FrameThrower · Actors · Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
14 films · 1,004 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1968–2018
Born 5 January 1931 · San Diego, California, USA · died 15 February 2026
Robert Selden Duvall was an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Duvall began appearing in theater in the late 1950s, moving into television and film roles during the early 1960s, playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and appearing in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), as Major Frank Burns in the blockbuster comedy M*A*S*H (1970) and the lead role in THX 1138 (1971), as well as Horton Foote's adaptation of William Faulkner's Tomorrow (1972), which was developed at The Actors Studio and is his personal favorite.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 14 films · 1,004 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1968–2018
- Academy Award for Best Actor1984
- Golden Globe Awards1980
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1980
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2007
- National Medal of Arts
- Donostia Award2003
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- National Defense Service Medal
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,004 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Robert takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 14 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Robert takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Open Range
2003 · Boss Spearman
A Family Thing
1996 · Earl Pilcher Jr.
Days of Thunder
1990 · Harry Hogge
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Tom Hagen
THX 1138
1971 · THX
The Rain People
1969 · Gordon
Widows
2018 · Tom Mulligan
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · Commander
The Road
2009 · Old Man - Eli
John Q
2002 · Lt. Frank Grimes
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
The Godfather
1972 · Tom Hagen
MASH
1970 · Maj. Frank Burns
Bullitt
1968 · Cabbie Weissberg
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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