Born on this day – Gene Hackman:

Gene Hackman

Actor

Writer

Producer

January 30, 1930 – February 26, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Escape from Andersonville (2008); Justice for None (2004); Payback at Morning Peak (2011); Pursuit (2013); Wake of the Perdido Star (1999).

Movies and television:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Backyard Story (2010); A Bridge Too Far (1977); A Covenant with Death (1967); A Look at Liv (1979); A Word on Westerns (2018); ABC Late Night (1974); ABC News Breakfast (2024); ABC's Wide World of Sports (1991); Absolute Power (1997); AFI Life Achievement Award (1981–2008); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureur (2022); All Access: On the Set of 'Crimson Tide' (1995); All Access: The Showdown of 'Enemy of the State' (2006); All Night Long (1981); All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (2002); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (1998–2000); America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions (2007); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Another Woman (1988); Antz (1998); Arena (2000); At Long Last Cole (1975); Backstory (2000); Banning (1967); Bat*21 (1988); Behind Enemy Lines (2001); Big Audio Dynamite: E=MC2 (1985); Biography (1994–2003); Bite the Bullet (1975); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000); Bravo Profiles (2000); Brenner (1959–1964); Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter (2001); CBS Mornings (1990–1995); CBS Playhouse (1968); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie Rose (1999); Ciné regards (1981); Cinema (1972); Cinéma cinémas (1986); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2014); Cisco Pike (1971); Class Action (1991); Clint Eastwood on Westerns (1992); Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021); Colors of Courage: Sons of New Mexico, Prisoners of Japan (2002); Community Shelter Planning (1967); Company Business (1991); Crimson Tide (1995); De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros (2001); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Dinah! (1975); Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (2008); Directions (1966); Doctors' Wives (1971); Downhill Racer (1969); Earth and the American Dream (1992); East Side/West Side (1963); Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992); Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); En Büyük Yumruk (1983); Enemy of the State (1998); Enemy of the State: Production (1999); Entertainment Tonight (1986–1987); Eureka (1983); Exploring the Scene: Hackman & Hoffman Together (2004); Extreme Measures (1996); Fan des années 80 (2010); Faye (2024); Femmes Fatales: Sharon Stone (1998); Film '73 (1973–1977); First to Fight (1967); For the Small Schools (2015); French Connection II (1975); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022); Full Moon in Blue Water (1988); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Geronimo: An American Legend (1993); Get Shorty (1995); Get Shorty: Look at Me (2005); Get Shorty: Wiseguys and Dolls (2005); Good Morning America (1986–1989); Hackman on Doyle (2009); Hawaii (1966); Hawk (1966); HBO First Look (2000–2003); Heartbreakers (2001); Heartbreakers: Deleted Scenes (2001); Heartbreakers: Laffs & Gaffes (2001); Heist (2001); Heroes of Iwo Jima (2001); Hidden City (2003); Hollywood Greats (2004); Hollywood Insider (2020–2021); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood Science (2006); Hollywood Squares (1971); Hoosier History: The Truth Behind the Legend (2005); Hoosiers (1986); I Am Burt Reynolds (2020); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); I Never Sang for My Father (1970); I Spy (1968); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); Inside the Actors Studio (2001 / 2003); Insight (1968); Iron Horse (1967); Island of Hope, Island of Tears (1989); It Happened That Way (2004); It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994); Jet 7 (1998); Ken Adam - Production Designer (1990); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959–1962); Larry King Live (2004); Late Night with David Letterman (1988); Le journal de 20 heures (2000); Les Chroniques du Mea (2014); Lilith (1964); Look Up and Live (1962 / 1963); Loose Cannons (1990); Lucky Lady (1975); Mad Dog Coll (1961); Making Frankensense of 'Young Frankenstein' (1996); Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001); Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001); March or Die (1977); Marooned (1969); Maury (1995); Miami Blues (1990); Missing Reel (2014); Mississippi Burning (1988); Misunderstood (1984); Morning Joe (2023–2025); Naked City (1963); Narrow Margin (1990); Night Moves (1975); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightlife (1987); No Sleep TV3 (2016); No Way Out (1987); Off the Cuff: Hackman & Hoffman (2004); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974); Page to Screen (2002); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Power (1986); Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006); Prime Cut (1972); Reds (1981); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Revista de cine (1979); Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008); Ride with Terror (1963); Riot (1969); Route 66 (1963); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Runaway Jury (2003); Scarecrow (1973); Shadow on the Land (1968); Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998); Showbiz Today (1996); Shurtleff on Acting (1994); Silent Times (2018); Sinatra Reviews (2022); Sky Sports World Championship Boxing (1991); Speed Fever (1978); Split Decisions (1988); Split Screen (1999); Sports on the Silver Screen (1997); Sunday, Sunday (1986); Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024); Superman (1978); Superman II (1980); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); Target (1985); That's Hollywood (1978); The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards (1994); The 30th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1973); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1989); The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The Apprenticeship of Ted Kotcheff (2025); The Best of Hollywood (1998–2018); The Birdcage (1996); The Chamber (1996); The Conversation (1974); The David Frost Show (1969); The Defenders (1961–1963); The Directors (2001); The Domino Principle / aka The Domino Killings (1977); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The F.B.I. (1967); The Factor (2008); The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995); The Firm (1993); The French Connection (1971); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Hunting Party (1971); The Invaders (1967); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Making of 'Crimson Tide' (1995); The Making of 'Enemy of the State' (2006); The Making of 'Heartbreakers' (2001); The Making of 'Runaway Jury' (2004); The Making of 'Superman II' (1982); The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980); The Manipulators (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1975); The Mexican (2001); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1977); The Movie Show (1995); The Movies (2019); The Oscars (2017); The Package (1989); The Playboy Murders (2024); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000); The Quick and the Dead (1995); The Replacements (2000); The Return of the Movie Movie (1972); The Role That Changed My Life (2020); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); The Secret World of Antz (1998); The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (1989); The Sky Divers (1969); The South Bank Show (1983); The Split (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972–1984); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–1995); The Trials of O'Brien (1966); The Unforgettable Russell Harty (2012); The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima (2016); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); Today (1990); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Twilight (1998); Two of a Kind (1983); Uncommon Valor (1983); Under Fire (1983); Under Suspicion (2000); Unforgiven (1992); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1975 / 1978); Valerie (2019); Vol de nuit (2000); We, the Marines (2017); Welcome to Mooseport (2004); Welcome to the Basement (2015); Wogan (1986); Wogan: The Best Of (2015); Wyatt Earp (1994); Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (1994); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Zandy's Bride (1974).

