Hackman had 101 acting credits, but it is his role as Norman Dale that sports fans will forever remember him most.

Hoosiers” (1986) is a fictionalized account of Indiana high school basketball set at a small school in the early 1950s. It is ...

However, for Fort Wayne architect Chris Stine, the iconic movie holds personal memories of his time spent on set, working ...

Bobby Plump — the real-life Jimmy Chitwood — said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town Hoosier state basketball story beyond Indiana to the rest of the world.

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

When I heard that Gene Hackman had died, I thought of the movie “Hoosiers.” I thought of Coach Norman Dale at Hickory High. I ...

Gene Hackman's long and critically acclaimed career ended in retirement over 20 years ago, brought on by health concerns.

The 'French Connection' and 'Hoosiers' star was found dead, along with his wife and their dog, at their home in Santa Fe, New ...

New Mexico authorities say preliminary autopsy results didn't determine how Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife died, but ...

When great actors die, our grief multiplies. It feels like we lost them and every character they blessed with humanity. The ...