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Leo Gorcey
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Leo Gorcey
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1917-06-03,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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

6.6

Kid Dynamite
1943-02-05

Let's Get Tough

6

Let's Get Tough
1942-05-29

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

7

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07

Midnight Manhunt

4.5

Midnight Manhunt
1945-07-27

Million Dollar Kid

6.4

Million Dollar Kid
1944-02-28

6.1

Mr. Wise Guy
1942-02-20

Pride of the Bowery

6.1

Pride of the Bowery
1940-12-15

6

Mannequin
1938-01-21

They Made Me a Criminal

6.3

They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21

6.4

Out of the Fog
1941-06-14

7

Dead End
1937-08-27

Angels with Dirty Faces

7.5

Angels with Dirty Faces
1938-11-26

Spooks Run Wild

4.8

Spooks Run Wild
1941-10-24

3.5

The Phynx
1970-03-06

Bowery Blitzkrieg

6.1

Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941-08-01

Bowery to Bagdad

6.1

Bowery to Bagdad
1955-01-07

4.7

Jinx Money
1948-06-27

Ghosts on the Loose

4.2

Ghosts on the Loose
1943-07-30

4.7

Spook Busters
1946-08-24

6.3

Crime School
1938-05-10

5

Born to Sing
1942-02-18

So This Is New York

6

So This Is New York
1948-06-01

Boys of the City

5.4

Boys of the City
1940-07-15

5.9

Flying Wild
1941-03-10

Maisie Gets Her Man

6.5

Maisie Gets Her Man
1942-06-01

4

Angels' Alley
1948-03-07

6.6

Destroyer
1943-08-19

Bowery Bombshell

6

Bowery Bombshell
1946-07-20

Bowery Buckaroos

6.5

Bowery Buckaroos
1947-11-22

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

5.2

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954-06-06

Loose in London

5.1

Loose in London
1953-05-24

Angels Wash Their Faces

6.4

Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26

6

Smart Alecks
1942-08-07

6.7

Ghost Chasers
1951-04-29

Dig That Uranium

2.7

Dig That Uranium
1955-12-25

6

Hold That Line
1952-03-23

4.6

Jalopy
1953-02-15

4

Paris Playboys
1954-03-07

7

Let's Go Navy!
1951-07-29

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

10

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01

Swingtime in the Movies

5.8

Swingtime in the Movies
1938-12-24

4

Feudin' Fools
1952-09-21

No Holds Barred

5

No Holds Barred
1952-11-23

4

Jungle Gents
1954-09-05

0

Clipped Wings
1953-08-14

6.2

Triple Trouble
1950-08-13

5.8

Master Minds
1949-11-27

5

High Society
1955-04-17

Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

4.5

Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
1966-12-29

Bowery Battalion

8

Bowery Battalion
1951-01-24

5.5

Blues Busters
1950-10-29

Angels in Disguise

5.8

Angels in Disguise
1949-09-25

7.5

Private Eyes
1953-12-06

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25

Follow the Leader

3.5

Follow the Leader
1944-06-03

6.2

Hell's Kitchen
1939-07-08

7

Spy Chasers
1955-07-31

The Beloved Brat

6.4

The Beloved Brat
1938-04-30

6

Jail Busters
1955-09-18

In Fast Company

6.3

In Fast Company
1946-06-22

Crashing Las Vegas

4.6

Crashing Las Vegas
1956-04-27

On Dress Parade

6.3

On Dress Parade
1939-11-18

7.2

Gallant Sons
1940-11-15

Here Come the Marines

6

Here Come the Marines
1952-06-29

5.7

Trouble Makers
1948-12-10

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

6.8

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942-11-20

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

0

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007-03-10

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

5

Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945-07-15

Blonde Dynamite

5

Blonde Dynamite
1950-02-12

Angels with Broken Wings

3.7

Angels with Broken Wings
1941-05-27

5.8

Lucky Losers
1950-05-14

6.7

Mr. Hex
1946-11-09

Crazy Over Horses

5.5

Crazy Over Horses
1951-09-09

Docks of New York

6

Docks of New York
1945-02-24

Hard Boiled Mahoney

6.4

Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947-05-10

Portia on Trial

5.333

Portia on Trial
1937-11-08

That Gang of Mine

5.6

That Gang of Mine
1940-09-23

Clancy Street Boys

7.3

Clancy Street Boys
1943-04-23

Smuggler's Cove

4.7

Smuggler's Cove
1948-10-10

5

Sunday Punch
1942-05-08

4

Hullabaloo
1940-10-25

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

0

Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943-10-29

0

Block Busters
1944-07-22

7

Bowery Champs
1944-11-25

Come Out Fighting

7

Come Out Fighting
1945-09-29

Hold That Baby!

5

Hold That Baby!
1949-06-06

5.5

Live Wires
1946-01-12

6.3

News Hounds
1947-08-13

5

Fighting Fools
1949-03-17

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

0

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020-01-01

Down in San Diego

5.5

Down in San Diego
1941-08-01

Private Detective

6

Private Detective
1939-12-09

Invisible Stripes

6.119

Invisible Stripes
1939-12-30

0

Headin' East
1937-12-13