Leo gorcy biography

Leo Gorcey was born in New York City, New York, USA on June 3, 1917 as Leo Bernard Gorcey, and died in Oakland, California, USA on June 2, 1969, of liver failure. Leo Gorcy married...Read more five wives and had four children. His most important works include Lucky Losers 1956, Ghosts on the Loose 1943, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963, and The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters 1954. Leo Gorcy, the middle brother of three children to actor Bernard Gorcy (147 cm), a Russian Jewish immigrant, was born Josephine Condon (150 cm) is an Irish Catholic immigrant, and both worked at the vaudeville theater in New York. Leo was fond of acting, and headed the high school drama club, and left his training in plumbing in 1935 and worked with his father in the theater, where he and his brother David participated in the play Dead End, and when it was turned into a movie in 1937, Leo Gorcy participated in the film with Humphrey Bogart and Sylvia Sydney Since

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Leo Gorcey
Gorcey in 1945
Born	Leo Bernard Gorcey June 3, 1917 (1917-06-03) (age 107) New York City, United States
Died	June 2, 1969(1969-06-02) (aged 51) Oakland, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1935–1969
Spouse	Kay Marvis (1939-1944; divorced) Evalene Bankston (1945-1948; divorced) Amelita Ward (1949-1956; divorced; 2 children) Brandy Gorcey (1956-1962; divorced; 1 child) Mary Gannon (1968-1969; his death)
Children	3
Parents	Bernard Gorcey Josephine Condon
Relatives	David Gorcey (brother)

Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917^[1]– June 2, 1969) was an American scen and movie actor who became famous for portraying the leader of the group of young hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids, and as an adult, The Bowery Boys. Always the most pugnacious member of the gangs in which he participated, young Leo was the filmic prototype of the young punk. He was the shortest member

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Leo Gorcey Biography

Date of Birth:
Jun 3, 1917Birth Place:
New York, New York, USA

Biography

Leo Gorcey was an actor who spent most of his 30 on-screen years as the leader of the fictional gangs The Dead End Kids, The East End Kids, and The Bowery Boys. His father, Bernard Gorcey, was a vaudeville veteran and character actor, instigating Leo's acting career by recommending that he audition for the play "Dead End," which led to a small part (and subsequently a bigger one) when it was turned into a 1937 Samuel Goldwyn film starring Humphrey Bogart. Gorcey and his fellow street cronies, including Bobby Jordan and Huntz Hall, became the Dead End Kids, and together, they made several more films through the end of the decade, peaking with the 1938 film-noir "Angels with Dirty Faces," starring James Cagney and Bogart. By 1940, the Dead End Kids became The East End Kids, with Gorcey's Muggs McGinnis and crew often appearing as the stars of the film--though they had traded grea