He was a famous American stage, film and television actor, born in Hillsdale, Michigan, on December 31, as Jason Nelson Robards. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts . Jason married two times and had three children. He's known for Casey Jones (1927), Ship of Wanted Men (1933) and Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934). He died of a heart attack in 1963 in California, at age 70.