In Popular Culture
- Actor Frank Pellegrino portrayed Johnny Dio in the 1990 film Goodfellas.
- Dio was portrayed in the 1994 television movie Getting Gotti by actor Rino Romano.
- Johnny Dio is the basis for Lee J. Cobb's character "Johnny Friendly" in the film On the Waterfront.
- Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, and Dio singer Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona) adopted the last name "Dio" after Johnny Dio.
- Archival film footage of Dio is included in the documentary film Due Kennedy, I (Two Kennedys) .
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