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.
Fotos
Películas (95)
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020 · (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 · Muggs McGinnis (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Muggs (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 · The East Side Kids (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Phynx
1970 · Leo Gorcey
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
1966 · Leo
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · First Cab Driver
Crashing Las Vegas
1956 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Dig That Uranium
1955 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Jail Busters
1955 · Slip Mahoney
Spy Chasers
1955 · Slip Mahoney
High Society
1955 · Slip Mahoney
Bowery to Bagdad
1955 · Slip Mahoney
Jungle Gents
1954 · 'Slip' Mahoney
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954 · Slip Mahoney
Paris Playboys
1954 · Slip Mahoney
Private Eyes
1953 · Slip Mahoney
Clipped Wings
1953 · Slip Mahoney
Loose in London
1953 · Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
Jalopy
1953 · Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
No Holds Barred
1952 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Feudin' Fools
1952 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Here Come the Marines
1952 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Hold That Line
1952 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Crazy Over Horses
1951 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Ghost Chasers
1951 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Bowery Battalion
1951 · Slip Mahoney
Blues Busters
1950 · Slip Mahoney
Triple Trouble
1950 · Slip Mahoney
Lucky Losers
1950 · Slip Mahoney
Blonde Dynamite
1950 · Slip Mahoney
Master Minds
1949 · Slip Mahoney
Angels in Disguise
1949 · Slip Mahoney
Hold That Baby!
1949 · Slip Mahoney
Fighting Fools
1949 · Slip Mahoney
Trouble Makers
1948 · Slip Mahoney
Smuggler's Cove
1948 · Slip Mahoney
Jinx Money
1948 · Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
So This Is New York
1948 · Sid Mercer
Angels' Alley
1948 · Terence 'Slip' Mahoney
Bowery Buckaroos
1947 · Slip Mahoney
News Hounds
1947 · Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Mr. Hex
1946 · Slip Mahoney
Spook Busters
1946 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Bowery Bombshell
1946 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
In Fast Company
1946 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Live Wires
1946 · Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Come Out Fighting
1945 · Muggs McGinnis
Midnight Manhunt
1945 · Clutch Tracy
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945 · Muggs McGinnis
Docks of New York
1945 · Muggs McGinnis
Bowery Champs
1944 · Muggs McGinnis
Block Busters
1944 · Muggs McGinnis
Follow the Leader
1944 · Muggs McGinnis
Million Dollar Kid
1944 · Muggs McGinnis
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943 · Muggs McGinnis
Destroyer
1943 · Seaman Sarecky
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · Muggs McGinnis
Clancy Street Boys
1943 · Muggs McGinnis
Kid Dynamite
1943 · Muggs McGinnis
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942 · Muggs McGinnis
Smart Alecks
1942 · Muggs McGinnis
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · Cecil
Let's Get Tough
1942 · Muggs McGinnis
Sunday Punch
1942 · 'Biff'
Mr. Wise Guy
1942 · Muggs McGinnis
Born to Sing
1942 · 'Snap' Collins
Spooks Run Wild
1941 · Muggs McGinnis
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941 · Muggs McGinnis
Down in San Diego
1941 · 'Snap' Collins
Out of the Fog
1941 · Eddie
Angels with Broken Wings
1941 · Punchy Dorsey
Flying Wild
1941 · Muggs McGinnis
Pride of the Bowery
1940 · Muggs Maloney
Gallant Sons
1940 · Doc Reardon
Hullabaloo
1940 · Apartment House Bellhop
That Gang of Mine
1940 · Muggs Maloney
Boys of the City
1940 · Muggs McGinnis
Invisible Stripes
1939 · Jimmy
Private Detective
1939 · Newsboy (uncredited)
On Dress Parade
1939 · Slip Duncan
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939 · Leo Finnegan
Hell's Kitchen
1939 · Gyp Haller
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Spit
Swingtime in the Movies
1938 · Crime School Kid (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Bim
Crime School
1938 · Charles 'Spike' Hawkins
The Beloved Brat
1938 · Spike Matz
Mannequin
1938 · Clifford Cassidy
Headin' East
1937 · Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
Portia on Trial
1937 · Joe Gannow
Dead End
1937 · Spit
