The James Caan Handbook - Everything you need to know about James Caan

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James E. Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles in The Godfather, Thief, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, Brian's Song, Rollerball, Kiss Me Goodbye, Elf, and El Dorado. He also starred as "Big Ed" Deline in the television series Las Vegas.

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 13 février 2013
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• EAN13: 9781486466443
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles James Caan A Boy Called Hate A Boy and His Dog

A Bridge Too Far (film) A Glimpse of Hell (film) Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Alien Nation (film) Apocalypse Now Billy Dee Williams Bottle Rocket Brian's Song Brian Piccolo Bulletproof (1996 film) Channing (TV series) Chapter Two (play) Cinderella Liberty City of Ghosts Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Combat! Comes a Horseman Detachment (film) Dick Tracy (1990 film) Dogville

El Dorado (1966 film)

Eraser (film) Flesh and Bone (film) For the Boys Francis Ford Coppola Funny Lady Games (film) Gardens of Stone George Burns Get Smart

1 8 10 15 25 27 43 55 70 78 81 85 88 90 94 96 98 101 109 112 115 117 120 131 139 143 147 149 153 174 177 179 182 196

Get Smart (film) Gone with the West Harry and Walter Go to New York Henry's Crime Hide in Plain Sight Hofstra University Honeymoon in Vegas Howard Hawks Inside the Actors Studio Irma la Douce James Caan (entrepreneur)

Jericho Mansions Journey to Shiloh Kiss Me Goodbye (film) Lady in a Cage Las Vegas (TV series) Luckytown Michael Corleone Mickey Blue Eyes Middle Men (film) Misery (film) Naked City (TV series) New York, I Love You Philip Marlowe Poodle Springs (film) Rabbit, Run

Red Line 7000 Rhodes Preparatory School Robert Duvall Route 66 (TV series) Sanford Meisner Santa's Slay Saturn Award for Best Actor Scott Caan Silent Movie Slither (1973 film) Something, Something, Something, Dark Side Sonny Corleone

210 215 217 219 221 223 234 237 249 260 264 269 270 271 273 275 286 287 293 296 301 305 321 325 330 332 336 337 339 353 370 374 376 380 384 388 390 398

Sunnyside, Queens T.R. Baskin That's My Boy (2012 film)

The Dark Backward The Gambler (1974 film) The Glory Guys The Godfather The Godfather Part II The Killer Elite The Program The Rain People The Untouchables (1959 TV series) The Way of the Gun The Yards Thief (film) This Is My Father This Thing of Ours Tom Selleck Wisegal

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Dee Jay Mattis (1960–1966; divorced; 1 child) Sheila Marie Ryan (1976–1977; divorced; 1 child - Scott Caan) Ingrid Hajek (1990–1995; divorced; 1 child) Linda Stokes (1995–2009; 2 children; filed for divorce)

Rhodes Preparatory School

Education

Nationality

American

James E. Caan(born March 26, 1940) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles inThe Godfather,Thief,Misery,A Bridge Too Far,Brian's Song,Rollerball,Kiss Me Goodbye,Elf, andEl Dorado. He also starred as "Big Ed" Deline in the television seriesLas Vegas.

Other names

Jimmy Caan Jimmy Cahn

Actor

Years active

1961–present

Occupation

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Michigan State University Hofstra University

Spouse(s)

Early life Caan was born in The Bronx, New York City, the son of Sophie (nae Falkenstein) and Arthur Caan, Jewish [3] [4][5] immigrants from Germany. His father was a meat dealer and butcher. Caan had a sister, Barbara, and has a [6][7] [3] brother, Ronald. He grew up in Sunnyside, Queens, New York City. He was educated at P.S. 150 40-01 43rd Avenue School in Queens, at the private Rhodes Preparatory School, also in New York City, and then attended Michigan State University. He later transferred to Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, but did not graduate. While studying at Hofstra University, however, he became intrigued by acting and was interviewed for, accepted to, and graduated from, New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. There, one of his instructors [5] was Sanford Meisner.

James Caan

Alma mater

Born

James Caan

Caan in Cannes, 2000 [1][2] James E. Caan March 26, 1940 The Bronx, New York City, U.S.

