The Godfather, Apocalypse Now…A Shot at Glory. Legendary Hollywood actor Robert Duvall will probably be remembered by most for his roles as mafia consigliere Tom Hagen in the first two editions of Francis Ford Coppola's gangster trilogy or as Lieutenant Colonel William Kilgore in the same director's 1979 Vietnam war epic. However, among Scottish football circles, the veteran actor, who died on Monday aged 95, will also be remembered fondly for playing Gordon McLeod – a beleaguered Scottish football manager attempting to take lowly Kilnockie FC to Scottish Cup glory with the help of mercurial striker Jackie McQuillan, played by Rangers legend Ally McCoist. While recording football drama A Shot at Glory in 1999 and 2000, which also starred Hollywood A-listers Michael Keaton and Brian Cox alongside Scottish football household names such as Owen Coyle, Didier Agathe and Derek Ferguson, Duvall immersed himself in the country's football culture. An appearance as a pundit on BBC Scotland Sportscene in 1999, as well as a 2012 Sky Sports interview in which he revealed that he had named a dog after Celtic legend Jimmy Johnstone added to his unlikely place in Scottish football lore.

Source: BBC February 17, 2026 15:38 UTC