History Characters / BoardwalkEmpireNuckysOrganization

A [[{{Jerkass}} highly obnoxious]] Polish bootlegger who gives himself an Irish name because "it sounds better". Yes, the other characters also roll their eyes when they meet him. He is also a rival to Chalky.

!!William "Bill" [=McCoy=]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He confesses to his role in Hans Schroeder's murder and agrees to testify against Nucky and Eli in exchange for a plea deal. However, since the case against them is ultimately dismissed, Halloran is found sole murderer of Schroeder and sent to serve a long prison sentence, perhaps for life.

--> '''Neary:''' Real nice, fellas. A fuckin confession signed at gunpoint.
--> '''Darmody:''' It's not a confession.
--> '''Harrow:''' It's a suicide note.

--> '''Jimmy:''' Good old Paddy Ryan. How's politics?
--> '''Paddy:''' Swell. Nucky's taking real good care of me.
--> '''Jimmy:''' Oh, really? [[InVinoVeritas Then he must have pimped your mother out as well.]]

* [[DoomedByCanon Doomed by Reality]]: He is sent to kill Joe Masseria in 1923 when history says Masseria will stay in the picture for a few more years.

* TheDriver: Becomes one for Nucky in Season 2.

* MadBomber: Revealed to be one in "What Does The Bee Do?"

* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Harrow's Blue.

* TheTeetotaler
* WesternTerrorists

* TheBrute
* ButtMonkey
* CluelessDeputy: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Yeah.]]
* DirtyCop
* TheDitz
* DumbBlonde
* DumbMuscle
* FatIdiot
* LastNameBasis

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of one in "Georgia Peaches".
* NumberTwo: To Eli.

* SexSignalsDeath: Porks the secretary one last time before his demise.

** OfficerOHara: He was born in Wicklow County, eastern Ireland.

* AbortedArc / WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No one seems to care about his 'disappearance' despite him being a high-profile local politician and vanishing in the middle of a battle for control of the town.

* ButtMonkey: Not many good things happen to George.
* ChunkySalsaRule

* [[HazyFeelTurn Hazy Feel]] [[HeelFaceDoorSlam Door Slam]]: When he realizes that the Commodore is out of commission, he tries to run back to Nucky with his tail tucked between his legs, but a drunken Eli beats him to death.

* TheBigGuy
* TheGenericGuy

* TheQuietOne

* SmugSnake

* AmoralAttorney

* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: This trope is [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by Nucky.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* RulesLawyer
* [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Screw the Rules, You have Connections!]]: He plans on using Nucky's relationship with Daugherty to get the charges dropped.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: In-universe. He has the misfortune of being German in a country that just fought in World War I.

* [[BigNo Big "NEIN!"]]: In "Belle Femme".

* BumblingSidekick
* ButtMonkey

* DarkAndTroubledPast: See YouCantGoHomeAgain.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "All In".

* TheFunnyGuy
** FunnyForeigner
* GermanicEfficiency: Definitely invoked.
* GratuitousGerman

* [[YesMan Ja Man]]
* KavorkaMan: No less surprisingly.

* AssholeVictim

* DeathBySex: Porks the secretary one last time before his demise.
* DirtyCop: His backstory.

* JerkAss
* NeverSuicide

->'''Played By:''' Paul Sparks

->'''Played By:''' Paul Calderon

->'''Played By:''' Victor Verhaeghe

->'''Played By:''' Adam Mucci

->'''Played By:''' Edward [=McGinty=]

->'''Played By:''' Samuel Taylor

->'''Played By:''' Peter Van Wagner

->'''Played By:''' Anthony Laciura

->'''Played By:''' Heather Lind

->'''Played By:''' Julian Rozzell Jr.

* LaughingAtTheirOwnJokes: His trademark laugh is usually a response to one of his own comments.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She disappears after season 3. Presumably, after Margaret left with the kids, there was no longer a need for her services. Either that or possibly Margaret found out about her and Owen and fired her.

* KnifeNut: His WeaponOfChoice is a razor. After killing someone (sometimes by stabbing or slashing their throat), he cuts one of their ears with it.

