

Gene Hackman
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
30 Jan 1930
Age
96 Years
Born In
San Bernardino, California, USA
Total Projects
154
Years Active
81 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.6 ★
Overview
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor for...
Known For
Filmography

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Breakdown: 1975
Breakdown: 1975
as (archive footage)

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The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
as Self (archive footage)

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The Playboy Murders
The Playboy Murders
as Self (archive footage)

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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)

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Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
as Self (archive footage)

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Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition
as Self (archive footage)

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We, the Marines
We, the Marines
as Self - Narrator (voice)

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The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
as Self - Narrator

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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self

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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self

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Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
as Self

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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
as Self

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America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Self - Narrator (voice)

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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lex Luthor

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Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
as Narrator (voice)

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Welcome to Mooseport
Welcome to Mooseport
as Monroe Cole

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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Narrator

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Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury
as Rankin Fitch

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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self

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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self

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All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self

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Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)

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With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
as Self

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Behind Enemy Lines
Behind Enemy Lines
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

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Heist
Heist
as Joe Moore

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The Royal Tenenbaums
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Royal Tenenbaum

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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self

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Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
as Himself/Narrator

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Heroes of Iwo Jima
Heroes of Iwo Jima
as Self - Host/Narrator

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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
as Self

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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
as Self

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Heartbreakers
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy

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The Mexican
The Mexican
as Arnold Margolese

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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self

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Under Suspicion
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst

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The Replacements
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty

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The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
as Self

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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)

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The Directors
The Directors
as Self

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Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State
as Brill

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Antz
Antz
as General Mandible (voice)

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Twilight
Twilight
as Jack Ames

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Sports on the Silver Screen
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)

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Absolute Power
Absolute Power
as President Richmond

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The Chamber
The Chamber
as Sam Cayhall

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Extreme Measures
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

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The Birdcage
The Birdcage
as Senator Kevin Keeley

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Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Blind Man (archive footage)

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Get Shorty
Get Shorty
as Harry Zimm

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Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

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The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead
as Herod

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The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self

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Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self

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Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self

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Shurtleff on Acting
Shurtleff on Acting
as Self

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Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
as Nicholas Earp

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Geronimo: An American Legend
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Brig. Gen. George Crook

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The Firm
The Firm
as Avery Tolar

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Earth and the American Dream
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)

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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self

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Unforgiven
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett

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Company Business
Company Business
as Sam Boyd

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Class Action
Class Action
as Jedediah Tucker Ward

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Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin
as Robert Caulfield

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Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge
as Lowell Kolchek

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Loose Cannons
Loose Cannons
as MacArthur Stern

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The Package
The Package
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

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Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning
as Agent Rupert Anderson

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Full Moon in Blue Water
Full Moon in Blue Water
as Floyd

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Another Woman
Another Woman
as Larry

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Bat*21
Bat*21
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

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Split Decisions
Split Decisions
as Dan McGuinn

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No Way Out
No Way Out
as Defense Secretary David Brice

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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lex Luthor

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Hoosiers
Hoosiers
as Coach Norman Dale

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American Masters
American Masters
as Self

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Power
Power
as Wilfred Buckley

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Target
Target
as Walter Lloyd

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Twice in a Lifetime
Twice in a Lifetime
as Harry MacKenzie

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Larry King Live
Larry King Live
as Self

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Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor
as Col. Cal Rhodes

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Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind
as God (voice) (uncredited)

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Misunderstood
Misunderstood
as Ned Rawley

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Under Fire
Under Fire
as Alex Grazier

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The Making of 'Superman II'
The Making of 'Superman II'
as Self

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Eureka
Eureka
as Jack McCann

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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self

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Reds
Reds
as Pete van Wherry

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Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
as Self

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All Night Long
All Night Long
as George Dupler

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Superman II
Superman II
as Lex Luthor

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Superman
Superman
as Lex Luthor

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Formula 1 - Speed fever
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self

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The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show
as Self

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March or Die
March or Die
as Major William Sherman Foster

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The Hollywood Greats
The Hollywood Greats

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A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

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The Domino Principle
The Domino Principle
as Tucker

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Lucky Lady
Lucky Lady
as Kibby

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Bite the Bullet
Bite the Bullet
as Sam Clayton

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Night Moves
Night Moves
as Harry Moseby

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French Connection II
French Connection II
as "Popeye" Doyle

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Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein
as Blindman

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Dinah!
Dinah!
as Self

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Zandy's Bride
Zandy's Bride
as Zandy Allen

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The Conversation
The Conversation
as Harry Caul

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Scarecrow
Scarecrow
as Max Millan

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self

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On the Road with: Scarecrow
On the Road with: Scarecrow
as Self

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The Poseidon Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure
as Reverend Scott

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Prime Cut
Prime Cut
as Mary Ann

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Film '72
Film '72
as Self

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Cisco Pike
Cisco Pike
as Officer Leo Holland

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The French Connection
The French Connection
as Jimmy Doyle

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The Hunting Party
The Hunting Party
as Brandt Ruger

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V.I.P. Schaukel
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self

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Doctors' Wives
Doctors' Wives
as Dave Randolph

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I Never Sang for My Father
I Never Sang for My Father
as Gene Garrison

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Marooned
Marooned
as Buzz Lloyd

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Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer
as Eugene Claire

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The Gypsy Moths
The Gypsy Moths
as Joe Browdy

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Riot
Riot
as Red Fraker

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The Sky Divers
The Sky Divers
as Self

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Shadow on the Land
Shadow on the Land
as Rev. Thomas Davis

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The Split
The Split
as Lt. Walter Brill

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self

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Banning
Banning
as Tommy Del Gaddo

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Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
as Buck Barrow

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A Covenant with Death
A Covenant with Death
as Harmsworth

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First to Fight
First to Fight
as Sergeant Tweed

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The Invaders
The Invaders
as Tom Jessup

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CBS Playhouse
CBS Playhouse
as Ned

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Hawaii
Hawaii
as John Whipple

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Hawk
Hawk

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The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Herb Kenyon

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The Trials of O'Brien
The Trials of O'Brien
as Roger Nathan

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Lilith
Lilith
as Norman

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East Side/West Side
East Side/West Side

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

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The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self

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The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

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The DuPont Show of the Week
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Douglas McCann

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The Defenders
The Defenders
as Stanley McGuirk

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Mad Dog Coll
Mad Dog Coll
as Cop (uncredited)

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Tallahassee 7000
Tallahassee 7000
as Joe Lawson

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Route 66
Route 66
as Motorist

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Naked City
Naked City
as Mr. Jasper

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The United States Steel Hour
The United States Steel Hour

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The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self

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Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee

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Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter

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Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

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Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter