Baby Face Nelson has been portrayed multiple times onscreen. These include: Baby Face Nelson Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), known by the alias George Nelson, better known as Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber in the 1930s. Gillis was given the nickname Baby Face due to his youthful appearance and small stature, although few dared call him "Baby Face" to his face. Criminal associates instead called him "Jimmy". Nelson entered into a partnership with John Dillinger, helping him escape from prison during the famed Crown Point, Indiana Jail escape, and was later labeled along with the
Nelson S. Dilworth Nelson S. Dilworth Nelson S. Dilworth (1890-1965), a Hemet farmer, served for more than 20 years in the California legislature. During World War I he served in the American Expeditionary Forces. He was fiercely anti-Communist during the McCarthy era of the 1940s and 50s. According to his 1965 obituary, "An active campaigner against communism, Dilworth sponsored the first bill to keep communists out of state government employ. He also introduced the bill which took the communist party off the ballot in California and authored the Dilworth Act [of 1953] which gave school board the authority to fire communist school teachers...