Highest rated movie: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Lowest rated movie: Fools (1970)
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Looking for reviews of Jason Robards movies? Cinafilm has a total of 8,138 reviews across 50 movies.
Movies starring Jason Robards have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 63%.
Once Upon a Time in the West - released in 1968 - is Jason Robards's highest rated movie, with a score of 85% based on 750 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Jason Robards is Fools - released in 1970 - with a score of 42% based on 1 reviews.
Robards moved to New York City and began working on radio and stage. His first role was the 1947 short film Follow That Music. His big break was landing the starring role in José Quintero's 1956 off Broadway theatre revival production and the later 1960 television film of O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, portraying the philosophical salesman Hickey; he won an Obie Award for his stage performance. He later portrayed Hickey again in another 1985 Broadway revival also staged by Quintero. Robards created the role of Jamie Tyrone in the original Broadway production of O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Long Day's Journey into Night, which was also directed by Quintero; Robards appeared in the lead role of James Tyrone Sr., in a 1988 production of the same play. Other O'Neill plays directed by Quintero and featuring Robards included Hughie (1964), A Touch of the Poet (1977), and A Moon for the Misbegotten (1973). He repeated his role in Long Day's Journey into Night in the 1962 film and televised his performances in A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975) and Hughie (1984).
Jason Robards has acted in films with Jane Fonda, L.Q. Jones, Mary Steenburgen and Martin Balsam.
Jason Robards has worked with these film directors: Jonathan Demme, Ron Howard, Tony Scott and John Sturges.
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