lamotta appeared in more than 15 films, including "the hustler" (1961) with paul newman and jackie gleason, in which he had a role as a bartender. he appeared in several episodes of the nbc police comedy "car 54 where are you?" (1961–63). a lifelong baseball fan, he organized the jake lamotta all-star team in the bronx. the lamotta team played in sterling oval which was located between 165th and 164th streets between clay and teller avenue.