Leo Gorcey

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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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1917-06-03
  • event Death Date 1969-06-02
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 3.6
  • info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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6.6

Kid Dynamite

1943-02-05

6

Let's Get Tough

1942-05-29

7

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

1963-11-07

4.5

Midnight Manhunt

1945-07-27

6.1

Mr. Wise Guy

1942-02-20

6.4

Million Dollar Kid

1944-02-28

6.1

Pride of the Bowery

1940-12-15

6

Mannequin

1938-01-21

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

7.6

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938-11-26

4.8

Spooks Run Wild

1941-10-24

3.5

The Phynx

1970-03-06

6.1

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941-08-01

6.1

Bowery to Bagdad

1955-01-07

4.7

Jinx Money

1948-06-27

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

6

So This Is New York

1948-06-01

5.4

Boys of the City

1940-07-15

5.9

Flying Wild

1941-03-10

6.5

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942-06-01

4

Angels' Alley

1948-03-07

6.6

Destroyer

1943-08-19

6

Bowery Bombshell

1946-07-20

6.5

Bowery Buckaroos

1947-11-22

5.2

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

1954-06-06

5.1

Loose in London

1953-05-24

6.4

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939-08-26

6

Smart Alecks

1942-08-07

6.7

Ghost Chasers

1951-04-29

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

10

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991-01-01

5.8

Swingtime in the Movies

1938-12-24

4

Feudin' Fools

1952-09-21

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

4.5

Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

1966-12-29

8

Bowery Battalion

1951-01-24

5.5

Blues Busters

1950-10-29

5.8

Angels in Disguise

1949-09-25

7.5

Private Eyes

1953-12-06

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983-02-25

3.5

Follow the Leader

1944-06-03

6.2

Hell's Kitchen

1939-07-08

7

Spy Chasers

1955-07-31

6.4

The Beloved Brat

1938-04-30

6

Jail Busters

1955-09-18

6.3

In Fast Company

1946-06-22

4.6

Crashing Las Vegas

1956-04-27

6.3

On Dress Parade

1939-11-18

7.2

Gallant Sons

1940-11-15

6

Here Come the Marines

1952-06-29

5.7

Trouble Makers

1948-12-10

6.8

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942-11-20

0

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2007-03-10

5

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

1945-07-15

5

Blonde Dynamite

1950-02-12

3.7

Angels with Broken Wings

1941-05-27

5.8

Lucky Losers

1950-05-14

6.7

Mr. Hex

1946-11-09

5.5

Crazy Over Horses

1951-09-09

6

Docks of New York

1945-02-24

6.4

Hard Boiled Mahoney

1947-05-10

5.4

Portia on Trial

1937-11-08

5.6

That Gang of Mine

1940-09-23

7.3

Clancy Street Boys

1943-04-23

4.7

Smuggler's Cove

1948-10-10

5

Sunday Punch

1942-05-08

4

Hullabaloo

1940-10-25

0

Block Busters

1944-07-22

0

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

1943-10-29

7

Come Out Fighting

1945-09-29

7

Bowery Champs

1944-11-25

5

Hold That Baby!

1949-06-06

5.5

Live Wires

1946-01-12

5

Fighting Fools

1949-03-17

6.3

News Hounds

1947-08-13

0

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

2020-01-01

5.5

Down in San Diego

1941-08-01

6

Private Detective

1939-12-09

6.2

Invisible Stripes

1939-12-30

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Headin' East

1937-12-13