United Airlines – “Come Fly The Friendly Skies” TV Commercial – Jan 1988
United Airlines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. United operates an extensive domestic and international route network across the United States and all six inhabited continents primarily out of its seven hubs, with Chicago–O’Hare having the largest number of daily flights and Denver carrying the most passengers in 2023. Regional service is operated by independent carriers under the brand name United Express.
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While not appearing in commercials, Gene Hackman loaned his voice to efforts from United Airlines in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Oppenheimer Funds in 2003, and Lowe’s in 2006.
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Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and a paragon of the New Hollywood movement, Hackman’s acting career spanned over four decades. He received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
Hackman’s two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in William Friedkin’s action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous sheriff in Clint Eastwood’s Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was also Oscar-nominated for playing Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970) and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in three of the Superman films from 1978 to 1987. He also acted in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), Night Moves (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Hoosiers (1986), The Firm (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Get Shorty (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004), venturing into writing novels and occasionally providing narration for television documentaries until 2017.
Hackman was found dead along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, at their home in Santa Fe on February 26, 2025. He died of heart disease complicated by advanced Alzheimer’s disease around February 18, a week after Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
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