ROBERT DUVALL, 90, PLANS DREAM BABY!

Wants first child to secure legacy

CHILDLESS Godfather star Robert Duvall is determined to finally become a dad at age 90 and give fourth wife Luciana Pedraza the baby she’s yearned for during their 16-year marriage, insiders dish.

Sources snitch the couple have been happily wed after meeting in a bakery in her native Argentina, and the only thing that’s been missing from their lives is children.

“I guess I’m shooting blanks,” quips the star of the Western flicks Open Range and Joe Kidd and TV’s Lonesome Dove. “I’ve tried with a lot of different women, in and out of marriage.”

Childless with previous wives Barbara Benjamin, Gail Youngs and Sharon Brophy, “he always assumed he was the one with the problem,” notes an insider.

“Luciana understood that, but he’s determined to make it happen … he’d like to do this for her, and of course he adores kids.”

With time running out, the couple plan to try IVF and are also not against using a donor and surrogate, says the source.

At 90, the Apocalypse Now star is “still active and works out every day. He could put 40-year-olds to shame in the gym,” says the insider.

“He’s a dynamo, so naturally he believes there’s no reason why he can’t be a great dad at his age and chase after a little one.”

Duvall’s feeling a sense of urgency because he wants to be around for those firsts and all the other wonderful things that come with parenthood like holidays and birthday parties and school pageants, the insider notes.

“Bob would like to see his name and legacy carried on and it’s a fact that whenever he sees a baby, he’s all mush and wants one too,” says the source.

“With all the medical breakthroughs out there, he thinks he’s got a chance.”