Boardwalk Empire | The REAL people from Boardwalk Empire | Cast vs Real life |

[@travismiles5885]

Richard Harrow may have been fictional but he was representative of a lot of veterans that came back from the "war to end all wars" who were very disfigured. The tin masks were made for them to cover their wounds. The people who made them we're artists in their own right. There is a very good chance that there were some guys who came back from that war who got involved in organized crime but didn't make big names for themselves like Lucky or Arnold and the rest. Having a severe disfigurement like that would make them easy to pick out in a lineup. Still, Richard is one of the best characters in television very compelling he could commit horrific violence but still had the want and love in heart for a quiet normal family life. As a veteran myself I felt a connection to him and Jimmy. That scene when Richard asks Jimmy if he would fight for him and Jimmy says the last bullet always chokes me up. I felt that. Its something civilians will never know.

[@notsocrates9529]

I am a vet too but other men know that bond. It is not exclusive to the military.

[@pikadili07]

Im not a soldier but i can understand wvat do you mean by loving the caracter Harrow and thanks for the producer that make every carractere very real

[@paigeaustin7107]

Richard Harrow was one of the best TV characters of all time. Oops

[@summertrue]

💯 straight gangster of the times

[@luisofsuburbia]

I really wanted him to live so he could reunite with his newfound family, maybe if he would've survived, Tommy wouldn't have killed Nucky.

[@jordanferguson4158]

Facts

[@memphis6694]

I just rewatched this series and he was my favorite character, surpassing Chalkey. As I was so disappointed how Chalkey threw his life away.

[@rexbanner7256]

Just characters of all time, for me.

[@TonyVerrazano]

Stephen Graham was fantastic as Big Al. I'm a Jersey guy also so I'm a big Boardwalk Empire fan. The Ritz still exists to this day and there is a plaque on the Boardwalk entrance that notes some famous visitors that once stayed there such as Enoch Johnson and AL Capone.

[@lucendamatjeke8705]

Everyone understood the assignment. 🤞🏽

[@yaqubebased1961]

So does the Knife & Fork. Must be crazy dining at these century old restaurants

[@mike_MT_jonez]

Stephen Graham, from Snatch to boardwalk empire to the Irish man. He is doing a great job at killing those gangster roles.

[@lucendamatjeke8705]

"Jimmy deserved better."😭

[@Boomer045]

Richard Harrow, Nelson Van Buren, Eddie Kessler, all exceptional characters. What a show.

[@sgtzomie787]

Michael did a good job playing arnold

[@dwightlove3704]

ROTHSTEIN was the real criminal he taught all of these guys in Italian Mafia how to avoid attention from the police.

[@unacceptableviews1505]

I saw this years ago and I was so pumped for Steve to get a leading role for once. I was really hoping he would not end up like he did in The Sopranos. So much for that one. I think my favorite character from this show though was Richard Harlow. That dude rocked it. I was hoping he was real. Sad how he wound up. All in all though a pretty good gangster show. I love this time period.

[@francisphillips53]

Damn.. was hoping Richard Harrow was based on a real person. (He was my favorite character.)

[@vernonsmith6176]

He was my favorite too... very sad and TRAGIC figure.

[@Richgflo33]

Right, so everyone he killed was made up too then?

[@summertrue]

Not everyone he killed was fake, it just wasn't him who killed them.

[@randomguyonyoutube5292]

Same

[@NNCCaio]

Very similarities between actors and real life. Doyle and Jimmy was pretty close. Until this day i do not understand Jimmy's death. Even though Nucky said: "Blood is thicker than water". Eli is a lucky bastard.

[@enterthebruce91]

Mickey Doyle's laugh is legendary! Need to see Paul Sparks in more film and T.V

[@markfrancis1369]

Wow that was fun. Thanks for the info. And being from Jersey just makes it cooler.

[@LloydMajor]

AWESOME! THANKS FOR THE INFO.....I STILL WATCH THIS.

[@makaveli1337_]

Incredible selection of cast

[@jamesgoldman6942]

This is GREAT!! Thank you

[@summertrue]

Welcome

[@hugohackenbush1554]

Very interesting and well researched.

[@themightyatom1031]

Fantastic show and some shockers after watching this 👀 I wanted Richard to be a real life character

[@LiogCeartas]

Richard Harrow dying broke my heart. During rewatch I skip it. Too much to handle.

[@MLawrence-z9k]

This show has the most amount of characters in a single show that i actually love !!!!!! Every other show might have four or five characters i love but this show has literally like a dozen ❤

[@raymondsims7042]

Yeah this shows ensemble of characters are excellent there’s a few shows with better cast imo but this is definitely one of the top ones.

[@fathergabrielstokes4706]

Masterpiece 🔥

[@pikadili07]

The best i ever watched in my life i love this serie ❤

[@raymondsims7042]

Respectable take🤝for me the best series ever is the wire but boardwalk is in my top 25.

[@bydacoola]

welcome welcome back lol.

[@Ryan-gw1ob]

Richard Harrow and Al Capone were my favorite characters on Boardwalk Empire!!

[@dawaxofhc]

Great series, experienced my first fart while watching this.

[@summertrue]

🤣😂🤣 wTF

[@tyquangraham1308]

Might be the best casted show/film ever created

[@petepan9696]

Cooley man thanks for the info.

