Gene Hackman

Born: 1930-01-30

Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist. Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned four decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde. His major subsequent films include I Never Sang for My Father (1970); his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971) and its sequel French Connection II (1975); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Conversation (1974); A Bridge Too Far (1977); his role as arch-villain Lex Luthor in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Under Fire (1983); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Hoosiers (1986); No Way Out (1987); Mississippi Burning (1987); Unforgiven (1992); Wyatt Earp (1994); The Quick and the Dead, Crimson Tide and Get Shorty (all 1995); Enemy of the State (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); and his final film role before retirement, in Welcome to Mooseport (2004). ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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as Lex Luthor
Released: 1978-12-14

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane....

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Unforgiven

as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Released: 1992-08-07

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help...

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as Lex Luthor
Released: 1980-12-09

Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General...

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as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Released: 1995-05-12

After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible...

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Antz

as General Mandible (voice)
Released: 1998-10-02

A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he...

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Behind Enemy Lines

as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Released: 2001-11-30

While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett...

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The Firm

as Avery Tolar
Released: 1993-06-30

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is...

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as Lex Luthor
Released: 1987-07-24

With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade...

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as Brill
Released: 1998-11-20

When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor...

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Bonnie and Clyde

as Buck Barrow
Released: 1967-08-14

In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and...

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as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Released: 1977-06-15

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII...

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as Royal Tenenbaum
Released: 2001-10-05

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three...

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as Blindman
Released: 1974-12-15

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von...

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The Quick and the Dead

as John Herod
Released: 1995-02-09

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over...

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Mississippi Burning

as Anderson
Released: 1988-12-08

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach...

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The Birdcage

as Senator Kevin Keeley
Released: 1996-03-08

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that...

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The Poseidon Adventure

as Reverend Scott
Released: 1972-12-13

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

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Heartbreakers

as William B. Tensy
Released: 2001-03-23

Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine...

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The Replacements

as Jimmy McGinty
Released: 2000-08-11

Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the...

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Wyatt Earp

as Nicholas Earp
Released: 1994-06-24

From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing...

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Absolute Power

as President Richmond
Released: 1997-02-14

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of The...

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Runaway Jury

as Rankin Fitch
Released: 2003-01-16

A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun...

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No Way Out

as Defense Secretary David Brice
Released: 1987-08-14

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling....

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The Mexican

as Arnold Margolese
Released: 2001-03-01

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss...

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Get Shorty

as Harry Zimm
Released: 1995-10-20

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to...

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Extreme Measures

as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Released: 1996-09-27

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome...

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The Conversation

as Harry Caul
Released: 1974-04-07

Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young...

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Heist

as Joe Moore
Released: 2001-11-09

Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security...

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The French Connection

as Jimmy Doyle
Released: 1971-10-09

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may...

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Reds

as Pete van Wherry
Released: 1981-12-25

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared...

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Hoosiers

as Coach Norman Dale
Released: 1986-11-14

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high...

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Geronimo: An American Legend

as Brig. Gen. George Crook
Released: 1993-12-10

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation....

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The Chamber

as Sam Cayhall
Released: 1996-10-11

Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist...

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Under Suspicion

as Henry Hearst
Released: 2000-08-24

A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness...

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French Connection II

as "Popeye" Doyle
Released: 1975-05-18

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him...

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Uncommon Valor

as Col. Cal Rhodes
Released: 1983-12-16

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken...

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Hawaii

as John Whipple
Released: 1966-10-10

Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley...

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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2014-10-06

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film...

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Under Fire

as Alex Grazier
Released: 1983-10-21

Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.

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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

as Lex Luthor
Released: 2006-11-02

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that...

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Bat★21

as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Released: 1988-07-21

Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot...

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Twilight

as Jack Ames
Released: 1998-03-06

A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but...

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And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-02-01

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...

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Class Action

as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Released: 1991-03-15

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many...

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The Package

as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Released: 1989-01-25

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger...

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Two of a Kind

as God (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-12-13

God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon....

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Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Released: 2001-12-23

The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and...

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Night Moves

as Harry Moseby
Released: 1975-02-27

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard...

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Scarecrow

as Max Millan
Released: 1973-04-11

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

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The Hunting Party

as Brandt Ruger
Released: 1971-07-16

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped...

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Bite the Bullet

as Sam Clayton
Released: 1975-09-26

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles...

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March or Die

as Major William Sherman Foster
Released: 1977-09-08

Just after World War I, Major Foster is incorporating new recruits into his French Foreign...

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Welcome to Mooseport

as Monroe Cole
Released: 2004-02-24

A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport,...

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Prime Cut

as Mary Ann
Released: 1972-06-01

A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the...

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Power

as Wilfred Buckley
Released: 1986-01-31

Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the...

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Narrow Margin

as Robert Caulfield
Released: 1990-09-21

An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States...

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Eureka

as Jack McCann
Released: 1983-05-01

An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.

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Marooned

as Buzz Lloyd
Released: 1969-12-11

After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth...

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Loose Cannons

as MacArthur Stern
Released: 1990-02-09

Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known...

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Another Woman

as Larry
Released: 1988-10-13

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to...

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Postcards from the Edge

as Lowell Kolchek
Released: 1990-09-14

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox...

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Downhill Racer

as Eugene Claire
Released: 1969-11-06

An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the...

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Target

as Walter Lloyd
Released: 1985-11-08

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

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Company Business

as Sam Boyd
Released: 1991-09-06

An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an...

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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2006-06-12

The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.

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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

as Self
Released: 2013-04-27

With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips,...

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The Domino Principle

as Tucker
Released: 1977-03-23

Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison...

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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

as Self
Released: 2009-01-16

John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II,...

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The Gypsy Moths

as Joe Browdy
Released: 1969-08-29

Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one...

