STORY: Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-loving colonel of "Apocalypse Now" or the spectral Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died at age 95, his wife said in a Facebook post.

"For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented," Luciana Duvall said in the post.

Duvall played forceful leaders such as Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meechum in "The Great Santini" and the title character in "Stalin," as well as broken-down and fallen characters in "Tender Mercies" and "The Apostle." He won awards for both types of roles.

Duvall, the son of a Navy admiral and an amateur actress, grew up in Annapolis, Maryland. After graduating from Principia College in Illinois and serving in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York, where he roomed with Dustin Hoffman and befriended Gene Hackman when the three were struggling acting students.

After working on a variety of television shows, Duvall made a strong impression even in small roles, such as his first movie part as the mysterious recluse Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Duvall got the part at the suggestion of the film's screenwriter, Horton Foote, who had liked Duvall's work in one of his plays.

Foote later wrote "Tender Mercies," a 1983 film for which Duvall won the Academy Award for best actor as a washed-up country singer.

Perhaps Duvall's most memorable role came in Frances Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam epic "Apocalypse Now," playing the off-kilter, surfing-obsessed Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore.

Duvall only received a few minutes of screen time but almost stole the film as his character swaggered around a battlefield after a successful attack and exuberantly proclaimed, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." It smelled "like victory," Kilgore said.

The role brought Duvall one of his seven Academy Award nominations. Another was for Best Supporting Actor for Coppola's "The Godfather," playing Tom Hagen, consigliere to the Corleone Mafia family. Duvall appeared in the second "Godfather" film but rejected the third because he considered the salary offer inadequate.

Duvall also was nominated for Oscars for "The Great Santini," "The Apostle," "A Civil Action" and "The Judge" in 2014. In all, he appeared in almost 100 movies.

Duvall had a knack for playing cowboys. He won an Emmy for the television mini-series "Broken Trail," appeared opposite John Wayne in "True Grit," and picked up an Emmy nomination for the mini-series "Lonesome Dove." He often said his portrayal of the genial lawman-turned-cowboy Gus McRae in "Lonesome Dove" was his favorite role.

"I think I nailed a very specific individual guy who represents something important in our history of the Western movement," Duvall told the New York Times. "After that, I felt I could retire, that'd I'd done something."

When he grew weary of Hollywood, Duvall made his own movies. He wrote, directed and won an Oscar acting nomination for "The Apostle," the story of a conflicted preacher.

Duvall did the same with "Assassination Tango," a movie that allowed him to exhibit his passion for the tango and Argentina, where he met his fourth wife, Luciana Pedraza. They were both born on January 5 but 41 years apart.

Duvall split his time between Los Angeles, Argentina and a 360-acre (146-hectare) farm in Virginia, where he converted the barn into a tango dance hall.

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1. AMERICAN ACTOR, ROBERT DUVALL AND HIS WIFE, LUCIANA PEDRAZA POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS

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2. OSCARS CEREMONY RED CARPET, VARIOUS CROWDS

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) "TENDER MERCIES" ACTOR AND CO-PRODUCER, ROBERT DUVALL, ON RECEIVING HIS FIRST OSCAR, THE BEST ACTOR OSCAR FOR PLAYING REHABILITATED ALCOHOLIC SINGER, 'MAC SLEDGE' IN THE FILM, SAYING:

"This is very emotional. Can be very ... Well, you walk through that crowd, coming through the front door. I mean that's very emotional, you know."

REPORTER (OFF CAMERA): "You said that Horton Foote (film's writer) was the 'hillbilly' Chekhov?"

DUVALL: "Well, that's just kind of my, you know, I just kind of, that's kind of joking way I put it. I think he's a very deep writer. A very deep writer. I really do."

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4. ROBERT DUVALL AND FARRAH FAWCETT ARRIVING FOR "THE APOSTLE" NEWS CONFERENCE AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR AND WRITER, ROBERT DUVALL, SAYING:

"I'd really gotten into this and always been interested in the subject anyway. So I began to piece together my own script. I wrote it many years ago but I couldn't raise, I couldn't raise a nickel anywhere, so I figured I'd put it on

the backburner. Then this year it was now or never and my CPA (Certified Public Accountant) came to me, (who is) extremely conservative, and he said I think it's OK that you do it now, use your money or whatever, you know, whatever we have. So it was essentially green lit by Joel Jacobson, my CPA in Hollywood, who I couldn't get a nickel out of anyone in that town, or out of New York or anything. So it was something we had to do on our own."

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6. PHOTOGRAPHERS

7. DUVALL SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ROBERT DUVALL, ON BEING OSCAR NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR FOR "THE APOSTLE", SAYING:

"And when the phone rang, oh yeah I was like 'wow that's really nice' for a moment there I'd forgotten that this was the day and then they mentioned that I was nominated and that was great."

