Editing Jake LaMotta (section)

==Post-boxing==
After retiring from the ring, LaMotta owned and managed a bar at 1120 Collins Ave in Miami Beach. He also became a stage actor and comedian. In 1958 he was arrested and charged with introducing men to an underage girl at a club he owned in Miami. He was convicted and served six months on a [[chain gang]], although he maintained his innocence.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 1960 LaMotta was called to testify before a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] [[List of United States Senate committees|sub-committee]] that was looking into underworld influence on boxing. He testified that he had thrown his bout with Billy Fox so that the mob would arrange a title bout for him.<ref name="ReelLife" />

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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|author-link=Bosley Crowther|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/27/archives/review-1-no-title.html|title=The Hustler (review)|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 27, 1961|access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

In 1965, LaMotta appeared as "Big Jule" in the [[New York City Center]] production of ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' for 15 performances alongside [[Alan King]] and [[Jerry Orbach]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/production/guys-and-dolls-city-center-vault-0000013123|title=Guys and Dolls (Broadway, City Center, 1965) &#124; Playbill}}</ref>

In his old age, LaMotta lived mostly in a northern suburb of Miami, FL, alternating to Bisbee, AZ during the rainy Florida summer season,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.myheraldreview.com/free_access/boxing-legend-lamotta-just-chilling-this-summer-in-bisbee/article_4ddd6fce-7228-11e6-a356-af3f858648f7.html | title=Boxing legend LaMotta just chilling this summer in Bisbee | date=September 4, 2016 }}</ref> where he knew  comedian Doug Stanhope. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UAYercoHaw | title=Doug Stanhope meets Jake Lamotta | website=[[YouTube]] | date=August 6, 2023 }}</ref>