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Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall was an American actor, filmmaker, and producer, best known for his roles in films of the later 20th century. Duvall began acting professionally on stage in 1952, performing in summer plays at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport on Long Island until 1959, with a one-year break while serving in the U.S. Army. In his early theater career, he made contacts that then led to a career…
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Born 5 January 1931 · Died 15 February 2026 · Q171736
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I don’t try to be a hard guy to work with … but I decide what I’m going to do with a character. I will take direction, but only if it kind of supplements what I want to do. If I have instincts that I feel are right, I don’t want anybody to tamper with them. I don’t like tamperers, and I don’t like hoverers.
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2026· 12 entries
The Guardian: ‘An incredible human being’: readers on their memories of Robert Duvall
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The Guardian: ‘Balding, rawhide-lean, just under six feet tall’: the real life soldier behind Robert Duvall’s Apocalypse Now role
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The Guardian: ‘His friendship changed my life’: 25 years of camaraderie with Robert Duvall
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The Guardian: Robert Duvall obituary
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The Guardian: Steve McQueen on working with Robert Duvall: ‘He was the rock. He brought gravity’
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The Guardian: Share your tributes and memories of Robert Duvall
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The Guardian: Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now and Godfather star, dies aged 95
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The Guardian: Robert Duvall: a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Robert Duvall was a vigorous and subtle actor who always performed with passion and conviction
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Died 2026-02-15.
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“I don’t try to be a hard guy to work with … but I decide what I’m going to do with a character. I will take direction, but only if it kind of supplements what I want to do. If I have instincts that I feel are right, I don’t want anybody to tamper with them. I don’t like tamperers, and I don’t like hoverers.”
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: Robert Duvall’s 20 best performances – ranked!
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Appeared in the Netflix films Hustle and The Pale Blue Eye, which would be his final roles
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2018· 1 entry
Duvall appeared in the Steve McQueen-directed heist thriller Widows as a corrupt power broker
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2015· 2 entries
The Guardian: Robert Duvall: ‘Whatshisname should have won the Oscar’
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At age 84, the oldest actor ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film, a record that has since been surpassed by Christopher Plummer
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2014· 2 entries
Starred in The Judge alongside Robert Downey Jr
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Duvall said in an interview that he was considering becoming an independent due to his dissatisfaction with the Republican Party, which he called "a mess"
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2011· 1 entry
Appeared at the Texas Children's Cancer Center charity event, "An Evening with a Texas Legend", in Houston, where he was interviewed by television journalist Bob Schieffer
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Broken Trail (2007).
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Duvall was married four times and did not have any children. "I guess I'm shooting blanks", he said in 2007.
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2006· 1 entry
Won an Emmy for his performance as Prentice "Print" Ritter in the AMC revisionist Western miniseries Broken Trail
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2005· 2 entries
Duvall married his fourth wife, Luciana Pedraza, granddaughter of Argentine aviation pioneer Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
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Duvall was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President George W
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2004· 1 entry
Told 60 Minutes, "if they paid Pacino twice what they paid me, that's fine, but not three or four times, which is what they did
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Donostia Award (2003).
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2001· 1 entry
Pedraza and Duvall founded the Robert Duvall Children's Fund to assist families in northern Argentina through the renovation of homes, schools, and medical facilities
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1997· 1 entry
For portraying Adolf Eichmann in The Man Who Captured Eichmann
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1992· 1 entry
Founded the production company Butcher's Run Films
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1989· 1 entry
Duvall appeared in the miniseries Lonesome Dove in the role of Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae, Texas Rangers (retired)
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Tender Mercies (1984).
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"Some stories have me shooting it out with the Commies from a foxhole over in Frozen Chosin
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1980· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Awards (1980).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Apocalypse Now (1980).
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1977· 2 entries
And closed at the Belasco Theatre on June 11, 1977
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Duvall returned to Broadway to appear as Walter Cole in David Mamet's American Buffalo, stating "I hope this will get me better film roles"
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1976· 1 entry
Duvall played supporting roles in The Eagle Has Landed and as Dr
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1974· 1 entry
Duvall played a corporate director (uncredited) in Francis Ford Coppola's thriller The Conversation
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1970· 1 entry
For his portrayal of the malevolent Major Frank Burns in the film M*A*S*H and for his portrayal of the title role in THX 1138 in 1971 where he plays a fugitive trying to escape a society controlled by robots
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1966· 2 entries
Made his Broadway debut as Harry Roat Jr in Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
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And, in 1977, he returned from screen acting to the stage in David Mamet's play American Buffalo, earning a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination
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1965· 1 entry
And which he considered his "Othello", was as Eddie Carbone, again, in Miller's A View from the Bridge at the Sheridan Square Playhouse from January 28, 1965, to December 11, 1966
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1964· 1 entry
Benjamin had two daughters from a previous marriage, and she and Duvall were married from 1964 until 1975.
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1961· 1 entry
At One Sheridan Square and the role of Bob Smith in the premiere of William Snyder's The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker on September 17, 1962, then, until June 9, 1963, at the Sheridan Square Playhouse
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1959· 1 entry
Duvall made his first television appearance on Armstrong Circle Theater in the episode "The Jailbreak"
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1957· 1 entry
Studied at Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre (1955–1957).
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1955· 1 entry
Duvall roomed with Hoffman in a New York City apartment while they studied together at the Playhouse, and around the same time also shared accommodation with Hackman while working odd jobs such as clerking at Macy's, sor
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1953· 1 entry
Studied at Principia College (1953).
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1952· 1 entry
Performing in summer plays at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport on Long Island until 1959, with a one-year break while serving in the U
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-01-05.
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