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