Veteran actor and director Robert Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, the son of a career military officer who later became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a two-year hitch in the army after graduating in 1953. He began attending The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre In New York City on the G.I...See full bio »
1997The Apostle
(performer: "There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down")
19851918
(performer: "A Long, Long Trail", "Keep the Home Fires Burning")
1983Tender Mercies
(writer: "Fool's Waltz", "I've Decided to Leave Here Forever" / performer: "It Hurts to Face Reality", "Fool's Waltz", "I've Decided to Leave Here Forever", "Wings of a Dove", "If You'll Hold the Ladder I'll Climb to the Top")
1989The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in Miniseries or Special & Co-Presenter: Best Directing/Writing in Drama Series
I think I nailed a very specific individual guy who represents something important in our history of the western movement. After that, I felt I could retire, that'd I'd done something. (On
Lonesome Dove).
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Received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia in 1998.
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