Stan Atkins taught welding and metal fabrication techniques to Jesse James of West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage.
In its report to a United States Congressional Committee investigating mob activities in the early-1980s, the FBI named Stan Atkins as one of the biggest bookmakers in the entire country.
Stan Atkins was known as the "Hollywood Bookie".
1962
Academy Awards, USA
Won, Oscar
The Substitute, Best Short Subject, Cartoons.
He was a retired Master Chief Petty Officer in US Navy.
The Chili Palmer character of the 1995 Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie Get Shorty (based on the novel of the same name) and its sequel 2005 Be Cool. He is portrayed by John Travolta and the character is loosely based on the "Hollywood Bookie", Stan Atkins.