Son of stage and film star Jason Robards Sr.. After receiving the Navy Cross (the second highest decoration in the U.S. Navy) for his service in World War II, he struggled as a small-part actor in local New York theatre, TV and radio before shooting to fame on the New York stage in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh as Hickey. He followed that with another masterful O'Neill portrayal, as the alcoholic Jamie Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night on Broadway. He entered films in The Journey ...[Read Story]