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Full Moon in Blue Water

as Floyd
Released: 1988-11-23

Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife...

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Lilith

as Norman
Released: 1964-10-01

Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a...

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Cisco Pike

as Officer Leo Holland
Released: 1972-01-14

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of...

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Split Decisions

as Dan McGuinn
Released: 1988-06-11

When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to...

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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I Never Sang for My Father

as Gene Garrison
Released: 1970-10-18

Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to...

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Zandy's Bride

as Zandy Allen
Released: 1974-05-19

Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without...

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All Night Long

as George Dupler
Released: 1981-03-06

Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour...

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Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)
Released: 1992-10-01

A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view....

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The Split

as Lt. Walter Brill
Released: 1968-11-04

A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.

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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

as Self
Released: 2000-09-27

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came...

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Doctors' Wives

as Dave Randolph
Released: 1971-02-03

The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their...

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Lucky Lady

as Kibby
Released: 1975-12-25

When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub...

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A Covenant with Death

as Harmsworth
Released: 1967-02-15

An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged...

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Misunderstood

as Ned Rawley
Released: 1984-03-30

A workaholic father becomes sole parent to his two young sons, and finds it hard to relate to...

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Mad Dog Coll

as Cop (uncredited)
Released: 1961-05-12

Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.

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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

as Narrator
Released: 2004-01-01

Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject:...

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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

as Self
Released: 2001-01-01

Documentary on the making of the 1978 film 'Superman.'

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Riot

as Red Fraker
Released: 1969-01-15

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and...

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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

as Self
Released: 1980-01-01

Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film....

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First to Fight

as Sergeant Tweed
Released: 1967-01-25

Jack is the sole survivor of a Japanese attack on his squad at Guadalcanal. Because of his...

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Twice in a Lifetime

as Harry MacKenzie
Released: 1985-10-23

A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is...

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Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

as Self
Released: 1994-12-11

A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past...

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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

as Self
Released: 2001-05-01

Marc McClure presents a documentary on the making of 'Superman' (1978).

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The Making of 'Superman II'

as Self
Released: 1982-01-01

Documentary about the making of the sequel to Superman.

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Making The Royal Tenenbaums

as Self / Royal T.
Released: 2012-08-14

A behind the scened blu-ray special featurette with pleynty of footage from the production...

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Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

as Self (archive Footage)
Released: 2019-04-05

Revisiting the achievements of Sacheen Littlefeather, the first woman of color to utilize the...

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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'

as Self
Released: 2001-09-25

The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by...

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With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

as Self
Released: 2001-12-17

TV documentary about American film director Wes Anderson.

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Banning

as Tommy Del Gaddo
Released: 1967-12-13

A playboy golf pro, kicked off the circuit for alleged cheating, is forced to hustle for a living.

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Pattern Recognition

as Self (Archival Footage)
Released: 2017-12-01

To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to...

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The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

as Self
Released: 2000-01-15

A documentary on the production of The French Connection (1971).

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Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

as Blind Man (archive footage)
Released: 1996-01-01

Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making...

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We, The Marines

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2017-07-21

We, The Marines takes viewers on an action-packed adventure into the unparalleled experience of...

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Shadow on the Land

as Rev. Thomas Davis
Released: 1968-12-04

Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.

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All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

as Self
Released: 2002-09-24

10th Anniversary documentary looking back at Unforgiven (1992)

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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

as Self
Released: 2002-09-24

Behind the scenes of Unforgiven (1992)

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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

as Self
Released: 2002-10-28

Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed...

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Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2005-10-09

In Peruvian Amazonia, for the first time in many years, a Shipibo–Konibo community prepare to...

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Formula 1 - Speed fever

as Self
Released: 1978-09-15

Interspersed with interviews that the actress Sydne Rome gives to some of the most famous...

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Shurtleff on Acting

as Self
Released: 1994-07-14

A feature length documentary on legendary acting guru, casting agent and author, Michael...

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Heroes of Iwo Jima

as Self - Host/Narrator
Released: 2001-06-17

This heartrending documentary tells the story behind the most famous war photograph ever taken.

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Community Shelter Planning

as Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer
Released: 1967-06-06

Gene Hackman stars as a Regional Civil Defense official who attempts to convince a skeptical...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

as Self
First aired: 2007-04-23

Host Guy Fieri takes a cross-country road trip to visit some of America's classic "greasy spoon"...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The South Bank Show

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-14

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and...

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The United States Steel Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-10-27

The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television...

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The F.B.I.

as Herb Kenyon
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The Invaders

as Tom Jessup
First aired: 1967-01-10

The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to...

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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Naked City

as Mr. Jasper
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Defenders

as Stanley McGuirk
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2006-11-17

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films...

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Larry King Live

as Self
First aired: 1985-06-03

Larry King Live is an American talk show that was hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010....

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The Hollywood Greats

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-08-04

Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman...

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
First aired: 1973-04-02

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...

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East Side/West Side

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-23

East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson,...

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American Masters

as Self
First aired: 1986-06-23

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...

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The Trials of O'Brien

as Roger Nathan
First aired: 1965-09-18

The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid...

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The DuPont Show of the Week

as Douglas McCann
First aired: 1961-09-17

The DuPont Show of the Week is an American anthology drama series which aired for three seasons...

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The Directors

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-01-01

Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.

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Entertainment Tonight

as Self
First aired: 1981-09-15

Daily tabloid television news show on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access...

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Inside the Actors Studio

as Self
First aired: 1994-08-14

James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for...

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Hawk

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-08

The crime busting techniques of Iroquois detective John Hawk of the New York City District...

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Tallahassee 7000

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-24

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Insight

as Holt
First aired: 1960-10-02

Insight is an American religious-themed weekly anthology series that aired in syndication from...

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