Question: Which role did this American actor who starred in the 1980 American drama film "Hide in Plain Sight" play in "The Godfather" (1972)?

full_context: Document 1: A Civil Action (film): A Civil Action is a 1998 American drama film directed by Steven Zaillian and starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann) and Robert Duvall, and that is based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr. Both the book and the film are based on a true story of a court case about environmental pollution that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. The film and court case revolve around the issue of trichloroethylene, an industrial solvent, and its contamination of a local aquifer. A lawsuit was filed over industrial operations that appeared to have caused fatal cases of leukemia and cancer, as well as a wide variety of other health problems, among the citizens of the town. The case involved is "Anne Anderson, et al., v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.". The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss). Duvall was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance.
Document 2: James Garner filmography: The following is the filmography for American actor James Garner. Garner was known for prominent roles in films such as "Sayonara" (1957) with Marlon Brando, "Cash McCall" (1960) with Natalie Wood, "The Great Escape" (1963) with Steve McQueen, "The Thrill of It All" (1963) with Doris Day, "Move Over, Darling" (1963) with Doris Day, "The Wheeler Dealers" (1963) with Lee Remick, Paddy Chayevsky's "The Americanization of Emily" (1964) with Julie Andrews, "Hour of the Gun" (1967), "Marlowe" (1969) with Bruce Lee, "Support Your Local Sheriff!" (1969) with Walter Brennan, "Murphy's Romance" (1985) with Sally Field, "Sunset" (1988) with Bruce Willis, "Maverick" (1994) with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (2002), and "The Notebook" (2004) with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. His television series credits include portraying Bret Maverick in "Maverick" (1957–1962) and "Bret Maverick" (1981–1982), Jim Rockford in "The Rockford Files" (1974–1980), and Jim Egan in "8 Simple Rules" (2003–2005).
Document 3: No Place to Hide (1970 film): No Place to Hide, also known as Rebel, is a 1970 American film starring Sylvester Stallone. The film is about New York in the late 1960s; a politically motivated group of students plans bombings of company offices who do business with dictators in Central American countries. But when they contact a known terrorist and bombing specialist, the FBI gets on their track.
Document 4: Al Pacino: Alfredo James Pacino ( ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor of stage and screen, filmmaker, and screenwriter. Pacino has had a career spanning over five decades, during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary, among them an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts. He is also one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the "Triple Crown of Acting".
Document 5: Michael Douglas on stage and screen: American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with a brief uncredited role in "Cast a Giant Shadow" (1966). In the same year he played a small role in the play "Bedford Forrest". His performance in "Hail, Hero!" (1969) earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. He won the 1971 Theatre World Award for "Pinkville". During 1972–76, he played the lead role in the TV series "The Streets of San Francisco". In 1975, Douglas produced "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe for Best Picture and BAFTA Award for Best Film.
Document 6: Nowhere to Hide (1987 film): Nowhere to Hide is a 1987 thriller directed by Mario Azzopardi. It stars Amy Madigan, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Robin MacEachern, as a family on the run from corrupt Marine officers. It also stars Michael Ironside, John Colicos, Maury Chaykin and Clark Johnson.
Document 7: Marlon Brando: Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor, film director and political activist. He is widely credited with bringing realism to film acting. He helped to popularize the Stanislavski system of acting, studying with Stella Adler in the 1940s. Brando is widely known for his Academy Award-winning performances as Terry Malloy in "On the Waterfront" (1954) and Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972), as well as his performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), "Viva Zapata!" (1952), "Julius Caesar" (1953), "The Wild One" (1953), "Guys and Dolls" (1955), "Sayonara" (1957), "Last Tango in Paris" (1972), and "Apocalypse Now" (1979). Brando was also an activist for many causes, notably the Civil Rights Movement and various Native American movements.
Document 8: Steve McQueen: Terence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor. Called "The King of Cool", his "anti-hero" persona developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s and made him a top box-office draw of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in "The Sand Pebbles". His other popular films include "The Cincinnati Kid", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Bullitt", "The Getaway", and "Papillon", as well as the all-star ensemble films "The Magnificent Seven", "The Great Escape", and "The Towering Inferno". In 1974, he became the highest-paid movie star in the world, although he did not act in films again for four years. McQueen was combative with directors and producers, but his popularity placed him in high demand and enabled him to command large salaries.
Document 9: Missing (1982 film): Missing (stylized as missing.) is a 1982 American historical drama film directed by Costa-Gavras and starring Sissy Spacek, Jack Lemmon, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Janice Rule and Charles Cioffi. It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed the democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende. Set largely during the days and weeks following Horman's disappearance, the movie depicts his father and wife searching to determine his fate. The film examines the relationship between Horman's wife Beth (Spacek) and her father-in-law, American businessman Ed Horman (Lemmon).
Document 10: Richard Gere: Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and humanitarian activist. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977) and a starring role in "Days of Heaven" (1978). He came to prominence with his role in the film "American Gigolo" (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in many well-received films, including "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982), "The Cotton Club" (1984), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Primal Fear" (1996), "Runaway Bride" (1999), "I'm Not There" (2007), "Arbitrage" (2012) and "" (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the Academy Award-winning musical "Chicago" (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast.
Document 11: James Caan: James Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American actor. After early roles in "The Glory Guys" (1965), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, "El Dorado" (1966), and "The Rain People" (1969), he came to prominence in the 1970s with significant roles in films such as "Brian's Song" (1971), "Cinderella Liberty" (1973), "The Gambler" (1974), "Freebie and the Bean" (1974), "Rollerball" (1975), "Funny Lady" (1975), "A Bridge Too Far" (1977), "1941" (1979), and "Chapter Two" (1979). For his signature role in "The Godfather" (1972), that of hot-tempered Sonny Corleone, Caan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe.
Document 12: Hide in Plain Sight: Hide in Plain Sight is a 1980 American drama film directed by and starring James Caan with storyline based on an actual case from the files of New York attorney Salvatore R. Martoche who represented the real life Buffalo, New York, victim's suit to recover contact with his children estranged by the culpability of the new husband and government.
Document 13: At Close Range: At Close Range is a 1986 American crime drama film directed by James Foley, based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston, Sr. which operated during the 1960s and 1970s. It stars Sean Penn and Christopher Walken, with Mary Stuart Masterson, Sean's brother Chris Penn, David Strathairn, Crispin Glover, Kiefer Sutherland, and Eileen Ryan (the Penns' real-life mother) in supporting roles. The film was critically acclaimed.
Document 14: Hiding in Plain Sight: Hiding in Plain Sight is a 2014 novel by Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah. The novel follows the experience of Bella in the wake of a terrorist attack that kills her brother, Aar, a Kenyan UN worker in Mogadishu. After the death, Bella returns to Nairobi to help care for her brother's family. The ensuing conflict between Bella and her brother's widow becomes a central element of the novel. "Hiding in Plain Sight" is Farah's twelfth novel.
Document 15: The Law (1974 film): The Law was a critically acclaimed 1974 Universal Television movie directed by John Badham starring Judd Hirsch as defence attorney Murray Stone with John Beck, Bonnie Franklin and Gary Busey. The same writing team of Joel Oliansky (teleplay), William Sackheim (story) continued with a 1975 TV mini-series of three further hour-long episodes for Hirsch's character:
ground_truth: Sonny Corleone