Duvall was particularly drawn to the western, a genre he returned to repeatedly throughout his career. As the outlaw \u201cLucky\u201d Ned Pepper, he went up against John Wayne\u2019s Rooster Cogburn in \u201cTrue Grit\u201d (1969); he portrayed a cattleman alongside Kevin Costner in \u201cOpen Range\u201d (2003); and saw his star rise exponentially as former Texas Ranger Augustus \u201cGus\u201d McCrae in the hit TV miniseries \u201cLonesome Dove\u201d (1989)\u2014based on the novel by Larry McMurtry\u2014which he called his favorite role.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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