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Re: Mobsters turned actors

by JohnnyS » Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:00 am

Anthony Corozzo, Richie Ranieri (Corozzo associate) were in Bronx tale

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by baldo » Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:43 am

according to PB, some heavy hitters were extras in a Bronx Tale.

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by Ivan » Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:48 pm

Didn't Bugsy Siegel unsuccessfully audition for Hollywood movies or is that a myth?

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by bronx » Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:44 pm

black sam was in debt collector 2 seconds worth

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by Adam » Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:45 pm

The book Made Men about the Decavalcantes has a whole chapter on Joe Pitts and his murder.

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by Pogo The Clown » Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:21 pm

Sorry I read it too fast and read Joe as Jimmy. You are right. Neither were Capos.


Pogo

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by PolackTony » Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:12 pm

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:41 pm
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:13 pm
Adam wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:07 pm Not sure why the article has Joe Pitts listed as a Decavalcante capo. Pretty sure that's not right.
My understanding was that Joe Pitts Conigliaro was a made guy in the Gambinos, who used to pal around with DeCav soldier Jimmy Gallo?

Jimmy Pitts was the nickname of James Gallo. Was there another Jimmy Pitts in the Gambinos? My memory is hazy.


Pogo
My understanding is that Joseph Conigliaro (Red Hook, BK Gambino guy) was called “Joe Pitts”. I’ve read in a couple different places that Conigliaro was a made soldier in the Gambino family. But then when Conigliaro was killed in 1988, the NY Times described him as a Gambino “associate”, but what the hell do I know. All I know is that he wasn’t a capo for the DeCavs.

Maybe the above article mixed him up with Jimmy Gallo, who Conigliaro was close to for years (IIRC Gallo put Conigliaro in a wheelchair for the rest of his life after accidentally shooting him when they tried to clip some other guy).

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by Pogo The Clown » Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:41 pm

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:13 pm
Adam wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:07 pm Not sure why the article has Joe Pitts listed as a Decavalcante capo. Pretty sure that's not right.
My understanding was that Joe Pitts Conigliaro was a made guy in the Gambinos, who used to pal around with DeCav soldier Jimmy Gallo?

Jimmy Pitts was the nickname of James Gallo. Was there another Jimmy Pitts in the Gambinos? My memory is hazy.


Pogo

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by furiofromnaples » Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:38 pm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Must_Die

Caesar Must Die is a movie totally interpreted by the Rebibbia prison inmates.

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by PolackTony » Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:13 pm

Adam wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:07 pm Not sure why the article has Joe Pitts listed as a Decavalcante capo. Pretty sure that's not right.
My understanding was that Joe Pitts Conigliaro was a made guy in the Gambinos, who used to pal around with DeCav soldier Jimmy Gallo?

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by Adam » Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:07 pm

Not sure why the article has Joe Pitts listed as a Decavalcante capo. Pretty sure that's not right.

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by PolackTony » Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:09 pm

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:18 pm
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:22 am Also, Frank Cullotta, of course, served as an “advisor” and played a bit part in Casino.

Where you going jag off?


Pogo
To hear him tell it, if Cullotta hadn’t intervened guys like Frank Vincent woulda been running around calling everyone “jerk offs”.

Cullotta was the kinda old school Chicago goomba where you could hear the beef sandwich gravy dripping from his fingers when he talked.

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by PolackTony » Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:01 pm

johnny_scootch wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:35 pm
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:29 am I thought that Dan Grimaldi also had at least some family connections (though Grimaldi himself was a Math professor at CUNY-Kingsborough CC).
That's funny I had no idea and I went to K by the Bay for a couple semesters way back when.
The only college in NYC with its own private beach :mrgreen:

I think that at some point Grimaldi came to court in a show of support to some wiseguy, either a relative or in-law. Spacing on the details ATM.

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by johnny_scootch » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:35 pm

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:29 am I thought that Dan Grimaldi also had at least some family connections (though Grimaldi himself was a Math professor at CUNY-Kingsborough CC).
That's funny I had no idea and I went to K by the Bay for a couple semesters way back when.

Re: Mobsters turned actors

by Pogo The Clown » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:18 pm

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:22 am Also, Frank Cullotta, of course, served as an “advisor” and played a bit part in Casino.

Where you going jag off?


Pogo

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