Billy Bathgate,interesting name and origin>>>

Award-winning gangster novel/film from the last century.  Others may have guesses as to why that name was chosen.

Billy Bathgate is a fictional character


There's a book and film of same name.

Gangster story around real gangsters.

Thanks chaps,sorry to trap you in this.Your replies are what I expected and no disrespect to either of you.

Wrong though in this case!!

Go on then - what do you know?

'#i know your daddy tobymugs


divnt lie..........


thers a gud lad

So you are a nechrophiliac con man,does this apply to all your user names? Shame you don't know your ow though!!

The horse named Billy Bathgate was named after a living person who served 22 years in the Royal Navy and then MOD Police,those with long memories of Glasgow Rangers may remember Willie Johnstone,related to Billy.It was why I asked,to see if anyone on here knew the living BB,seems not.