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- In 1965, Caan landed his first starring role, in Howard Hawks ' auto-racing drama Red Line 7000.
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In 1965, Caan landed his first starring role, in Howard Hawks' auto-racing drama Red Line 7000. It was not a financial success. But Hawks liked Caan and cast him in his next film, El Dorado , playing Alan Bourdillion Traherne, a.k.a. Mississippi, in support of John Wayne and Robert Mitchum . [30]
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Two further strong lead roles came up for him in 1975, first as futuristic sports star "Jonathon E" questioning the moral fiber of a sterile society in Rollerball (1975) and teaming up with Robert Duvall in the Sam Peckinpah spy thriller The Killer Elite (1975).
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Two further strong lead roles came up for him in 1975, first as futuristic sports star "Jonathon E" questioning the moral fiber of a sterile society in Rollerball (1975) and teaming up with Robert Duvall in the Sam Peckinpah spy thriller The Killer Elite (1975).
- March 26, 1940
- July 6, 2022
- El Dorado (1967) Caan stars opposite John Wayne and Robert Mitchum as Alan Bourdillion Traherne aka “Mississippi” in this Howard Hawks-directed Western, which was one of his first major film roles.
- Brian’s Song (1970) Caan got his start in television before making films like “El Dorado” and “Countdown,” and had to be convinced to return to TV to play dying football player Brian Piccolo in “Brian’s Song.”
- The Godfather (1972) Caan’s turn as hotheaded Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather” is certainly his most iconic turn, earning him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
- Rollerball (1975) In Norman Jewison’s rip-snorting action movie satire Caan plays Jonathan, the member of the Houston Rollerball team. After the corporate bigwigs ask him to retire, Jonathan refuses, which then leads the league to significantly up the violence of the game as a way of either forcing Jonathan out or killing him in the process.
Jul 7, 2022 · James Caan, the Oscar-nominated star of The Godfather, Misery and Elf, has died at the age of 82. ... Caan's role as the volatile Santino "Sonny" Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's epic portrait ...
Jul 7, 2022 · Caan began his career on the stage, transitioning to small roles on television before landing his first major film role in this Grand Guignol thriller starring Golden Age legend Olivia de...
