Leo Gorcey

Interprétation · Né(e) en 1917 · New York City, New York, USA

Biographie

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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Filmographie

8.0
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020
2020 · (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
2007 · Muggs McGinnis (archive footage)
9.5
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
1991 · Muggs (archive footage)
7.0
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
1986 · The East Side Kids (archive footage)
3.6
The Phynx
1970
1970 · Leo Gorcey
5.3
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
1966
1966 · Leo
7.0
Un monde fou, fou, fou, fou
1963
1963 · First Cab Driver
5.7
Crashing Las Vegas
1956
1956 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
4.3
Dig That Uranium
1955
1955 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
6.7
Jail Busters
1955
1955 · Slip Mahoney
7.5
Spy Chasers
1955
1955 · Slip Mahoney
5.7
High Society
1955
1955 · Slip Mahoney
6.5
Bowery to Bagdad
1955
1955 · Slip Mahoney
5.2
Jungle Gents
1954
1954 · 'Slip' Mahoney
5.4
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954
1954 · Slip Mahoney
5.0
Paris Playboys
1954
1954 · Slip Mahoney
7.8
Private Eyes
1953
1953 · Slip Mahoney
7.0
Clipped Wings
1953
1953 · Slip Mahoney
5.9
Loose in London
1953
1953 · Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
5.3
Jalopy
1953
1953 · Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
5.6
No Holds Barred
1952
1952 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
5.5
Feudin' Fools
1952
1952 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
7.3
Here Come the Marines
1952
1952 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
7.0
Hold That Line
1952
1952 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
6.7
Crazy Over Horses
1951
1951 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
8.0
Let's Go Navy!
1951
1951 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
6.8
Ghost Chasers
1951
1951 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
8.0
Bowery Battalion
1951
1951 · Slip Mahoney
6.7
Blues Busters
1950
1950 · Slip Mahoney
7.0
Triple Trouble
1950
1950 · Slip Mahoney
6.6
Lucky Losers
1950
1950 · Slip Mahoney
6.8
Blonde Dynamite
1950
1950 · Slip Mahoney
6.4
Master Minds
1949
1949 · Slip Mahoney
6.0
Angels in Disguise
1949
1949 · Slip Mahoney
5.8
Hold That Baby!
1949
1949 · Slip Mahoney
6.0
Fighting Fools
1949
1949 · Slip Mahoney
6.1
Trouble Makers
1948
1948 · Slip Mahoney
5.3
Smuggler's Cove
1948
1948 · Slip Mahoney
5.6
Jinx Money
1948
1948 · Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
6.7
So This Is New York
1948
1948 · Sid Mercer
5.2
Angels' Alley
1948
1948 · Terence 'Slip' Mahoney
6.6
Bowery Buckaroos
1947
1947 · Slip Mahoney
6.8
News Hounds
1947
1947 · Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
6.8
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
1947 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
7.3
Mr. Hex
1946
1946 · Slip Mahoney
5.5
Spook Busters
1946
1946 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
6.5
Bowery Bombshell
1946
1946 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
6.8
In Fast Company
1946
1946 · Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
5.6
Live Wires
1946
1946 · Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
7.5
Come Out Fighting
1945
1945 · Muggs McGinnis
4.6
Midnight Manhunt
1945
1945 · Clutch Tracy
7.0
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945
1945 · Muggs McGinnis
8.0
Docks of New York
1945
1945 · Muggs McGinnis
7.3
Bowery Champs
1944
1944 · Muggs McGinnis
8.0
Block Busters
1944
1944 · Muggs McGinnis
3.8
Follow the Leader
1944
1944 · Muggs McGinnis
5.9
Million Dollar Kid
1944
1944 · Muggs McGinnis
8.0
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943
1943 · Muggs McGinnis
6.8
Destroyer
1943
1943 · Seaman Sarecky
4.2
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
1943 · Muggs McGinnis
6.6
Clancy Street Boys
1943
1943 · Muggs McGinnis
6.7
Kid Dynamite
1943
1943 · Muggs McGinnis
6.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
1942 · Muggs McGinnis
5.8
Smart Alecks
1942
1942 · Muggs McGinnis
6.7
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
1942 · Cecil
5.3
Let's Get Tough
1942
1942 · Muggs McGinnis
6.0
Sunday Punch
1942
1942 · 'Biff'
6.6
Mr. Wise Guy
1942
1942 · Muggs McGinnis
5.4
Born to Sing
1942
1942 · 'Snap' Collins
5.1
Spooks Run Wild
1941
1941 · Muggs McGinnis
6.1
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941
1941 · Muggs McGinnis
6.7
Down in San Diego
1941
1941 · 'Snap' Collins
6.3
Out of the Fog
1941
1941 · Eddie
5.3
Angels with Broken Wings
1941
1941 · Punchy Dorsey
6.1
Flying Wild
1941
1941 · Muggs McGinnis
6.2
Pride of the Bowery
1940
1940 · Muggs Maloney
7.4
Gallant Sons
1940
1940 · Doc Reardon
6.5
Hullabaloo
1940
1940 · Apartment House Bellhop
5.8
That Gang of Mine
1940
1940 · Muggs Maloney
5.3
Boys of the City
1940
1940 · Muggs McGinnis
6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939
1939 · Jimmy
6.8
Private Detective
1939
1939 · Newsboy (uncredited)
6.6
On Dress Parade
1939
1939 · Slip Duncan
6.7
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939
1939 · Leo Finnegan
6.8
Hell's Kitchen
1939
1939 · Gyp Haller
6.3
Je suis un criminel
1939
1939 · Spit
6.0
Swingtime in the Movies
1938
1938 · Crime School Kid (uncredited)
7.5
Les Anges aux figures sales
1938
1938 · Bim
6.4
L'Ecole du crime
1938
1938 · Charles 'Spike' Hawkins
6.5
The Beloved Brat
1938
1938 · Spike Matz
6.0
Mannequin
1938
1938 · Clifford Cassidy
10.0
Headin' East
1937
1937 · Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
5.8
Portia on Trial
1937
1937 · Joe Gannow
7.0
Rue sans issue
1937
1937 · Spit