In Popular Culture
Weiss and other Prohibition-era mobsters served as the basis for many gangster films of the 1930s. James Cagney, for example, based his character on both Weiss and Chicago gangland figure Dion O'Banion in the 1931 film The Public Enemy.
| Date | Title | Country | Notes | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | The Untouchables The Canada Run | USA | Portrayed by Gene Roth | |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | USA | Portrayed by Reed Hadley | |
| 1975 | Capone | USA | Portrayed by John Davis Chandler |
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