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'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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman has been found dead at his home. He was 95. Hackman starred in “The French Connection,” “Unforgiven” and dozens of other films. He was known for ...