[@adv536]

Nucky's real name is Enoch L. Johnson

[@smokemon3000]

Cool didn’t know chalky white was a real person!

[@wadewilson8011]

Funny how the goofiest MFer in the entire series, real life counterpart looked the MOST intimidating: Mickey Doyle.

[@cmendla]

Excellent video

[@lilianamachado5112]

Golden serie 😍

[@joelreed8940]

Loved this series watched times all the way thru right up there with SOA the Wire The sopranos and breaking bad

[@raymondsims7042]

All of those are better than boardwalk imo but boardwalk is still very good I agree

[@Mrrobot1979]

This show had such great casting especially for al capone character

[@livrforlax01]

Almost shockingly similar

[@AlMeans]

The real Jimmy Darmody was a scary-looking dude. Micky Sparks too. Um, wouldn't want to meet Micky Doyle in an alley. 'Nucky' looks pretty fuckin' harmless and social and all that, doesn't he? I was unaware that Lucky had his throat slit from ear to ear - kinda explains the name. Tell ya what though, this earned you a step up in the subscription lottery. Nice work!

[@chrishodges8473]

Thanks for telling us which was the real and who was the actors, the black and white photos almost threw me a curve ball..🧐

[@Baseballnfj]

Holy shit they nailed Mickey Doyle.

[@aaddaamm1100]

The fiction one was the most interesting 😂

[@questlove_satx]

Nucky was the County Treasurer.

[@erich1780]

Chalky White couldn't have been based on the boxer. The boxer was born in 1912. He would have been a kid during prohibition. They just used his name

[@3335pooh]

ice pick. ouch. that's gotta hurt

[@summertrue]

Right?

[@CaptainVelveeta]

Funny how one of the most interesting and likable characters was totally fictional.

[@CrashoutsDaily]

Jimmy was also entirely fictional

[@ray.shoesmith]

lol who writes this? The only thing Chalky Wright (not 'White' like your caption says), and the charachter Chalky White had in common was that they had the nickname 'Chalky' and they were black 🙄

[@JvjfjHghxc]

They did Rothstein dirty

[@holyX]

I don't understand why you would include the true historical names for some figures while not for others

[@seanford4542]

Casper Holstein was actually in Harlem

[@tylerthompson1842]

Geez they got a Brit to play Capone and a brown eyed man to play Bugsy. Give the kid contacts at least

[@scottgarrison1457]

Was Rosetti fictional?? Missed him? I thought he had some of best drama moments of series

[@antoinesilva1527]

Rosetti was totally fictional. Tonino Sandrelli might be based on Sam Pollaccia. The D’Alessio brothers were based on the real Lanzetti brothers.

[@ChicoTheMan69]

I didn't watch the show, Good thing too because they always change the story so it's Hollywood not very historic.

[@gypsy1962]

RICHARD HARLOW was the only REAL person and reason for watching.

[@bige311]

I'm a Jersey guy a connected guy :) and definitely a different style of mobsters back then, but times change. Lived the series can't believe it's been over 10 years.

[@sketis2012]

You lost me at Jimmy LOL. James Darmody was a fictional character.

[@firemonger5409]

No he wasn’t

[@Jim-qh6qq]

I always thought harrow was made up

[@gonzalohiguain545]

Michael Pitt, who portray Jimmy Darmody should of play bugsy Siegel, looks more like the real Siegel instead of the phony actor who "TRIED" to play Siegel!

[@firemonger5409]

Bruh Pitt doesn’t look anything like Bugsy Siegel. Also the actor who played him wasn’t phony. So no, Pitt shouldn’t have played Siegel

[@o.j7408]

Animal blundetto

[@pointsoflightradio9785]

First of all, that music is annoying. Mickey Doyle was never the character BWE made him out to be. Hs real name was Mickey Duffy. He became one of the most famous and powerful beer bootleggers in Philadelphia and in Atlantic City. BWE made him out to be a weasel that relied on Nucky as well as others. Thats not the case. Duffy had legitimate businesses including owning several prominent clubs, including the Perkin and the fashionable Club Cadix at 23rd and Chestnut streets in Philadelphia in 1924. He didn't die the way BWE made it look either. While staying at the Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic City, Duffy was shot to death by unknown assailants on August 31, 1931. His murder was never solved

[@firemonger5409]

Yes he was the character he was made out to be. The music isn’t annoying

[@firemonger5409]

He wasn’t made out to be a weasel in BWE. Also no his name wasn’t Mickey Duffy

[@firemonger5409]

His murder was solved and Mickey did die the way BWE showed and they didn’t make it look

[@pointsoflightradio9785]

@@firemonger5409 Where'd you get your info? Read your history. The way BWE is totally false

[@pointsoflightradio9785]

@@firemonger5409 Solved? Read ACTUAL police files from the time. It wasn't

[@CSDonohue11]

He played Jimmy SO TERRIBLY❕ Worst character in thee entire series. Can’t stand that character & the way he played it.

[@AD-qt8rn]

Great show on HBO.

[@jeffc3381]

politics has always been dirty

[@firemonger5409]

No they haven’t

[@geofftaylor8627]

@@firemonger5409 yes they have.