You’ll be astonished to find out which well-known actor this is.

While Hackman was still able to move around on his feet, he held a cane in one hand and grasped his wife’s arm with the other. This outing of the couple was quite significant since it was their first public appearance together in over two decades.

There was also a mention of “The French Connection” where Gene Hackman played Jimmy Doyle, tracking a heroin smuggling operation between Marseille and New York in 1971, though it’s not clear exactly how it relates to the current account of his public appearance with his wife.