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Robert Gauthier - Los Angeles Times  OSCAR WINNER Nominated for an Academy Award seven times, Robert Duvall won the lead actor award for his role in 1983’s “Tender Mercies.” When asked about his acting technique, Duvall once said, “It’s just talking and listening.” He is shown in 2010 in Beverly Hills. Actor renowned for intense roles 17 feb 2026 - Los Angeles Times By Steve Chawkins When Robert Duvall was floundering around in college, his father, a career Navy man who retired with the rank of rear admiral, told him to shape up — and start acting . “I wasn’t pushed into it but suggested into it,” Duvall once told an interviewer. “They figured I did skits around the house. They figured I had a calling, or whatever, in that line.” They figured correctly. With his weathered face and receding hairline, he did not stand out for his movie star looks but for the intensity and depth he brought to his craft. New York Times film critic Vincent Canby in 1980 called him “ the best we have,...

Photo Patrick Swirc.  ModdS  Robert Duvall, en 1998. Du «Parrain» à «M.A.S.H.» ou «Apocalypse Now», l’acteur à la présence magnétique a incarné de sa puissance discrète tous les rôles de l’Amérique profonde, au long d’une carrière à la longévité exceptionnelle. Il est mort dimanche à l’âge de 95 ans. 17 Feb 2026 - Libération Par Bruno Icher Depuis deux décennies, il n’apparaissait plus qu’avec parcimonie, grand âge oblige, dans des films où il incarnait presque toujours la citation d’un âge d’or disparu, celui de Hollywood ou celui de l’Amérique. La mort de Robert Duvall, dimanche à 95 ans, s’accompagnera sans doute d’une pluie d’hommages saluant une carrière de plus de soixante ans, une longévité exceptionnelle mais qui lui fut nécessaire pour être reconnu comme l’un des plus grands acteurs américains. Il devait probablement ce sort singulier à une allure de vieux avant l’âge qu’une calvitie précoce ne faisait que souligner. Mais aussi parce que, comme l’écrivait Pauline Kael...

MARK J. TERRILL/AP Robert Duvall (shown in 2003), a seven-time Oscar nominee,  did not appear in the third “Godfather” film because of a dispute over money. 17 Feb 2026 - Chicago Sun-Times BY BOB THOMAS Former Associated Press Hollywood correspondent Bob Thomas, who died in 2014, was the primary writer of this obituary. Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere  of the first two “Godfather” movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in “Tender Mercies,” has died at age 95. Mr. Duvall died “peacefully” at his home Sunday in Middleburg, Virginia , according to an announcement from his publicist and from a statement posted on his Facebook page by his wife, Luciana Duvall . “To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything,” Luciana Duvall wrote. “His passion for his craft was matched only by...

L'attore è morto a 95 anni  Da spalla o antagonista ha fatto la storia del cinema in film come "Il Padrino" e "Apocalypse now" ALBERTO CRESPI  La Repubblica - Martedì 17 ebbraio 2026 Pagina 40 Era l'inverno del 1955. Robert Duvall era appena tornato dalla guerra di Corea, aveva servito come soldato semplice di fanteria nonostante fosse figlio di un ammiraglio della marina . Un modo per distinguersi da un padre ingombrante, militare di carriera. « Si aspettava che entrassi all'Accademia navale — raccontò anni dopo — ma io ero incapace in tutto, a scuola ero un disastro e nell'esercito superai a stento l'addestramento. L'unica cosa che mi piaceva, e mi riusciva, era recitare» . Così, nell'inverno del 1955 troviamo il 24enne Duvall iscritto alla Neighborhood Playhouse, una scuola teatrale Off Broadway, importante ma — mettiamola così – non importantissima. Chiedere soldi a papà è fuori discussione, Robert si arrabatta, lavora alle poste per ...

