Gene Hackman
Acting
Biography
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
Born: January 30, 1930
Place of Birth: San Bernardino, California, USA
Known For
Sports on the Silver Screen
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
A documentary on the production of The French Connection (1971).
Shadow on the Land
Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films (broadcast on the NFL Network and CBS). Each of its 55 (and counting) installments profile the National Football League's annual Super Bowl champion through highlights, interviews with players and coaches, and a celebrity narrator. A spin-off debuted on September 18, 2008, titled America's Game: The Missing Rings which chronicled five of the best teams to never win the Super Bowl.
Unforgiven
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
First to Fight
Jack is the sole survivor of a Japanese attack on his squad at Guadalcanal. Because of his heroism and the fact that he is still alive, he becomes a Medal of Honor hero. He returns to train new recruits for the Marines and falls for a girl named Peggy. When training and marriage leave him with an empty feeling, he decides on a transfer back to the front lines. Soon he will find that marriage and life will change his outlook on the grueling battles that lie ahead.
Young Frankenstein
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Marc McClure presents a documentary on the making of 'Superman' (1978).
East Side/West Side
East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, and later on, Linden Chiles. The series aired for only one season and was shown Monday nights on CBS. TV Guide ranked it #6 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Filmography
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as Self (Archival Footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Lex Luthor
as Narrator (voice)
as Monroe Cole
as Rankin Fitch
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
as Joe Moore
as Royal Tenenbaum
as Himself/Narrator
as Self - Host/Narrator
as William B. Tensy
as Arnold Margolese
as Henry Hearst
as Jimmy McGinty
as Self
as Brill
as General Mandible (voice)
as Jack Ames
as Self (archive footage)
as President Richmond
as Sam Cayhall
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
as Senator Kevin Keeley
as Blind Man (archive footage)
as Harry Zimm
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
as John Herod
as Self
as Self
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as Nicholas Earp
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
as Avery Tolar
as Reader (voice)
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
as Sam Boyd
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
as Robert Caulfield
as Lowell Kolchek
as MacArthur Stern
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
as Agent Rupert Anderson
as Floyd
as Larry
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
as Dan McGuinn
as Defense Secretary David Brice
as Lex Luthor
as Coach Norman Dale
as Self
as Wilfred Buckley
as Walter Lloyd
as Harry MacKenzie
as Self
as Col. Cal Rhodes
as God (voice) (uncredited)
as Ned Rawley
as Alex Grazier
as Self
as Jack McCann
as Pete van Wherry
as Self
as George Dupler
as Lex Luthor
as Lex Luthor
as Self
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as Major William Sherman Foster
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
as Tucker
as Kibby
as Sam Clayton
as Harry Moseby
as "Popeye" Doyle
as Blindman
as Self
as Zandy Allen
as Harry Caul
as Max Millan
as Himself
as Reverend Scott
as Mary Ann
as Officer Leo Holland
as Jimmy Doyle
as Brandt Ruger
as Self
as Dave Randolph
as Gene Garrison
as Buzz Lloyd
as Eugene Claire
as Joe Browdy
as Red Fraker
as Self
as Rev. Thomas Davis
as Lt. Walter Brill
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as Tommy Del Gaddo
as Buck Barrow
as Harmsworth
as Sergeant Tweed
as Tom Jessup
as John Whipple
as Herb Kenyon
as Roger Nathan
as Norman
as Self
as Self
as Douglas McCann
as Stanley McGuirk
as Cop (uncredited)
as Joe Lawson
as Motorist
as Mr. Jasper
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
as Self - Nominee / Presenter