In the Season Four opener and 2nd episode Ed Delines uses a Passport
with the last name of "Traherne". That was the "Mississippi" character's
rreal last name in "El Dorado" with John Wayne. Coincidence??????
I don't know, I haven't had the chance to see El Dorado.
Did you also notice Ed mentioned "Godfather" a couple of times during his time? One time Danny mentioned something about The Godfather and Ed said he had nver seen it. A later season The Godfather was mentioned again and he said he loved the movie.
So I guess they aren't coincidences, they wanted to make references to James' movie career since he was their big star.