One of the first major film stars to break out in the 1970s, Gene Hackman was the epitome of New Hollywood. An actor with livewire intensity, he had a grit and brusqueness that few others could ever ...

Gene Hackman turned a painful childhood and years ... He went on to fill even more memorable roles, like the villainous Lex Luthor in "Superman" and basketball coach Norman Dale in "Hoosiers ...

Gene Hackman died of causes related to cardiovascular illness and was probably alive for several days after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of a rare disease in their secluded mountaintop home last ...

Gene Hackman's cause of death has been released ... his gleeful megalomaniac Lex Luthor in the "Superman" franchise and as a loathsome sheriff in his Oscar-winning "Unforgiven" role.

The late Gene Hackman ... always love him for Lex Luthor -- however, the openly comic nemesis in the original Superman: The Movie proves far scarier than he first seems. Hackman's performance ...

The circumstances surrounding the death of the actor Gene Hackman, at the age of ninety ... His out-and-out baddies, like Lex Luthor, in “Superman” (1978), were too salty, I’d say, to ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman passed away ... Eve Teschmacher. When Lex Luthor first appeared in the film, he lived in a lavish underground lair in Metropolis. He observed Otis moving through ...

With a distinctive gravelly voice and magnetic screen presence, Gene Hackman, who has died aged ... But whether he was the comically villainous Lex Luthor in "Superman" (1978), the world-weary ...

Gene Hackman, known for iconic roles like Wyatt Earp and Lex Luthor, has sadly passed away at 95 years old. According to The Santa Fe New Mexican, Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found ...

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor ... farce in “Young Frankenstein,” a turn as the comic book villain Lex Luthor in “Superman” and the title character in Wes Anderson ...