He was an excellent stick-up man and burglar. Robert was married and had one son, a chemicals salesman and small-time drug dealer called Robert Germaine Jr. He would later become a confidential informant who provided information led to the arrest of Henry Hill, and even subsequently his own father. At the time of his drug trafficking arrest, Germaine Sr was a self-proclaimed freelance writer working on a manuscript. He is portrayed in "Goodfellas" as the uncredited drug dealer played by Paul Herman.