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Legendary actor Robert Duvall describes "memorable" time at Clemson with Dabo Swinney

Legendary actor Robert Duvall and his wife Luciana spent last weekend in Clemson, taking in the sights and sounds of a football gameday and spending time with head coach Dabo Swinney. Duvall, whose career spans more than seven decades, had one word to describe his trip to Tigertown.

Memorable.

Duvall is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Duvall has starred in numerous films and television series, including The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), The F.B.I. (1966), Bullitt (1968), True Grit (1969), Joe Kidd (1972), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), Tender Mercies (1983, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor), The Natural (1984), Colors (1988), Lonesome Dove (1989), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Falling Down (1993), Secondhand Lions (2003), The Judge (2014), and Widows (2018).