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Robert Duvall was a versatile and great actor in many films and TV shows. Rest in peace!
Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as an alcoholic former country music star in Tender Mercies (1983). His other Oscar-nominated roles included The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), The Apostle (1997), A Civil Action (1998), and The Judge (2014). His other notable films included The Outfit (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), True Confessions (1981), The Natural (1984), Colors (1988), Days of Thunder (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Falling Down (1993), The Paper (1994), Sling Blade (1996), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Open Range (2003), Crazy Heart (2009), Get Low (2010), Jack (2010) Seven Days In Utopia (film) (2011) Reacher (2012), Widows (2018), and Hustle (2022).
Throughout his career, Duvall also starred in numerous television productions. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for the AMC limited series Broken Trail (2006). His other Emmy-nominated roles included the CBS miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), the HBO film Stalin (1992), and the TNT film The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996).
Same with his role as Al Siebert, a curmudgeonly Indian fighter, in Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), a good historical fiction account of that time. Plenty of great acting in that movie, with Wes Studi as Geronimo and Gene Hackman as Gen. George Crook.
I once began to binge-watch "Lonesome Dove." Great stuff. Another time, I caught a later episode in the series, I suppose, where Tommy Lee Jones had promised to deliver his deceased friend (Duvall's character?) back to Texas. He was attempting the task on a very flimsy, basic horse-drawn wagon...
Robert Duvall embodied the characters he played. My favorite roles of Robert Duvall are Walter with the 2 daily bacon sandwiches in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway and as Sonny Dewey in The Apostle. Most actors in films present as themselves. When a role was played by Robert Duvall I saw the character. The actor had vanished into the role. Even in To Kill A Mockingbird, in which he spoke not a word I saw Boo Radley, not an actor named Robert Duvall.
Robert Duvall embodied the characters he played. My favorite roles of Robert Duvall are Walter with the 2 daily bacon sandwiches in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway and as Sonny Dewey in The Apostle. Most actors in films present as themselves. When a role was played by Robert Duvall I saw the character. The actor had vanished into the role. Even in To Kill A Mockingbird, in which he spoke not a word I saw Boo Radley, not an actor named Robert Duvall.
Right! Good description. I enjoyed "Apostle" a lot. And "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" Lt. Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now.
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Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as an alcoholic former country music star in Tender Mercies (1983). His other Oscar-nominated roles included The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), The Apostle (1997), A Civil Action (1998), and The Judge (2014). His other notable films included The Outfit (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), True Confessions (1981), The Natural (1984), Colors (1988), Days of Thunder (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Falling Down (1993), The Paper (1994), Sling Blade (1996), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Open Range (2003), Crazy Heart (2009), Get Low (2010), Jack (2010) Seven Days In Utopia (film) (2011) Reacher (2012), Widows (2018), and Hustle (2022).
Throughout his career, Duvall also starred in numerous television productions. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for the AMC limited series Broken Trail (2006). His other Emmy-nominated roles included the CBS miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), the HBO film Stalin (1992), and the TNT film The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall
I'm trying to remember the Twilight Zone episode he was in. Was it about people in a doll's house?
Interesting history at the link. I'm pretty sure I didn't see the colorized version.
Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283897/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_assassination tango