Billy Conn - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• Billy Conn was mentioned in the 2006 Hollywood movie, The Black Dahlia.
• A portion of North Craig Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh is named Billy Conn Boulevard.
• Billy Conn is also mentioned in the classic movie On the Waterfront. In the famous scene in the back of the cab - "I could have been a contender." Rod Steiger (playing Marlon Brando's brother) reflects on Brando's character Terry's early promise as a boxer with the words "You could have been another Billy Conn."
• London-based band The BibleCode Sundays released an EP of four songs in 2011 titled 'The Pittsburgh kid.' The title track is a tribute to Billy Conn.
• Billy Conn is also mentioned in the 1966 Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau classic comedy movie The Fortune Cookie. In the apartment scene where Lemmon asks Boom Boom (Ron Rich) "Where'd you learn that? Don't tell me, your father was a Pullman porter." for which Boom Boom replies "He was a fighter, light heavyweight. Once went rounds with Billy Conn."