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Johnny Torrio

 

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Mobster - Johnny "the Fox" Torrio

Biography

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Boardwalk Empire - Al Capone pranks Johnny Torrio with a cigarette

 

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Boardwalk Empire - George Remus Sitdown With Johnny Torrio And Al Capone

 

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Boardwalk Empire - Johnny Torrio Gets Shot

 

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Boardwalk Empire Johnny Torrio returns from Italy scene

John Donato Torrio was an Italian-born American mobster who helped to build a criminal organization, the Chicago Outfit, in the 1920s; it was later inherited by his protégé, Al Capone. He also put forth the idea of the National Crime Syndicate in the 1930s and later became an unofficial adviser to the Genovese crime family.