There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Gene Hackman Movie

The Mighty Gene Hackman was found dead in his home in New Mexico Wednesday night, along with his wife and dog. The former U.S. Marine and two-time Oscar winner’s cause of death is not yet known, though the local authorities have so far ruled out foul play. He was 95. Listen To Story

 

Hackman’s movie career began 61 years ago with Lilith (1964) and ended exactly 40 years later with Welcome to Mooseport (2004). In-between he racked up over 70 credits, which made him one of our busiest actors. Most years, he appeared in more than one movie. In 2001, he starred in five. Still, we never tired of him. He was too talented and too relatable to ever become over-exposed. He was also smart enough to keep his private life private and to stay off of television. If you wanted to see Gene Hackman, you had to go to the movies.

 

Everything Gene Hackman did he elevated. His presence reassured us that no matter how bad the movie, you knew he’d turn it around, make it worth your time, and own the screen.

 

And when I say own the screen, I mean own it. Watch Unforgiven (1992) again. Hackman’s up against three titans — Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris. Gene Hackman, the guy who looks like your uncle the electrician, commands every scene.

 

There was no one like him.

 

 

File/The cast of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde posing with guns. From left to right: actor Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow, actress Estelle Parsons as Blanche Barrow, actor Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow, actress Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker, and actor Michael J. Pollard as C.W. Moss. (GETTY)

 

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