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Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an American crime boss in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Early life [ edit ]
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama television series that premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. [1] The series is written by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson.
Mayme Cox, née Harding (fl. 1890s–1910s), first wife of politician James M. Cox; Mayme Gehrue (c. 1880–c. 1929), American actress and dancer; Mayme Gerhard (1876–1955), photographer; Mayme Hatcher Johnson (died 2009), wife of gangster Bumpy Johnson; Mayme Kelso (1867–1946), American actress of the silent era
In 1934, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz asserts his control of the lucrative numbers game.Schultz begrudgingly reports to Mafia boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who pays bribes to special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey to protect his business.
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In addition to his kids with Phleger and Griffith, Johnson also shares a son, Jesse Johnson, 41, with ex Patti D'Arbanville, 73. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Don Johnson and Kelley Phleger in L.A. in 2001
[5] [9] That year, she made her screen debut as Elise Johnson, the daughter of Bumpy Johnson as played by Forest Whitaker, in Godfather of Harlem on Epix. [2] [6] In 2021, Crowe-Legacy featured in Passing, a film adaptation of the Nella Larsen novel of the same name directed by Rebecca Hall. [10]
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