James Caan
Born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA — Mar 26 1940• Died Jul 06 2022
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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…
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James Caan's Credits
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The Simpsons
James Caan (voice)
Family Guy
James Caan (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
Tony Archer
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Writing
Crossing Jordan
Ed Deline
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jay Shaw / Phil Beldone
Get Smart
Rupert of Rathskeller (uncredited)
Las Vegas
Ed Deline
Combat!
Sgt. Beckman
The Godfather
Sonny Corleone
Naked City
Marty Feketi
Dr. Kildare
Charley Johnson
The F.B.I.
Eugene David Holt
The Untouchables
Keir Brannon
Ben Casey
NewsRadio
James Caan (uncredited)
Route 66
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Rick Peterson
The Godfather Part II
Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Misery
Paul Sheldon
Biography
Self
That's My Boy
Father McNally
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Detachment
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Eraser
U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
New York, I Love You
Mr. Riccoli, the Pharmacist
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
1941
Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Elf
Walter
Get Smart
The President
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Tim Lockwood (voice)
Dogville
The Big Man
El Dorado
Mississippi
Thief
Frank
Fast Charlie
Stan Mullen
Dick Tracy
Spaldoni
Back in the Game
Terry 'The Cannon' Gannon, Sr.
Bottle Rocket
Mr. Abe Henry
A Bridge Too Far
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Secrets of Playboy
Self
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self
The Way of the Gun
Joe Sarno
Blood Ties
Leon
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Middle Men
Jerry Haggerty
The Yards
Frank Olchin
The Wide Country
Buddie Simpson
Rollerball
Jonathan E.
The American West
Self
Bulletproof
Frank Colton
Silent Movie
Self
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Poodle Springs
Philip Marlowe
Mickey Blue Eyes
Frank Vitale
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Clell Hazard
Altman
Self
Comes a Horseman
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
His Way
Self
Brando
Self
Henry's Crime
Max Saltzman
Kiss Me Goodbye
Jolly
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
Honeymoon in Vegas
Tommy Korman
Mercy
Gerry Ryan
The Gambler
Axel
The Program
Sam Winters
For the Boys
Eddie Sparks
Undercover Grandpa
Grandpa
The Rain People
Jimmy Kilgannon
Funny Lady
Billy Rose
In the Shadows
Lance Huston
The Glory Guys
Pvt. Anthony Dugan
Freebie and the Bean
Freebie
Small Apartments
Mr. Allspice
Flesh and Bone
Roy Sweeney
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Sonny Corleone / Michael Corleone
Slither
Dick Kanipsia
Con Man
Agent Gamble
The Good Neighbor
Harold Grainey
The Killer Elite
Mike Locken
Luckytown
Charlie Doyles
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Sonny Corleone
Alien Nation
Matthew Sykes
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Lathe of Heaven
Dr. William Haber
Countdown
Lee Stegler
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Self (voice)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Irma la Douce
Soldier with Radio (uncredited)
Bolero
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Journey to Shiloh
Buck Burnett
Queen Bees
Dan
King on Screen
Self
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Lady in a Cage
Randall Simpson O'Connell
Red Line 7000
Mike
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
Brian's Song
Brian Piccolo
Out of Blue
Col. Tom Rockwell
T.R. Baskin
Larry Moore
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Harry Digby
The Throwaways
Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
For the Love of Money
Micky
Warden of Red Rock
John Flinders
Wisegal
Salvatore Palmeri
Cinderella Liberty
John Baggs Jr.
Blood Crime
Sheriff Morgan McKenna
The Outsider
Schuuster
Games
Paul Montgomery
The Red Maple Leaf
Senator George Lawrence Secord
Chapter Two
George Schneider
The Godfather Legacy
Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
J.L. Family Ranch
Tap
Filmmaker
Self (uncredited)
A Fighting Man
Mike 'Brother' Albright
City of Ghosts
Marvin
Rickles
This Is My Father
Kieran Johnson
Good Enough
Roger Flynn
A Glimpse of Hell
Capt. Fred Moosally
Preggoland
Walter
Submarine X-1
Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR
Santa's Slay
Darren Mason
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
Tap
Another Man, Another Chance
David Williams
North Star
Sean McLennon
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Self
The Dark Backward
Dr. Scurvy
Holy Lands
Harry
A Boy Called Hate
Jim
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Self
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Jericho Mansions
Leonard Grey
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mr. Harry Dewitt
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Self
Hide in Plain Sight
Thomas Hacklin, Jr.
Rabbit, Run
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
Sicilian Vampire
Professor Bernard Issaacs
Night at the Golden Eagle
Prison Warden
Wuthering High
Earnshaw
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Gone with the West
Jud McGraw
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Self (uncredited)
Dead Simple
Roy Baker
Misery Loves Company
Self
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Self
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
This Thing of Ours
Jimmy
Hollywood Gangster
Self
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Self (uncredited)
Playboy's Playmate Party
Superstunt
Self
The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood
Self (uncredited)