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Sam Robards

  • Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
  • Birthday: December 16, 1961

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. He next drunkenly avoided commitment in the coming-of-age drama "Fandango", featuring a then unknown Kevin Costner and Robards' wife-to-be Suzy Amis, before Lewis Gilbert's "Not Quite Jerusale…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Took over the role of Richard Hannay in the NYC theatrical run of "The 39 Steps"

  • 2007 to 0000

    Cast in a recurring role on the CW series "Gossip Girl" as Captain Archibald, Nate's (Chase Crawford) strict father

  • 2006

    Played the pompous megalomaniac producer of a reality TV program in "Surviving Eden"

  • 2005

    Co-starred in Henry Jaglom's "Going Shopping" with Victoria Foyt, Lee Grant and Bruce Davison

  • 2004 to 2005

    Appeared as White House correspondent, Greg Brock in season five of "The West Wing" (NBC)

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