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Melvyn Douglas. Because of Hackman's distress over his own father, he resisted connecting to the role. In his 2001 Times interview, he recalled: "Douglas told me, `Gene, you'll never get what you ...

Hackman’s first starring film role came in 1970 with “I Never Sang for My Father,” as a man struggling to deal with a failed relationship with his dying father, Melvyn Douglas. Because of ...

Hackman’s first starring film role came in 1970 with “I Never Sang for My Father,” as a man struggling to deal with a failed relationship with his dying father, Melvyn Douglas. Because of ...

played by Melvyn Douglas. But it was his 1971 role as New York City cop Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in “The French Connection” that turned the 41-year-old Hackman into a major star and earned him ...

(The part went to Robert Reed). Hackman’s first starring film role came in 1970 with "I Never Sang for My Father," as a man struggling to deal with a failed relationship with his dying father, Melvyn ...

Hackman would quickly follow this up with another Academy Award nod for 1970 drama I Never Sang For My Father, where he played middle-aged college professor opposite US actor Melvyn Douglas.