Considered one of the great screen performers of the latter part of the 20th century, the tall, likable Hackman had an amiable grace, easy humor and a surprisingly wide range that made him equally ...

Hackman won the best actor Academy Award for this performance, and critics immediately recognized his star quality ... including “The Poseidon Adventure,” directed by Ronald Neame, about ...

But nothing about his appearance or his demeanor said “movie star.” But nevertheless ... and eventually murderous middle-aged working-class man, Hackman’s Popeye Doyle became something ...

The Oscar winner once voted “Least Likely to Succeed” became one of the most celebrated performers in Hollywood history.

Legendary actor Gene Hackman, 95, and wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, and their dog were found dead in their home outside Santa Fe, authorities say.

Hackman always had a surprise hit up his sleeve, as in films like “The French Connection II,” “The Firm” and even “The Poseidon Adventure ... with then-rising star Will Smith.

And while circumstances surrounding his death (along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa) remain very much a mystery, his legacy is in a class all its ... the traditional movie star, into something ...

He was of that generation of actors, peers with De Niro, Pacino, Hoffman, Cazale, et al—performers who might not have fit the contemporary-movie-star mold ... film The Poseidon Adventure ...

He belongs to that rare class of capital-A actors whose work began ... anywhere near as much as Luke Wilson’s fallen tennis star Richie or Gwyneth Paltrow’s playwright Margot (adopted, as ...

In the next three years following his Oscar win, Hackman would go on to star in 10 films, including “Cisco Pike,” “Prime Cut,” “The Poseidon ... about the new class of Hollywood star ...