James Caan - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack | Director A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York-born and bred. He was born in the Bronx, to Sophie (Falkenstein) and Arthur Caan, Jewish immigrants from Germany. ... See full bio » Born: Michael Douglas is Born | World History Project Sep 25 1944 Michael Douglas is Born Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He was awarded with an Emmy, a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards, first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009.

Source: Wikipedia Added by: Aimee Lucido Kirk Douglas originated the role of McMurphy in a presidential stage production, and then bought the film rights, hoping to play McMurphy on the screen. He passed the production rights to his son, Michael Douglas, who decided his father was too old for the role. Kirk was reportedly angry at his son for a time afterward because of this. Actor James Caan was originally offered the McMurphy role, and Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman were considered as well. According to the director on the latest Special Edition DVD, he wanted Burt Reynolds to play the lead. Source: Wikipedia Added by: Aimee Lucido More information "Misery" Follow DL on "Misery" The casting: how did James Caan get the lead? Wasn't he over by then? Kathy Bates: I know Midler turned it down but how'd Rob Reiner get an unknown (to film audiences) cast? by Anonymous IIRC, Michael Douglas was originally cast; I don't know why he dropped out. by Anonymous reply 1 09/30/2013 No big star wanted the male role, that is how James Caan ended up playing it.

I think he's very good. Kathy Bates was Rob Reiner's first choice, and rightly so. She had a very solid career in theatre by then. And sometimes casting an unknown is the best choice. by Anonymous Michael Douglas would have made it a very different movie. by Anonymous Douglas could have pantomimed to Bates' Liberace records! by Anonymous reply 4 09/30/2013 I'm so happy Michael Douglas didn't play the writer. He seems like the kind of guy who would be actually turned on by the stuff Annie Wilkes did (especially tied to bed part). by Anonymous Did you ever see The game, R5? by Anonymous reply 7 09/30/2013 From the book I always saw the main character as sort of a Norman Mailer wanna-be: Caan is perfect, Douglas would have sucked. by Anonymous Oh, happy day when Midler dropped out. by Anonymous [all posts by tedious, racist idiot removed.] by Anonymous Bates is especially great in Annie's depression sequences. by Anonymous reply 11 10/01/2013 Douglas would be fine too.

If you ask me, I think he could make the film even creepier. by Anonymous 10/01/2013 From the imdb trivia page: [quote]According to William Goldman's book "Four Screenplays", the main character role, Paul Sheldon, was offered to William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, and Warren Beatty, all of whom declined. by Anonymous reply 13 10/01/2013 wow r13...I guess they were afraid that they'd be in bed the whole time while Annie would steal the film. by Anonymous reply 14 10/01/2013 R13 from the list, I'd say William Hurt, Kevin Kline or Warren Beatty all should work, not sure about casting De Niro or Pacino. by Anonymous reply 15 10/01/2013 It was a huge comeback for Caan.

I checked his filmography, and he'd appeared in three films in the previous five years, one of them the awful turkey "Dick Tracy". He's been working steadily ever since. by Anonymous reply 16 10/01/2013 "Alien Nation" was kind of a minor hit...that is probably what got Caan in the running for a film like Misery. by Anonymous Misery IS Kathy Bates. I cannot imagine Midler playing that role. by Anonymous 10/01/2013 Midler? That would have been a cheesefest. Douglas might have subverted the "good guy" role a bit more than Caan did. I could see MD making the author character a little more morally ambiguous. It would have been cool for Bates to realize that her captive is actually just as scary and twisted as she is - and then she becomes afraid of the very person she's strying to intimidate. by Anonymous reply 19 10/01/2013 Rob Reiner should have done the role himself and he should have cast Sally Struthers as Bates' character. Think of the publicity!

