Robards' final motion picture, as the dying patriarch in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 film Magnolia, provided one hell of juicy part. Don't be fooled by how he looks in it though, for there was still life left in him.

Jason Robards (actor; born July 26, 1922, in Chicago; died December 26, 2000) Recognized around the world as the definitive interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill throughout his long and este ed career, Jason Robards has been hailed as one of this country's finest stage actors and acclaimed for his outstanding work ...

The handsome, easy-going son of famed actors Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall, Sam Robards studied acting and appeared in several plays Off-Broadway before making an impressive screen debut as a suitor to Molly Ringwald in Paul Mazursky's "Tempest" (1982), a savvy adaptation of Shakespeare's deserted island fantasy.