My Father (1970); his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1970); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Conversation (1974); French Connection II (1975); A Bridge Too Far (1977); his role as arch-villain Lex Luthor in Superman (1978); Under Fire (1983); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Hoosiers (1986); No Way Out (1987); Mississippi