Skip to content

Frank Scalice

Named in 1963 as an underboss of the Gambino family, predecessor of Joseph Biondo. New York police testified that he was a homicide victim in the Bronx.

Aliases: Don Cheech
Family: Gambino family (testimony, 1963)
Role: Underboss, as Valachi answered counsel (testimony, 1963)
Source: Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Hearings, Part 1 (1963)
Rights: Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.

On the record

8 October 1963 — Counsel asked (printed p. 297), "Can you tell us something about Frank Scalice? Was he underboss of the Gambino family?" (cleaned from the OCR) Valachi: "Yes." Testimony, confirming counsel's question.
8 October 1963 — Shanley (printed p. 297) gave the name "Don Cheech" and said "He was a homicide victim in the Bronx," adding that there was no evidence of who killed him. Testimony.

The record gives no date for his death and no birth date.

Records

itemOrganized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Part 1 (September 25 to October 9, 1963)The first printed volume of the 1963 Senate hearings: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's opening testimony, Joseph Valachi's public testimony, New York police witnesses, Exhibit 8 and Charts A to E.