Gene Hackman and his wife found dead at their home - in pictures

  • Actor Gene Hackman signs his first novel, Wake of the Perdido Star, at a Borders book store in Chicago, in April 2000. Tim Boyle/Newsmakers
    Actor Gene Hackman signs his first novel, Wake of the Perdido Star, at a Borders book store in Chicago, in April 2000. Tim Boyle/Newsmakers
  • Setting out on a practice run for the Daytona 24-hour endurance race in Florida, in February 1983. AP Photo
    Setting out on a practice run for the Daytona 24-hour endurance race in Florida, in February 1983. AP Photo
  • Filming the thriller Target, in Paris in January 1985. AFP
    Filming the thriller Target, in Paris in January 1985. AFP
  • Posing for a portrait, circa 1965. Getty Images
    Posing for a portrait, circa 1965. Getty Images
  • With Burt Reynolds in the 1975 film Lucky Lady. Getty Images
    With Burt Reynolds in the 1975 film Lucky Lady. Getty Images
  • As New York City detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in The French Connection, which won him a Best Actor Oscar. Getty Images
    As New York City detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in The French Connection, which won him a Best Actor Oscar. Getty Images
  • With his family in Sun Valley, Idaho. Getty Images
    With his family in Sun Valley, Idaho. Getty Images
  • With Al Pacino in the 1973 film Scarecrow. Getty Images
    With Al Pacino in the 1973 film Scarecrow. Getty Images
  • Starring opposite Kevin Costner and Will Patton in the 1987 film, No Way Out. Getty Images
    Starring opposite Kevin Costner and Will Patton in the 1987 film, No Way Out. Getty Images
  • As Harry Caul in the acclaimed Francis Ford Coppola film, The Conversation. Getty Images
    As Harry Caul in the acclaimed Francis Ford Coppola film, The Conversation. Getty Images
  • From left to right: Gene Hackman, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Edward Fox and Dirk Bogarde in the 1997 World War II film A Bridge Too Far. Getty Images
    From left to right: Gene Hackman, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Edward Fox and Dirk Bogarde in the 1997 World War II film A Bridge Too Far. Getty Images
  • Gene Hackman with director, screenwriter and producer Francis Ford Coppola on the set of The Conversation. Getty Images
    Gene Hackman with director, screenwriter and producer Francis Ford Coppola on the set of The Conversation. Getty Images
  • Although a lifelong democrat, Hackman became friends with republican US President Ronald Reagan. Getty Images
    Although a lifelong democrat, Hackman became friends with republican US President Ronald Reagan. Getty Images
  • Gene Hackman holds his Best Actor Oscar for The French Connection at the 44th movie academy awards, alongside French Connection producer Philip D' Antoni and Best Actress winner Jane Fonda. Getty Images
    Gene Hackman holds his Best Actor Oscar for The French Connection at the 44th movie academy awards, alongside French Connection producer Philip D' Antoni and Best Actress winner Jane Fonda. Getty Images
  • Actor Gene Hackman in 1965. Getty Images
    Actor Gene Hackman in 1965. Getty Images
  • Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington star in the 1995 thriller Crimson Tide. Getty Images
    Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington star in the 1995 thriller Crimson Tide. Getty Images
  • With John Travolta in Get Shorty. Getty Images
    With John Travolta in Get Shorty. Getty Images
  • With Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of The Quick and the Dead. Getty Images
    With Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of The Quick and the Dead. Getty Images
  • Gene Hackman with Robin Williams and Michael Caine after he received the Cecile B. DeMille Award at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards. AFP
    Gene Hackman with Robin Williams and Michael Caine after he received the Cecile B. DeMille Award at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards. AFP
  • As family patriarch Royal Tenenbaum alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jonah Meyerson, Grant Rosenmeyer and Ben Stiller in The Royal Tenenbaums. Courtesy Buena Vista Pictures
    As family patriarch Royal Tenenbaum alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jonah Meyerson, Grant Rosenmeyer and Ben Stiller in The Royal Tenenbaums. Courtesy Buena Vista Pictures
  • As Reverend Scott in the 1972 disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure. Getty Images
    As Reverend Scott in the 1972 disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure. Getty Images
  • Starring as Lex Luthor in Superman II, opposite Ned Beatty.
    Starring as Lex Luthor in Superman II, opposite Ned Beatty.
  • At the premiere of the animated film ANTZ at the Toronto International Film Festival. ANW/ELD/WS
    At the premiere of the animated film ANTZ at the Toronto International Film Festival. ANW/ELD/WS