“Forgotten Hollywood”- An All-Time Great…
Manny P. here…
“`Robert Duvall is a once-in-a-generation Oscar-winning actor, who made his impressive mark on Broadway, television and in film. With a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for a stint on The Twilight Zone, his brief appearance at the end of To Kill a Mockingbird and recurring roles in The Godfather trilogy.
“`In 1955, Duvall attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City, studying under Sanford Meisner on the G. I. Bill. His classmates included Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, and James Caan. Duvall roomed with Hoffman in a New York City while they studied together at the Playhouse, and he also lived with Hackman while working odd jobs, such as clerking at Macy’s, sorting mail and driving a truck.
“`Duvall spent over a decade in off-Broadway productions. His television work included guest-roles in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Naked City, The Untouchables, Route 66, Combat!, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, The Wild Wild West, The F. B. I., and The Mod Squad.
“`His film career began playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird. There was no looking back, with notable parts in Bullitt, True Grit, M*A*S*H*, The Conversation, Network, The Godfather and The Godfather Part Two. His line “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” from Apocalypse Now was iconic in cinematic history. Duvall continued his masterful run with roles in The Great Santini, The Natural and Oscar-winning performance in Tender Mercies. In 1989, Duvall starred in the miniseries Lonesome Dove. He continued to work well into his nineties.
“`Many accolades and an impressive litany of moving images, Robert Duvall was ninety-five.
Until next time> “never forget”
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