In Popular Culture
In the early years of the "Public Enemy" era, Dean O'Banion and other Irish mobsters of the previous decade served as the basis for many gangster films of the 1930s. James Cagney, for example, based his character on O'Banion and his lieutenant Earl "Hymie" Weiss in the 1931 film The Public Enemy.
| Date | Title | Country | Notes | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Al Capone | USA | Portrayed by Robert Gist | |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | USA | Portrayed by John Agar | |
| 1975 | Capone | USA | Portrayed by John Orchard | |
| 1993 | The Untouchables Pilot (Parts 1 and 2) | USA | Portrayed by Michael Parks | |
| 1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues | USA | Portrayed by Victor Slezak | |
| 2012 | Boardwalk Empire | USA | Portrayed by Arron Shiver |
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