With a career spanning seven decades, he is regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. Other early roles include Captain Newman, M.
Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic former country music star in the film Tender Mercies Throughout his career, Duvall has starred on numerous television programs. Lee , and a member of the Lee Family of Virginia , while his father was a descendant of settler Mareen Duvall.
He recalled: "I was a Navy brat. My father started at the Academy when he was 16, made captain at 39 and retired as a rear admiral. Louis, Missouri. His father had expected him to attend the Naval Academy, but Duvall said "I was terrible at everything but actingβI could barely get through school". He again defied his father by serving in the United States Army [ 16 ] after the Korean War from August 19, , to August 20, leaving the Army as private first class. Pork Chop Hill stuff.
Hell, I barely qualified with the M-1 rifle in basic training ". Duvall remains friends today with fellow California-born actors Hoffman and Hackman, whom he knew during their years as struggling actors. Arguably his stage debut was in its season when he played the Pilot in Laughter in the Stars , an adaptation of The Little Prince , at what was then the Gateway Theatre. After a year's absence when he was with the U.
The playbill of Dark of the Moon indicated that he had portrayed the Witchboy before and that he will "repeat his famous portrayal" of this character for the season's revival of this play. The playbills for the season described him as "an audience favorite" in the last season and as having "appeared at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and studied acting with Sandy Meisner this past winter".
