Little Caesar (film) portrayals that stretched up to 1968's "Never a Dull Moment". Robinson occasionally parodied his "Little Caesar" gangster persona, as in the 1933 film "The Little Giant." The box office triumph of "Little Caesar" also spawned the production of several successful gangster films, many of which were also made by Warner Brothers. This is an example of Hollywood self-censorship during the pre-Code era: in the novel the line reads "Mother of God, is this the end of Rico?", and a take was filmed with Robinson saying it verbatim. However, the studio worried that some state and local censors would insist that
Edward G. Robinson Jr. "Laramie", "Gunsmoke" and "Markham". In 1968, Superior Court judge Marvin A. Freeman adjudged him the legal father of a daughter, Shawn, born in 1966 to him and Lucille Kass. He was also arrested for and accused of drunk driving during the 1950s. In the early 1970s, Robinson's health declined due to his long battle with alcoholism. He died of a heart attack at the age of 40 in Los Angeles on February 26, 1974, only one year after the death of his father. Edward G. Robinson Jr. Edward G. "Manny" Robinson Jr. (March 19, 1933 – February 26, 1974) was