During a more than six-decade career, he was a critical favorite as well as a key player in director Francis Ford Coppola's actor stable.

John Malahy looks back at the film's history in his new book, Rewinding The ’80s: Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War One of Francis Ford Coppola's early greats was also the source of a great deal of stress.

Robert Duvall was known for playing William Kilgore, the US army officer who loved 'the smell of napalm in the morning,' in Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now,' and smooth mafia consigliere Tom Hagen in 'The Godfather.