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Jul 27, 2011 · July 26, 2011. G. D. Spradlin, whose experience as a corporate lawyer, independent oilman and rancher influenced his nuanced portrayals of authority figures in more than 70 films and...
Jul 26, 2011 · Gervase Duan “G.D.” Spradlin, a character actor best known for playing authority figures in television and films, including “The Godfather: Part II” and “Apocalypse Now,” has died. He ...
Aug 16, 2011 · Tue 16 Aug 2011 06.48 EDT. There is a scene in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather: Part II (1974) that crystallises the entire film career of the character actor GD Spradlin, who has died...
Jul 26, 2011 · Gervase Duan "G.D." Spradlin, a former lawyer and oil producer who found a second act as a prolific character actor playing authority figures in such films as "Apocalypse Now" and "The...
Jul 26, 2011 · Gervase Duan “G.D.” Spradlin, a character actor best known for playing authority figures in television and films, including “The Godfather: Part II” and “Apocalypse Now,” has died. He was 90....
Gervase Duan Spradlin (August 31, 1920 – July 24, 2011) was an American actor, attorney, and businessman. Known for his distinctive accent and voice, he often played devious authority figures.
Jul 27, 2011 · G.D. Spradlin, a successful businessman who later became a character actor with a knack for conveying gravitas and a sense of menace to numerous television series and such feature films as The Godfather: Part II and Apocalypse Now, died July 24, 2011, at his cattle ranch Sunday in San Luis Obispo, California. He was 90.