Struthers should have done her wail she did when Gloria cried. It would have been a hoot! by Anonymous reply 20 10/01/2013 [quote]Struthers should have done her wail she did when Gloria cried. It would have been a hoot! Thank you, R20. That made me laugh out loud! by Anonymous He seems like he'd have a wrinkly, yet somehow attractive, ass. by Anonymous 10/02/2013 Bates was excellent in the movie. Caan was mediocre. Caan is a douchebag, always was. I remember some long ago interview he did in Playboy magazine; he said that a woman's place was "in the home, at least until the kids are grown." He said that most of the women he knew agreed with him. That's because most of the women he knew were probably Playboy bunny bimbos and the like. The violence in "Misery" was very watered down in the movie. In the novel, Annie "hobbles" the writer by chopping his foot off with an ax.

She also cuts off his thumb and serves him a cake with the severed finger upright on it, like a candle. Maybe the filmmakers considered all that to be excessive. But it was typical Stephen King fare. His novels are full are grotesque violence. Sometimes it's scary; sometimes it's just gross. by Anonymous [all posts by tedious, racist idiot removed.] by Anonymous 10/02/2013 [R10] = is yet another obvious misogynist freeper troll! How is Kathy Bates a villan?! She's playing a strong woman standing up for what she knows is right! by Anonymous reply 28 10/02/2013 Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, and Richard Dreyfuss would have all been great in Misery. Far better than Caan. by Anonymous reply 29 10/02/2013 Well at least we all agree that Kathy Bates owns this movie. Made her entire career in film and rightly so. by Anonymous reply 30 10/02/2013 I think R20's proposal of Rob and Sally starring in Misery would be the ONLY other viable option.

I would have been a hoot. by Anonymous James Caan | The Godfather Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit James Caan as Sonny. Born in The Bronx in 1940, James Caan began his acting career in television, his first film role being a villain in Lady in a Cage and won praise for his role in The Rain People, also directed by Francis Ford Coppola . Appearing in The Godfather , Caan was widely praised for his portrayal of Sonny Corleone . He was known on set as a practical joker, and, together with Robert Duvall and Marlon Brando , began a penchant for mooning other cast members. He returned to play the role in flashback for Part Two for the same fee that he received in the first. He also participated in EA's The Godfather: The Game . Characters voiced by James Caan Edit Caan used his own voice for the game. Although his voice sounds deeper than it did in the film, not to mention his thicker accent and lisp, his delivery has the same energy as before. Caan did both a voiceover session and a faceover session to capture Caan's facial expressions while delivering his lines.

The faceover session was made exclusively for the cutscenes while the voiceover sessions recorded lines uttered or spoken during gameplay. He was the only actor in the game to go through this process. Trivia Edit Originally Caan was to be cast as the main character Michael Corleone , while Carmine Caridi was signed as Sonny. However Coppola demanded that the role of Michael be played by Al Pacino instead. The studio agreed to Pacino but insisted on having Caan be cast as Sonny, so he remained in the production. [1] During the making of The Godfather, James Caan was often seen in the company of future Colombo crime family boss Carmine Persico and other gangsters and had absorbed so many of their mannerisms that undercover agents thought for a while that he was just another rising young button in the Mob . [2] Both Robert Duvall and James Caan also attended Carmine Persico's courth hearings together and payed attention to his mannerisms, gestures, diction and accent for their roles in the film. [3] James Caan's parlance in The Godfather was the inspiration for the name of a strip club featured in The Sopranos , the "Bada Bing".

[4] Notes and references James Caan - Biography - IMDb James Caan Biography Showing all 83 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (4) | Trivia (44) | Personal Quotes (27) | Salary (3) Overview (4) 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Mini Bio (1) A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York-born and bred. He was born in the Bronx, to Sophie (Falkenstein) and Arthur Caan, Jewish immigrants from Germany. His father was a meat dealer and butcher. The athletically gifted Caan played football at Michigan State University while studying economics, holds a black belt in karate and for several years was even a regular on the rodeo circuit, where he was nicknamed "The Jewish Cowboy". However, while studying at Hofstra University, he became intrigued by acting and was interviewed and accepted at Sanford Meisner 's Neighborhood Playhouse.

