Editing Robert Duvall (section)

== Personal life ==
=== Relationships ===
[[File:Robert Duvall, actor, with wife Gail Youngs, NYC apartment.jpg|thumb|upright|Duvall with wife Gail Youngs, NYC apartment, 1984]]
[[File:Robert Duvall Navy3.jpg|thumb|Duvall, with [[Luciana Pedraza]] (right), shaking hands with a member of "The Black Stallions" of [[Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Four]] at the [[Taormina Film Fest]] in Sicily.<ref name=meryman20180916>{{cite magazine |title=Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Duvall: Three Friends who Went from Rags to Riches |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/03/gene-hackman-dustin-hoffman-hollywood |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=September 16, 2018 |first=Richard |last=Meryman |date=March 2004 |archive-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130202/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/03/gene-hackman-dustin-hoffman-hollywood |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

Duvall has been married four times. He does not have any children. "I guess I'm [[male infertility|shooting blanks]]," he said in 2007.<ref name="Walls">Walls, Jeannette (March 18, 2007). [https://www.today.com/popculture/queen-pop-jacko-acts-diva-wbna17521718 Duvall's 'shooting blanks'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412153337/https://www.today.com/popculture/queen-pop-jacko-acts-diva-wbna17521718 |date=April 12, 2021 }}. ''Today''.</ref> He has said, "[I've tried] with a lot of different women, in and out of marriage."<ref name="Walls"/> Duvall met his first wife, Barbara Benjamin,<ref name=people /> a former announcer and dancer on ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]'', during the shooting of ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''.<ref name=newsweek1972>{{cite news | url = http://robertduvall.net23.net/robertduvall_0/2001/nw720918.htm | title = Man of Many Faces | work = [[Newsweek]] | date = September 18, 1972 | access-date = December 9, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121210031454/http://robertduvall.net23.net/robertduvall_0/2001/nw720918.htm | archive-date = December 10, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> She had also appeared in ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' (1955) and ''[[The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV series)|The Courtship of Eddie's Father]]'' (1963) using the name Barbara Brent.<ref>Clemens, Samuel. "Pageantry", ''Lulu Press''. August 2022</ref> She had two daughters from her previous marriage.<ref name=newsweek1972 /> They were married from 1964 until 1975.<ref name=people />

His second wife was Gail Youngs, to whom he was married from 1982 to 1986.<ref name=people /> His marriage to Youngs temporarily made him the brother-in-law of [[John Savage (actor)|John Savage]],<ref name=people1984 /><ref>{{cite news|last=Chase|first=Chris|title=AT THE MOVIES; The Duvalls and a movie with Gypsies.|date=May 20, 1983|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/20/movies/at-the-movies-the-duvalls-and-a-movie-with-gypsies.html|access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-date=June 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617063932/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/20/movies/at-the-movies-the-duvalls-and-a-movie-with-gypsies.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Robin Young]], and [[Jim Youngs]].

His third marriage was to Sharon Brophy, a dancer, from 1991 to 1995.<ref name=people />

In 2005, Duvall married his fourth wife, [[Luciana Pedraza]], granddaughter of [[Argentina|Argentine]] aviation pioneer [[Susana Ferrari Billinghurst]].<ref name=ai>{{cite web|last=Murch|first=Beatrice|title=Robert Duvall: Hollywood's Tanguero|date=November 27, 2012|url=http://www.argentinaindependent.com/top-story/robert-duvall-hollywoods-tanguero/|access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617003440/http://www.argentinaindependent.com/top-story/robert-duvall-hollywoods-tanguero/|archive-date=June 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He met Pedraza in [[Argentina]], recalling, "The flower shop was closed, so I went to the bakery. If the flower shop had been open, I never would've met her."<ref name=esquire>{{cite news | url = http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/meaning-of-life-2011/robert-duvall-quotes-0111 | title = Robert Duvall: What I've Learned | date = December 14, 2010 | work = [[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] | access-date = December 9, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121108043206/http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/meaning-of-life-2011/robert-duvall-quotes-0111 | archive-date = November 8, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> They were both born on January 5, but Duvall is 41 years older.<ref name=the-burg>{{cite news | url = http://robertduvall.net23.net/robertduvall_3/2011/burg1002.htm | title = Robert Duvall at Home in Rural Virginia | work = [[The News & Advance]] | location = [[Lynchburg, Virginia]] | first1 = Brown | last1 = Bob | first2 = Bill | last2 = Lohmann | date = October 2, 2011 | access-date = December 9, 2012 | archive-date = December 10, 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121210031712/http://robertduvall.net23.net/robertduvall_3/2011/burg1002.htm }}</ref> They have been together since 1997. He produced, directed, and acted with her in ''[[Assassination Tango]]'', with the majority of filming in Buenos Aires. Duvall is known as a very skilled Argentine tango dancer, and has a tango studio in Argentina and in the United States.<ref name="cbs" /><ref name=ai /><ref>{{Cite news|title = Dance Fever|date = April 14, 2003|url = http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20139782,00.html|last = Jerome|first = Jim|work = [[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date = August 21, 2013|archive-date = March 4, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053945/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20139782,00.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>