Il suo era un naturalismo discreto, dal teatro alla meno nota carriera da regista Morto a 95 anni l’attore americano, l’Oscar nel 1983, «Il padrino» e «Apocalypse now» fra i titoli più osannati GIULIA D'AGNOLO VALLAN Il Manifesto - Martedì 17 febbraio 2026 Pagina 15 I love the smell of napalm in the morning , amo l’odore del napalm alla mattina. Scritta da John Milius, e pronunciata sullo sfondo di una spiaggia vietnamita in fiamme, sull’imminente crescendo de  La cavalcata delle Valchirie , la battuta di Kilgore, il colonnello surfista di Apocalypse Now , è uno dei frammenti d’immaginario che subito evocano alla memoria Robert Duvall, scomparso ieri, nella sua casa in Virginia, a novantacinque anni. Come quella clip, dal film più lisergico di Francis Coppola , lo evoca la calma minacciosa emanata dal consigliere della famiglia Corleone, Tom Hagen, che l’attore ha magnificamente interpretato nei tre The Godfather di Francis Coppola. La nuova Hollywood è stata infatti la culla cin...

The New York Times Martedì 17 Febbraio 2026 Pagina 1 Robert Duvall, who drew from a seemingly bottomless reservoir of acting craftsmanship to transform himself into a business-focused Mafia lawyer, a faded country singer, a cynical police detective, a bullying Marine pilot, a surfing-obsessed Vietnam commander, a mysterious Southern recluse and scores of other film, stage and television characters, died on Sunday. He was 95. His death was announced in a statement by his wife, Luciana Duvall, who said he had died at home. She gave no other details. He had long lived on a sprawling horse farm in The Plains, in Fauquier County, Va., west of Washington. Mr. Duvall’s singular trait was to immerse himself in roles so deeply that he seemed to almost disappear into them — an ability that was “uncanny, even creepy the first time” it was witnessed, said Bruce Beresford, the Australian who directed him in the 1983 film “Tender Mercies.” In that film, Mr. Duvall played Mac Sledge, a boozy, washed-...

È morto Robert Duvall: da «Il padrino» I e II a «Apocalypse Now», memorabile interprete di antieroi militareschi, sgradevoli e ossessivi 17 Feb 2026 - Corriere della Sera di Paolo Mereghetti e Maurizio Porro © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA Robert Duvall, morto l’altro ieri all’età di 95 anni, è stato uno dei volti forti del grande cinema americano anni ‘70, quello che combatteva per ideali sbagliati, spesso scegliendo personaggi sgradevoli, ossessivi, militari, gangster, il volto nascosto di un’america impegnata a combattere spesso per cause altrettanto sbagliate.1972 Conservatore Robert Duvall ne «Le regole del gioco» del 1994: si sposò quattro volte, ma non ebbe mai figli. A differenza della maggior parte degli attori di Hollywood, perlopiù di tendenze liberal, non nascose mai le sue simpatie repubblicane, anche se negli ultimi anni rivelò di sentirsi indipendente perché il partito era diventato un pasticcio È stato davanti e dietro la macchina da presa, sceneggiatore, musicista (si è scrit...

Robert Duvall, star of Apocalypse Now and The Godfather, dies at age of 95  1 He had the look of a Roman emperor from Waxahachie, Texas, or a three-star general playing the country music circuit Andrew Pulver 17 Feb 2026 - The Guardian Robert Duvall, the veteran actor who had a string of roles in classic American films including Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, M*A*S*H and To Kill a Mockingbird, has died aged 95. PHOTOGRAPH: PICTURELUX/ALAMY  Robert Duvall in probably his most famous role,  the cavalry-hatted Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979) “Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort,” wrote his wife, Luciana Duvall, in a message on Facebook. “To the world, he was an Academy Awardwinning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything.” Duvall was perhaps best known for his role as the cavalry-hatted Kilgore in Apocalypse Now, released in 1979. But he also made an immense impact as consigliere Tom Hagen in The Godfather and The G...

Duvall made the smallest parts unforgettable – just look at ‘Apocalypse Now’ US actor stole the show in many films including ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘The Godfather’ “As a bloodthirsty Vietnam veteran,  he delivered one of the most horribly  memorable lines in all cinema” 17 feb 2026 - Irish Independent Photo: Getty ● Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of films from starring to supporting roles, has died aged 95. Duvall, who appeared in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, died peacefully on Sunday, according to his wife. Robert Duvall, who has died aged 95, was a Hollywood supporting actor of distinction who, with the exception of his Oscar-winning performance in Tender Mercies in 1983, rarely graduated to leading roles. But he had a filmography more extensive than that of almost any other actor of modern times. In American television, he worked consistently. He was often the star attraction, portraying such historical figure...