On this day in movie history - Heist (2001):

Heist

directed and written by David Mamet,

was released in the United States on November 9, 2001.
Music by Theodore Shapiro.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Patti LuPone, Alan Bilzerian, Richard L. Friedman, Robert Lussier, Mark Camacho, Michelle Sweeney, Elyzabeth Walling, Mike Tsar, Jim Frangione, Christopher Kaldor, Danny Blanco Hall, Zodia McLean, Andreas Apergis, Tony Calabretta, Ted Whittall, Guy Sprung, Richard Zeman, Don Jordan, Pierre Leblanc, Richard Robitaille, Greg Goossen, Charles S. Doucet, Bill Rowat, Benz Antoine, Emile Cassini, Jennifer Morehouse, Marlyne Barrett, Emile Castonguay, Karen Cliché, Johnny Goar, Christian Maguire, Kent McQuaid, Henri Pardo, Mike Paterson.

On this day in movie history - The French Connection (1971):

The French Connection

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Ernest Tidyman,

based on the book by Robin Moore,

was released in the United States on October 9, 1971.
Music by Don Ellis.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, André Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Benny Marino, Patrick McDermott, Alan Weeks, Al Fann, Irving Abrahams, Randy Jurgensen, William Coke, The Three Degrees, Frank Adonis, Gilda Albertoni, Robert Dahdah, Frank Durk, Rhina Ferrari, Sarina C. Grant, Joe Lo Grippo, Melonie Haller, Eric Jones, Gladys Lane, Jean Luisi, Doris McCarthy, Charles McGregor, Lora Mitchell, Maureen Mooney, Santos Morales, Silvano Nolemi, Burt Richards, Willy Switkes, Fat Thomas, Robert Weil.

On this day in movie history - Eureka (1983):

Eureka

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Paul Mayersberg,

based on the book Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by Marshall Houts,

was released in the United States on October 5, 1984.
Inspired by the true 1943 Sir Harry Oakes murder case.
Music by Stanley Myers.

Poem quoted in final scene is a verse from Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service:

There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting;
It’s luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Corin Redgrave, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Michael Scott Addis, Norman Beaton, Emrys James, James Faulkner, Ann Thornton, Emma Relph, Mickey Rourke, John Vine, Tim Van Rellim, Ellis Dale, Mico Blanco Group, Aklowa Master Drummers, Lloyd Berry, Tom Heaton, Timothy Scott, Geri Dewson, Annie Kidder, Ian Tracey, Brad Sakiyama, Sandra Friesen, Raimund Stamm, Suzette Collins, Tommy Lane.

On this day in movie history - Narrow Margin (1990):

Narrow Margin

directed and written by Peter Hyams,

based on a story by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard,

was released in the United States on September 21, 1990.
Music by Bruce Broughton.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking, J.T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Hogan, Nigel Bennett, J.A. Preston, B.A. 'Smitty' Smith, Codie Lucas Wilbee, Barbara Russell, Antony Holland, Doreen Ramos, Kevin McNulty, Andrew Rhodes, Lon Katzman, Dana Still, Lesley Ewen, Barney O'Sullivan, Natino Bellantoni, Ted Stidder, Lindsay Bourne, Robert Rozen, Tom McBeath, Ron Cummins, Harris Yulin, Jennifer Fahrni, John Michael Quinn.

On this day in movie history - Bonnie and Clyde (1967):

Bonnie and Clyde

directed by Arthur Penn,

written by David Newman and Robert Benton,

was released in the United States on August 14, 1967.
Based on the true 1934 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow case.
Music by Charles Strouse.

Cast:

Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Evans Evans, Gene Wilder, Mabel Cavitt.

On this day in movie history - Unforgiven (1992):

Unforgiven

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by David Webb Peoples,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1992.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thomson, David Mucci, Rob Campbell, Anthony James, Tara Dawn Frederick, Beverley Elliott, Liisa Repo-Martell, Josie Smith, Tantoo Cardinal, Shane Meier, Aline Levasseur, Ron White, Jeremy Ratchford, John Pyper-Ferguson, Jefferson Mappin, Mina E. Mina, Henry Kope, Larry Joshua, Ben Cardinal, Frank C. Turner, Lochlyn Munro, Philip Hayes.

On this day in movie history - Prime Cut (1972):

Prime Cut

directed by Michael Ritchie,

written by Robert Dillon,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1972.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Clint Ellison, Howard Platt, Les Lannom, Eddie Egan, Therese Reinsch, Bob Wilson, Gordon Signer, Gladys Watson, Wayne Savagne.