James Caan
James Edmund Caan (/kɑːn/ KAHN; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in Coppola's The Godfather (1972) – a performance which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised his role in The Godfather Part II (1974). He received 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), Caan gained acclaim for his portrayal of Brian Piccolo in the 1971 television movie Brian's Song for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. Caan received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in the drama The Gambler (1974), and the musical Funny Lady (1975). He continued to receiv...
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Chuck Zito: An American Story
Fast Charlie
King on Screen
Queen Bees
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
Out of Blue
Con Man
Good Enough
Holy Lands
Undercover Grandpa
The Good Neighbor
J.L. Family Ranch
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
The Red Maple Leaf
The Throwaways
Sicilian Vampire
Altman
The Outsider
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Blood Ties
Seduced and Abandoned
The Godfather Legacy
That's My Boy
Small Apartments
For the Love of Money
Detachment
His Way- JAJacK Waltzer: On the Craft of Acting
Henry's Crime
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Middle Men
Mercy- HOHollywood Gangster
Get Smart
Brando
The Godfather and the Mob
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Santa's Slay
Elf: That's a Wrap
Elf: Film School for Kids
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Elf
Dogville
Jericho Mansions
Misery Loves Company
Blood Crime
City of Ghosts
Lathe of Heaven
Dead Simple
In the Shadows
Warden of Red Rock
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
The Way of the Gun
The Yards
Luckytown
Mickey Blue Eyes- THThe Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
- TOTough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Poodle Springs
This Is My Father- HOHoward Hawks: American Artist
Bulletproof
Eraser
A Boy Called Hate
Bottle Rocket
North Star
Flesh and Bone
The Program- HAHarley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Earth and the American Dream
Honeymoon in Vegas
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
For the Boys
The Dark Backward
Misery
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Dick Tracy
Alien Nation
Gardens of Stone
Kiss Me Goodbye
Thief
Chapter Two
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Comes a Horseman- SUSuperstunt
Another Man, Another Chance
Playboy's Playmate Party
A Bridge Too Far
Harry and Walter Go to New York
The Killer Elite
Rickles
Rollerball
Funny Lady
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Don Rickles: Buy This Tape You Hockey Puck
Freebie and the Bean
The Gambler
Gone with the West
Cinderella Liberty
Slither
The Godfather
Brian's Song
T.R. Baskin
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Rabbit, Run
The Rain People
Filmmaker
Journey to Shiloh
Submarine X-1
Games
Countdown
El Dorado
Red Line 7000
The Glory Guys
Lady in a Cage