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PBS News Hour - Segments

Remembering Robert Duvall and his storied career

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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One of Hollywood's most memorable legends, Robert Duvall, has died. The Academy Award winner enjoyed a long and storied career, carving out a lane as both an unorthodox leading man and a supporting player in some of the greatest films in movie history. Amna Nawaz reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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Also tonight, one of Hollywood's most memorable legends, Robert Duval, has died.

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The Academy Award winner enjoyed a long and storied career, carving out a lane as both an unorthodox leading man and a supporting player in some of the greatest films in movie history.

0:17.0

I love the smell of night pump in the morning.

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Over a career spanning more than 60 years, Robert Duvall became one of America's most respected

0:25.6

and versatile actors in Hollywood history, known for his incredible range and command of the screen.

0:32.6

Clarence, take it easy. How the hell could I see it? It's just going on now.

0:36.6

He got his start on an early classic, playing Boo Radley in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird,

0:42.3

a wordless role in which he made a mark.

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A broad spectrum of films and roles follow.

0:49.3

The villain opposite John Wayne and the epic American Western true grit.

0:55.0

And the inept and often pompous Major Frank Burns en masse.

0:59.0

Keep your filthy mouth to yourself.

1:01.0

But it wasn't until the role of Tom Hagen for the Godfather,

1:07.0

a concerned lawyer and conciliary for the Corleone crime family that would launch Duval's career.

1:12.6

Even the shooting of your father was business, not personal, sonny.

1:16.6

Well, I always knew after Godfather I would do maybe okay, but I knew that it might happen in a 10 years after everybody else.

1:24.6

And I was, somebody once said between 25 and 40, they're good actors.

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After that, something happens in a negative way. So I always tried to remember that and

1:32.3

think of myself in the potential. As I grow older, I have more experience and I feel I have more

1:37.3

to offer than I become a better performer.

1:40.3

Duval was known for bringing naturalism to his roles. His ability to transform reached another

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high mark in 1979, when he played a tyrannical father and fighter pilot in the Great Santini.

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