CROOK MANIFESTO
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Robert | Aldrich | An actor. |
| Samuel | Arkoff | A film producer. |
| Hal | Ashby | A film director. |
| Fred | Astaire | Carney's best friend. |
| Mortimer | Bacall | The man who built Dumas Club. |
| Leonard | Bailey | The inventor of convertible bed. |
| Dale | Baker | The founder of Elizabeth's company. |
| Gideon | Banks | One of the old guards. |
| Leroi | Banks | The negro ventriloquist. |
| Corky | Bell | The poker house owner. |
| Jean | Bell | The second African-American playmate. |
| Gordon | Bellman | A known arsonist. |
| Lady | Betsy | A Chek restaurant owner. |
| Quincy | Black | The drug dealer. |
| Guilio | Bomgiovanni | The landlord. |
| Nicky | Boots | Buford and Carney's common friend. |
| Ed | Brody | Carney's former colleague. |
| Janet | Brown | A member of Women for Oakes. |
| Reece | Brown | Notch's right-hand man. |
| Phil | Burgher | The driver. |
| Gus | Burnett | One of Church's men from Alabama. |
| Wilmer | Byrd | Mose's friend. |
| Michael | Carney | Carney's father. AKA: Big Mike. |
| Ray | Carney | Protagonist. |
| Mr. | Charles | Leroi's buddy. |
| Ambrose | Clarke | The current Dumas Club secretary. |
| Daryl | Clarke | Carney's neighbor. |
| Lucinda | Cole | Chink's girlfriend. |
| Lucinda | Cole | An Actress. Missing. AKA: Leanne Wilkes. |
| Bad | Cologne | A criminal. |
| Vic | Damone | An American singer. |
| David | Dinkins | A politician. |
| Biz | Dixon | A drug dealer. |
| Pat | Dodds | Owner of Miracle Garage. |
| Leon | Drake | Oake's arsonist. |
| Mr. | Dudley | Owner of the furniture store. |
| Wilfred | Duke | The crooked Harlem banker. |
| Daniel | Ellsberg | The RAND man who slipped the pentagon papers to the New York Times. |
| Henry | Flood | Dorothy's husband. |
| Arnie | Folk | Corky's security guard. |
| Charlie | Foster | One of Carney's customers. |
| William | Fyre | One of the distinguished Harlemites. |
| Mrs. | Garcia. | The bakery store owner. |
| Billy | Gerald | Tom's son. |
| Tom | Gerald | A car seller. |
| Al | Gibson | One of the distinguished Harlemites. |
| Berry | Gordy | The father of Motown Records. |
| Ellis | Gray | Sable's founder. |
| Jimmy | Gray | A building inspector from Sable Construction. |
| Martin | Green | An antique dealer. Carney's go-to-watchman. |
| Gene | Hackman | The reverend. |
| Mose | Hamilton | An arsonist. Pepper's old acquaintance. |
| Stan | Hayes | The drummer. |
| Mrs. | Hernandez | One of Carney's neighbors. |
| Dan | Hickey | A criminal. |
| Frank | Hogan | The Manhattan DA. |
| Lena | Horne | An Actress. Missing. AKA: Leanne Wilkes. |
| Dizzy | Huntley | A thief. |
| Jennifer | Jackson | The first African-American playmate. |
| Michael | Jackson | An artist. |
| Malik | Jamal | The leader of BLA. AKA: Robert Taylor. |
| Bumpy | Johnson | A mobster. Chink's enemy. |
| Leland | Jones | Carney's father-in-law. |
| Edward | Joseph | The panther 21 dependants. |
| Edward | Kiernan | The head of patrolmen's benevolent association. |
| Sylvester | King | Corky's cousin. |
| Abraham | Lanford | Clement's son. Leland's friend. |
| Clement | Lanford | The one-time Harlem fixer and statesman. |
| Herschel | Lefkowitz | A father of patent. AKA: Heshie. |
| Josh | Lehmann | Zippo's schoolmate. |
| Penny | Lewis | Freddie's former lover. |
| Viola | Lewis | A restaurant owner. |
| Diana Cory | Linda | Burgher's wife. |
| William | Marshall | The african prince. |
| Wilbur | Martin | A finisher. |
| Burt | Miller | One of Church's men from Alabama. |
| Kwame | Miller | The man who runs Uptown Gardens. |
| Pat | Miller | Elizabeth's friend. |
