Hollywood star Gene Hackman, known for The French Connection, Mississippi Burning and The Poseidon Adventure, was a character actor who often played tough guys before finding his comedic stride in ...

Hackman’s co-stars here included Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters (who scored an Oscar nom), Leslie Nielsen, and Roddy McDowall. The indomitable Lee Marvin plays Nick, an enforcer for the Irish mob in ...

director Paul Feig on X. “Loved you in everything! ‘The Conversation,’ ‘The French Connection,’ ‘The Poseidon Adventure,’ ‘Unforgiven’ —tough yet vulnerable. You were one of ...