Until acting started paying the bills, Gene Hackman was a ______?

Actor Gene Hackman did a variety of odd jobs before his film career took off. One of the most unexpected was working as a shoe salesman in the women's department of Saks 34th Street. The actor recalls that the customers could be frustratingly persnickety, but there was an upside to the gig: “I managed to steal enough so I could retire from that.”

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