Discuss Gene Hackman
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"I was trained to be an actor, not a star"
posted by wonder2wonderSTAFFMOD on January 30, 2019 at 6:19 AM
Gene Hackman is known for movies like "The French Connection (1971)", "The Poseidon Adventure (1972)", "French Connection II (1975)", "Superman (1978)", "Superman II (1980)", "Mississippi Burning (1988)", "Narrow Margin (1990)", "Unforgiven (1992)", "The Firm (1993)", "Wyatt Earp (1994)", "The Quick and the Dead (1995)", "Crimson Tide (1995)", "Absolute Power (1997)", "Enemy of the State (1998)" and "Heist (2001)".
Some other movies he appeared in are "Mad Dog Coll (1961)", "Lilith (1964)", "Hawaii (1966)", "A Covenant with Death (1967)", "Banning (1967)", "Bonnie and Clyde (1967)", "The Split (1968)", "Shadow on the Land (1968)", "Riot (1969)", "The Gypsy Moths (1969)", "Downhill Racer (1969)", "Marooned (1969)", "I Never Sang for My Father (1970)", "Doctors' Wives (1971)", "The Hunting Party (1971)", "Cisco Pike (1972)", "Prime Cut (1972)", "Scarecrow (1973)", "The Conversation (1974)", "Zandy's Bride (1974)", "Young Frankenstein (1974)", "Night Moves (1975)", "Bite the Bullet (1975)", "Lucky Lady (1975)", "The Domino Killings (1977)", "A Bridge Too Far (1977)", "March or Die (1977)", "All Night Long (1981)", "Reds (1981)", "Eureka (1983)", "Under Fire (1983)", "Uncommon Valor (1983)", "Misunderstood (1984)", "Twice in a Lifetime (1985)", "Target (1985)", "Power (1986)", "Hoosiers (1986)", "No Way Out (1987)", "Bat*21 (1988)", "Another Woman (1988)", "Split Decisions (1988)", "Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)", "The Package (1989)", "Loose Cannons (1990)", "Postcards from the Edge (1990)", "Class Action (1991)", "Company Business (1991)", "Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)", "Get Shorty (1995)", "The Birdcage (1996)", "Extreme Measures (1996)", "The Chamber (1996)", "Twilight (1998)", "Under Suspicion (2000)", "The Replacements (2000)", "The Mexican (2001)", "Heartbreakers (2001)", "The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)", "Behind Enemy Lines (2001)", "Runaway Jury (2003)" and "Welcome to Mooseport (2004)".
He appeared on TV shows like "Tallahassee 7000", "The United States Steel Hour", "Look Up and Live", "Naked City", "The Defenders", "Route 66", "The DuPont Show of the Week", "East Side/West Side", "Brenner", "The Trials of O'Brien", "Hawk", "The F.B.I.", "Iron Horse", "I Spy", "CBS Playhouse" and "Insight".
In 1972 he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in the movie "The French Connection (1971)" and in 1993 the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Little Bill Daggett in the movie "Unforgiven (1992)".
Happy Birthday!
Reply by genplant29
on January 30, 2019 at 1:43 PM
Happy Birthday to Mr. Hackman.
Btw, it's great, Wonder, to see your resumed birthday, etc. posting on the People boards.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on January 30, 2019 at 2:05 PM
It was a sad day for the film industry and his fans when Gene Hackman decided to retire from acting, but great for him to having time to do other things.
Note: I've been busy on other message boards, and today is just one of those rare days when nothing much is happening, so I have some time to spare and look at whose birthday it is. And it's a fun way to post on the personal boards; I get to learn a lot about all those different actors.