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2 unusual facts about Robert Duvall


Alan Lawrence

Lawrence made an appearance in the Scottish football film A Shot at Glory, in 2000, alongside The Godfather star Robert Duvall and Michael Keaton.

Didier Agathe

Agathe, who played over 100 league games for Celtic, was portrayed in fiction as a Rangers striker in the Robert Duvall movie, A Shot at Glory.


1982 Toronto International Film Festival

The festival paid tribute to Martin Scorsese, which was attended by Scorsese himself along with Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall and Harvey Keitel.

Jason Lester

Lester was also involved in the film Lucky You, starring Robert Duvall, Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore, in which he played himself, among other poker stars.

Julian Schlossberg

He also established himself as a producer’s representative for prominent figures such as Elia Kazan, Dustin Hoffman, John Cassavetes, and George C. Scott, Elaine May and Robert Duvall.

Karla Montana

She has acted with Sean Penn and Robert Duvall in Colors, a film about gangs in Los Angeles, with Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips in the critically acclaimed drama Stand and Deliver, and had the lead role in the made-for-television movie Sweet 15, portraying a young Mexican American teenager preparing for her quinceañera.

Linda Reisman

She went on to executive produce such films as Jeepers Creepers (2001), Pumpkin (2002), and most recently Assassination Tango (2002), a film directed by and starring Robert Duvall.

Lonesome Dove

Four other actors (Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, James Garner, and Jon Voight) were offered the role of Woodrow Call but declined for various reasons before the role fell to Tommy Lee Jones.

Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre

Playwright Horton Foote met actor Robert Duvall at Neighborhood Playhouse when Duvall starred in a 1957 production of Foote's play, The Midnight Caller.

Openfilm

Its Advisory Board includes members of the film industry, such as James Caan, Robert Duvall, Scott Caan and Mark Rydell, and independent filmmaker Alan Melikdjanian.

Roane County, Tennessee

The 2010 film, Get Low, starring Bill Murray, Robert Duvall, and Sissy Spacek, was based off the true story of a Roane County man, Felix Breazeale.

Robert Miano

Soon afterwards, director Howard Koch, familiar with Miano from his singing career, offered Robert a role in the movie Badge 373 with Robert Duvall.

Scott Bloom

Scott's movie credits as an actor include roles in Don's Plum (2001) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, John Q (2002) with Denzel Washington and Robert Duvall, and Smokin' Aces (2006) with Ray Liotta, Ryan Reynolds, and Jeremy Piven.

The Dresser

Finney and Courtenay were both nominated for Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards and Golden Globe Awards for their performances, with Courtenay winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama in a tie with Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies.

The Rain People

Alongside Shirley Knight, leading players are James Caan and Robert Duvall, both of whom would later work with Coppola in The Godfather.

Utopia, Texas

Seven Days in Utopia (2011) was filmed primarily in Utopia as well as at the Boot Ranch golf club just north of Fredericksburg, and featuring Academy Award winner Robert Duvall and Lucas Black.


see also

Killer Elite

The Killer Elite, a 1975 film starring James Caan and Robert Duvall