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Leo Gorcey

Actor | * 06/03/1917 († 51, 06/02/1969) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917– June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys. Gorcey was famous for his use of malapropisms, such as "I depreciate it!" instead of "I appreciate it!" ()

Leo Gorcey's parents were actor Bernard Gorcey (born 1888) who stood 4' 10", and Josephine Condon (born 1901), who stood 4' 11" and weighed 95 pounds; they worked in vaudeville in New York. In 1915, 14-year-old Josephine gave birth to Fred. In 1917, Leo was born, a large baby at 12 lb. 3 oz.; as an adult he would be 5' 6". In 1921 his brother David Gorcey was born. In 1935, Leo and David appeared in the stage play "Dead End." In 1937, this was made into a movie, and Leo became one of the busiest actors for the next 20 years -- from 1937-1939 he starred in seven Dead End Kids movies, from 1940-1945 in 21 East Side Kids films, from 1946-1956 in 41 Bowery Boys movies.In 1939, Leo married 17-year-old dancer Kay Marvis, who appeared in four of his movies. They divorced in 1944 after five years of marriage; she went on to marry Groucho Marx. In 1945, Leo married Evalene Bankston; they divorced in 1948. Leo was to have paid her $50,000 in a divorce settlement; however, when two detectives she hired broke into his home, he retaliated by firing his gun at them. They sued, and Leo countersued for illegal entry and won $35,000 back. In 1949, Leo married Amelita Ward, whom he met while filming Smugglers' Cove (1948). Their marriage produced Leo Gorcey Jr. in 1949, and a baby girl they named Jan (after Leo's producer and manager, Jan Grippo) in 1951. They divorced in 1956. That year Leo married his young nanny, Brandy, who was taking care of his two kids. They had a baby girl, Brandy Jo, in 1958. The couple divorced in 1962. Leo went to the altar one last time in February, 1968, marrying Mary Gannon. He stayed married to her until his death from liver failure on June 2, 1969, in Oakland, California.

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

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A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each at ...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

G

1963 | 3.5/5 | 2h 43min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go und ...

News Hounds

Certification unknown

1947 | 3.0/5 | 1h 8min
Comedy
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The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men. ...

Ghosts on the Loose

NR

1943 | 2.3/5 | 1h 7min
Comedy
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After being punched in the nose, Sach finds out that he has the ability to read minds. Slip and the gang start up a detective agency try to cash in on Sach's new powers. ...

Private Eyes

Certification unknown

1953 | 4.0/5 | 1h 4min
Comedy
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Movies with Leo Gorcey as Actor(91)

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as himself1970 The Phynx
as Leo1966 Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
as First Cab Driver1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1956 Crashing Las Vegas
as Slip Mahoney1955 Bowery to Bagdad
as Slip Mahoney1955 Spy Chasers
as Slip Mahoney1955 Jail Busters
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1955 Dig That Uranium
as Slip Mahoney1955 High Society
as Slip Mahoney1954 Paris Playboys
as Slip Mahoney1954 The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
as 'Slip' Mahoney1954 Jungle Gents
as Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1953 Jalopy
as Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney1953 Loose in London
as Slip Mahoney1953 Clipped Wings
as Slip Mahoney1953 Private Eyes
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1952 Hold That Line
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1952 Here Come the Marines
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1952 Feudin' Fools
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1952 No Holds Barred
as Slip Mahoney1951 Bowery Battalion
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1951 Ghost Chasers
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1951 Let's Go Navy!
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1951 Crazy Over Horses
as Slip Mahoney1950 Blonde Dynamite
as Slip Mahoney1950 Lucky Losers
as Slip Mahoney1950 Triple Trouble
as Slip Mahoney1950 Blues Busters
as Slip Mahoney1949 Fighting Fools
as Slip Mahoney1949 Hold That Baby!
as Slip Mahoney1949 Angels in Disguise
as Slip Mahoney1949 Master Minds
as Terence 'Slip' Mahoney1948 Angels' Alley
as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney1948 Jinx Money
as Slip Mahoney1948 Smuggler's Cove
as Slip Mahoney1948 Trouble Makers
as Sid Mercer1948 So This Is New York
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney1947 News Hounds
as Slip Mahoney1947 Bowery Buckaroos
as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney1946 Live Wires
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1946 In Fast Company
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1946 Bowery Bombshell
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1946 Spook Busters
as Slip Mahoney1946 Mr. Hex
as Muggs McGinnis1945 Docks of New York
as Muggs McGinnis1945 Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Muggs McGinnis1945 Come Out Fighting
as Clutch Tracy1945 Midnight Manhunt
as Muggs McGinnis1944 Million Dollar Kid
as Muggs McGinnis1944 Follow the Leader
as Muggs McGinnis1944 Block Busters
as Muggs McGinnis1944 Bowery Champs
as Muggs McGinnis1943 Kid Dynamite
as Muggs McGinnis1943 Clancy Street Boys
as Muggs McGinnis1943 Ghosts on the Loose
as Muggs McGinnis1943 Mr. Muggs Steps Out
as Seaman Sarecky1943 Destroyer
as 'Biff'1942 Sunday Punch
as Cecil1942 Maisie Gets Her Man
as Muggs McGinnis1942 Mr. Wise Guy
as Muggs McGinnis1942 Let's Get Tough
as Muggs McGinnis1942 Smart Alecks
as Muggs McGinnis1942 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as 'Snap' Collins1942 Born to Sing
as Punchy Dorsey1941 Angels with Broken Wings
as 'Snap' Collins1941 Down in San Diego
as Eddie1941 Out of the Fog
as Muggs McGinnis1941 Flying Wild
as Muggs McGinnis1941 Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Muggs McGinnis1941 Spooks Run Wild
as Muggs McGinnis1940 Boys of the City
as Doc Reardon1940 Gallant Sons
as Apartment House Bellhop1940 Hullabaloo
as Muggs Maloney1940 That Gang of Mine
as Muggs Maloney1940 Pride of the Bowery
as Jimmy1939 Invisible Stripes
as Leo Finnegan1939 Angels Wash Their Faces
as Slip Duncan1939 On Dress Parade
as Spit1939 They Made Me a Criminal
as Newsboy (uncredited)1939 Private Detective
as Gyp Haller1939 Hell's Kitchen
as Crime School Kid (uncredited)1938 Swingtime in the Movies
as Bim1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
as Charles 'Spike' Hawkins1938 Crime School
as Clifford Cassidy1938 Mannequin
as Spike Matz1938 The Beloved Brat
as Spit1937 Dead End
as Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited)1937 Headin' East
as Joe Gannow1937 Portia on Trial

Full Name: Leo Bernard Gorcey
Born: Sunday, 06/03 1917 (June) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 06/02 1969 (June) in Oakland (aged: 51)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Kay Marvis, Amelita Ward
Other names for Leo Gorcey (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Leo Bernard Gorcey"
Leo Gorcey frequently works together with these people:
Huntz Hall (68x, Actor)
David Gorcey (48x, Actor)
Bernard Gorcey (45x, Actor)
Gabriel Dell (35x, Actor)
William Benedict (34x, Actor)
Bobby Jordan (31x, Actor)
William Beaudine (31x, Crew)
Dave Milton (27x, Crew)
Benny Bartlett (26x, Actor)
William Austin (24x, Crew)
Marcel Le Picard (22x, Crew)
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