Posted on 07/16/2018 6:46:28 PM PDT by eastforker
Gene was born Eugene Alden Hackman in San Bernadino, California on the 30th of January, 1930 to Eugene Ezra (newspaper pressman) and Lyda Hackman. He is 6'2" and has been married twice. Once to Faye Maltese (1 January 1956 to 1986), whom he had three children (Christopher, Elizabeth and Leslie) with before they divorced, and currently to Betsy Arakawa. Gene and Betsy were married in December of 1991. Faye was a bank Clerk and Betsy, a classical pianist.
When he was 16, Gene joined the Marines for three years and then found himself in New York, working various jobs. Eventually, he studied journalism and Television Production at the University of Illinois. Gene enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse, in California, when he was 30 years old. His acting profession was finally coming into focus.
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He and Peter Boyle played that brilliantly.
Heh, no kidding...those two movies (Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles) are high in my pantheon of exceptional comedy and satire!
I don’t recall the name, but that movie where he gets shot down in Vietnam in enemy territory, then uses the various golf course’s holes to get to safety.
“Okay, every yard is a kilometer. I’m going to play Hole #4 at Augusta first.” Based on a true story iirc.
BAT- 21
Uncommon Valor.I still remember the scene where his little boy comes into the room telling him he is scared of the dark and Hackman holds out his hand.
In Absolute Power, he was one despicable, villainous President. E.G. Marshall gave him his due!
One of Clint Eastwood’s best films.
I like Bat 21.
i love GH and hope i never hear him spout off like a liberal D- bag. It will break my heart, lol.
My brother met the real Bat 21 years ago and he had a license plate that said that!
Oh yeah, the second actor is that commie asshole from Lethal Weapon.
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