Veteran actor gets his star
2003-09-19 10:39
Los Angeles - Oscar-winning US film star Robert Duvall was on Thursday awarded a new honour - his own star on Hollywood's prestigious Walk of Fame.
Veteran actor Duvall, 72, took part in a ceremony at which his bronze-edged star - the 2 236th to be laid into the pavement of Los Angeles' star-studded Hollywood Boulevard - was unveiled.
Duvall's pal and fellow actor Billy Bob Thornton was also on hand for the celebration that took place outside the new home of the Oscars, the Kodak Theatre complex.
The honour was in recognition of the actor's acclaimed roles in such movies as 1972's The Godfather and its sequel The Godfather, Part II (1974) and his best actor Oscar-winning role in Tender Mercies in 1983.
Duvall won three other Academy Awards nominations: for 1979's Apocalypse Now, for The Godfather and for The Great Santini (1979).
- AFP