[News] Rip Gene Hackman

[Gwylan]

That is sad news - what an actor, what a legacy of films.

My favourite of his many roles was the seedy, surveillance specialist in The Conversation but there were so many performances to choose. He could do it all: drama, westerns, action thrillers, comedy

What a sad end

 

[herecomesaregular]

Sad and odd news. He was 95 but his wife was 30 years younger than him. And the dog to die at same time too. How can that not be suspicious?

Good actor, have watched Enemy of the State more than several times.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

This


Did it win any Oscars?

Only cinematography...Unfortunately came up again Rain Man ( way inferior imho)

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Sad and odd news. He was 95 but his wife was 30 years younger than him. And the dog to die at same time too. How can that not be suspicious?

Good actor, have watched Enemy of the State more than several times.

Death pacts are not considered suspicious. It’s extremely sad but not uncommon.

 

[herecomesaregular]

Death pacts are not considered suspicious. It’s extremely sad but not uncommon.

Ok. Then killing the dog also means he was a bit of a prick imo.

Edit - IF it was a double suicide

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Yes, terrific actor. Bewildering news

He was over 80
Not so bewildering.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Ok. Then killing the dog also means he was a bit of a prick imo.

When people’s minds are unbalanced, it’s possible they thought it was a better option than the dog pound.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

With an old man who was just so full of hate that he didn't know being poor was what was killing him

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Ok. Then killing the dog also means he was a bit of a prick imo.

And his wife was only 61.
Five years younger than me.
And I'm going nowhere.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Sad and odd news. He was 95 but his wife was 30 years younger than him. And the dog to die at same time too. How can that not be suspicious?

Good actor, have watched Enemy of the State more than several times.

My immediate thought was carbon monoxide poisoning...

 

[Pevenseagull]

just looked through his list of movies on IMDB and I've seen nearly all of them. Many just because he was in them.

1960s started off mainly as a bit part Cagneyesque character actor. First really demonstrated his range in Bonnie and Clyde.
Then
inspired casting by Friedkin in The French Connection made him. Doesn't happen much these days. Don't see many actors do a decade of TV and 5th (or lower) billing to go onto become an A list star. Particularly one with a face like Hackman.

terrific range, equally adept at comedy and drama. Convincing as a pathetic doofus, hero or terrifyiǹg villain.

can't think of any film that he didn't improve or that he wasn't there or thereabouts the best thing on screen.

RIP again

 

[East Staffs Gull]

My immediate thought was carbon monoxide poisoning...

Me too.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

A fine comedic cameo as the blind hermit in Mel Brooks Young Frankenstain..........."But I was gonna make espresso"

RIP Gene Hackman

 

[Insel affe]

My immediate thought was carbon monoxide poisoning...

This, we simply do not know the truth yet.

sad news great actor.
Love can hurt so bad sometimes, it can make you unbalanced, the thought of not being with someone you love is a frightening thought sometimes. It fills me with dread and incredibly low when I think I will not be with my daughter forever (the wife, meh)

 

[Dr Q]

One of the best. Very Sad.

 

[vegster]

Do you think the dog did it and then killed itself. That’ll stump em.

That was my first thought..when your owner is 90 + and the walkies get shorter and memory lapses mean less Bonios.....a dog has to make choices...



RIP Popeye.

 

[Swegulls]

Sad news, great actor.

RIP

 

[Beach Hut]

Sad news the French Connection films were both epic

 

[Weststander]

One of the greatest, the first film I was aware of him was The French Connection. What a catalogue of work.

RIP.

 

[Albion my Albion]

R.I.P. Gene!

My favourite Gene Hackman film was, of course, Hoosiers

The story of a basketball team from a small Indiana town that overcame great odds to win the state championship.