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Jimmy Hoffa
Sign in to saveAlso known as James Riddle Hoffa, James R. Hoffa, James Hoffa
American labor union leader (1913 – disappeared 1975)
Film & TV
Brazil, Indiana, USA
Known for
- JFK Assassination: A New Perspective — Self (archive footage)2025
- The Big Conn — Self (archive footage)2022
- Bobby Kennedy for President — Self (archive footage)2018
- Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime — Self (archive footage)2016
- Killing Jimmy Hoffa — Self2014
- Ethel — Self (archive footage)2012
- RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy — Self (archive footage)2007
- American Expose: Who Murdered JFK? — Self - Teamsters President (1958-71) (archive footage)1988
- Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys — Self (archive footage)1985
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- James Riddle Hoffa , ( 1913-02-14 ) February 14, 1913, Brazil, Indiana , U.S.
- Disappeared
- July 30, 1975 (1975-07-30) (aged 62), Bloomfield Township, Michigan , U.S.
- Status
- Declared dead in absentia , July 30, 1982 (1982-07-30) (aged 69)
- Occupation
- Trade unionist
- Spouse
- Josephine Poszywak ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
- Children
- Barbara Ann Crancer James P. Hoffa
- Preceded by
- Dave Beck
- Succeeded by
- Frank Fitzsimmons
- Convictions
- Attempted bribery and jury tampering (1964) Conspiracy , mail and wire fraud (1964)
- Criminal penalty
- Aggregate of 13 years imprisonment (eight years for bribery, five years for fraud; 1967)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brazil
- Place of death
- Bloomfield Hills
- Child
- James P. Hoffa
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- James R. Hoffa NYWTS.jpg
- Residence
- Orion Township
- Convicted of
- bribery
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- Commons category
- James R. Hoffa
- date of birth
- 1913-00-00
- date of disappearance
- 1975-07-30
- name in native language
- Jimmy Hoffa
- birth name
- James Riddle Hoffa
- date of death
- 1982-07-30
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Encyclopedic overview
James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 to 1971. He was alleged to have ties to organized crime, and disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1975.
From an early age, Hoffa was a union activist; he became an important regional figure with the IBT by his mid-20s. By 1952, he was the national vice-president of the IBT and between 1957 and 1971, he served as its general president. Hoffa secured the first national agreement for teamsters' rates in 1964 with the National Master Freight Agreement. He played a major role in the growth and the development of the union, which eventually became the largest by membership in the United States, with over 2.3 million members at its peak, during his terms as its leader.
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