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Bobby Jordan

Actor | * 04/01/1923 († 42, 09/10/1965) | Harrison, New York (United States of America (USA))
Robert G. Jordan (April 1, 1923 – September 10, 1965) was an American actor, most notable for being a member of the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and The Bowery Boys. ()

Though he was the youngest, Jordan was the first of the boys who made up the Dead End Kids to work in films with a role in a 1933 Universal short. In 1935, he became one of the original Dead End Kids by winning the role of Angel in Sydney Kingsley's Broadway drama Dead End about life in the slums of the east side of New York City. The play was performed at the Belasco Theatre and ran for three years with over 600 performances. He appeared for the first season and the beginning of the second but left in mid-November 1936. He returned in time to join the others in 1937 in Hollywood, California to make the movie version of the play, starring big names such as Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, and Claire Trevor.Following the making of Dead End, Jordan found himself "released" from his contract at Goldwyn, and, subsequently, he appeared at Warner Brothers with the rest of the Dead End Kids. After one year, Warners released most of them, but kept Leo Gorcey and Jordan as solo performers. Jordan appeared (as "Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom") in Warner's Damon Runyon comedy A Slight Case of Murder (1938) and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Young Tom Edison (1940).In 1940, Jordan appeared in the film Military Academy and accepted an offer from producer Sam Katzman to star in a new tough-kid series called "The East Side Kids." Leo Gorcey soon joined him, then Huntz Hall, and the trio continued to lead the series through 1943, when Jordan entered the United States Army during World War II as a foot soldier in the 97th Infantry Division. He was subsequently involved in an elevator accident, when the elevator fell five floors, that forced him to have surgery to remove his right kneecap.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Movies with Bobby Jordan as Actor(52)

as 3rd Sailor1956 High Tor
as Thorne (as Bob Jordan)1956 The Man Is Armed
as Steven 'Steve' Manson1955 The Matchmaking Marshal
as Customer (uncredited)1953 The Eddie Cantor Story
as Sandy Smith1953 Secret of Outlaw Flats
as Tony Torecelli1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
as Bobby1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Bobby1947 News Hounds
as Bobby1947 Bowery Buckaroos
as Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message1947 The Beginning or the End
as Bobby1946 Live Wires
as Bobby1946 In Fast Company
as Bobby1946 Bowery Bombshell
as Bobby1946 Spook Busters
as Bobby1946 Mr. Hex
as himself1944 Bowery Champs
as Danny Lions1943 Kid Dynamite
as Danny1943 Clancy Street Boys
as Danny1943 Ghosts on the Loose
as Sobbing Sailor1943 Destroyer
as Tommy1943 Keep 'Em Slugging
as Jockey1942 Junior Army
as Danny Collins1942 Mr. Wise Guy
as Danny Connors1942 Let's Get Tough
as Danny Stevens1942 Smart Alecks
as Danny Lyons1942 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Danny Graham1941 Flying Wild
as Danny Breslin1941 Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Danny1941 Spooks Run Wild
as Danny Dolan1940 Boys of the City
as Dick Hill1940 Military Academy
as Rap1940 Give Us Wings
as Danny Dolan1940 That Gang of Mine
as Danny1940 Pride of the Bowery
as Joe 'Joey' Dingle1940 Young Tom Edison
as Jimmy Glenn1939 Dust Be My Destiny
as Mickey Fallon1939 Off the Record
as Bernie Smith1939 Angels Wash Their Faces
as Cadet Ronny Morgan1939 On Dress Parade
as Joel "Joey" Richards1939 Hell's Kitchen
as Crime School Kid (uncredited)1938 Swingtime in the Movies
as Reginald Colbrook1938 My Bill
as Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom1938 A Slight Case of Murder
as Pinkey Leonard1938 Reformatory
as Lester 'Squirt' Smith1938 Crime School
as Angel1937 Dead End
as Tourist (uncredited)1934 Kid Millions

TV Shows/Series with Bobby Jordan as Actor(13)

as Doris Atkins1970 The Odd Couple
1959 Rawhide
as Thug #21959 Bonanza
as Auto Mechanic (uncredited)1958 77 Sunset Strip
as Bank Teller (uncredited)1957 Maverick
as Car Lot Employee1957 M Squad
as Press Agent1955 The Millionaire
1951 Dragnet
as Boy at Piano1950 Lux Video Theatre

Full Name: Bobby Jordan
Born: Sunday, 04/01 1923 (April) in Harrison, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 09/10 1965 (September) in Los Angeles (aged: 42)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Bobby Jordan (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Bob Jordan"
"Robert Jordon"
"Robert G. Jordan"
Bobby Jordan frequently works together with these people:
Leo Gorcey (31x, Actor)
Huntz Hall (30x, Actor)
Gabriel Dell (21x, Actor)
David Gorcey (17x, Actor)
Claude Akins (16x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (15x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (15x, Actor)
Russ Conway (14x, Actor)
William Benedict (13x, Actor)
Ellen Corby (12x, Actress)
Billy Halop (12x, Actor)
Addison Richards (11x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:392808, Added: 08/19/2018, Last updated: 03/28/2024