David "Noodles" Aaronson

David "Noodles" Aaronson
First appearanceThe Hoods (1952)
Last appearanceOnce Upon a Time in America (1984)
Created byHarry Grey
Portrayed byRobert De Niro
Scott Tiler (young)
In-universe information
Full nameDavid Aaronson
AliasRobert Williams
NicknameNoodles
OccupationGangster
Significant otherDeborah

David "Noodles" Aaronson is a fictional character who is the protagonist of the 1952 novel The Hoods by Harry Grey, and of the book's 1984 film adaptation,[1] Once Upon a Time in America,[2][3][4] where he was portrayed by Robert De Niro.[5][6] Noodles reappears, only to die in 1937, in Grey's second novel Call Me Duke (1955). However, Call Me Duke has never been filmed, and the material concerning Noodles was not used in Once Upon a Time in America where he is depicted still living in 1968.

  1. ^ Harry Grey (1952). The Hoods. Crown Publishers.
  2. ^ McCarty, John (2005). Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture from the Silents to "The Sopranos". Da Capo Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-306-81429-7.
  3. ^ George Anastasia; Glen Macnow; Joe Pistone (2007). The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time. Running Press. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-7624-4154-9.
  4. ^ Jesús Héli Hernández; Sheryl Lynn Postman (2001). Cinema and Multiculturalism: Selected Essays. Legas / Gaetano Cipolla. ISBN 978-1-881901-26-6.
  5. ^ Schwab, Karl E. (June 9, 1984). "'Once Upon A Time' is not a Fairy Tale". Youngstown Vindicator. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Book3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).