Californian actor Robert Duvall died Sunday at the age of 95 at his home in Middleburg, Virginia. according to US media reports and has been confirmed by his wife, Luciana Duvall. His career, which began with roles in films such as To kill a chanterelle (Robert Mulligan, 1962), has left behind iconic film characters such as the surfing soldier ofApocalypse Now (1979) and the Corleone lawyer in The Godfather (1972 and 1974), films directed by Francis Ford Coppola where he stood out for his versatility. It had nothing to do with the eccentric colonel who made it sound The Charge of the Valkyries before attacking the advisor with the most austere gestures on the mafia's payroll.