Hackman's hard-edged screen persona made him ideal for the intelligent but ruthless characters in film adaptations of John ...

But he retired from acting in 2004 on the advice ... "I have trouble with direction," he once said of his short military career, "because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine." ...

Gene Hackman has earned his place in Hollywood history as one of the greatest character actors of all time. Working alongside ...

Led into Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery on Thursday was the hearse of World War II Navy veteran Robert Morgan.