Pat Geary
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| Patrick Geary | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Gender |
Male |
| Eye color |
Blue |
| Hair color |
Grey |
| Born |
March 24, 1904 |
| Died |
April 3, 1983 (aged 79) |
| Title(s) |
U.S. Senator from Nevada (R) |
| Portrayed By | |
- "I despise the way you pose yourself. You and your whole fucking family."
"We're both part of the same hypocrisy, senator, but never think it applies to my family. " - ―Senator Geary and Michael Corleone[src]
Patrick Geary is a Republican United States Senator from Nevada who is manipulated by the Corleone family.
[edit] Biography
In 1958, Geary and his wife attend the First Communion party of Anthony Corleone. Geary publicly accepts a contribution in the name of Vito Corleone from Anthony's father Michael intended as a donation for the local public university.
After the public ceremony, Geary meets with Michael in his office. The Corleone family had obtained control of several casinos in Nevada. However, with respect to one of the casinos, Corleone was having trouble obtaining a gambling license from the state authorities. Geary offers to help Michael obtain the license in exchange for a substantial bribe. Michael asks Geary why he should pay so much money when the license fee is only $20,000.
At that point, Geary launches into a vindictive attack on Michael, the Corleone family, and Italian-Americans in general, calling them "oily-haired" and "dirty." He says that he despises Michael and all he stands for and that he "intend[s] to squeeze" the Corleone family for all he can get. Geary gives Michael a day to respond to his offer and vows that he never wants to see him again, that from now on, he is only to negotiate through the Senator's man Turnbull.
As Geary heads for the door, Michael offers his response: Geary will obtain the gambling license for the Corleones for free, with no bribe. Indeed, Michael expects Geary to pay the $20,000 licensing fee out of his own pocket.
Some time later, Geary spends the night with a prostitute in La Maison Rouge, a brothel run by Fredo, Michael's brother. Having suffered from an alcoholic blackout, he awakes in a bed covered in blood next to the woman, who is dead. The dead prostitute's wrists are handcuffed and her legs spread wide. Geary has no memory of what happened, and is frantic with horror and worry. Tom Hagen arrives on the scene and promises that the woman has no family, the matter can be safely covered up. It is implied that the Corleones have engineered this situation, through drugging the senator. Michael's capo Al Neri is seen in the bathroom wiping blood of his hands with a towel, indicating that it was he that murdered the prostitute and drugged Geary. Subsequently, it appears that the Corleones' "help" with the incident sways Geary to the family's side. When Michael goes to Havana to meet with Hyman Roth and other crime bosses, Geary is in the group along with other politicians accompanying them to a live sex show.
Later, when a U.S. Senate committee is investigating organized crime and subpoenas Michael and others to answer to charges of criminal activity, Geary speaks in defense of Italian-Americans, deploring the stereotyping of them as criminals.
After many years as a Senator he eventually ran for President in 1976 but lost his party's endorsement. He then retired to his ranch in Lake Tahoe. He later opened a large law firm in New York and Los Angeles. He later died of lung cancer in 1983, at the age of 79.
[edit] The Godfather II: The Game
Similarly to the events of the film, Geary plays a role in the game, being featured twice as well as being mentioned on the radio. Dominic helps to set Geary up with the prostitute he was later found with.
