From ‘Crimson Tide’ to ‘Mississippi Burning’ – the greatest hits of the greatest actor Gene Hackman’s last screen role was in 2004’s Welcome to Mooseport, so we’ve had time to adjust to his absence from our screens but still,
Declared as one of the greatest sports movies in film history, the 1986 flick Hoosiers starred the late Gene Hackman as high school basketball Coach Norman Dale. The famed film follows the story of the Huskers and how they went from small-town Hickory,
He was famed for appearing in some of the most highly regarded films of the 20th Century, from thrillers such as The French Connection and The Conversation, Clint Eastwood’s revisionist Western Unforgiven and comedy-drama The Birdcage.
The “French Connection” star was a sometimes frightening presence onscreen but always an inviting one. And a truly funny guy.