Robert Duvall was born in San Diego, California, the son of Mildred Virginia, an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a Virginia-born U.S. Navy admiral. He grew up primarily in Annapolis, Maryland, site of the United States Naval Academy. He recalled: "I was a Navy brat. My father started at the Academy when he was 16, made captain at 39 and retired as a rear admiral." He attended Severn School in Severna Park, Maryland, and The Principia in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated, in 1953, from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. Duvall served in the United States Army for a brief period shortly after the Korean War (from August 19, 1953, to August 20, 1954) leaving the Army as Private First Class. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
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