Duvall memorably played the Corleone family consigliere, or key adviser, in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather,” earning his first of seven Academy Award nominations for the 1972 film before reprising the role two years later in “The Godfather Part II.”
Updated:
Published:
Image 0 of 40
Robert Duvall and Mary Badham in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall in The Chase (1966)
Robert Duvall in Countdown (1967)
Robert Duvall and Shirley Knight in The Rain People (1969)
Actor Robert Duvall, Jon Voight and Seymour Cassel on set of the United Artists movie "The Revolutionary" in 1970. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Robert Duvall in M*A*S*H (1970)
Robert Duvall and Maggie McOmie in THX 1138 (1971)
Robert Duvall in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen in 'The Godfather, ' the movie based on the novel by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. (CBS via Getty Images)
Robert Duvall in The Godfather (1972)
From left: Abe Vigoda, Richard S. Castellano, Marlon Brando, John Cazale, Al Lettieri, James Caan, and Robert Duvall, in a publicity still issued for the film, 'The Godfather', 1972. (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
Robert Duvall in The Godfather (1972)
Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, and John Cazale in The Godfather Part II (1974)
Robert Duvall in The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Robert Duvall and Nicol Williamson in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
Robert Duvall in Network (1976)
Actor Robert Duvall appears backstage at David Mamet's play "American Buffalo" in New York on Feb. 8, 1977. (AP Photo)
Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Robert Duvall in The Great Santini (1979)
Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies (1983)
Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies (1983)
Actor Robert Duvall holds the Golden Globe award he won for best actor in a dramatic motion picture for his role in "Tender Mercies" in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 29,1984. (AP Photo/Lennox Mclendon)
Robert Duvall in The Natural (1984)
Robert Duvall in Let's Get Harry (1986)
Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall in Lonesome Dove (1989)
Robert Duvall in Stalin (1992)
Robert Duvall in The Fugitive (1993)
Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones in A Family Thing (1996)
Robert Duvall in The Apostle (1997)
Robert Duvall in Open Range (2003)
Todd Allen and Robert Duvall in Broken Trail (2006)
U.S. actor Robert Duvall poses during a photo call to present the movie "Lucky You" in Rome, Friday, June 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Robert Duvall in Get Low (2009)
Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall in a scene from Paramount Picture Canada’s 'Jack Reacher' in 2012.
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Robert Downey Jr., left, and Robert Duvall in a scene from 'The Judge' in 2014. (AP / Waner Bros. Pictures, Claire Folger)
Robert Duvall and Stanley Bielecki in The Outfit (2022)
Robert Duvall arrives at a premiere at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Robert Duvall attends the premiere for "Widows" on day 3 of the Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Toronto. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Robert Duvall poses for a portrait during an interview in Los Angeles, Friday, June 5, 2015. (Casey Curry/Invision/AP)