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Robert Selden Duvall (January 5, 1931 – February 15, 2026) was an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Duvall began appearing in theater in the late 1950s, moving into television and film roles during the early 1960s, playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and appearing in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), as Major Frank Burns in the blockbuster comedy M*A*S*H (1970) and the lead role in THX 1138 (1971), as well as Horton Foote's adaptation of William Faulkner's Tomorrow (1972), which was developed at The Actors Studio and is his personal favorite. This was followed by a series of critically lauded performances in commercially successful films. He has starred in numerous films and television series, including The Twilight Zone (1963), Bullitt (1968), True Grit (1969), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), Tender Mercies (1983) (which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor), The Natural (1984), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Falling Down (1993), Secondhand Lions (2003), The Judge (2014), and Widows (2018). His final role was in The Pale Blue Eye (2022).
Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, "Mockingbird" tells the powerful story of Atticus Finch, a principled lawyer who takes on the challenging case of defending Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman in a racially charged Southern town. As Atticus fights for justice in the courtroom, his children, Scout and Jem, navigate the complexities of adolescence and witness the harsh realities of prejudice and injustice. While the legal drama unfolds, the children become captivated by the mysterious Radley house and its elusive occupant, Boo Radley. Their curiosity leads them to embark on a journey of self-discovery, facing the harsh truths of the world around them. The town's deeply rooted prejudices and secrets gradually come to light, exposing the darkness that lies beneath the surface of their seemingly idyllic community.
