James Caan – his acting packed a punch

Actor James Caan, the memorable Godfather star who had a steady 60 year Hollywood career with several award nominations has died at 82. He was born on 26 March 1940 at 10.31pm (astrotheme) New York, son of a Bronx butcher from a Jewish-German immigrant family; and met the Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola while at university. He started in off Broadway plays, graduated to television, performed in a string of reputable but not successful movies, and had his big break as the short-tempe