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. his autobiography, ""My Father, My Son"", written with William Dufty. Robinson was a close friend and sometime lover of Marilyn Monroe, and was the prototype for the character 'Eddie G.' in "Blonde" (2001), the TV mini-series about Monroe, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates. Robinson appeared in some films and numerous television series during the 1950s and early 1970s. He appeared briefly in "Some Like It Hot" (1959), as the murderer of George Raft's '"Spats" Colombo' character. He was the last-billed of the sixteen credited cast members in the film. He also appeared in shows like "Wagon Train",