Robert Duvall came to New York in<br > 1955 to study acting With Sanford Meisner<br > al the Neighborhood Playhouse£®He spent<br > several lean years with fellow strugglillg<br > actors_Gene Ha(¡¯kman and Dustin I_I(，ff£®<br > TTlan£®washing dishes and playing<br > Stllnlner stock theaters£¬waiting for that<br > I irst g()()d role£®Duvall¡¯S big break came<br > when 11P played Eddie Carbone in Arthur<br > Miller¡¯S play£¬A View from the Bridge£®<br > The play£¬directed by Ulu Grosbard£¬was<br > a big hit Off-Broadway and gave Duvall<br > the exposure he needed£®He soon moved<br > on to Broadway£®first in Wait Until Dark<br > and later in A merican Buffalo£®His first<br > film role was as the mysterious Boo Radley<br > inÄËKill a Mockingbird£¬in 1963£¬and<br > from there he went on to make 32 other<br > films£¬including The Godlather I and 11£¬<br > Apocalypse Now and True Con]essions£®<br > From Frank Bums£¬the repressed cha olain<br > in M*A*SOH£®tO the maniacal Lt£®Colonel<br > Kilgore in Apocalypse Now(£®1I love the<br > smell ot napalm in the morning¡±)£¬tO Bul l<br > Meechum£®the tyrannical father in The<br > Great Santini£¬Robert Duvall has brought<br >