Leo Gorcey
American actor (1917-1969) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 51
Leo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of street-wise city toughs known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and as adults, The Bowery Boys.
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1969Died2 June 19691962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1955
Bowery to BagdadFilm, Slip Mahoney1954
The Bowery Boys Meet the MonstersFilm, Slip Mahoney1951
Ghost ChasersFilm, Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1949
Angels in DisguiseFilm, Slip Mahoney1948
Angels' AlleyFilm, Terence 'Slip' Mahoney1945
Midnight ManhuntFilm, Clutch Tracy1944
Million Dollar KidFilm, Muggs McGinnis1943
DestroyerFilm, Seaman Sarecky1941
Bowery BlitzkriegFilm, Muggs McGinnis1940
Boys of the CityFilm, Muggs McGinnis1938
Angels with Dirty FacesFilm, Bim1937
Dead EndFilm, Spit1917Born3 June 1917
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1955Bowery to BagdadFilm, Slip Mahoney1954The Bowery Boys Meet the MonstersFilm, Slip Mahoney1951Ghost ChasersFilm, Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney1949Angels in DisguiseFilm, Slip Mahoney1948Angels' AlleyFilm, Terence 'Slip' Mahoney1945Midnight ManhuntFilm, Clutch Tracy1944Million Dollar KidFilm, Muggs McGinnis1943DestroyerFilm, Seaman Sarecky1941Bowery BlitzkriegFilm, Muggs McGinnis1940Boys of the CityFilm, Muggs McGinnis1938Angels with Dirty FacesFilm, Bim1937Dead EndFilm, Spit1917Born3 June 1917Known for
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Angels with Dirty Faces 1938
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
Dead End 1937
People around Leo
William Beaudine Directed Ghosts on the Loose and Blues Busters
Huntz Hall Also in Angels with Dirty Faces and Dead End
Bobby Jordan Also in Crime School (1938)
Jean Yarbrough Directed Angels in Disguise and Master Minds
Wallace Fox Directed Let's Get Tough! (1942)- Edward Bernds Directed Loose in London and Private Eyes
William Benedict Also in Blues Busters and Crazy Over Horses
David Gorcey Also in Blues Busters and Crazy Over Horses- Edward J. Kay Wrote Ghosts on the Loose and Blues Busters
Gabriel Dell Also in Angels with Dirty Faces and Crime School
Billy Halop Also in Angels with Dirty Faces and Dead End- Benny Bartlett Also in Angels' Alley and Trouble Makers
Bernard Punsly Also in The Angels Wash Their Faces and Dead End- Harvey Gates Wrote Let's Get Tough! and Clancy Street Boys
Joseph H. Lewis Directed Boys of the City (1940)
Reginald LeBorg Directed Hold That Baby! and Trouble Makers
Donald Haines Also in Pride of the Bowery and Boys of the City
Hal B. Wallis Produced Invisible Stripes (1939)
Dennis Moore Also in Boys of the City and Bowery Blitzkrieg
Humphrey Bogart Also in Angels with Dirty Faces and Dead End
Ann Sheridan Also in They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Bonita Granville Also in The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
Bryan Foy Produced Crime School and Hell's Kitchen- Phil Karlson Directed Bowery Bombshell and Live Wires
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Gorcey was famous for his use of malapropisms, such as "I depreciate it!" instead of "I appreciate it!"
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1969 · aged 51