He then won a scholarship to study under acting coach Wynn Handman and began to appear in several off-Broadway productions, including "I Roam" and "Mandingo". He made his screen debut as a sailor in Irma la Douce (1963) and began to impress audiences with his work in Red Line 7000 (1965) and the western El Dorado (1967) alongside John Wayne and Robert Mitchum . Further work followed in Journey to Shiloh (1968) and in the sensitive The Rain People (1969). However, audiences were moved to tears as he put in a heart-rending performance as cancer-stricken Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo in the highly rated made-for-TV film Brian's Song (1971). With these strong performances under his belt, Francis Ford Coppola then cast him as hot-tempered gangster Santino "Sonny" Corleone in the Mafia epic The Godfather (1972). The film was an enormous success, Caan scored a Best Supporting Actor nomination and, in the years since, the role has proven to be the one most fondly remembered by his legion of fans.

He reprised the role for several flashback scenes in the sequel The Godfather: Part II (1974) and then moved on to several very diverse projects. These included a cop-buddy crime partnership with Alan Arkin in the uneven Freebie and the Bean (1974), a superb performance as a man playing for his life in The Gambler (1974) alongside Lauren Hutton , and pairing with Barbra Streisand in Funny Lady (1975). 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). Unfortunately, Caan's rising star sputtered badly at this stage of his career, and several film projects failed to find fire with either critics or audiences. These included such failures as the hokey Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976), the quasi-western Comes a Horseman (1978) and the saccharine Chapter Two (1979).

However, he did score again with the stylish Michael Mann -directed heist movie Thief (1981). He followed this with a supernatural romantic comedy titled Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) and then, due to personal conflicts, dropped out of the spotlight for several years before returning with a stellar performance under old friend Francis Ford Coppola in the moving Gardens of Stone (1987). Caan appeared back in favor with fans and critics alike and raised his visibility with the sci-fi hit Alien Nation (1988) and Dick Tracy (1990), then surprised everyone by playing a meek romance novelist held captive after a car accident by a deranged fan in the dynamic Misery (1990). The 1990s were kind to him and he notched up roles as a band leader in For the Boys (1991), another gangster in Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), appeared in the indie hit Bottle Rocket (1996) and pursued Arnold Schwarzenegger in Eraser (1996).

The demand on Caan's talents seems to have increased steadily over the past few years as he is making himself known to a new generation of fans. Recent hot onscreen roles have included The Yards (2000), City of Ghosts (2002) and Dogville (2003). In addition, he finds himself at the helm of the hit TV series Las Vegas (2003) as casino security chief "Big Ed" Deline. An actor of undeniably manly appeal, James Caan continues to surprise and delight audiences with his invigorating performances. - IMDb Mini Biography By: firehouse44 Spouse (4) ( 8 July 1961 - 1966) (divorced) (1 child) Trivia (44) Played football for Michigan State University. Born at 10:31pm-EST. Was offered the role of McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). In the 1990s, he kicked a cocaine habit of some 20 years. States that Thief (1981) is one of his favorite films.

Son of Arthur & Sophie Caan. His father was a kosher butcher. Turned down plum roles in MASH (1970) & Apocalypse Now (1979). Briefly lived at the Playboy Mansion in the 1970s. One brother, Ronnie Caan , and one sister, Barbara (deceased c. 1981--leukemia). Some sources give his birth year as 1939. Was originally tested for the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) (director Francis Ford Coppola had worked with him and Robert Duvall in The Rain People (1969) and wanted them in the movie), but then was slated to play Michael Corleone after Paramount's initial choices (which included Warren Beatty , Robert Redford and Ryan O'Neal ) did not pan out. When Al Pacino came on board, Caan was switched back to Sonny. Spent 9 years on the pro rodeo circuit. Is a 6th Dan in Karate. Was a drama major at Hofstra University on Long Island, New York. Sons with Linda Stokes : James Arthur Caan (b.

6 November 1995) and Jacob Nicholas Caan (b. September 24th 1998). After being turned down by Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino , Julia Phillips inquired of Caan's agent if he would be interested in taking the lead role of Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Caan's agent responded that he would read the script for a guarantee of $1 million plus 10% of the gross if he accepted the role. Phillips went with the original choice, Richard Dreyfuss . Was considered by George Lucas for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Two generations of his family and the Coppola family have worked together. He worked with Francis Ford Coppola most memorably in the first two Godfather films ( The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974)) and in Gardens of Stone (1987). His son, Scott Caan , appeared in Sonny (2002), which was directed by Nicolas Cage and featured Cage and his brother, Marc Coppola .

