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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-12-30

Place of Birth

Hillsdale, Michigan, USA

Jason Robards Sr.

Biography

Famed American stage actor. Trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Appeared in many films, initially as a leading man, then in character roles and occasional bits. Consistently billed as Jason Robards, as his more famous son, Jason Robards, did not come into fame until the end of the elder Robards' career. Only referred to as Jason Robards Sr. in retrospect. Died in 1963, having lived to see his namesake son and grandson (Jason Robards III) carry on the family acting tradition.

Known for

Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver

An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

An American anthology drama television series hosted by Barbara Stanwyck served.

Peacock Alley

Peacock Alley

Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. When she returns to the hotel with her husband the following night, the house detective accuses her of prostitution and throws them out. Now Claire must explain everything to her unsympathetic husband.

Bermuda Mystery

Bermuda Mystery

A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.

Juarez

Juarez

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

Riff-Raff

Riff-Raff

A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while he searches for a valuable map hidden in plain sight.

Cockeyed Cavaliers

Cockeyed Cavaliers

Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.

White Flannels

White Flannels

A smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz, stands in the way of the engagement of her college son Frank Politz to local girl Anne, because she, as the wife of Jacob Politz, an ill-educated coal miner, believes their son should obtain a college education.

Radio Hams

Radio Hams

A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

Bedlam

Bedlam

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.

Casey Jones

Casey Jones

A silent film from 1927.

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

Dick is faced with a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces. Suspects abound but Tracy, getting a clue that there will be 15 murders in all, must find the common thread among the victims before more are killed.

Salvation Nell

Salvation Nell

Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....

Wild in the Country

Wild in the Country

A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.

Caught Plastered

Caught Plastered

Set in a drugstore the boys take on to save a nice old lady from the clutches of the local charming crook.