Robert Duvall dies at 95

Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall has died at 95. Duvall made his feature film debut as Boo Radley in the classic To Kill a Mockingbird, and had a number of television roles on series like Naked City, The Untouchables, Route 66, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The WIld Wild West.

Duvall continued to work on television and films, with his most notable early film performance in 1969's True Grit. In 1970, he played Maj. Frank Burns in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H, and his film career really took off, following that with roles in George Lucas' THX 1138 in 1971 and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather in 1972, which earned him his first Oscar nomination. Now an established movie star, Duvall's notable credits include Joe Kidd, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, The Killer Elite, Network, The Eagle Has Landed, Apocalypse Now, True Confessions, Tender Mercies, The Natural, Colors, Days of Thunder, Newsies, Falling Down, The Scarlet Letter, Deep Impact, Gone in 60 Seconds, John Q, Gods and Generals, Secondhand Lions, The Road, Jack Reacher, The Judge, and The Pale Blue Eye, which was his final film.

Duvall made a big splash on television with the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove, scoring his first Emmy nomination for Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special. He then appeared in TV movies Stalin, The Man Who Captured Eichmann, miniseries Broken Trail, hosted SNL, and provided the voice of his Tom Hagen character in several video games based on The Godfather movies.

Duvall earned a total of seven Academy Award nominations, winning Best Actor for Tender Mercies. He had three BAFTA nominations to his credit, with one win for Best Supporting Actor in Apocalypse Now, and seven Golden Globe nominations for film and TV, with wins for Apocalypse Now (Supporting Actor), Tender Mercies (Best Actor), and two Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie awards (Lonesome Dove and Stalin). Duvall also had five Emmy nominations with two wins for Broken Trail (Lead Actor in a Miniseries and Outstanding Miniseries). Duvall was not immune from the Razzie Awards, earning a Worst Supporting Actor nomination for Newsies, and two nominations for The Scarlet Letter for Worst Supporting actor and Worst Screen Couple (with Demi Moore).

Duvall made his stage debut in the early 1950s with the Gateway Playhouse, where he would remain for the better part of the decade. His credits there include The Crucible, Dark of the Moon, A View from the Bridge and A Streetcar Named Desire. He appeared Off-Broadway in Mrs. Warren's Profession, Call Me By My Rightful Name and The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker. He made his Broadway debut opposite Lee Remick in Wait Until Dark, and returned to the Broadway stage in 1977 in American Buffalo.

In keeping with Duvall's wishes, there will be no formal memorial service, but his family "encourages those who wish to honor his memory to do so in a way that reflects the life he lived by watching a great film, telling a good story around a table with friends, or taking a drive in the countryside to appreciate the world’s beauty."