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In 1996, he played (his friend) William Donaldson's guide to Marbella in the infamous BBC Radio 4 series A Retiring Fellow. [22] In 1999, he appeared at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London in a one-man show, An Evening with Mad Frankie Fraser (directed by Patrick Newley), which subsequently toured the UK.
James Alfred Moody (27 February 1941 – 1 June 1993) was an English gangster and hitman whose career spanned more than four decades and included run-ins with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, the Krays, the Richardsons and the Provisional IRA. Described by police detectives as "extremely professional" and "extremely intimidating ...
British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld is a documentary series about UK gangsters or 'Faces'. Series 1 (6 episodes), Series2 (8 episodes) it based on the book Faces by Brian Anderson [ 1 ] In each episode, current and former gang members and active criminals are interviewed by presenter and former member of the Essex Boys gang, Bernard O ...
Smiler McCarthy (Hugo Blick; series 1 only, Hugo Crippin series 2 episodes 1, 2 and 6, & Narrator series 2 and 3). There were three series produced, which featured guest stars including David Seaman, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, Jonny Lee Miller, gangster "Mad Frankie" Fraser, ex Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp, Denise van Outen and Donna Air.
Fraser had been officially declared insane at least twice previously. It has been suggested though that Fraser acquired his "Mad Frankie" sobriquet from this incident. Apparently, a Hayward associate named Henry Botton saw Fraser kicking Hart in the head and shouted, "You're fucking mad, Frank. You're fucking bonkers."
The shooting of the then 68-year-old "Mad" Frankie Fraser, a former enforcer for The Richardson Gang, in July 1991 was said to have been ordered by the Adams family – though Frasier stated in his autobiography "Mad Frank" that he had been targeted by rogue police.
Foreman was nicknamed "Brown Bread Fred" (‘Brown Bread’ being Cockney rhyming slang for ‘Dead’), as he was known in the underworld for being able to dispose of bodies. [2] [3] For a large part of the 1960s, Foreman and the Kray twins' gang The Firm, ruled the streets in the East End of London. But Foreman’s association with them ended ...
Jack McVitie (19 April 1932 – 29 October 1967), best known as Jack the Hat, was an English criminal from London during the 1950s and 1960s.He is posthumously famous for triggering the imprisonment and downfall of the Kray twins.