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James P. "Jimmy" Flynn (born February 5, 1934) is an American teamster and film actor. He was a reputed member of the famous Winter Hill Gang.

James P. Flynn was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and lived at 115 Hibiscus Avenue in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He stood at 6 ft tall and weighed 180 pounds with blue eyes and blonde hair. He was arrested in Billerica, Massachusetts in the washroom of a Chinese restaurant. He was framed with the help of John Connolly and James J. Bulger for the murder of Winter Hill Gang mob associate Brian (Ballonhead) Halloran and attempted murder of Michael Donahue, who offered to drive the intoxicated Halloran home in South Boston, Massachusetts.

In 1986 he was tried and acquitted for that murder. He was used as an F.B.I. Top Echelon Program informant for his connections to organized crime for several years by agent John Connolly in the 1980s.

In 2000 it is alleged that Flynn ordered another union (IATSE) member, snack truck owner and operator Susan Christy, who was working on the film set of What's the Worst That Could Happen?, to quit in order for his friend and fellow Teamster, Robert Martini, to get the business with his truck. It was reported that when Christy refused Flynn threatened her equipment, Flynn told Martini that Christy would have to be killed or else people would "lose respect" for him. He told Martini that he should be the one to murder her since he would be the one to ultimately benefit from the deed. Reputedly, when George Cashman heard the plan he called Flynn to task and ordered him not to kill her but to send her a message. On August 15, 2000, while the movie was being shot Christy was allegedly attacked by Teamster Bartley Small. Christy reported the incident to the police but ultimately never filed charges.

Flynn appeared in many films shot in the New England area. He has also been the Teamster Union's transportation coordinator, transportation captain in the transportation department on numerous film shoots and a truck driver for movie production equipment for the filming of 'My Best Friend's Girl' in 2008. In show business he uses the name 'James P. Flynn.' One of his best friends is Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, a professional hitman who was the partner of James 'Whitey' Bulger. Flemmi is now doing life in prison while Bulger was a fugitive wanted on several counts until his capture by the FBI in Santa Monica, CA on June 23, 2011. Flynn can be seen in such films as Good Will Hunting, The Cider House Rules and What's the Worst That Could Happen? Under the pretext of producing a movie, the FBI planned to catch people taking bribes in exchange for not making trouble when filmmakers used non-union truck drivers and non-union crew members on movie shoots in Boston. Film shooting actually occurred in several cities including New Orleans and Las Vegas, while in other major cities, evidence was obtained without using an actual crew made up of FBI personnel. As the investigation progressed from city to city, sealed indictments were obtained and only unsealed when the operation was concluded.

Boston actor Tom Kemp remarked that the film The Departed, "wouldn't be a Boston movie without me, a Wahlberg, and Jimmy Flynn from the teamsters."

References

1. The Boston Globe, 'THE DEPARTED' HAS LOCAL LAUNCH, CAROL BEGGY & MARK SHANAHAN, Oct 4, 2006, Living Section, page F.2

External links

• Jimmy Flynn at IMDb
• Information on Flynn
• More Information on James P. Flynn
• Boston Herald Article
• Boston Herald Article
• Union Corruption Update, October 9, 2000
• Winter Hill Gang Nets True Crime Figures, November 20, 2001

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• 1934 births
• Living people
• American actors
• People from Boston, Massachusetts
• American mobsters of Irish descent
• Winter Hill Gang