James Caan

James Caan

Acting career

Early credits Caan began his acting career in television on such series asThe Untouchables,The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,Kraft Suspense Theatre,Combat!,Ben Casey,Dr. Kildare,The Wide Country,Alcoa Premiere,Route 66, andNaked City. In 1964, he starred as Jewish athlete Jeff Brubaker in the episode "My Son, the All-American" ofChanning, a drama about college life. His first substantial film role was as a punk hoodlum in the 1964 thrillerLady in a Cage, which starred Olivia de [5] Havilland. In 1965, he landed his first starring role, in Howard Hawks' auto-racing dramaRed Line 7000. In 1966, Caan appeared as Alan Bourdillion Trahern, aka Mississippi, inEl Dorado, with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. He had a starring role in Robert Altman's second feature film,Countdown, in 1968. In 1969, his appearance on the spy sitcomGet Smartwas uncredited, billed as "Rupert of Rathskeller as Himself"; in that same year he won praise for his role as a brain-damaged football player inThe Rain People(1969) directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

1970 to 1982 In 1971, Caan won more acclaim, as dying football player Brian Piccolo, opposite Billy Dee Williams, in the [5] television movieBrian's Songwas later released theatrically., which The following year, Coppola cast him as the short-tempered Sonny Corleone inThe Godfather. Originally, Caan was cast as Michael Corleone (Sonny's youngest brother); both Coppola and Caan demanded that this role be played by [8] Al Pacino, so Caan could play Sonny instead. Although another actor was already signed to play Sonny, the studio insisted on having Caan, so he remained in the production. Caan was nominated for an Academy Award for Best [5] Supporting Actor for his performance in the film, competing with co-stars Pacino and Robert Duvall. Caan was closely identified with the role for years afterward: "They called me a wiseguy. I won Italian of the Year twice in New York, and I'm not Italian.... I was denied in a country club once. Oh yeah, the guy sat in front of the board, and [9] he says, 'No, no, he's a wiseguy, been downtown. He's a made guy.' I thought, What? Are you out of your mind?" From 1971 to 1982, Caan appeared in many films, playing a wide variety of roles. His films includedT.R. Baskin, Cinderella Liberty,Freebie and the Bean,The Godfather Part II,Rollerball, a musical turn inFunny Lady,Harry And Walter Go To New York,A Bridge Too Far,Comes A Horseman, and Neil Simon's autobiographicalChapter Two. In 1980, Caan directedHide in Plain Sight, a film about a father searching for his children, who were lost in the [5] Witness Protection Program. Despite critical praise, the film was not a hit with the public. The following year, Caan appeared in the neo-noir movieThief, directed by Michael Mann, in which he played a professional safe [5] cracker. Caan rejected a series of starring roles which proved to be successes for other actors, includingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,Star Wars,Close Encounters of the Third Kind,Kramer vs. Kramer,Apocalypse Now,Blade Runner, [10] andSuperman.

1982 to the present From 1982 to 1987, Caan suffered from depression over his sister's death, a growing problem with cocaine, and what [5] he described as "Hollywood burnout," and did not act in any films. He returned to acting in 1987, when Coppola cast him as an army platoon sergeant for the "Old Guard" inGardens of Stone, a film that dealt with the effect of the Vietnam War on the United States homefront. In 1988 and 1990, Caan starred in the filmsAlien Nation,Dick Tracy, [5] andMiserySince the script for, a hit film that marked a comeback for Caan. Miserycalled for Caan's character, Paul Sheldon, to spend most of his time lying in bed, the role was turned down by many of Hollywood's leading actors before Caan accepted.

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James Caan

In 1992, Caan appeared inHoneymoon in Vegas, and in 1993, he played Coach Winters inThe Program, alongside Halle Berry. In 1996, he appeared inBottle Rocket, and with Arnold Schwarzenegger inEraser, and later starred as kingpin Frank Colton inBulletproofwith Adam Sandler and Damon Wayans. In 1998, Caan portrayed Philip Marlowe in the HBO filmPoodle Springs. Some of his more recent appearances have been inMickey Blue Eyes [5] (1999),The Way of the Gun(2000),The Yards(2000),City of Ghosts(2002),Night at the Golden Eagle(2002), Dogville(2003), andElf(2003). In 2003, Caan auditioned for and won the role of Montecito Hotel/Casino president "Big Ed" Deline inLas Vegas. On February 27, 2007, Caan announced that he would not return to the show for its fifth season in order to return to film work; he was replaced by Tom Selleck. Caan played the President of the United States in the 2008 filmGet Smart, and had a part in the movieCloudy with a Chance of Meatballsas the voice of the father of the lead character, Flint. In 2012, Caan was a guest-star on the re-imaginedHawaii Five-0, playing opposite his son, Scott Caan. As of 2010 Caan is Chairman of an Internet [11] company, Openfilm, intended to help upcoming filmmakers.

