5. Carmine Lilo Galante getting it in the backyard of Joe and Mary's in Bushwick. The shooters were
Anthony Indelicato, Dominick Trinchera, Dominick Napolitano and Louis Giongetti. His two bodyguards were also implicated.
4. Dion O'Bannion was shot in his flower shop by Frankie Yale from Brooklyn will two famous Capone hit men Scalise and Anslemi held his arms. This is the hit we were talking about that was recreated in "Boardwalk Empire." Scalise and Anslemi were also famous for being beaten to death with a baseball bat by Capone as depicted in the movie "The Untouchables."
3. Salvatorre Maranzano was hit in his office by Jewish gunmen sent by Lucky Luciano. These hitters were from the "Bugs and Meyer" gang and included Red Levine and Charles "The Bug" Workman. These guys were later to be the nucleus of Murder Inc.
2. Joe "The Boss" Masseria was whacked at Nuova Villa Tammaro in Coney Island. Various people are credited but it is generally agreed that it was Bugsy Siegal, Albert Anastasia, Joe Adonis and Vito Genovese with Ciro Terranova driving the get away car.
1. Albert Anastasia in the barber shop chair is the most famous and most often revisited on TV and movies. He was hit by members of the Profaci family including Joe Gallo, Larry Gallo, Carmine Persico and supposedly Joe Colombo. There has been some controversy over who did it but Joe Gallo always claimed credit for it so who knows.
Anyway as an actor don't you have to do research? You would think. Whatever dude.
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I knew none of this.
I had heard of Capone (of course), Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegelm Vito Genovese and, I think, Joe Colombo, though I could be mixing him up with that trenchcoat detective.
But I couldn't have called up any of these events, nor do I recollect hearing about them, except for the Capone-bat-thing from The Untouchables.
And, no, I wouldn't think you'd have to do research as an actor on the specific thing you're acting.
You don't even need to know the character, really, because the producers didn't hire you to be THAT guy, they hired you to be YOU and to sorta pretend to be THAT guy.
But I thought method actors researched their parts and stuff.
Well you know more actors then me so I will take your word for it.
What blake said.
In tv land, "acting" consists of spending the day doing half a dozen takes of a handful of two-minute scenes until you stumble into a version that the director thinks is good enough for tv.
Not a lotta deep thought AFAICT.
There was Paul Castellano at Sparks. That was how Gotti got to be the boss.
And let's not forget that February 14 event!
Don't forget about the little canary who forgot how to fly.
Mafia has always fascinated me for for some reason I've never been able to keep all the players straight, despite reading a few books and watching all the mob shows Bio and ID can churn out.
How often do you dine at Joe and Mary's?
I heard that the cigar in that picture was placed there by the detective.
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