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person_profile-Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey Died at age: 51

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Leo Gorcey

Date of Birth:

Jun 03, 1917

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 02, 1969

Biography of

Leo Gorcey

    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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Leo Gorcey

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Filmography of

Leo Gorcey

Found 93 Movies in total

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Muggs McGinnis (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2007

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Muggs (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

The Phynx

Leo Gorcey ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1966

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

First Cab Driver ( Actor )

... 1963

Crashing Las Vegas

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1956

Dig That Uranium

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1955

Jail Busters

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1955

Spy Chasers

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1955

High Society

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1955

Bowery to Bagdad

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1955

Jungle Gents

'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

Paris Playboys

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1954

Private Eyes

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1953

Clipped Wings

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1953

Loose in London

Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1953

Jalopy

Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1953

No Holds Barred

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1952

Feudin' Fools

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1952

Here Come the Marines

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1952

Hold That Line

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1952

Crazy Over Horses

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1951

Let's Go Navy!

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1951

Ghost Chasers

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1951

Bowery Battalion

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1951

Blues Busters

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1950

Triple Trouble

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1950

Lucky Losers

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1950

Blonde Dynamite

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1950

Master Minds

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1949

Angels in Disguise

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1949

Hold That Baby!

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1949

Fighting Fools

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1949

Trouble Makers

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1948

Smuggler's Cove

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1948

Jinx Money

Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1948

So This Is New York

Sid Mercer ( Actor )

... 1948

Angels' Alley

Terence 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1948

Bowery Buckaroos

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1947

News Hounds

Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1947

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1947

Mr. Hex

Slip Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1946

Spook Busters

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1946

Bowery Bombshell

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1946

In Fast Company

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1946

Live Wires

Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1946

Come Out Fighting

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1945

Midnight Manhunt

Clutch Tracy ( Actor )

... 1945

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1945

Docks of New York

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1945

Bowery Champs

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1944

Block Busters

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1944

Follow the Leader

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1944

Million Dollar Kid

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1944

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1943

Destroyer

Seaman Sarecky ( Actor )

... 1943

Ghosts on the Loose

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1943

Clancy Street Boys

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1943

Kid Dynamite

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1943

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1942

Smart Alecks

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

Cecil ( Actor )

... 1942

Let's Get Tough

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1942

Sunday Punch

'Biff' ( Actor )

... 1942

Mr. Wise Guy

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1942

Born to Sing

'Snap' Collins ( Actor )

... 1942

Spooks Run Wild

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1941

Down in San Diego

'Snap' Collins ( Actor )

... 1941

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1941

Out of the Fog

Eddie ( Actor )

... 1941

Angels with Broken Wings

Punchy Dorsey ( Actor )

... 1941

Flying Wild

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1941

Pride of the Bowery

Muggs Maloney ( Actor )

... 1940

Gallant Sons

Doc Reardon ( Actor )

... 1940

Hullabaloo

Apartment House Bellhop ( Actor )

... 1940

That Gang of Mine

Muggs Maloney ( Actor )

... 1940

Boys of the City

Muggs McGinnis ( Actor )

... 1940

Invisible Stripes

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1939

Private Detective

Newsboy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

On Dress Parade

Slip Duncan ( Actor )

... 1939

Angels Wash Their Faces

Leo Finnegan ( Actor )

... 1939

Hell's Kitchen

Gyp Haller ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

... 1938

Crime School

Charles 'Spike' Hawkins ( Actor )

... 1938

The Beloved Brat

Spike Matz ( Actor )

... 1938

Mannequin

Clifford Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1938

Headin' East

Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Portia on Trial

Joe Gannow ( Actor )

... 1937

Dead End

Spit ( Actor )

... 1937