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James Edmund Caan (March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor who was nominated for several awards, including four Golden Globes, an Emmy, and an Oscar. Caan was awarded a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978. After early roles in Howard Hawks's El Dorado (1966), Robert Altman's Countdown (1967) and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969), he came to prominence for playing his signature role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) with a cameo appearance at the end. Caan had significant roles in films such as Brian's Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Rollerball (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Alan J. Pakula's Comes a Horseman (1978). He had sporadically worked in film since the 1980s, with his notable performances including roles in Thief (1981), Gardens of Stone (1987), Misery (1990), Dick Tracy (1990), Bottle Rocket (1996), The Yards (2000), Dogville (2003), and Elf (2003).
James Caan
Rich Texan
for Rich Texan in The Simpsons: Springfield Crime Story
Suggested by jakubduda
Someone in Springfield is killing people, the question is who the serial killer is. Following the assassinations of Eddie, Nick Riviera, Dewey Largo and the entire Fit Fat Tony mob. Quimby decides to take 2 steps after it is clear that there is a mass murderer in the city, emergency is declared and an investigation office is set up. Team members are Chester Turley (Snake Jailbird), Rich Texan, Homer, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Dr. Julius Hibbert, Captain Horatio McAllister, Drederick Tatum, Herman Hermann, Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle, Lenny and Carl. During the investigation, the team tries to obtain evidence, but the killer is always ahead, and Citizens die, including Lindsey Naegle, Hans Moleman, Gil Gunderson, Jeremy Freedman, Sam and Larry from Moe's Pub. The team compiles a list of suspects: Flanders, Cletus Spuckler, Skinner, Sanjay, Kirk Van Houten, Clancy Wiggum, Jeff "Comic Book Guy" Albertson, Kumiko Nakamura, Moe Szyslak, Luigi Risotto, Akira Kurosawa, Ruth Powers, Sideshow Bob and Judge Constance Harm. After deaths of Sanjay and Ruth Powers, the list narrowed. Hidden camera reveals that Wiggum, Comic Book Guy and Kirk Van Houten broke into Lard Lad Donuts at the time of the murder. Another dead is Constance Harm. When Herbert Powell was killed, he wrote the letters JP with blood. Janey Powell? No! JP means Japan. Kumiko or Akira? Akira isn´t the killer because he is not Japanese, but Okinawan. Akira cheated on Comics Book Guy with Akira. Killer is Yutaka Nakamura.
