But it's been several decades since "The French Connection" first hit the big screen. Many of the actors who make up the film's main cast have passed away. But one actor is still alive ...

Tony Lo Bianco, the Brooklyn actor who oozed criminal charm in the gritty 1970s New York City dramas The French Connection and The Seven-Ups, has died.He was 87. Lo Bianco died Tuesday night of ...

The actor, his wife, Betsy Arakawa ... but after a four-year run of mixed-bag roles, he was cast in The French Connection as gutter-mouthed narcotics detective Popeye Doyle.

The film won five Oscars including Best Picture and Lead Actor for Hackman ... dozens of films including a big role opposite his French Connection co-star Roy Scheider in 1973’s The Seven ...

The Oscars are honoring Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman. The awards celebrated the life and career of the "French Connection" star at Sunday's ceremony, days after he was found dead ...

who paid tribute to the legendary actor after his death. "Loved you in everything! ‘The Conversation,’ ‘The French Connection,’ ‘The Poseidon Adventure,’ ‘Unforgiven’ — tough yet ...

Friedkin cast several real-life cops alongside him. Most of the actors playing the drug pushers and arrogant French criminals have only limited screen time and very little dialogue but their ...

Tony Lo Bianco, best known for his role as Salvatore “Sal” Boca in the 1971 film The French Connection, has died of prostate cancer. He was 87. The actor passed away June 11 at his farm in ...

Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning actor whose gruff but soulful turns in classics such as “The French Connection,” “The Conversation” and “Unforgiven” made him one of the most respected ...