| Chink | Montague | Carney's protector. A mobster leader. |
| Richard | Moore | The panther 21 dependants. |
| Lyle | Morrison | Executive Vice President of Freedom National Savings. |
| Harvey | Moskowitz | Harvey's old contacts. |
| Miss | Naughton | Zippo's former social worker. |
| Don | Newberry | Chairman of the admissions committee. |
| Alexander | Oakes | Elizabeth's childhood friend. |
| Ron | O'Neal | An actor. |
| Gene | Page | Zippo's friend. |
| Enoch | Parker | The best lockman in town. Pepper's friend. |
| Calvin | Pierce | One of Carney's contacts. A lawyer. |
| Roscoe | Pope | A comedian. Lucinda's lover. |
| Edwin | Powell | One of Carney's neighbors. |
| Bruce | Price | One of the architects who designed strivers row. |
| Cameron | Purvis | One of Corky's friends. |
| Charlie | Rangel | The heirs to Jone's Carver Democratic Club. |
| Uncle | Rich | A mobster. One of Pepper's colleagues. |
| Smiling | Rick | A club owner. |
| Dr. | Rostropovich | Pepper's doctor. |
| Mrs. | Ruiz | Albert's mother. Carney's tenant. |
| Frank | Serpico | A corrupt police officer. |
| Tommy | Shush | A thief. |
| Isidore | Steinareutzer | The most famous arsonist in New York. Aka: Izzy The Painter, Izzy Stein, and Isaac Chernick. |
| Percy | Sutton | A Tuskeegee airman, Malcolm X lawyer. |
| Jimmy | Temple | Pepper's baseball playmate. |
| Pete | The Grip | One of Zippo's men. |
| Boris | The Monk | A gem-guy. Carney's old colleague. |
| Cubby | The Worm | One of Carney's regulars. |
| Spencer | Tomlinson | Pope's money manager. |
| Notch | Walker | The new mobster kingpin. |
| Buck | Webb | Munson's partner. A cop. |
| Kermit | Wells | Carney's friend. |
| Bradford | Wiley | Carney's friend. |
| Church | Wiley | A smash-and-grab operator. |
| Mrs. | Wilkes | Lucinda's mother. |
| Bill | Worth | A repairman. |
| Nelson | Wright | One of Corky's players. |
| Albert | One of Carney's tenants. | |
| Alma | Elizabeth's mother. | |
| Angela | Munson's wife. | |
| Argent | Carney's biggest client. | |
| Baby | Lucinda's cousin. | |
| Beame | The current Mayor. | |
| Beatrice | Rusty's wife. | |
| Booker | Ellen's new husband. | |
| Buford | Carney and Pepper's regular bartender. | |
| Delroy | Chink's bagman. | |
| DeMarco | The American arm of Knut-Bjellen. | |
| Diego | Owner of the candy and cigarette store. | |
| Dolly | Pepper's ex-girlfriend. | |
| Doris | The girl Zippo falls in love with. | |
| Dorothy | Heshie's niece. | |
| Driscoll | The Clyde's back room operator. | |
| Earl | Clyde's employee. | |
| Elizabeth | Carney's wife. | |
| Ellen | Robert's mother. Freddie's wife. | |
| Freddie | Carney's late cousin. | |
| George | Corky's nephew. | |
| Hazel | Pepper's lover. | |
| Hepie | Zippo's uncle. | |
| John | Carney's son. | |
| Larry | Carney's employee. | |
| Lindsay | The current mayor. | |
| Lola | Zippo's production assistant. | |
| Lonnie | Corky's dealer. | |
| Marie | Carney's secretary. | |
| May | Carney's daughter. | |
| Millie | Carney's aunt. | |
| Munson | A policeman. Carney's friend. | |
| Pepper | A professional bruiser. | |
| Pickles | One of Quincy's guards. | |
| Popeye | The Clyde's back room operator. | |
| Pru | One of Zippo's babysitters. | |
| Purvis | One of Corky's players. | |
| Robert | Carney's nephew. Freddie's son. | |
| Rodney | Marie's husband. | |
| Rusty | Carney's floor man. | |
| Slick | One of Carney's employees. | |
| Stacey | Corky's girlfriend. | |
| Toomey | A bartender. | |
| Troy | The director of photography. | |
| Walt | The owner of the bar next to Carney's furniture store. | |
| Zippo | An artist and movie director. |
