EVB2925529: Joe Adonis, was named as one of the U.S. top six criminals by Kefauver Committee in 1950. On May 28, 1951, he was sentenced to 2-3 years in New Jersey state prison. Actor James Percell portrayed Adonis in GANGSTER WARS, 1984. Lewis Van Bergen portrayed Adonis in the 1991 film, BUGSY, 1991 / Bridgeman Images