News just reported death of Robert Duvall at 95

[Fredneck]

You'll like this, Robert allowed metal detecting on his historical property. Sad loss.

 

[Chilli]

Every time his name is mentioned I remember the best movie in my head I saw him in.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Robert Duvall words and portrayal will be forever etched into great cinematic moments. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" But he was much more than that. He was just a talented actor of the era of actors that is quietly fading away. RIP. Another favorite actor was gene Hackman. Both I thought was under rated by Hollywood as actors of that era. Yet their acting shone as bright as any other Hollywood star.

Watching all these actors pass away reminds me of my own mortality. But their legend lives on in the characters in the movies they portrayed.

Crow

Didn't know until today that Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, and Dustin Hoffman were all close friends and roommates in late 50s early 60s. I can just imagine the 3 of them hanging....

Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Duvall: Three Friends Who Went from Rags to Riches

Hackman, Hoffman, and Duvall were pals in the 1950s and 60s, “when they were working menial jobs and scrounging for any sort of roles. All three survived the classic whipsaw, now part of that rare breed—character actors on Hollywood’s A-list.”

www.vanityfair.com

 

[Chilli]

By coincidence before he passed I saw this a few days ago. He was in the Godfather Movie.

I was under age to see Apocalypse Now at its release but as I was tall for my age I got tickets for myself and a mate and saw it. Still don't get why it was R rated here as we saw worse at the time.

 

[Gare]

I remember him in To Kill A Mockingbird with Gregory Peck, and then in True Grit as "Lucky" Ned Pepper, and a year later he was Frank Burns in Mash movie, and of course the Godfather series.

I also liked him in Lonesome dove and Open range

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I also liked him in Lonesome dove and Open range

He has a lot of really good movies and parts in them. He was great in westerns and in dramas.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

 

[rginn]

Every role he played he was great. I really liked him in Lonesome Dove best.