Arthur Thompson

Who was Arthur Thompson?

Arthur Thompson, known as "the Godfather", was a notorious Glasgow-born gangster who made his mark on the streets of Scotland in the 1950s. He then went on to take charge of organized crime for over thirty years. He was born in September 1931 in the industrial area of Springburn, Glasgow. He died in Glasgow on 13 March 1993 from natural causes — a heart attack — at the age of 61. According to rumour and later newspaper reports, he did not die in his bed, but paramedics took his body there following his death.