‘Air cavalry’ commander John B Stockton was the inspiration behind Duvall’s napalm-sniffing Lt Col Kilgore in Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam war epic

A look at the life of the prolific actor whose many films included Apocalypse Now and The Godfather.

From the horse’s head in The Godfather to the smell of napalm in Apocalypse Now, no one does chilling menace like the 91-year-old Oscar-winner. With the release this month of his…

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…

From his steely self-effacing consigliere in The Godfather to his surf-crazed Wagner enthusiast in Apocalypse Now, just to see him on screen made me smile

Godfather and Apocalypse Now star Robert Duvall has died at the age of 95. As well as having one of the most famous lines in cinema history – ‘I love the smell of napalm in the…

‘Air cavalry’ commander John B Stockton was the inspiration behind Duvall’s napalm-sniffing Lt Col Kilgore in Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam war epic