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Leo Gorcey

AKA: Leo Bernard Gorcey
Birthday: 1917-06-03
Died: 1969-06-02
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA


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.

Filmography

Kid Dynamite
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Let's Get Tough
Character: Muggs McGinnis
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character: First Cab Driver

Midnight Manhunt
Character: Clutch Tracy
Million Dollar Kid
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Mr. Wise Guy
Character: Muggs McGinnis

Pride of the Bowery
Character: Muggs Maloney
Mannequin
Character: Clifford Cassidy
Out of the Fog
Character: Eddie

They Made Me a Criminal
Character: Spit
Dead End
Character: Spit
Angels with Dirty Faces
Character: Bim

Spooks Run Wild
Character: Muggs McGinnis
The Phynx
Character: Leo Gorcey
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Character: Muggs McGinnis

Bowery to Bagdad
Character: Slip Mahoney
Jinx Money
Character: Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Ghosts on the Loose
Character: Muggs McGinnis

Spook Busters
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Crime School
Character: Charles 'Spike' Hawkins
Born to Sing
Character: 'Snap' Collins

So This Is New York
Character: Sid Mercer
Boys of the City
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Flying Wild
Character: Muggs McGinnis

Maisie Gets Her Man
Character: Cecil
Angels' Alley
Character: Terence 'Slip' Mahoney
Destroyer
Character: Seaman Sarecky

Bowery Bombshell
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Bowery Buckaroos
Character: Slip Mahoney
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Character: Slip Mahoney

Loose in London
Character: Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
Angels Wash Their Faces
Character: Leo Finnegan
Smart Alecks
Character: Muggs McGinnis

Ghost Chasers
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Dig That Uranium
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Hold That Line
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

Jalopy
Character: Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Paris Playboys
Character: Slip Mahoney
Let's Go Navy!
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character: Muggs (archive footage)
Swingtime in the Movies
Character: Crime School Kid (uncredited)
Feudin' Fools
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

No Holds Barred
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Jungle Gents
Character: 'Slip' Mahoney
Triple Trouble
Character: Slip Mahoney

Clipped Wings
Character: Slip Mahoney
Master Minds
Character: Slip Mahoney
High Society
Character: Slip Mahoney

Bowery Battalion
Character: Slip Mahoney
Blues Busters
Character: Slip Mahoney

Angels in Disguise
Character: Slip Mahoney
Private Eyes
Character: Slip Mahoney
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Follow the Leader
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Hell's Kitchen
Character: Gyp Haller
Spy Chasers
Character: Slip Mahoney

The Beloved Brat
Character: Spike Matz
Jail Busters
Character: Slip Mahoney
In Fast Company
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

Crashing Las Vegas
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
On Dress Parade
Character: Slip Duncan
Gallant Sons
Character: Doc Reardon

Here Come the Marines
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Trouble Makers
Character: Slip Mahoney
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Character: Muggs McGinnis

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Character: Muggs McGinnis (archive footage)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Blonde Dynamite
Character: Slip Mahoney

Angels with Broken Wings
Character: Punchy Dorsey
Lucky Losers
Character: Slip Mahoney
Mr. Hex
Character: Slip Mahoney

Crazy Over Horses
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Docks of New York
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Character: Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

Portia on Trial
Character: Joe Gannow
That Gang of Mine
Character: Muggs Maloney
Clancy Street Boys
Character: Muggs McGinnis

Smuggler's Cove
Character: Slip Mahoney
Sunday Punch
Character: 'Biff'
Hullabaloo
Character: Apartment House Bellhop

Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Block Busters
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Bowery Champs
Character: Muggs McGinnis

Come Out Fighting
Character: Muggs McGinnis
Hold That Baby!
Character: Slip Mahoney
Live Wires
Character: Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney

News Hounds
Character: Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
Fighting Fools
Character: Slip Mahoney
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
Character: (archive footage)

Down in San Diego
Character: 'Snap' Collins
Private Detective
Character: Newsboy (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Character: Jimmy

Headin' East
Character: Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited)