Mickey Spillane

Who was Mickey Spillane?

Michael Spillane, much better known as Mickey Spillane, was an Irish-American mobster from Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Spillane, who was called the "last of the gentleman gangsters," was a marked contrast to the violent Westies mob members who succeeded him in Hell's Kitchen. Spillane was no relation to the author Mickey Spillane, or to the wrestler Michael Spillane.