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 ...

When Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were ... his gleeful megalomaniac Lex Luthor in the "Superman" franchise and as a loathsome sheriff in his Oscar-winning "Unforgiven" role.

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 ...

For five decades, Gene Hackman was a movie icon. He starred in films such as “The French Connection,” “The Conversation,” the original Superman movies as villain Lex Luthor, the ...

including as Lex Luthor in two “Superman” movies. As a newsroom wag joked this week: “Is Gene Hackman the only San Bernardino native who’s tried to kill Superman?” Almost certainly.

American actor Gene Hackman, one of the finest performers ... Following his lucrative appearance as Lex Luthor in Superman (Richard Donner, 1978) and Superman II (1980, whose scenes he filmed ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Actor Gene Hackman died from heart disease at his home in New Mexico, most likely a week after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from the effects of hantavirus, a disease linked to ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Actor Gene Hackman ... loss.'' Hackman, a two-time Oscar winner, had roles in some of the most popular and celebrated movies in Hollywood history. He played Lex Luthor in ...

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.