Gene Hackman, the unpretentious actor whose performances in such films as “The French Connection,” “Hoosiers,” “Unforgiven” and “The Firm” elevated character roles to leading-man levels, has died. He ...

Most people have a favorite Gene Hackman performance. I have two. The actor, a chameleonic everyman with a movie star’s ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a tall task to try to whittle Gene Hackman’s career down to five notable films. One of the 20th century’s greatest actors, Hackman’s career spanned more than 40 years and a ...

Gene Hackman reflects on early struggles, Hollywood success and his unlikely rise in these vintage interviews.

At age 15, a group of my friends and I saw the 1985 film “Vision Quest” about a high school wrestler who decides he’s going ...

Hackman’s dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans for a single reason: His unforgettable role as Hickory Huskers ...

One of the greatest American actors of the 20th century was voted “least likely to succeed” by his first theater school, wasn ...

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog were found dead in different rooms of their Santa Fe home and had ...

The sheriff’s office in Santa Fe County, N.M., is investigating after the actor Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs ...

Gene Hackman's Norman Dale in 'Hoosiers' is a great leader not because he had the title, but because his players wanted to play for him.

Hackman, the longtime-based Santa Fe actor, played Wilfred Buckley in 'Power,' a film focused on how the public image of political candidates is shaped. KOAT reporter Mike Makala was a part of several ...