Other work

Caan is a practicing martial artist. He has trained with Takayuki [12] Kubota for nearly thirty years, earning various ranks. He is a Master (Rank = 6 Dan) of Gosoku Ryu Karate and was granted the title of Soke Dai by the International Karate Association. Caan trained the [3] Culver City Police Department in martial arts use.

Personal life

Caan has been married four times. In 1960, he married Dee Jay Mathis; they divorced in 1966. They had a daughter, Tara A. Caan, born 1964. Caan's second marriage to Sheila Marie Ryan (a former girlfriend of Elvis Presley) in 1976 was short-lived; they divorced the following year. Their son, Scott Caan, who also is an actor, was born August 23, 1976.

Caan was married to Ingrid Hajek from September 1990 to March Caan at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival 1995; they had a son, Alexander James Caan, born 1991. He married the widow of alleged murdered Aspen Drug kingpin Steven [13] Grabow, Linda Stokes in October 1996; they have two sons, James Arthur Caan (born 1995) and Jacob Nicholas Caan (born 1998). Caan filed for divorce on November 20, 2009, citing irreconcilable differences. [14] Caan describes his political views as "ultra conservative". He has described himself as anti-liberal. He has also been arrested multiple times and socialized with drug-runners and murderers such as Ben Kramer, who killed Donald [15][16] Aronow in 1987. According to Fortune magazine's profile of Barry Minkow, during the production of the biopic based on the investor's life James Caan socialized with Minkow and was made aware by him that the financing of the film [17] involved illegally obtained funds.

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Freebie and the Bean

Funny Lady

1975

The Godfather: Part II

4

1975

Rollerball

(uncredited)

Silent Movie

Randall Simpson O'Connell

Soldier with radio

Pvt. Anthony Dugan

Year

Role

(uncredited)

Chapter Two

Hide in Plain Sight

Nominated–Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor– Motion Picture

Comes a Horseman

1974

Freebie

The Killer Elite

A Bridge Too Far

Brian's Song

Rabbit, Run

Also directed

Games

John Baggs Jr.

1973

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Harry Dighby

Thomas Hacklin

Himself

George Schneider

Frank 'Buck' Athearn

1975

Mike Locken

Sailor in fight

1941

1979

1980

1978

1979

1977

1977

1976

1976

Un autre homme, une autre chance

Gone with the West

1970

1971

1971

Notes

Sgt. Eddie Dohun

David Williams

Jimmy Kilgannon (Killer)

1969

Buck Burnett

1968

1968

1968

Lee Stegler

Paul Montgomery

Brian Piccolo

1967

Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

Mike

Larry Moore

Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Drama

Rabbit Angstrom

Alan Brahdilleone Traherne ('Mississippi')

akaAnother Man, Another Chance

Santino 'Sonny' Corleone

1972

Journey to Shiloh

T.R. Baskin

The Rain People

El Dorado

1965

1966

1963

1964

1965

Filmography

Title

The Godfather

Slither

The Gambler

1974

Sonny Corleone

1975

1974

Jud McGraw

Saturn Award for Best Actor tied with Don Johnson forA Boy and His Dog

Billy Rose

Nominated–Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor– Miniseries or a Movie

Lady in a Cage

Cinderella Liberty

1973

Red Line 7000

The Glory Guys

Irma la Douce

James Caan

Jonathan E.

Submarine X-1

Dick Kanipsia

Countdown

Axel Freed

James Caan

For the Boys

Honeymoon in Vegas

City of Ghosts

Bottle Rocket

Blood Crime

1996

2000

1998

The Program

1999

Jericho Mansions

Warden of Red Rock

Viva Las Nowhere

A Glimpse of Hell

In the Shadows

The Program

Alien Nation

Dogville

Las Vegas (TV Series)

Santa's Slay

Wisegal

A Boy Called Hate

Salvatore Palmeri

Thief

Ed Deline

Mercy

Elf

Get Smart

Les uns et les autres

Kieran Johnson

Frank Colton

The President

2005

Gardens of Stone

Misery

2003-2008

Frank Olchin

2008

2009

2008

Bulletproof

Luckytown

This Is My Father

Mickey Blue Eyes

2003

2003

2002

Marvin

Jimmy 'the con'

