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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.

Filmografía 71

Bowery Bombshell 1946Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Dig That Uranium 1955Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Vivir en el alambre 1946Película como Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Mr. Wise Guy 1942Película Tubi TV como Muggs McGinnis
Bowery Leathernecks 1952Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Let's Go Navy! 1951Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Destructor 1943Película como Seaman Sarecky
Angels' Alley 1948Película como Terence 'Slip' Mahoney
Hold That Line 1952Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Mr. Hex 1946Película como Slip Mahoney
No Holds Barred 1952Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Jalopy 1953Película como Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Maniquí 1938Película como Clifford Cassidy
Spy Chasers 1955Película como Slip Mahoney
Hard Boiled Mahoney 1947Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Ghost Chasers 1951Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Crashing Las Vegas 1956Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Jungle Gents 1954Película como 'Slip' Mahoney
Flying Wild 1941Película ArtiflixTubi TV como Muggs McGinnis
Feudin' Fools 1952Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Kid Dynamite 1943Película como Muggs McGinnis
Loose in London 1953Película como Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
In Fast Company 1946Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Crazy Over Horses 1951Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Spook Busters 1946Película como Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Block Busters 1944Película como Muggs McGinnis
Smart Alecks 1942Película Tubi TV como Muggs McGinnis
News Hounds 1947Película como Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
Bowery Champs 1944Película como Muggs McGinnis
Jinx Money 1948Película como Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney