Pudge is one of the hired men in Silvermane's criminal operation, a foot soldier in the crime ring that holds Depression Era New York in its grip. Alongside his fellow henchman Perry, he handles the rougher work the crime lord requires. When the private investigator Patrick Donegal is taken in for questioning, it is Pudge and Perry who hold and torture him, working him over before Silvermane arrives to interrogate the detective and cut his throat.
When Ben Reilly returns to his office, Pudge and his fellow thug Perry are waiting to ambush him. Though Ben catches them off guard and hits Perry with a toaster, the two men overpower the detective and beat him down, hauling him into a car to bring him before Silvermane. On the drive, Ben strikes one of them and throws himself from the moving car, escaping their grip before they can deliver him.
Pudge remains one of Silvermane's hired men, on hand when the crime lord comes to do business at Ben Reilly's office. He and his fellow thug Perry accompany their boss into the meeting, the same pair who had torn the place apart the night before. When Silvermane instructs them to apologize to Janet for the wreckage, the moment passes without their making good on it on screen.
He is present again in the woods at the end of the night, among Silvermane's men when the crime lord turns his gun on Winston as the rat in his organization.
Pudge remains a supporting figure in Silvermane's orbit, another of the hired men on hand as tensions run high. As Silvermane fumes over Chief McNamara's failure to appear for their standing meeting, Pudge makes the ill-advised choice to offer him more coffee, and when the crime lord does not answer, he repeats himself louder. Silvermane takes poorly to the prodding, snapping back at the man who would dare imply he is deaf, and Pudge is fortunate to escape the moment no worse off than he does.
Pudge steps in as part of Silvermane's crew to free Dirk Leyden, arriving only after Flint and Lonnie have done the hard work of clearing the precinct of officers. He is on hand for the recruitment of the electrical man into the crime lord's growing ranks.
Pudge turns up among Silvermane's men posted outside Dr. Faber's hidden laboratory during the raid. He and his fellow thug Perry are stationed there as Ben Reilly slips past them to escape the building, the pair caught in an odd little moment, Pudge on the receiving end of what looks like Perry's attempt at some dental work.
Joins Perry in the discovery of the spent vial. As is his habit, he further aggravates Silvermane while delivering the news of Lonnies depowering.
