{"id":14103,"date":"2026-02-16T09:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14103"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:09:05","slug":"robert-duvall-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/16\/robert-duvall-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Duvall Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/robert-duvall-dead-godfather-the-great-santini-1236664754\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Variety<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"section-heading\">Robert Duvall, Star of \u2018The Godfather\u2019 and \u2018The Great Santini,\u2019 Dies at 95<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/carmel-dagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carmel Dagan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Network - &quot;I Got A Hit&quot; - Holden, Duvall\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zxqkrmkhrjw?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/robert-duvall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Duvall<\/a>, who won an Oscar for \u201cTender Mercies\u201d and was nominated for his roles\u00a0in films including \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-godfather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Godfather<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/apocalypse-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apocalypse Now<\/a>,\u201d and\u00a0\u201cThe Great Santini,\u201d has died. He was 95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duvall\u2019s gruff naturalism came to define the acting style of a generation that included&nbsp;Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman in such films as \u201cNetwork\u201d and \u201cThe Apostle,\u201d which he also directed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And while he may never have been as big a star as DeNiro, his unshowy ability to fully embrace the characters he played earned him&nbsp;respect both from his peers and from critics.&nbsp;As Francis Ford Coppola once told the New York Times, at a certain point, it\u2019s \u201chard to say the difference between leading men and great character actors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/robert-duvall-dead-godfather-the-great-santini-1236664754\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Variety<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Variety Robert Duvall, Star of \u2018The Godfather\u2019 and \u2018The Great Santini,\u2019 Dies at 95 By\u00a0Carmel Dagan Robert Duvall, who won an Oscar for \u201cTender Mercies\u201d and was nominated for his roles\u00a0in films including \u201cThe Godfather,\u201d \u201cApocalypse Now,\u201d and\u00a0\u201cThe Great Santini,\u201d has died. He was 95. 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