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GEORGE McGOVERN-Jack Albertson, Ed Ames, Polly Bergen, Karen Black, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Tony Curtis, Cass Elliot, Tony Franciosa, Ben Gazzara, Elliott Gould, Tammy Grimes, Gene Hackman, Julie Harris, Goldie Hawn, Dustin Hoffman, Marsha Hunt, James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones, Elia Kazan, Sally Kellerman, Gene Kelly, Eartha Kitt, Burt Lancaster, Tom Lehrer, Alan Jay Lerner, Shirley MacLaine, Karl Maiden, Shelly Manne, Fredric March, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Vera Miles, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Tom Poston, Janice Rule, Barbara Rush, Robert Ryan, Eva Marie Saint, Artie Shaw, Tom Smothers, Sonny & Cher, Rod Steiger, Mario Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Robert Vaughn...
...reach the subtly modulated power of his Popeye characterization, Hackman had a long climb. His work at the Premise led to a string of plays on Broadway, culminating in a leading role opposite Sandy Dennis in Any Wednesday in 1964. Meanwhile, he had edged into movies with a small part in Lilith. Recalls Warren Beatty, the picture's star: "It was only a two-minute scene, but the best thing about Lilith was Gene Hackman." When Beatty was casting Bonnie and Clyde three years later, he thought of Hackman for the role of Clyde's brother Buck. Hackman...
...admission, Hackman grabbed unselectively at too many of them and bogged down in a mire of forgettable films (The Split, Marooned). "You have to recognize," he says, "that there's a monster out there called unemployment." Finally one of the offers turned out to be for the part of the long-suffering son in I Never Sang for My Father. Hackman's engaging, sensitive portrayal won him a second Oscar nomination last year for Best Supporting Actor. Largely on the strength of that, he made his connection with Popeye (others who were considered for the role: Jimmy Breslin...
Stunt Driving. Which is the real Gene Hackman? The decent, gentle fellow in Father or the raw, aggressive one in Connection? Answer: A little of both. Hackman retains much of the flavor of his small-town upbringing in Danville, Ill. Away from the set he spends most of his time lazing with his family in his Tudor-style home in the San Fernando Valley. At the same time, he has "an affinity for certain dangers." These used to include motorcycle and auto racing (he did about half of his own stunt driving in Connection), but now are limited mostly...
...that Hackman's star status could command a wide range of roles, he plans to keep right on doing character parts. He will play an aging Midwestern dirt racer in Good Luck, Roy Neal, which will start shooting in July. Next he has his eye on a script about a fireman. In another ten years, he maintains, he may quit acting altogether. "I want to relax, paint, read and maybe even write," he says. "I don't see myself as a distinguished old actor." Perhaps not, but if that Marine captain were to turn up again...