** TheQuietOne

* NiceHat: Paul Sparks [[http://connect.hbo.com/events/boardwalk-empire/live-q-paul-sparks/ defines]] his Charlot-like ''bombín'' hat as an integral part of the character. Inverted in that the very small hat looks unbecoming at times and it adds a goofy and immature layer to Doyle.

* NiceHat: A pork-pie one.

->'''Played By:''' Robert Clohessy

* NoHonorAmongThieves

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: It turns out a well-known track record for betraying everyone you work with and an obnoxious personality to boot are not exactly going to endear to people you try to ally with to save your own skin. When Mickey tries to ditch Nucky and join Luciano, Charlie simply shoots him dead on the spot.]]

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: A rare male example; his death serves to deprive Nucky of his one competent ally and Margaret of her beloved, who has just gotten her pregnant.

* BadassMustache: WordOfGod is that [=McGinty=] was offered the role because of it.

** Averted in "Two Imposters". He gets shot, gets a lot more screen time than usual, but is operated on and survives.

* MoralityPet: Increasingly one for Nucky, culminating in Nucky's reaction to his shooting in "Two Imposters".

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: He barely survives his gunshot wound in "Two Imposters", only to commit suicide 5 episodes after (10 months, chronologically).]]
* StiffUpperLip: Not even getting shot will stop him from trying to do his job and apologyzing when he can't!

** Is extended to an extreme when held and interrogated by [[spoiler:Knox]], and forced under threat to give up a minor bit of incriminating information. This is such an embarassment to him that it leads to [[spoiler: Eddie arranging Nucky's socks for the last time, putting on his best note, writing a suicide note and jumping out of a window.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: Eddie catches a break when Nucky starts treating him with a much-earned respect and trusts him with greater responsabilities. [[spoiler:This leads to Eddie being arrested by the feds in his very first mission as a bagman and to his eventual suicide]].

* AdultChild: Enough to drive Owen off her.

* GiverOfLameNames: She calls Owen's... 'thing'... "Mr Poofles".

* DirtyCoward

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: He never gets other people's jokes, even though he often makes ([[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain questionable]]) ones himself.

* TheHyena: In every scene he appears in, he's always laughing in an annoying way. Doubles as GigglingVillain.

[[caption-width-right:272:''"Whoever says money doesn't buy happiness, doesn't know where to shop."'']]

->'''Played By:''' William Hill

* {{Adorkable}}

->'''''Jimmy Darmody:''''' ''"If you had a brain, you'd be dangerous."''

[[caption-width-right:281:"You wanna dance, you pay the piper."[[note]]Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:203:"See that scotch that keeps you warm at night? Don't you forget who put it there".]]

[[caption-width-right:203:"I kill them. I don't kill them. Whatever you say.".]]

[[caption-width-right:154:"Gosh, Nucky, I don't know what to say!"]]

[[caption-width-right:272:"Whoever says money doesn't buy happiness, doesn't know where to shop."]]

[[caption-width-right:330:"What's the sense in doing something half wrong?"]]

[[caption-width-right:300:"You killed Mary Pickford?"]]

[[caption-width-right:171:"To the Irish - they drink when they're happy, they drink when they're sad."]]

[[caption-width-right:162:"The little bastard called me fat."]]

[[caption-width-right:156:"Psychology."]]

[[caption-width-right:159:"My reputation is on the line!"]]

[[caption-width-right:191:"My friend, you need to have a chat with your lawyer."]]

[[caption-width-right:278:"I tend only to you. That is all I do. That is my life."]]

[[caption-width-right:266:"Probably thinking I'm pinching the silverware. I should too, what she pays me."]]

[[caption-width-right:235:"Yes, sir."]]

[[caption-width-right:281:"You wanna dance, you pay the piper."[[note]][[AnnoyingLaugh Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]][[/note]]]]

* AnnoyingLaugh: Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

* TheCasanova: He admits that he has a history of entering houses [[RomeoAndJuliet through the balcony]] and seems to lose interest in Katy altogether after he gets in her bed.

->'''Played By:''' Patricia Arquette

* TooDumbToLive: While not known for his intelligence, exploiting the death of Manny Horvitz and claiming the kill as his own when the real killer murdered him for personal reasons is probably the dumbest thing he could have done.

* ButtMonkey