
Died at 95
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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).

Robert Duvall

John'JT Turner"
for John'JT Turner" in The last frontier
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In this gritty, character-driven drama, Robert Duvall stars as John "J.T." Turner, a grizzled rancher struggling to keep his family's land from being taken over by a ruthless corporate developer. When J.T.'s son is killed in a suspicious accident, he enlists the help of his old friend, Sheriff Hank Cooper (played by Sam Elliott), to uncover the truth and seek justice. As they delve deeper into the mystery, J.T. and Hank find themselves up against powerful forces that will stop at nothing to get their hands on the land. Together, they must confront their own demons, their complicated pasts, and the harsh realities of life in the modern West, all while fighting to protect the legacy of J.T.'s family ranch.