{"id":38461,"date":"2025-02-27T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T03:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38461"},"modified":"2025-02-27T22:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T03:07:09","slug":"rip-gene-hackman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38461","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Gene Hackman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z022725rip_genehackman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1161\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was announced that Gene Hackman was found dead today.\u00a0 No time or cause of death has been given.\u00a0 Although no foul play was no suspected, an investigation is on-going.\u00a0 Mr. Hackman was 95.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the age of ten, Gene Hackman knew that he wanted to be an actor.\u00a0 At sixteen he lied about his age and enlisted in the Marines.\u00a0 After Mr. Hackman finished his enlistment he studied journalism and television production at the University of Illinois.\u00a0 Gene Hackman left for California before graduating.\u00a0 He joined the Pasadena Playhouse where he became friends with Dustin Hoffman.\u00a0 Mr. Hackman moved to New York where at different times he shared an apartment with Dustin Hoffman or Robert Duvall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gene Hackman began to get small television roles.\u00a0 During this time Mr. Hackman also appeared in several off-Broadway plays.\u00a0 In 1963, he got his first Broadway role.\u00a0 This opened the door to roles in feature films.\u00a0 Mr. Hackman continued to work on Broadway, television guest spots and small film roles.\u00a0 Gene Hackman&#8217;s breakout role came when he co-starred in <em>Bonnie and Clyde<\/em>.\u00a0 This earned him his first (of five) Oscar nominations.\u00a0 For the rest of his career Gene Hackman appeared in television and feature films.<\/p>\n<p>Gene Hackman was nominated for five <em>Academy Awards<\/em>, winning two&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1968 <em>Nominee<\/em> for <em>Best Actor in a Supporting Role<\/em> for <em>Bonnie and Clyde<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1971 <em>Nominee<\/em> for <em>Best Actor in a Supporting Role<\/em> for <em>I Never Sang for My Father<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1972 <em>Winner<\/em> for <em>Best Actor in a Leading Role<\/em> for <em>The French Connection<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1989<em> Nominee<\/em> for <em>Best Actor in a Leading Role<\/em> for <em>Mississippi Burning<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1993 <em>Winner<\/em> for <em>Best Actor in a Supporting Role<\/em> for <em>Unforgiven<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the television projects that feature Gene Hackman include:<em> Tallahassee 7000; The United States Steel Hour<\/em> (8 episodes); <em>Naked City; The Defenders<\/em> (2 episodes); <em>Route 66; Ride with Terror; East Side\/West Side; Brenner<\/em> (3 episodes); <em>The Trials of O&#8217;Brien; Hawk; The FBI; The Invaders; Iron Horse; CBS Playhouse; I Spy;<\/em> and <em>Rowan &amp; Martin&#8217;s Laugh-In<\/em> (2 episodes).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the feature films that Gene Hackman appeared in include: <em>Mad Dog Coll; Lilith; Hawaii; A Covenant with Death; Bonnie and Clyde; The Split; Downhill Racer; Marooned; I Never Sang for My Father; The French Connection; Cisco Pike; Prime Cut; The Poseidon Adventure; Scarecrow; The Conversation; Young Frankenstein; Night Moves; Bite the Bullet; French Connection II; Lucky Lady; The Domino Principle; A Bridge Too Far; Superman; Superman II; Reds; Under Fire; Uncommon Valor; Target; Power; Hoosiers; Superman IV: The Quest for Peace; No Way Out; Bat*21; Mississippi Burning; The Package; Postcards from the Edge; Narrow Margin; Unforgiven; The Firm; Geronimo: An American Legend; Wyatt Earp; The Quick and the Dead; Crimson Tide; Get Shorty; The Birdcage; Extreme Measures; The Chamber; Absolute Power; Twilight; Antz; Enemy of the State; Under Suspicion; The Replacements; The Mexican; Heist; The Royal Tenenbaums; Behind Enemy Lines; Runaway Jury<\/em> and <em>Welcome to Mooseport<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I probably first saw Gene Hackman in <em>Route 66 <\/em>or<em> The Invaders<\/em>.\u00a0 The first movie I remember seeing Mr. Hackman was in <em>The Poseidon Adventure<\/em>.\u00a0 I loved him in that role!\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to pick a favorite Gene Hackman role because he was so good in so many films.\u00a0 Some of favorites include <em>Poseidon Adventure; Mississippi Burning; Unforgiven; The Quick and the Dead; Crimson Tide<\/em> and <em>Get Shorty<\/em>.\u00a0 What an amazing career Mr. Hackman had.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out thoughts and prayers go out to Gene Hackman&#8217;s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced that Gene Hackman was found dead today.\u00a0 No time or cause of death has been given.\u00a0 Although<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,54,57,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebs","category-movies","category-rip","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38464,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38461\/revisions\/38464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}