Hackman was Oscar-nominated for his portrayal of ‘Buck Barrow’ in “Bonnie and Clyde” (1971)…
…followed by his first Academy Award, for his role as New York City police Detective…
…’Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle’ in 1971's "The French Connection” (reprising the character in 1975’s “French Connection II”)…
…and his second Oscar twenty years later playing corrupt ‘Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett’ in director Clint Eastwood's 1992 Western, "Unforgiven."
Hackman displayed his comedic chops as ‘Harold’, a well-meaning, blind hermit in “Young Frankenstein” (1974)….
“…followed by his most intense dramatic performance in the covert thriller “The Conversation” (1974), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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