Leo Gorcey
Biography
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.
Known For
Muggs McGinnis
Kid Dynamite
Muggs McGinnis
Let's Get Tough
First Cab Driver
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Clutch Tracy
Midnight Manhunt
Muggs McGinnis
Mr. Wise Guy
Muggs McGinnis
Million Dollar Kid
Muggs Maloney
Pride of the Bowery
Clifford Cassidy
Mannequin
Spit
They Made Me a Criminal
Eddie
Out of the Fog
Spit
Dead End
Bim
Angels with Dirty Faces
Muggs McGinnis
Spooks Run Wild
Leo Gorcey
The Phynx
Muggs McGinnis
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Slip Mahoney
Bowery to Bagdad
Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Jinx Money
Muggs McGinnis
Ghosts on the Loose
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Spook Busters
Charles 'Spike' Hawkins
Crime School
'Snap' Collins
Born to Sing
Sid Mercer
So This Is New York
Muggs McGinnis
Boys of the City
Muggs McGinnis
Flying Wild
Cecil
Maisie Gets Her Man
Terence 'Slip' Mahoney
Angels' Alley
Seaman Sarecky
Destroyer
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Bowery Bombshell
Slip Mahoney
Bowery Buckaroos
Slip Mahoney
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
Loose in London
Leo Finnegan
Angels Wash Their Faces
Muggs McGinnis
Smart Alecks
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Ghost Chasers
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Dig That Uranium
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Hold That Line
Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Jalopy
Slip Mahoney
Paris Playboys
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Let's Go Navy!
Muggs (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Crime School Kid (uncredited)
Swingtime in the Movies
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Feudin' Fools
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
No Holds Barred
'Slip' Mahoney
Jungle Gents
Slip Mahoney
Clipped Wings
Slip Mahoney
Triple Trouble
Slip Mahoney
Master Minds
Slip Mahoney
High Society
Leo
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
Slip Mahoney
Bowery Battalion
Slip Mahoney
Blues Busters
Slip Mahoney
Angels in Disguise
Slip Mahoney
Private Eyes
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Muggs McGinnis
Follow the Leader
Gyp Haller
Hell's Kitchen
Slip Mahoney
Spy Chasers
Spike Matz
The Beloved Brat
Slip Mahoney
Jail Busters
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
In Fast Company
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Crashing Las Vegas
Slip Duncan
On Dress Parade
Doc Reardon
Gallant Sons
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Here Come the Marines
Slip Mahoney
Trouble Makers
Muggs McGinnis
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Muggs McGinnis (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Muggs McGinnis
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Slip Mahoney
Blonde Dynamite
Punchy Dorsey
Angels with Broken Wings
Slip Mahoney
Lucky Losers
Slip Mahoney
Mr. Hex
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Crazy Over Horses
Muggs McGinnis
Docks of New York
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Joe Gannow
Portia on Trial
Muggs Maloney
That Gang of Mine
Muggs McGinnis
Clancy Street Boys
Slip Mahoney
Smuggler's Cove
'Biff'
Sunday Punch
Apartment House Bellhop
Hullabaloo
Muggs McGinnis
Block Busters
Muggs McGinnis
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Muggs McGinnis
Come Out Fighting
Muggs McGinnis
Bowery Champs
Slip Mahoney
Hold That Baby!
Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Live Wires
Slip Mahoney
Fighting Fools
Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
News Hounds
(archive footage)
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
'Snap' Collins
Down in San Diego
Newsboy (uncredited)
Private Detective
Jimmy
Invisible Stripes
Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
Headin' East
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
94
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-06-03
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Leo Bernard Gorcey