Remembering The Great, Robert Duvall

Let’s say Robert Duvall, a superb actor with unforgettable roles, plays off his “Tom Hagen” in “The Godfather” and gets to argue not in front of the Supreme Court, (by the way stop with its B.S. abbreviation and most others that demean), but some heavenly discussion group, it is my opinion, they will rank him among the greatest.

He was in “One” and “Two,” not 3. Surely, though “3” was actually better than most perceive, Godfather and The Godfather Part Two are classics and Mr. Duvall, who died yesterday at age 95, is a big reason for it getting such acclaim.

Check him out not speaking, but as the so meaningful to the story, “Boo Radley,” in “To Kill A Mockingbird.” I remember my realization it was he (him?), some years after he had reached stardom.

Many cite “Apocalypse Now,” I prefer “The Great Santini” and “Network” in his bombastic type roles.

Now a must see is Duvall in “Tender Mercies” and “The Lonesome Dove.”

In a “Hitch,” (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) Robert Duvall soars in an episode called “Bad Actor,” of all things.

So many others, so sorry to omit. Most of The Godfather highest billed cast (so many lesser knowns were superb under Mr. Coppola’s direction and Mr. Puzo’s screenplay(s) are gone, Al Pacino and Talia Shire remain), as also is Pat Bartolone, (news coming yesterday that he died September past) a complex, highly intelligent man of insight, whose dining room table resembled that in the seminal film, Mr. Duvall and others made so great.

The great Robert Duvall, pictured below.

So many great scenes for Duvall, click below to him with another great in acting and teaching it, Michael V. Gazzo near the end of Godfather Part Two.