Ridley Scott’s 2007 feature, American Gangster, let Denzel Washington ... Laurence Fishburne played “Bumpy Rhodes,” based on Bumpy Johnson, in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1984 gangster film ...

Taking up about where 1997's Hoodlum left off, American Gangster follows the rise of Frank Lucas, former protégé and chauffeur of Harlem overlord Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson. When Johnson dies of ...

Even in its overreaching title, “American Gangster” asserts for ... drug kingpin Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson (played by an uncredited Clarence Williams III). Bumpy then takes his protege ...

iconic actor Moses Gunn played a character based on Johnson named Bumpy Jonas. The most recent portrayal of Johnson was as a major character in the movie American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington.

Margaret Johnson ... the character Bumpy Jonas in the 1971 cult classic “Shaft.” He was also the inspiration for characters in “The Cotton Club” and “American Gangster.” ...

A gangster movie ... hand man to Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, the most famous of Harlem gangsters. (So famous that this is his fourth movie reincarnation. Moses Gunn played him in “Shaft ...

Described as one of Denzel Washington’s best character portrayals, the life of drug kingpin Frank Lucas loosely inspired the ...

Drug lord Frank Lucas, who inspired the 2007 film American Gangster, played by Denzel Washington ... the U.S. His origins with drugs came from his involvement with gangster Bumpy Johnson, whose mob ...

Recently, the movie American Gangster has brought to light the ... One such life is Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson. Depicted as Lucas mentor, the exploits ...

UPDATE: He busted the ‘American Gangster.’ Here’s what Richard ... in the drug world after his mentor Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson died in 1968. He began importing pure heroin from ...

Frank Lucas, the Harlem drug kingpin immortalized in Ridley Scott’s 2007 crime film American Gangster ... protégé of sorts to Harlem mob boss Bumpy Johnson, who died of a heart attack in ...