Sonny was also the name of Caan's "Godfather" character. Appears in Misery (1990), which was directed by Rob Reiner . His son, Scott Caan , appeared in Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004), opposite Reiner's father, Carl Reiner . In the Godfather trilogy, Andy Garcia plays the son of Caan's character, Sonny Corleone. In Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004), Caan's son, Scott Caan , works with Garcia. Grew up in Sunnyside, Queens, New York City. In his youth, his nicknames were "Shoulders" and "Killer Caan". While on sabbatical from acting he coached a Little League baseball team, there was one incident where his team's weakest player hit a home run that won a game. This incident is claimed by Caan as one of the greatest moments of his life. His film contracts during his rodeo days had written in them that he could not compete in rodeos during filming. This was for fear he would injure or kill himself.

According to the British documentary The Godfather and the Mob (2006), Caan was regularly seen with Gambino family underboss Carmine Persico (aka "Junior") during the filming of The Godfather (1972). As Persico was under surveillance by the FBI at the time, Caan came under almost equal scrutiny. Has a son named Alexander James Caan (b. April 10th 1991) with Ingrid Hajek. Studied in Rhodes High School in New York. Studied in The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York. Studied Economics in Michigan State University. Tested for the role of Ted Henderson in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). During the making of Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), he nicknamed Hugh Grant "Whippy" after the Whippet, an English breed of dog that shivers a lot. Lives in Beverly Hills, California. His parents, Sophie (Falkenstein) and Arthur Caan, were both German Jews. Has a daughter, Tara A. Caan (born November 5, 1964), with first wife Dee Jay Mattis . Avid golfer.

Frequent guest/player at celebrity golf events. Republican. Turned down Jack Nicholson 's role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Not one to repeat that mistake, he accepted the lead role in Misery (1990) when Nicholson turned it down. Both films involved the lead character being at the mercy of a sadistic nurse. He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974). Although he played John Cazale 's elder brother in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), he is five years his junior in real life. He was considered for the role of Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) before Robert Duvall was cast. He eventually played Sonny Corleone in both that film and The Godfather: Part II (1974). Although he played Morgana King 's son in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), he is only ten years her junior in real life.

Two of his memorable scenes from The Godfather (1972) have been parodied on The Simpsons. The scene where Sonny beats up Carlo in the street was turned into a scene where Marge does the same to a man who mugged her. Sonny's death scene has actually been parodied twice. The first time involved Bart being ambushed with snowballs at school. The second actually involved Caan himself making a guest appearance, and being ambushed at a tollbooth again. Personal Quotes (27) [on being voted "Italian of the Year" in New York twice, after his role as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972)]: I'm a Jew from the Bronx. I feel guilty about accepting these awards, but they wouldn't let me turn them down. I have an agent I trust professionally more than anybody else, but with the best intentions he could put me in the shithouse just as fast as somebody who wanted to ruin me. I'd rather get sloshed than stoned. Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't "done" Brando [ Marlon Brando ] is lying.

My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.' I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks and acting was the only thing that held my interest. The reason I started was to stay away from the meat market. That's where I was headed -- to be with the guys who lug beef all day long. Quite often I'm misunderstood when I say, 'It's not my life, it's my job.' People think that means I don't give a shit. Sure, I want to be the best actor in the world. But my life is my family, my son, my friends. I don't know how anyone can find fault with that. For some reason when you say, 'It's my job' it sounds like 'Who gives a shit?' Well, that's not it at all. What I do quite honestly and seriously and not in any way being humble is not as important as what the garbage collector does. People make actors important. I go to the movies, I stand on line minding my own business and the manager goes, 'Mr. Caan, Mr.

