Jason Robards Sr.

Jason Robards Sr. is too often a footnote to his more famous son, and I think that's a quiet injustice. Born in Hillsdale, Michigan, in 1892, he came up through the stage, carried films as a leading man, then gracefully accepted smaller parts and television work as the industry changed under him. What fascinates me is that arc itself: a career spanning the silent era, talkies, and broadcast television is a living record of how an entire art form transformed. I respect performers who keep working through reinvention rather than clinging to past status, and Robards embodies exactly that kind of durable, unglamorous craft.

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Name (English)

Jason Robards Sr.

Name (Japanese)

ジェイソン・ロバーズ・Sr

Reading

じぇいそん・ろばーず・Sr

Born

December 31, 1892 – April 4, 1963

Origin

Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

Height

175 cm

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Robards%20Sr.
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BBSr
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3074308

Tags

• Michigan
• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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