Sheriff Morgan McKenna

The Big Man

Joe Sarno

Lance Huston

John Flinders

2001

2000

2001

2001

2001

2003

2002

Jim

Mr. Henry

Capt. Fred Moosally

Sean McLennon

1996

Roy Sweeney

1995

Coach Sam Winters

1993

Sam Winters

1993

Tommy Korman

1991

Eddie Sparks

5

Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes

1987

Spaldoni

Paul Sheldon

Frank

Jack Glenn/Jason Glenn

1981

1982

Jolly Villano

1987

SFC. Clell Hazard

akaDance of Life

Doctor Scurvy

(uncredited)

(uncredited)

1991

Roy Baker

2002

Prison Warden

Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Actor

1990

1990

Leonard Grey

U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin

1994

1996

1996

Frank Vitale

Charlie Doyles

2000

Eraser

1981

Kiss Me Goodbye

Dick Tracy

North Star

1992

The Dark Backward

This Thing of Ours

The Yards

2003

Flesh and Bone

The Way of the Gun

Night at the Golden Eagle

Darren Mason

Gerry Ryan

Walter Hobbs

(voice)

Tim Lockwood (Flint's father)

(segment "Brett Ratner")

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Hawaii Five-0

Something, Something, Something, Darkside

Jalepebo

2010

2010

Tony Archer

Max

2010

Father McNally

Blood Ties

James Caan

New York, I Love You

Mr. Riccoli

2013

John Hanna

That's My Boy

Middle Men

Minkow

Henry's Crime

(pre-production)

Season 2 Episode 18

Jerry Haggerty

Sweetwater

Anyone's Son

Himself

2012

Ned Irish

[1]Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005 [2]California Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [3] Model, Betsy. "The Ultimate Caan" (http:/ /www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,187,00.html). Cigar Aficionado. . Retrieved December 13, 2006. [4] James Caan profile at Film Reference.com (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/74/James-Caan.html) [5] Stated onInside the Actors Studio, 2000 [6] "James Caan Biography - life, family, children, name, story, death, wife, school, young - Newsmakers Cumulation" (http:/ /www. notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2004-A-Di/Caan-James.html). Notablebiographies.com. . Retrieved 2012-10-31. [7] "Overview for James Caan" (http:/ /www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/26622|77443/James-Caan/). Tcm.com. . Retrieved 2012-10-31. [8] Maggie Van Ostrand. "‘Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli,’and Other Godfather Stories" (http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/ leave-the-gun-take-the-cannoli-and-other-godfather-stories. php). Film School Rejects. . [9] Mark Seal. "The Godfather Wars" (http:/ /www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/03/godfather200903). Vanity Fair. . [10] "James Caan | Caan Rues The Bad Choices That Prompted Him To Turn Down Movies" (http:/ /www.contactmusic.com/news-article/ caan-rues-the-bad-choices-that-prompted-him-to-turn-down-movies). Contactmusic.com. 2005-09-12. . Retrieved 2012-10-31. [11] "Website offers filmmakers aid" (http:/ /www.variety.com/article/VR1118017792.html?categoryId=13&cs=1)Variety, Retrieved May 7, 2010 [12] "The History of Karate in America" The American Black Belt Society, Retrieved November 1, 2006 (http:/ /www.usadojo.com/articles/ history-karate-america.htm) [13] "Echoes linger 20 years after car bombing : TheRocky.com: Denver News, Business, Homes, Jobs, Cars, & Information" (http:/ /m. rockymountainnews.com/news/2005/Dec/08/echoes-linger-20-years-after-car-bombing/). M.rockymountainnews.com. 2005-12-08. . Retrieved 2012-10-31. [14] "James Caan Refuses to Be the Typical 'Hollywood Liberal'" (http:/ /www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/11/ james-caan-refuses-typical-hollywood-liberal/). Fox News. . Retrieved 2012-10-31. [15] "James Caan Arrested, Released After Alleged Gun Incident" (http:/ /articles.latimes.com/1994-03-12/local/me-33226_1_james-caan). LA times. . Retrieved 2012-11-28. [16] "MEL KESSLER, The Miami Drug Lawyer" (http:/ /www.officialcoldcaseinvestigations.com/showthread.php?t=12787). The Miami Herald. 1990-9-2. . Retrieved 2012-11-28. [17] "Barry Minkow: All-American con man - Fortune Features" (http:/ /features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/05/ barry-minkow-con-man). Features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com. . Retrieved 2012-10-31.

The Annoying Orange

2009

2009

2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

(voice, web-based series)

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Tim Lockwood (Flint's father)

2013

2011

2012

2012

2013

Mr. Seaboldt

Paul Vinsant

2010

(voice)

References

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