Tom Hagen was married to an Italian-American woman named Theresa. Together they had four children: Frank, Andrew, born in the 1940s, Gianna and Christina, born in the 1950s. They also owned a dachshund named Garbanzo and a border collie named Elvis. Andrew later becomes a priest, while Frank followed in his father's footsteps and becomes a lawyer. Since he was Andrew's godfather and uncle, Michael helped Andrew get a position in the Vatican.
Hagen then personally killed Russo on his boat, with Russo's own gun, and dumped the bodies in the lake.
When Hagen was eleven years old, his mother caught an eye infection that resulted in blindness, and died soon after from venereal disease. Tom also caught the eye infection, which went untreated until he lived with the Corleones. Torn up with grief, Tom's father drank himself to death.
The Godfather Returns , Mark Winegardner's 2004 sequel to Puzo's original novel, portrays Hagen's role as consigliere in the first few years after Michael ascends to the head of the family. The novel, which covers the period from 1955-1962, portrays Hagen once again acting as Michael's right-hand adviser and taking an important role in the Corleones' dealings with a powerful political family, the Sheas (analogous to the Kennedys). Hagen makes a deal with patriarch Mickey Shea (Joseph Kennedy) that the Corleone family would help get his son, James, (John F. Kennedy) elected President on condition that his youngest son, Danny (Robert Kennedy), the new attorney general, would take a soft stance on organized crime. Meanwhile, Hagen has sights on a political career, running for a House of Representatives seat in Nevada (which Hagen was initially appointed to and serves a partial term as) with the ultimate goal of becoming the state's governor; he is badly defeated, however, due to his connections with the Corleones, and he abandons any hopes of holding public office.
β 1.0 1.1 The original novel states that Tom was of the same age as Sonny, whose year of birth was changed from 1910 to 1916 in The Godfather Part II.
The Godfather Returns , Mark Winegardner's 2004 sequel to Puzo's original novel, portrays Hagen 's role as consigliere in the first few years after Michael ascends to the head of the family.
Portrayed by. Robert Duvall. "A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.". β Vito Corleone [src] Thomas "Tom" Hagen was the consigliere and head lawyer of the Corleone family, as well as being the adoptive son of Vito and Carmela Corleone and the adoptive brother of Sonny, Fredo, Michael and Connie Corleone .
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After law school, Hagen goes to work in the Corleone family business. His non-Italian ancestry precludes his formal membership in the mafia family, but when the consigliere Genco Abbandando dies, Hagen is given his position. Consequently, the other New York families deride the Corleones as "The Irish Gang".
Thomas Hagen is a fictional character in Mario Puzo 's 1969 novel The Godfather and Francis Ford Coppola 's films The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). He is portrayed by Robert Duvall in the films.
Tom informs Vito that the police have cracked down on all Mafia operations. Tom informs Vito that it was Michael who killed Sollozzo and McCluskey and thus had to flee. As the impulsive Sonny takes command of the Corleone family while his father recovers, Tom advises peace while Sonny is eager for revenge.
When Sonny brings Tom home and demands he be taken in, the Corleone family welcome him as a family member. Hagen considers Vito his true father, although Vito never formally adopts him, believing it would be disrespectful to Hagen's deceased parents. After law school, Hagen goes to work in the Corleone family business.
The Godfather (novel and film) In both the novel and film, Hagen is introduced as an important member of the Corleone family. As a child he grew up in a broken family, the son of an abusive alcoholic.
After the meeting, Vito tells Tom that Barzini was behind Sonnyβs murder. Vito semi-retires in 1954 and Michael becomes operating head of the family. Michael removes Hagen as consigliere in favor of having Vito fill the position, restricting Tom to handling the family's legal business in Nevada, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
In response, Michael confronts Hagen about his competing job offers, and obliquely threatens to inform Hagen's wife about his mistress. Challenged point blank to confirm his loyalty to the Corleone Family, Hagen responds to Michael (in Sicilian) that he remains loyal.