Gene Hackman
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Movie stars who retired from acting
Rick Moranis is bringing a 20-year acting hiatus to an end with the 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids' reboot. But these actors have managed to stay away, for now at least.
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Why Gene Hackman Quit Hollywood
Few leading man have such an impressive body of work as Hackman, from his superlative performance in ‘Mississippi Burning’ and his Oscar-winning turn as grizzled cop Jimmy 'Popeye’ Doyle in 'The French Connection’ to his magnificently absurd Royal Tenenbaum for Wes Anderson’s 'The Royal Tenenbaums’. Able to blend high drama and slapstick comedy, he was a true Hollywood great with a career spanning 50 years.