Caan.' And I say, 'No, no, no, I'm OK. I'll stand on the line.' 'Oh, you can't.' So, finally they take you through the line and the other 40 people go, 'Hey, Mr. Bigshot.' And I was just minding my own business, I just wanted to stand there. But other people make it very important that I'm an actor. I loved Funny Lady (1975) for whatever reason. People say they didn't know I could sing and dance. Well, nobody ever asks me - it's always "Punch this guy". [on recent big-budget Hollywood films] [They] absolutely stink. All those pictures, those big extravaganzas - you can't remember any characters. Either they had an animal head on them or walked funny . . . If they want me to work, I'll go, "Sure". Basically, I'm a whore. [on Zabriskie Point (1970)] It was the worst fucking - and I have to curse because there is no other way that I can express myself - picture that I ever saw. I got so angry about it. I was in love with a girl.

We went to the movie and it ended the whole affair. He [ Michelangelo Antonioni ] hired cardboard, the worst actors, and it was a conscious effort - that's what pissed me off. [on actors taking themselves too seriously] The truth is . . . myself, De Niro [ Robert De Niro ], Pacino [ Al Pacino ], Hoffman [ Dustin Hoffman ], we were arrogant, pompous asses. If it was up to them, I'd be playing Sonny Corleone my entire life. Usually, if there weren't eight people dead by page 11, they wouldn't send me the script. People say, "Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies". I think I've done two, out of 60. [about living at the Playboy mansion] Actually, it was for medicinal purposes - I was just getting divorced. This doctor wrote me a prescription to live there because he thought it would help me get over the pain of my divorce. My God, it worked. I got over it pretty quickly. I'll see a beautiful girl walking up to me and I'll think, "Oh, my God, I can't believe my good luck".

But then she'll say, "Where's your son?" or "My mother loves you." I had great, great times as a Little League coach. People were talking about me quitting acting, and they would say, "What about your creative juices?" Coaching is creative, because you could take a kid who thought he wasn't any good and, within four minutes, change his mind. And I didn't have to wait six months for them to put music to it. How good a Little League coach was I? I was a little hyper. One thing I learned was that talent comes from everywhere; it doesn't have to come just from the ghetto. But in Beverly Hills, because Daddy has a grocery store, the kids lack a lot of try. There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it. [on being confused with his character from The Godfather (1972)] I'll bump into a guy in a bar, and he'll say, "I'm sorry, Sonny!" It's surreal. A "Godfather Four"? Not by Francis [ Francis Ford Coppola ], anyway. Who cares?

There shouldn't have been a The Godfather: Part III (1990). You know those actors who say, "I want to be alone" or they're walking around with their friggin' bodyguards? A bodyguard! I'd never have a bodyguard. I mean, who wants to hurt me? But the point is that they have the bodyguard so that they can say, "Leave me alone!" It's this revolving door thing. If somebody didn't recognize them, they'd have a heart attack, the bastards. [on fans confusing him with his characters] Look, you only pray when you start in this business that you get to the point where people recognize you or quote you. I mean, I've got a lot of people who are like, "Hey, your ankle OK?" from Misery (1990). I get that a lot. It's harmless. Or they'll say, "Hey, don't go through that toll booth again" or "Have the right change". That's great! First of all, it means that they remember the picture. There's nothing not to like about it . . . No, I hope they never stop.

I did this picture last year with Nicole Kidman and Lars von Trier , Dogville (2003), and it's supposed to be a trilogy, but now that she's walked away from it, I'm walking from it. He is very anti-American, so screw him. I'm very pro-America. I'm a conservative, basically. I went through some bad times, some very self-destructive stuff, you know, when I was on top. I'd got involved in partying and doing all that and I lost my sister and, basically, I got all screwed up in my head. She was like my best friend and I lost her to leukemia and I was just a mess. I had a lot of money because I'd worked a lot and saved it. I had it in a pension plan and then I lost all my money. My accountant. I just woke up one morning and I didn't have a dime. We're talking about tons . . . I mean, a lot of money, and I was flat broke. [His advice to younger actors] The main pearl of wisdom I give these young kids is that you shouldn't make your career your whole life.

