James Caan
Acting
Biography
James Edmund Caan (March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor who was nominated for several awards, including four Golden Globes, an Emmy, and an Oscar. Caan was awarded a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978. After early roles in Howard Hawks's El Dorado (1966), Robert Altman's Countdown (1967) and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969), he came to prominence for playing his signature role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) with a cameo appearance at the end. Caan had significant roles in films such as Brian's Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Rollerball (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Alan J. Pakula's Comes a Horseman (1978). He had sporadically worked in film since the 1980s, with his notable performances including roles in Thief (1981), Gardens of Stone (1987), Misery (1990), Dick Tracy (1990), Bottle Rocket (1996), The Yards (2000), Dogville (2003), and Elf (2003).
Born: March 26, 1940
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television," released to video in 1981. Unlike the miniseries, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms. The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes.
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three Godfather movies into chronological order. As had the earlier compilations, this film incorporated scenes that are not part of the theatrical releases.
The Godfather
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America, re-edited for its 1977 network television broadcast.
The Godfather Part II
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles in 2004, this concert features performances of many of Nelson's greatest tracks. Musical support is provided by Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Keith Richards, Kid Rock, Al Green, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lucinda Williams, and many others.
The Simpsons
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
Filmography
as Stan Mullen
as Self
as Self
as Dan
as Self
as Col. Tom Rockwell
as Harry
as Agent Gamble
as Roger Flynn
as Grandpa
as Senator George Lawrence Secord
as Harold Grainey
as Tap
as Self
as Professor Bernard Issaacs
as Schuuster
as Earnshaw
as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Walter
as Self
as Mike 'Brother' Albright
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
as Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
as Leon
as Self
as Self
as Father McNally
as Micky
as Mr. Allspice
as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
as Self
as Tony Archer
as Max Saltzman
as Gerry Ryan
as Tim Lockwood (voice)
as Jerry Haggerty
as Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
as The President
as Salvatore Palmeri
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Darren Mason
as Mr. Harry Dewitt
as Self
as Walter
as Ed Deline
as The Big Man
as Leonard Grey
as Self
as Sheriff Morgan McKenna
as Marvin
as Dr. William Haber
as Prison Warden
as Jimmy
as Ed Deline
as Roy Baker
as Lance Huston
as John Flinders
as Capt. Fred Moosally
as Joe Sarno
as Charlie Doyles
as Frank Olchin
as Frank Vitale
as Kieran Johnson
as James Caan (voice)
as Philip Marlowe
as Frank Colton
as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
as Self - Guest
as Jim
as Mr. Abe Henry
as Sean McLennon
as James Caan (uncredited)
as Self
as Roy Sweeney
as Sam Winters
as Sonny Corleone
as Reader (voice)
as Tommy Korman
as Self (uncredited)
as Eddie Sparks
as Dr. Scurvy
as Paul Sheldon
as Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
as Spaldoni
as James Caan (voice)
as Matthew Sykes
as Sgt. Clell Hazard
as Self
as Jolly
as Self
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
as Frank
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
as Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
as Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
as George Schneider
as Self (uncredited)
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
as Santino "Sonny" Corleone
as David Williams
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
as Self
as Harry Digby
as Mike Locken
as Jud McGraw
as Jonathan E.
as Billy Rose
as Self
as Freebie
as Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
as Axel
as John Baggs Jr.
as Dick Kanipsia
as Sonny Corleone
as Brian Piccolo
as Larry Moore
as Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
as Jimmy Kilgannon
as Self (uncredited)
as Buck Burnett
as Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
as Self
as Paul Montgomery
as Lee Stegler
as Mississippi
as Mike
as Eugene David Holt
as Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
as Pvt. Anthony Dugan
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
as Rick Peterson
as Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
as Sgt. Beckman
as Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
as Buddie Simpson
as Self - Guest
as Charley Johnson
as Keir Brannon
as Marty Feketi
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Nominee / Presenter