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Jason Robards, Sr.
Actor
Male
Born
Dec 31, 1892
Hometown
Hillsdale, Michigan
Died
Apr 4, 1963
Death Place
Canda
Jason Nelson Robards, Sr. was an American stage and screen actor, and the father of Oscar-winning actor Jason Robards, Jr. Robards appeared in many films, initially as a leading man, then in character roles and occasional bits.
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CHILDHOOD
1892
Birth
Born on December 31, 1892.
TEENAGE
1912
19 Years Old
Robards was born Jason Nelson Robards on a farm in Hillsdale, Michigan, the son of Elizabeth (née Loomis), a schoolteacher, and Frank P. Robards, Sr., a farmer and post office inspector who managed Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Presidential campaign in Michigan.
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TWENTIES
LATE ADULTHOOD
1956
63 Years Old
Robards' best known stage role was John Marvin in the long-running hit Lightnin. Robards' connection to the part caused his son to equate him to the character of James Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night, which Jason, Jr. played on Broadway in 1956 and on screen in 1962.
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1963
70 Years Old
He died in 1963, having lived to see his namesake son and grandson (Jason Robards III) carry on the family acting tradition.
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