Duvall is known to train [[Brazilian jiu-jitsu]] and practices martial arts with his wife.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BjjTribes|date=April 17, 2021|title=Did you know that actor Robert Duvall trains Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?|url=https://bjjtribes.com/did-you-know-that-actor-robert-duvall-trains-brazilian-jiu-jitsu/|access-date=April 19, 2021|website=BjjTribes|language=en-US|archive-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121033347/https://bjjtribes.com/did-you-know-that-actor-robert-duvall-trains-brazilian-jiu-jitsu/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Political views ===
Duvall's political views are variously described as [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] or [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]].<ref name="cbs">{{cite news|url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-duvall-does-the-tango-06-01-2004/|title = Robert Duvall Does The Tango|date = December 5, 2007|last = Leung|first = Rebecca|work = [[CBS News]]|access-date = August 21, 2013|archive-date = July 25, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100725120113/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/06/60II/main591671.shtml|url-status = live}}</ref> He was personally invited to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] President [[George W. Bush]]'s inauguration in 2001. In September 2007, he announced his support for [[Rudy Giuliani]]'s [[Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign|campaign]] in the [[2008 Republican Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.joinrudy2008.com/article/pr/764|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116033415/http://www.joinrudy2008.com/article/pr/764|archive-date=January 16, 2008|title=Academy Award–Winning Actor Robert Duvall Supports Rudy Giuliani|date=September 5, 2007|work=joinrudy2008.com}}</ref> Duvall worked the floor at the GOP's [[2008 Republican National Convention|2008 national convention]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081016.CAMPAIGNSIDE16/TPStory/International|title=So get out and vote already|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail|Toronto Globe and Mail]]|date=October 16, 2008|access-date=October 20, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017151656/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081016.CAMPAIGNSIDE16//TPStory/International|archive-date=October 17, 2008}}</ref>

In September 2008, he appeared onstage at a [[John McCain]]–[[Sarah Palin]] rally in [[New Mexico]], and he endorsed Republican presidential nominee [[Mitt Romney]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.glittarazzi.com/election-2012/113182-mitt-romney-celebrity-robert-duvall.html | title=Mitt Romney Gets A Celeb Endorsement (Finally!): Robert Duvall To Host Fundraiser | access-date=August 7, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022356/http://www.glittarazzi.com/election-2012/113182-mitt-romney-celebrity-robert-duvall.html | archive-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Duvall said in an interview he had become an [[Independent voter|independent]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stern |first=Marlow |date=March 19, 2015 |title=Robert Duvall Tells GOP: Keep Religion and Politics 'Completely Separate' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-duvall-tells-gop-keep-religion-and-politics-completely-separate |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829035918/https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-duvall-tells-gop-keep-religion-and-politics-completely-separate |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Philanthropy and activism ===
In 2001, Pedraza and Duvall founded the Robert Duvall Children's Fund to assist families in Northern Argentina through renovations of homes, schools, and medical facilities.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Benefit Hunter Division Helps Charities|date=April 19, 2010|magazine=[[The Chronicle of the Horse]]|url=http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/benefit-hunter-division-helps-charities|access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-date=June 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617081556/http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/benefit-hunter-division-helps-charities|url-status=live}}</ref> Duvall and Pedraza have been active supporters of Pro Mujer, a nonprofit charity organization dedicated to helping Latin America's poorest women (with Duvall and Pedraza concentrating on Pedraza's home in the [[Argentine Northwest]]).<ref>{{citation |author=Parera, Josep |title=The Latin side of Robert Duvall| date=January 17, 2010 |journal=New York Today }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=CNN Heroes: Duvall shines spotlight on cause |url=https://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/10/04/duvall.heroes/index.html |publisher=Cable News Network and CNN.com |date=October 4, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010233853/http://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-04/living/duvall.heroes_1_carmen-velasco-latin-america-women-pro-mujer?_s=PM:LIVING |archive-date=October 10, 2012}}</ref>

In May 2009, Duvall spoke for historic preservation against [[Wal-Mart|Walmart]]'s proposal to build a store across the road from the entrance to the [[Battle of the Wilderness|Wilderness Battlefield]] national park in [[Orange County, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KSDZbzTdt0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/9KSDZbzTdt0| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Robert Duvall at the Wilderness Battlefield News Conference|date=May 4, 2009|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2011, he appeared at the [[Texas Children's Cancer Center]] charity event, "An Evening with a Texas Legend", in [[Houston]], where he was interviewed by [[Bob Schieffer]].<ref name="tex">{{cite news|url=http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-24-11-robert-duvall-and-bob-schieffer-take-a-backseat-to-the-near-89-million-raised-for-texas-childrens-cancer-center/|title=Robert Duvall & Bob Schieffer take a backseat to the $9 million raised for Texas Children's|publisher=CultureMap News|first=Shelby|last=Hodge|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=March 18, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305045812/http://www.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-24-11-robert-duvall-and-bob-schieffer-take-a-backseat-to-the-near-89-million-raised-for-texas-childrens-cancer-center/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2023, Duvall spoke at a council meeting in suburban Virginia against a proposed [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] facility. The facility was nonetheless approved.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=James |title=Oscar-winner Robert Duvall attends Warrenton Town Council meeting to oppose Amazon data center |date=2023-02-14 |url=https://www.fauquiernow.com/news/oscar-winner-robert-duvall-attends-warrenton-town-council-meeting-to-oppose-amazon-data-center/article_10eb8d7c-acdb-11ed-9766-9b8a685fa714.html |work=Fauquier Now |access-date=2023-03-18}}</ref>