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9. ROBERT DUVALL ARRIVING WITH HIS WIFE AT THE ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT AWARDS FOR INDEPENDENT FILMS, AFTER "THE APOSTLE" WAS NAMED BEST FEATURE

10. CAMERAMEN

11. ROBERT DUVALL SPEAKING ABOUT INDEPENDENT FILMS BEING HARDER TO MAKE IN THE INDUSTRY DURING AN INTERVIEW

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12. ROBERT DUVALL TALKING TO REPORTERS ON THE RED CARPET

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13. ACTOR ROBERT DUVALL AND WIFE, ARGENTINE ACTRESS, LUCIANA PEDRAZA POSING FOR PHOTOS AT THE PREMIERE FOR "FOUR CHRISTMASES"

15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ROBERT DUVALL, ON WORKING WITH VINCE VAUGHN, SAYING:

"Just a fun thing to do with Vince, and everybody with a fun script, you know. A feel good kind of thing, and I think, hopefully public will like it, you know, just a good Christmas spirit kind of thing."

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16. ACTOR BENICIO DEL TORO RECEIVING THE "TOMAS GUTIERREZ ALEA" AWARD FOR CUBAN FILM

17. ACTORS JAMES CAAN AND ROBERT DUVALL LISTENING AND WATCHING THE CEREMONY

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18. ROBERT DUVALL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ROBERT DUVALL, ON SIGNING ON TO DO THE FILM, "GET LOW", SAYING:

"To me, they came to my farm in Virginia and talked about being in it. It took two, three, four years to get it going, through rewrites and different things. It appealled to us, instead of all these remakes they are doing. You know, this is not a remake. It's not even a, you know it's very original."

20. ACTOR LUCAS BLACK GREETING ROBERT DUVALL

21. CAST AND CREW OF "GET LOW" POSING FOR PICTURES, INCLUDING BLACK, DUVALL AND ACTRESS SISSY SPACEK

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22. VARIOUS OF ROBERT DUVALL AND WIFE ON RED CARPET FOR "GET LOW"

23. ACTOR JAMES CAAN (DUVALL'S CO-STAR IN "THE GODFATHER") POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

24. DUVALL SPEAKING TO REPORTER

25. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ROBERT DUVALL, ON HIS CHARACTER, SAYING:

"Well he's an interesting guy who sets up and goes to his own funeral. I mean, you know, right away that's a pretty interesting premise."

26. SISSY SPEAKING TO REPORTER

27. DUVALL SIGNING AUTOGRAPH

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28. VARIOUS OF ROBERT DUVALL PUTTING HANDS IN CEMENT, SHOWING HANDS

29. ACTOR AND DIRECTOR, BILLY BOB THORNTON IN AUDIENCE

30. VARIOUS DUVALL PUTTING FEET IN CEMENT

31. VARIOUS OF DUVALL SIGNING DATE IN CEMENT

32. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR AND "THE GODFATHER" CO-STAR, JAMES CAAN, SAYING:

"Every time I've worked with him, I've never had more fun. I never felt more creatively satisfied. And basically I've never met anybody with any more passion, energy and what's really scary is that it's getting bigger. It just keeps growing."

33. VARIOUS OF DUVALL POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH GUESTS, INCLUDING WIFE

34. CEMENT WITH DUVALL'S HANDS AND FEET

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35. ROBERT DUVALL ON THE RED CARPET

36. DUVALL TELLING REPORTER THAT HE LIKED FILM "WHIPLASH" A LOT AND ALSO MICHAEL KEATON'S "BIRDMAN"

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37. ROBERT DUVALL SPEAKING ABOUT HOW HE LIKED WORKING WITH DIRECTOR STEVE MCQUEEN AT "WIDOWS" PREMIERE AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (TIFF)

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38. ROBERT DUVALL, NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR "THE JUDGE", POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE RED CARPET AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS ANNUAL NOMINEES LUNCHEON

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39. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF CAST MEMBERS OF "THE GODFATHER" GATHERING FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY PREMIERE OF THE FILM AT SAN FRANCISCO'S CASTRO THEATRE. (L-R) ACTORS, ALEX ROCCO, JAMES CAAN, AL PACINO, GIANNI RUSSO AND ROBERT DUVALL

40. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PACINO AND DUVALL JOKING AROUND WITH RUSSO

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41. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF JAMES CAAN AND ROBERT DUVALL POSING FOR PHOTOS AT A POST-PREMIERE PARTY FOR WESTERN "OPEN RANGE"

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42. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF ACTOR ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND ROBERT DUVALL, WITH HIS SUPPORTING ACTOR AWARD, POSING BACKSTAGE DURING THE HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS

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43. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF ROBERT DUVALL ARRIVING FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "WIDOWS" AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (TIFF)

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44. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF ROBERT DUVALL AND HIS WIFE, LUCIANA DUVALL, ARRIVING AT THE 72ND GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

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45. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF ROBERT DUVALL POSING FOR A PORTRAIT