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Jason Robards

Jason Robards, Jr. (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000) was an American actor with a career spanning sixty years and eighty films. He won two Oscars.

Robards received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in consecutive years for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977). He was also nominated for another Oscar for his role in Melvin and Howard (1980). He received Kennedy Center Honors in 1999.

In Tora Tora Tora, a fairly historically accurate film about the Battle of Pearl Harbor, he played the role of General Walter Short. Robards was a veteran of that battle. In fact, during World War II, he earned the Navy Cross.

References

  • Jason Robards (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm001673/) at the Internet Movie Database
  • A Tribute to Jason Robards, Jr. (http://classicfilm.about.com/library/weekly/aa123100a.htm)

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In fact, during World War II, he earned the Navy Cross. See Kevin Smith for the New Jersey film director and writer.. Robards was a veteran of that battle.
. In Tora Tora Tora, a fairly historically accurate film about the Battle of Pearl Harbor, he played the role of General Walter Short. He died on February 15, 2002 after an accident on set in China. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 1999. Kevin Tod Smith (March 16, 1963-February 15, 2002) was a New Zealand actor best known for playing the god Ares in the connected television programmes Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Young Hercules.

He was also nominated for another Oscar for his role in Melvin and Howard (1980). Robards received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in consecutive years for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977). He won two Oscars. Jason Robards, Jr. (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000) was an American actor with a career spanning sixty years and eighty films.

A Tribute to Jason Robards, Jr. (http://classicfilm.about.com/library/weekly/aa123100a.htm). Jason Robards (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm001673/) at the Internet Movie Database.