John "Johnny Fifty" Spamanto is a homeless man and a former cargo checker for IBS Local 1514.
Biography[]
Background[]
He received his nickname for drinking over fifty beers on his 25th birthday and is often seen drinking in Delores's bar.
Season 2[]
Spamanto assists Nick and Ziggy in stealing from the docks for The Greek. He refuses to get involved in the drug trade with Nick and Ziggy. Spamanto was interviewed by a grand jury as part of the investigation in to smuggling at the docks but gave very little information and escaped uncharged.
Season 5[]
In 2008, during a scene where Det. Jimmy McNulty, under the pretense of investigating the false homeless serial killings, is walking among a group of homeless men gathered under a bridge. At one point he asks a man sitting with a dog, "Does he bite?" and the man replies, "He's got teeth don't he?" That man was clearly an older and more haggard version of Spamanto, presumably a brief epilogue to one of the central themes of season 2 regarding the grim future of the stevedores. ("Transitions")
Production[]
Appearances[]
| Season 2 | ||||
| "Ebb Tide" * | "Collateral Damage" * | "Hot Shots" * | "Hard Cases" * | "Undertow" * |
| "All Prologue" * | "Backwash" * | "Duck and Cover" | "Stray Rounds" * | "Storm Warnings" * |
| "Bad Dreams" * | "Port in a Storm" | |||
| Season 5 | ||||
| "More with Less" | "Unconfirmed Reports" | "Not for Attribution" | "Transitions" | "React Quotes" |
| "The Dickensian Aspect" | "Took" | "Clarifications" | "Late Editions" | "-30-" |
*Uncredited appearance.