Edmund's brother, Thomas Exley, and is not given a made-up name. The name was created and used only for the film. His identity is unknown and never discovered in both novel and film, and in the film, Exley states to Jack Vincennes he gave the unknown purse snatcher the name for personality. This becomes a vital piece of information when as Jack Vincennes is dying, his last words are "Rollo Tomasi", the name that Exley shared with him. It will also give Exley a clue to his killer when Dudley Smith questions Exley about the name. Rollo Tomasi is also a metaphor for the criminal who gets away with the crime, like the purse snatcher. When Dudley is about to kill Exley, he asks who Rollo Tomasi is, and Exley says Dudley is, for the reasons mentioned before. William Henry Parker III Appearances: L.A. Confidential, White Jazz, Perfidia, This Storm AKA "Whiskey Bill" Howard Hughes Appearances: The Big Nowhere, White Jazz, Blood is a rover Sidney Hudgens Appearances: L.A. Confidential, Perfidia, This Storm Sid Hudgens (?–1953) was a journalist for the gossip magazine Hush-Hush (similar to the real life gossip magazine Confidential). He acts on tip offs from his many contacts within Los Angeles' so called elite and famous. He works closely with John "Trashcan Jack" Vincennes. The two work famously together and make large wads of money between them. Hudgens is killed under mysterious circumstances; but it is later revealed that Dudley Smith is responsible for Hudgens and Vincennes' deaths. In the film adaptation of L.A. Confidential, Hudgens is portrayed by Danny DeVito. In the 2003 pilot, he is portrayed by Pruitt Taylor Vince. In the film L.A. Confidential, Dudley Smith and another corrupt LAPD officer are seen killing Sid Hudgens in cold blood; whereas in the novel, Hudgens' body is just discovered. Burt Arthur "Deuce" Perkins Appearance: L.A. Confidential He appears as a bass player of the band owned by Spade Cooley. He is shown as a drug addict and generally nasty character in the novel. In the film, however, he appears as Mickey Cohen's drugs lieutenant who is killed by Dudley Smith's men, in order to take control of the L.A. Underworld. John Charles "J.C." Kafesjian Appearance: White Jazz The LAPD's sanctioned drug dealer. Wylie Davis Bullock Appearance: White Jazz Michael Breuning Appearances: The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, White Jazz, Perfidia, This Storm Note: Also appears in