Thomas "Tom" Feargal Hagen is a fictional character in the Godfather books and films. He was portrayed by Robert Duvall in the films. He is the informally adopted son of Don Vito Corleone and serves as the family lawyer and consigliere (Legal Advisor). He was a very close childhood friend to Santino "Sonny" Corleone and was considered a brother by the Corleone children.
Some fans have speculated that Hagen is based on a composite of two real-life...
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Thomas "Tom" Feargal Hagen is a fictional character in the Godfather books and films. He was portrayed by Robert Duvall in the films. He is the informally adopted son of Don Vito Corleone and serves as the family lawyer and consigliere (Legal Advisor). He was a very close childhood friend to Santino "Sonny" Corleone and was considered a brother by the Corleone children.
Some fans have speculated that Hagen is based on a composite of two real-life mobsters Frank DeSimone and Murray Humphreys. Both men were powerful Mafia figures; however, DeSimone was heavily involved in illicit and violent activities of the gang, and Hagen mostly kept his hands clean, like the real-life Humphreys. While DeSimone was born into the Mafia family, Humphreys was "adopted" into it by Al Capone for his natural smooth-talking, manipulative abilities. Also, it is notable that Humphreys was of Welsh descent, not Italian. Like Hagen, DeSimone was also a lawyer.
Tom Hagen was orphaned as a child and spent an...
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