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MissMillie

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33. One of my all-time favorites

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:43 PM

7 hrs ago

His performance in Tender Mercies was beyond stellar.

RIP Mr. Duvall. Thank you for sharing your gifts w/ us.

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Robert Duvall, All-Purpose Actor With Few Peers, Dies at 95 [View all] BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP

Duvall sure could cowboy, too. Kid Berwyn 15 hrs ago #1

Lonesome Dove...one of my favorites of all time! RIP mtngirl47 14 hrs ago #11

Mine too Gak73 11 hrs ago #20

Open Range..... SergeStorms 13 hrs ago #16

He was one of the legitimately greatest Hey Joe 15 hrs ago #2

That performance as Boo Radley is underappreciated. ificandream 15 hrs ago #3

RIP maxsolomon 15 hrs ago #4

What a loss. DenaliDemocrat 15 hrs ago #5

Yes, DD Leghorn21 14 hrs ago #6

Not too many Godfather actors still alive. LoveSucky 14 hrs ago #7

Al Pacino is still around BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #8

I had read the book first, so I knew it was coming FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #13

Pacino was much younger than Brando or Duvall BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #15

I read the book, but was glad the film didn't include AdamGG 1 hr ago #42

Didn't know he was still alive Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 14 hrs ago #9

A great actor. milestogo 14 hrs ago #10

RIP area51 14 hrs ago #12

I loved/hated him in "A Civil Action". I kept forgetting I was watching an actor, not a real-life villain. eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #14

"" AllaN01Bear 13 hrs ago #17

One of the greats. R.I.P. OGBuzz 13 hrs ago #18

Duvall and Gene Hackman roomed with Dustin Hoffman BigmanPigman 11 hrs ago #19

Oh my gosh, I never knew that FakeNoose 11 hrs ago #21

I love the movie "Tender Mercies" IcyPeas 11 hrs ago #22

Oh, man........ Bayard 10 hrs ago #23

RIP mdbl 9 hrs ago #24

Of all the great roles he played, this is the one that stands out to me. Freaking iconic! wolfie001 9 hrs ago #25

Me too, He brought the Gung-Ho mentality in that moment. OAITW r.2.0 6 hrs ago #36

He had seven Oscar nominations and this movie was one of them..............The Judge in 2014 turbinetree 9 hrs ago #26

Another role he played nwliberalkiwi 8 hrs ago #27

He was one of our regular customers at a workplace years ago happybird 8 hrs ago #28

One of the Greats Sam I Yam 8 hrs ago #29

Damn.... Talitha 8 hrs ago #30

I loved him in secondhand lions srose58089 8 hrs ago #31

IMO the true measure of an actor MaineNative 7 hrs ago #32

One of my all-time favorites MissMillie 7 hrs ago #33

A great actor...in many films that made an impression on me. OAITW r.2.0 6 hrs ago #34

A sad loss, he will be missed JoseBalow 6 hrs ago #35

A great loss Loisita123 5 hrs ago #37

RIP Mr Duval... electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #38

One of the best of our time. Upthevibe 4 hrs ago #39

He was the first to get into Major Hotpants pants as a god fearing Major Frank Burns tirebiter 4 hrs ago #40

So many good performances, but I love Secondhand Lions, and another movie called A Family Thing with James Earl Jones. HeartsCanHope 3 hrs ago #41