The Latest Breaking News from James Caan

‘The Godfather’ star died aged 82 earlier this month

'Don't Make Me Go'

James Caan, a Hollywood leading man of the 1970s who memorably displayed his tough-guy screen presence as the trigger-happy Mafioso Sonny Corleone in The Godfather – but who also proved, beyond his macho exterior, a versatile performer of wry expressiveness and unexpected vulnerability – has died aged 82.

The Hollywood actor and comedian is best known for his roles in Step Brothers and Elf

Those paying tribute joked that the trio, known for their appearances in mobster classics, would now be having ‘a sit down up in Heaven’.

His Paul in "Misery" was glamorous, but the late, great actor also made him edgy and kind

I remember the talk in the hallways at school the morning after ABC-TV reran “Brian’s Song” sometime in the mid-’70s. Every kid who watched it, or caught it the first time in 1971, said the same thing, more or less, the boys especially. Some variation on a theme of awkward,…

"I think I'm the best-looking guy here, so I decided to be the best-dressed, too." -- Isaac Howard.

Superb actor whose defining role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather found echoes in his colourful personal life