Britannica Sources used in this answer

Which actor made his film debut as Boo Radley in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird?

Created from Britannica articles using AI. AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.

Book cover for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, featuring a silhouette of a child under a tree and a large moon, with the title in script and — To Kill a Mockingbird This book cover is one of many given to Harper Lee's classic work To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). The novel won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and the next year was made into an Academy Award-winning film.

The actor who made his film debut as Arthur "Boo" Radley in the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird is Robert Duvall.12