Bulger's cultivated image as a quaint, old-fashioned Irish pol in the
manner of former Boston Mayor James M. Curley (who appeared
fictionalized in 'John Ford's movie of Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel The Last Hurrah (1958))
was celebrated in a 1992 profile by Morley Safer of CBS's 60 Minutes (1968).
The TV series Brotherhood (2006) was inspired by the relationship of William
"Billy" Bulger and his brother, James "Whitey" Bulger, Jr., a notorious
criminal who has been on the F.B.I.'s Most Wanted List for 10
years.