Gene Hackman had by his own admission a troubled youth, with his father leaving the family when he was a teenager and struggling with acting roles before his big break.

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Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was found dead with his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog in their Santa Fe home on Wednesday afternoon.

He was beautiful, but in a thoroughly human way - a different kind of actor to his peers, cut not from the mould of his idol Errol Flynn ... and his mother passed away in 1962.

Gene Hackman, whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry’s ...

They moved several times before settling in the house owned by his mum’s English-born mother ... like James Cagney or action men like Errol Flynn. But I hadn’t got it in me to follow my ...

The two-time Oscar winner and his wife Betsy Arakawa, a former classical pianist, were found dead Wednesday, along with their dog.

The boy found refuge in movie houses, identifying with such screen rebels as Errol Flynn and James Cagney as his role models. When Gene was 13, his father waved goodbye and drove off, never to return.

His mother died in a fire before he had established ... That came from the days when Errol Flynn was my idol. I'd come out of a theatre and be startled when I looked in a mirror because I didn ...

Hackman’s mother died in a fire before he had established ... That came from the days when Errol Flynn was my idol. I’d come out of a theater and be startled when I looked in a mirror because ...