RIP Gene Hackman

[roadman65]

Another famed actor gone.

[ilpt4u]

Originally from Danville IL

Coach in Hoosiers
Coach in The Replacements
Captain of the sub in Crimson Tide

And I'm well aware his filmography is much longer than those

Rest In Peace

[NWI_Irish96]

Hoosiers is the 3rd best sports movie of all-time

[elsmere241]

And producer Sherwood Schwartz's first choice to play Mike on the Brady Bunch.  The network vetoed it because they didn't know who Hackman was.

[Rothman]

And producer Sherwood Schwartz's first choice to play Mike on the Brady Bunch.  The network vetoed it because they didn't know who Hackman was.

Thank goodness.

[Ted$8roadFan]

RIP.

[formulanone]

And producer Sherwood Schwartz's first choice to play Mike on the Brady Bunch.  The network vetoed it because they didn't know who Hackman was.

Thank goodness.

Gotta say, now I'm imagining epic battles between Alice and Lex Luthor (one of the best potrayals of a calm-and-collected-but-crazy villain).

Hoosiers is the 3rd best sports movie of all-time

Yeah, it's up there.

[Max Rockatansky]

Went to the Otisburg in the sky.

[Henry]

That was a horrible loss, with his wife and their pet also gone. RIP Gene

[JayhawkCO]

An underrated Hackman role - being a somewhat sympathetic KKK member in The Chamber.

[jgb191]

The first time I saw his acting was paired with Will Smith in Enemy of the State; I thought he was pretty good.

[wanderer2575]

Went to the Otisburg in the sky.

Otisburg?  OTISBURG?

[SEWIGuy]

Hoosiers is the 3rd best sports movie of all-time

With lots of innaccuracies

[NWI_Irish96]

Hoosiers is the 3rd best sports movie of all-time

With lots of innaccuracies

It wasn't intended to be accurate.

[SEWIGuy]

Hoosiers is the 3rd best sports movie of all-time

With lots of innaccuracies

It wasn't intended to be accurate.

They succeeded.

[Bobby5280]

The news was pretty shocking. Both Hackman, his wife and their dog were all found deceased. My first thought was carbon monoxide poisoning.

Who ever has been editing the "In Memoriam" segment for the upcoming Academy Awards telecast this weekend will have to make a serious edit to get Gene Hackman in there. Those segments have been controversial in recent years for glaring omissions. Hackman is a enough of an acting legend that you don't dare leave him out of that roll call. Many of his fans would be pissed.

Hackman was in so many good movies. Superman: The Movie was a childhood favorite. I think I was in high school the first time I saw The French Connection and The Conversation. His bit part as a blind man in Young Frankenstein was hilarious. Then there's his role as Little Bill in Unforgiven. One hell of an acting career.

Originally from Danville IL

He was born in San Bernadino, CA. His family moved around several times, ultimately settling in Danville, but Gene Hackman left there when he was 16 to join the Marine Corps.

[Rothman]

Saw an article that said that he won an Oscar for his portrayal of a policeman who got his man at too high of a cost.

Erm...might want to rewatch that movie, guy.

[Stephane Dumas]

Gene Hackman did a small cameo uncredited in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXPl_wr2QNw

He also starred in a underrated neo-noir movie named Twilight, no it's not the one with wampires, it's a different kind with Paul Newman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2IFIMyZPnQ

[Rothman]

Man, it's quite hard to pick my favorite Gene Hackman movie.

[JayhawkCO]

Let me try to rate them. Of those I've seen:

1. Unforgiven
2. Crimson Tide
3. The Firm
4. The Birdcage
5. The Chamber
6. Get Shorty
7. Young Frankenstein
8. The Royal Tenenbaums
9. Runaway Jury
10. Mississippi Burning
11. Hoosiers
12. Superman
13. Superman II
14. Antz
15. Enemy of the State

[Rothman]

Meh.  Crimson Tide was so formulaic.

Loved him in Unforgiven, but it's such a bleak/dark movie.

I'm going with Royal Tenenbaums for today.

[JayhawkCO]

Loved him in Unforgiven, but it's such a bleak/dark movie.

To me though, the best Western ever.

[Rothman]

Loved him in Unforgiven, but it's such a bleak/dark movie.

To me though, the best Western ever.

Hm.  Prefer John Wayne's True Grit or Leone's For a Few Dollars More...

[kphoger]

For a Few Dollars More

You, sir, have excellent taste.

Wait, what did I just SAY??

[formulanone]

I'm going with Royal Tenenbaums for today.

...stomach cancer.

[eats massive cheeseburger]

That was a pretty good composite of several people I've meet over the years.