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The Oscar-winner starred in The French Connection, Mississippi Burning, The Poseidon Adventure, The Royal Tenenbaums amid a host of other movies.

Wes Anderson’s 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums saw him play the self-absorbed patriarch Royal Tenenbaum opposite Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller, and Gwyneth Paltrow as his children. Hackman was lauded ...

However, his early years were difficult—he worked odd jobs to make ends meet, including as a doorman at a Howard Johnson ... eccentric and selfish Royal Tenenbaum, Hackman delivered a witty ...