Fugazy Hood Flops in Hollywood

John Di Mattia was a dismal failure as a mobster. He roared like a lion, but he was really as meek as a mouse. John was tall and rugged looking too, but then again, so was Rock Hudson. DiMattia was asked to prove his mob mettle on a hit and he faked a heart attack to get out of it. He used a bad back too. His back went out more than he did. Mobsters that worked with John DiMattia had this to say ," to get out of doing any tough guy work, this bum came up with more excuses than "alibi Ike".

Frank "Bomp" Bompensiero hollywood mafia

Frank “Bomp” Bompensiero was a top notch killer in the Dragna Mafia Family. He whacked out more than fifteen men, and he even had a hand in clipping a woman named Tamara Rand. ”Bomp” blasted a member of Mickey Cohen’s gang with a shotgun on the Sunset Strip. Another time he clipped a guy named Phil Galluzzo.. He pistol whipped Galuzzo , and then shot him six times. Bompensiero became an informant for the FBI, and he had a contract put out on him by Los Angeles Mafia boss, Brooklier. While talking on the phone, in a phone booth, “Bomp” was shot to death by hitman, Tommy Ricciardi.

HBO'S REAL H'WOOD GODFATHER

HOLLYWOOD legend Robert Evans is stoked about his latest project -- a six-hour miniseries for HBO on the life of Sidney Korshak, whom the FBI once called "the most powerful lawyer in the world."

Korshak started out in Chicago and moved to Beverly Hills, where he was the "fixer" for Chicago mobsters doing business there, labor bosses and politicians, and good friends with men like Lew Wasserman, Frank Sinatra, Ronald Reagan, Barron Hilton and Hugh Hefner.

"He was the godfathers' godfather, and he was my godfather," Evans told Page Six. "He was known as 'The Silencer,' and one of his sayings was, 'Continued silence is the greatest insurance policy for continued breathing.' One word from him and there wasn't a second one. He never had to say anything twice."

Korshak, who died in 1996, was a boxing champ at the University of Minnesota, and an imposing figure. Evans recalled, "He never had an office. It was all in his head. And he never had his picture taken." Evans, who gave a eulogy at his funeral, said that without Korshak, "The Godfather" wouldn't exist. "The five families in New York did not want the movie made. And we couldn't have gotten Al Pacino. He was signed to "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" at MGM. Korshak called up [MGM owner] Kirk Kerkorian who was building the MGM Grand at the time, and asked him to release Pacino. When Kerkorian balked, Sidney said, 'Kirk, you want to finish that hotel?' " Robert De Niro ended up with Pacino's part in the "Gang" movie.

Evans is producing the miniseries with Paramount -- which he ran in the 1970s when "The Godfather," "Chinatown" and "Love Story" were made. Art Monterastelli is writing the script. Evans said, "I hope I can make it as good as I can talk about it."

13 YEARS FOR OLDFELLA

A feared mob capo who helped run the Gambino crime family for John "Dapper Don" Gotti was sent to the slammer for more than 13 years for two murders and a slew of racketeering crimes yesterday.

The lengthy prison term could prove to be a life sentence for Nicholas Corozzo, 69, who fled authorities last year and spent four months on the lam.

"The defendant has led a despicable life," Assistant US Attorney Roger Burlingame said in court papers that traced Corozzo's mob activity back 50 years.

"If the defendant is ever released again, there is no doubt that he will dive right back into the life he long ago swore to uphold until his death."

In his August 2008 guilty plea, Corozzo admitted to a slew of racketeering crimes, including the 1996 slayings of mob associate Robert Arena and his pal Thomas Maranga, who died in a hail of 40 bullets.

Tom Dragna Hollywood Mafia

Tom Dragna aka Tomaso Rizzoto
Tom Dragna was Consigliare in the Dragna Mafia Family. Tom was Jack Dragna’s brother ,and the father of capo, Louis Tom Dragna. Tom helped plan, and he implemented several of the attemts on Mickey Cohen’s life. Tom Dragna was future mob boss , Nick Licata’s closest friend. Tom backed Nick Licata for boss when Frank De Simone died

Jack Lo Cicero Hollywood Mafia

Giacomo ”Jack” Lo Cicero was made in the Los Angeles Mafia by Nick Licata, Jack rose in rank to consigliare in the Crime Family under new boss Dominic Brooklier.Jack drove the getaway car for hitman Tommy R icciardi when Ricciardi whacked out mob rat Frank Bompansiero in a phone booth in San Diego

Friars Club Gold mine For Mob

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In the sixties,the Beverly Hills Friars club was a cash cow for major-league wiseguy Johnny Roselli. Johnny, and his crew of card cheats, milked the joint for a bundle of bucks.

Years later.the club was still fullof fat-cat entertainers, and Hollywood celebrities , who loved to gamble on sports.
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BIG ACTORS like the late Walter Matthau, and Get Smart, star, Don Adams, wouldn’t think twice about betting ten grand on a football game.

Through the years, the Friars Club resident bookies have always gotten rich off the losers. In 1980 Bobby Craig was the in-house bookie…He was making money hand over fist..The greedy fuck didn’t want to share the wealth with Capo Mike “Rizzi” Rizzitello.

I pushed Bobby down a flight of stairs in the Friars Club, and then he coughed up the cash….Two grand a week rent.

Next was an ex Brooklyn copper named Al Lazaar. Al took over the bookie action at the Friars Club when Bobby Craig died.


We did a job on Al too. Mike Hammer actor Stacy Keach was taking action up there for a while. I went to Stacy’s wedding in Malibu so I gave him a pass for a present. Anthony Fiato aka "The Animal"

Dominic Brooklier Hollywood Mafia

Dominic Brooklier aka Jimmy Regace aka "Old-man". Brooklier became boss of the Los Angeles Crime Family after Nicky Licata died. Brooklier was a Dragna shooter in the Sunset Strip war with Mickey Cohen’s mob, and he shot and wounded a Cohen henchman. Brooklier thought himself to be very smart .He proudy held a law degree. He hated Mobster’s Jimmy “the Weasel “Fratianno, and Frank ” Bomp” Bompensiero. He considered them both to be treacherous,and beef -brained gunsels. Brooklier ordered the hit that killed Bompensiero and he put a contract out on Fratianno for his seditious attempted try at taking over as boss of his Mob while he was serving a stretch in the slammer. He also believed that Jimmy Fratianno was a rat. That belief proved to be true, when ”The Weasel” testified against Brooklier and other members of the Los Angeles Crime Family in the FBI Forex extortion trial.