Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning actor whose gruff but soulful turns in classics such as “The French Connection ... an honorary prize), one Screen Actors Guild Award and two British ...

Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning actor whose gruff but soulful turns in classics such as “The French Connection ... an honorary prize), one Screen Actors Guild Award and two British ...

By William Grimes William Friedkin, a filmmaker whose gritty, visceral style and fascination with characters on the edge helped make “The French Connection ... relied on a cast of relative ...

Actor Tony Lo Bianco, best known for his role in the movie “The French Connection,” has died ... “They wanted to cast a guy with a Spanish accent. I’m Italian American, but I took on ...

Friedkin cast several real-life cops alongside him. Most of the actors playing the drug pushers and arrogant French criminals have only limited screen time and very little dialogue but their ...

Two years later, after being turned down by every studio except one, he made The French Connection at 20th Century Fox on a budget of $1.5 million. After considering actors like Paul Newman (too ...