Hyman Roth
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Hyman Roth is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1974 film The Godfather Part II. He is also a minor character in the 2004 novel The Godfather Returns. Roth is a Jewish mobster and i
Lee Strasberg portraying Hyman Roth
Meyer Lansky
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Meyer Lansky was an American organized crime figure associated with gambling operations and illicit finance in the United States, Cuba, and the Caribbean during the mid-20th century. He was closely li
Hyman Roth
…mobster and investor, and a business partner of Vito Corleone and later his son Michael Corleone. He is based on notorious mobster and gambling kingpin Meyer Lansky. It was Al Pacino who suggested Lee Strasberg, his former acting teacher, for the role. Roth's background is supplied in a deleted scene in The Godfather…
Lansky in 1958
Lucky Luciano, Lansky's partner in the American Mafia