

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  Son of stage and film star Jason Robards Sr.. After receiving the Navy Cross (the second highest decoration in the U.S. Navy) for his service in World War II, he struggled as a small-part actor in local New York theatre, TV, and radio before shooting to fame on the New York stage in the role of Hickey in Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh." He followed that with another masterful O'Neill portrayal, as the alcoholic Jamie Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" on Broadway. He entered films in 1959 in The Journey, and rose rapidly to even greater fame as a film star. Won consecutive Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977), in each case playing real-life persons. Has continued to work on the stage, winning continued acclaim in works of 'Eugene O'Neill' including "Moon For the Misbegotten" and "Hughie." Father of actors Jason Robards III and Sam Robards. IMDb mini-biography by Jim Beaver Spouse 'Lois O'Connor' (14 February 1970 - 26 December 2000) (his death); 2 children Lauren Bacall (4 July 1962 - 10 September 1969) (divorced); 1 child Rachel Taylor (1959 - 4 May 1962) (divorced) 'Eleanor Pittman' (7 May 1948 - 1958) (divorced); 6 children Trivia Recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contribution to arts and culture, presented by President Clinton in Wash DC, Dec. 5, 1999. Father of actor Jason Robards III. Father, with actress Lauren Bacall, of actor Sam Robards. Pearl Harbor Survivor He has 3 children with Eleanor Pitman. He has 2 children with Lois O'Connor. He won an Emmy in 1988 for "Inherit The Wind". Is a Civil War buff in real life. Ironically he played President U.S. Grant in "The Legend of the Long Ranger (1980), and was the voice of General Grant in the PBS mini-series "The Civil War" (1990). Preferred working in the theater, and said once that he performed in Hollywood films so that he could "grab the money and go back to Broadway as fast as I can." In 1972, he was in a horrifying accident on a winding California road. He drove his car into the side of a mountain and nearly died. His acute drinking problem contributed to the accident. He slowly recovered after extensive surgery and facial reconstruction. Personal quotes "An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play." Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Gruff, raspy-voiced supporting player and character lead, one of the finest working in film today. The son of actor and silent-screen star Jason Robards, he served in the Navy during World War 2 (surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor), and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before scoring a spectacular triumph in the 1956 Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh." After winning the prestigious New York Drama Critics Award for his turn in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" the following year, Robards became a bona fide stage star (and cemented an indelible association with the works of O'Neill). He won a Tony award in 1959 for "The Disenchanted." His success in films hasn't been quite as stunning, possibly because he has remained, with few exceptions, in character roles, often registering best playing real-life figures. Robards made his movie debut in The Journey (1959), then didn't appear onscreen for another two years, resurfacing in By Love Possessed (1961). His portrayal of F. Scott Fitzgerald protagonist Dick Diver in Tender Is the Night (1962) earned Robards considerable praise, as did his reprise of the Jamie Tyrone role for that year's film adaptation of Long Day's Journey Into Night and his turn as playwright George S. Kaufman in Act One (1963). He had a rare starring role in A Thousand Clowns (1965), recreating his Broadway triumph as the irrepressible (and irresponsible) misfit and surrogate father to an adoring nephew. He then played gangster Al Capone in The St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Western gunslinger Doc Holliday in Hour of the Gun (both 1967). His parts in the late 1960s and early 1970s ran the gamut from a divorce lawyer in Divorce American Style (1967) to a burlesque performer in The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), from a gunman in the super-spaghetti Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) to a wartime general in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), from Brutus in Julius Caesar (1971) to a Western dreamer in Sam Peckinpah's The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970, the starring role). He rejoined Peckinpah to play New Mexico governor (and "Ben-Hur" author) Lew Wallace in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973). Other credits during this period include Isadora (1968), Johnny Got His Gun (1971), and The War Between Men and Women (1972). Then in the late 1970s he won back-to-back Oscars, playing "Washington Post" editor Ben Bradlee in the Watergate thriller All the President's Men (1976) and following it with a skillful, sharply delineated turn as novelist Dashiell Hammett (to whom, with his unruly white hair and mustache, he bore a surprising resemblance) in the Lillian Hellman memoir Julia (1977). He was subsequently nominated (but did not win) for his purposely eccentric characterization of tycoon Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard (1980). Robards, who juggles TV work and stage appearances with his movie assignments, made relatively few films in the 1980s, among them Raise the Titanic! (1980), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), Something Wicked This Way Comes, Max Dugan Returns (both 1983), Square Dance (1987), Bright Lights, Big City, The Good Mother (both 1988), Dream a Little Dream, Black Rainbow, Reunion and Parenthood (all 1989, the last offering his best part in years, as Steve Martin's crotchety father). He was the original, well-cast star of Werner Herzog's problem-plagued Fitzcarraldo (1982), but was replaced by Klaus Kinski; he can be seen in Les Blank's revealing documentary on the making of that film, Burden of Dreams. He has since appeared on the big screen in Quick Change (1990, delightful as a world-weary New York cop) and Storyville (1992). Beginning with A Christmas to Remember (1978), he turned some of his energies to TV movies and miniseries, which have included Haywire (1980, as show-biz agent Leland Hayward), The Day After (1983), The Long Hot Summer (1985), Laguna Heat (1987), Inherit the Wind (1988, for which he won an Emmy), Mark Twain and Me (1991, unrecognizable under heavy makeup as the fabled author), and Heidi (1993). Recent credits include The Adventures of Huck Finn, Philadelphia (both 1993), The Paper, The Trial and Little Big League (all 1994). Formerly married to Lauren Bacall; their son Sam Robards has launched an acting career of his own, with roles in such films as Tempest (1982) and The Ballad of Little Jo (1993).