G.D. Spradlin was born on August 31, 1920 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA as Gervase Duan Spradlin. He was an actor and director, known for Ed Wood (1994), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Godfather: Part II (1974). He was married to Frances Hewitt Hendrickson and Nell Ethelyn Hulsizer. He died on July 24, 2011 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.