James Edmund Caan 
(March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022)

WASHINGTON (TND) — According to his family, Caan died
Wednesday night  in Los Angeles.

James Cann starred in multiple movies, such as "The Godfather,"
as well as the film’s sequel, "The Godfather II." He played the role
of Sonny Corleone.

He also starred in "Misery" opposite Kathy Bates, as well as "Elf"
with Will Ferrell, and "El Dorado" with John Wayne.

During his career, Caan was nominated for several awards,
including four Golden Globes, an Emmy and an Oscar.

Cann in “Misery” (1990)

Turkel as the sinister bartender Lloyd in The Shining (1980).

Joe Turkel as the creator of the replicants in Ridley Scott’s 
Blade Runner (1982).

Joe Turkel (Born July 15, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York)
(Died – June 27, 2022 in Santa Monica, California)

Turkel got started on his film career in the late 1940s,
appearing in film noirs including City Across the River 
(1949), The Glass Wall (1953), Duffy of San Quentin (1954), 
The Human Jungle among others. 

On television, he could be seen on Boston Blackie, Public
Defender, The Lone Ranger, The Lineup, Bonanza, The
Untouchables, Tales From the Darkside and Miami Vice. 

His final film appearance came in 1990 in The Dark Side of
the Moon, and he reprised his role of Tyrell, in voice only,
for a 1997 Blade Runner video game.

Blocker was a high-school English and drama teacher in
Sonora,  Texas, from 1953 to 1954, a sixth-grade teacher
and coach at Eddy Elementary School in Carlsbad, New
Mexico, and then a teacher in California. Blocker and his
wife Dolphia, moved to Los Angeles where he secured
some acting roles.          

Blocker (center) playing football at Sul
Ross University in 1946.       
     

Blocker was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War
where he served as an infantry sergeant from December 1951
to August 1952. He received a Purple Heart, for wounds in
combat, and several service medals.  

In 1957, Blocker appeared in a Three Stooges short, Outer
Space Jitters, playing the Goon, billed as "Don Blocker". He
made two  appearances on Gunsmoke (CBS) as a blacksmith.

       
   
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972)

William John Neeson was born in Northern Ireland. He has received several awards throughout his career, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Tony Awards,
three Golden Globe Awards and the Venice Film Festival‘s Volpi
Cup. In 2020, he was placed 7th on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s
50 Greatest Film Actors. Neeson was appointed Officer of the Order
of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.

2008

2014

Ron Howard as the young boy Jamie with James Arness as
Dodge City Marshal Matt Dillon in the 1969 episode “Charlie
Noon” on Gunsmoke (CBS-TV).

Ronald William Howard turned 68 in March.