# Robert Duvall role in The Naked City \[edited title\]

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-duvall-role-in-the-naked-city-edited-title/776797 "2017-01-10T02:29:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-duvall-role-in-the-naked-city-edited-title/776797/21 "2017-01-11T02:20:39Z")

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Walter Matthau on The Naked City tonight. Christ, I wish they would just go ahead and shoot him and get it over with.

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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-duvall-role-in-the-naked-city-edited-title/776797/22 "2017-01-11T14:42:02Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> A simple hover over (or even click) would have fixed that concern even faster than going to imdb.

I did hover. I did click. As I said, which you quoted, “The post itself didn’t help.” This could have been a “He’s dead, let’s post random observations about him” thread. So I went to IMDB to check.

Since this is a “He’s still alive, let’s post random observations about him” thread, I’ll contribute a couple of tidbits from IMDB:

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> As of 2014, has appeared in eight films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), MASH (1970), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Tender Mercies (1983). Of those, The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974) are winners in the category.

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> Was roommates and good friends with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman while all were struggling stage actors in New York before any of them succeeded. Among the three, Hoffman and Duvall were known for their ways with the women, and Duvall and Hackman were known for their short fuses, which led to numerous bar fights. The three often bonded over elaborate practical jokes.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-duvall-role-in-the-naked-city-edited-title/776797/23 "2017-01-11T17:34:46Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> A simple hover over (or even click) would have fixed that concern even faster than going to imdb.

Mouseovers don’t work on a phone.

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