But when he ran away from his home in Danville, Illinois, to join the Marine Corps, his personal appearance was apparently a factor, as he related to David Letterman in 1988. Actor Gene Hackman ...

Sadly, the legendary actor Gene Hackman is no longer with ... just so that he could enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps. Born in 1930, Hackman was just 16 years-old when he lied about his age so ...

Gene Hackman, the beloved star of stage, movies and television who served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the turbulent years following World War II, has died at 95. The actor and his wife ...

LEGENDARY actor Gene Hackman made haunting comments saying he “feared” death before he passed away in his New Mexico home aged 95. Cops in Santa Fe revealed the star was found ...

(Gene had a younger brother, actor Richard Hackman). At 16, he “suddenly got the itch to get out.” Lying about his age, Hackman enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1946 to 1951 as ...

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Gene Hackman, a two-time Oscar winner for “The French Connection ... At age 16, he lied about his age and joined the Marine Corps. He was stationed in Shanghai, Hawaii and Japan. In the military ...

Gene Hackman was known for playing in tough guys ... set with a cigarette while drunk in 1962. Hackman joined the Marine Corps at age 16 and served for four years overseas but never lost the ...

(Gene had a younger brother, actor Richard Hackman). At 16, he "suddenly got the itch to get out." Lying about his age, ...