No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt , the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes. So if you put everything into that one basket - acting - you'll wind up hurting yourself, either with drugs or any other self-destructive thing you can think of. [on figuring out how to play Sonny Corleone] I didn't have to work on an accent or anything, but I couldn't quite get a grasp. I was shaving to go to dinner or something, and for some reason I started thinking of Don Rickles . Because I knew Rickles. Somebody was watching over me and gave me this thing: being Rickles, kind of say-anything, do-anything. I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with. The ones that are difficult try to camouflage the fact that they haven't got shit to offer. So they complain about frilly things that really don't mean a shit, like their dressing rooms, makeup. (On turning down One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)) Four or five different directors came to me with that at different times.

I go, 'It's not a movie. Who wants to look at four institution walls?' Milos Forman made it great. Jack was great in it. I made a flat-out, fucking mistake. (On turning down Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)) I was first, Dustin [Hoffman] was last on the list of five guys they wanted. The director [ Robert Benton ] kept it up with me for three months. I said, 'This is middle-class, bourgeois horseshit.' I mean, 'Cut to kid crying.' Oh, please. Fuck you! Salary (3) Godfather actor James Caan is rushed to the hospital with chest pains | Daily Mail Online comments James Caan was rushed to a hospital in Toronto on Tuesday. The 75-year-old actor - who is best known for playing Sonny Corleone in 1972's The Godfather - had complained of chest pain, according to TMZ . But the Hollywood vet was not having a heart attack; rather he was suffering from a chest infection. Scroll down for video A scare: James Caan was rushed to a hospital in Toronto on Tuesday.

The 75-year-old actor - who is best known for playing Sonny Corleone in 1972's The Godfather - had complained of chest pain, according to TMZ; here he is seen in January The Misery star has since been released from the hospital, the site revealed. The Seventies icon has been in Toronto to film Operation Insanity. One of his co-stars is Paul Sorvino, 76, who starred in the mob film Goodfellas, which came out in 1990. He has been married four times: The star with one of his most recent wives, Linda, in 2014 A rep for James told TMZ 'he will be back to work in just a few days and is doing fine.' Caan has been filming several movies back to back. This year alone he has three films coming out - The Throwaways, Wuther High School, Mikow - and he has five others in production: The Waiting, Silican Vampire, From Here To Infirmity, Stark Raving Man and Sweetwater.

His most popular film: Caan (far right) with (from left) John Cazale, Al Pacino and Marlon Brando in 1972's classic The Godfather Another hit for the star: James with Bette Midler in the 1991 drama For The Boys James - who has starred in 1975's Rollerball, 1990's Dick Tracy, 1992's Honeymoon In Vegas, 2003's Elf and 2014's The Outsider, among dozens of others - has been married four times. In 1961, he married Dee Jay Mathis and had daughter Tara; they divorced in 1966. Caan's second marriage to Sheila Marie Ryan (a former girlfriend of Elvis Presley) in 1976 was short-lived; they divorced the following year.

A setback here: The New York native holding a cane at the 2011 premiere of His Way with his son Scott Throwback to The Godfather: Pictured above Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, John Cazale Their son, Scott Caan, who also is an actor, was born in 1976. Caan was married to Ingrid Hajek from September 1990 to March 1994; they had a son, Alexander, born 1991. He married Linda Stokes in 1995, they have two sons, James (born 1995) and Jacob (born 1998). Caan filed for divorce on November 20, 2009, citing irreconcilable differences. They got back together and split again in January. On the move: Caan - seen here in August in Beverly Hills - has been filming movies back to back.

This year alone he has three films coming out - The Throwaways, Wuther High School, Mikow - and he has five others in production: The Waiting, Silican Vampire, From Here To Infirmity, Stark Raving Man and Sweetwater James Caan (I) - TV.com James Caan (I) 3/26/1940, The Bronx, New York, USA Birth Name EDIT James Caan was born the son of a New York butcher. James was athletically gifted, and played football at Michigan State University. Acting intrigued him, and after gaining acceptance into Sanford Meisner's Neighbourhood Playhouse, Caan won a scholarship to study Wynn Handman. He began to appear in off-Broadway… more Credits Terry “The Cannon” Gannon, Sr.

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