In Popular Culture
Johnny Torrio has been portrayed several times in television and motion pictures:
- by Nehemiah Persoff in the 1959 film, Al Capone.
- by Charles McGraw in the 1959 television series of The Untouchables.
- by Harry Guardino in the 1975 film, Capone.
- by Guy Barile in the 1992 film, The Babe.
- by Frank Vincent in the 1993 episode, Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
- by Byrne Piven in the pilot episode of the 1993 television series, The Untouchables.
- by Kieron Jecchinis in the 1994 television series, In Suspicious Circumstances.
- by Greg Antonacci in the 2010 HBO series, Boardwalk Empire.
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