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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	14.988
Birthday	1917-06-03
Place of Birth	New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As	Leo Bernard Gorcey,

Kid Dynamite

Let's Get Tough

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Midnight Manhunt

Mr. Wise Guy

Million Dollar Kid

Pride of the Bowery

Mannequin

They Made Me a Criminal

Out of the Fog

Dead End

Angels with Dirty Faces

Spooks Run Wild

The Phynx

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Bowery to Bagdad

Jinx Money

Ghosts on the Loose

Spook Busters

Crime School

Born to Sing

So This Is New York

Boys of the City

Flying Wild

Maisie Gets Her Man

Angels' Alley

Destroyer

Bowery Bombshell

Bowery Buckaroos

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

Loose in London

Angels Wash Their Faces

Smart Alecks

Ghost Chasers

Dig That Uranium

Hold That Line

Jalopy

Paris Playboys

Let's Go Navy!

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Swingtime in the Movies

Feudin' Fools

No Holds Barred

Jungle Gents

Clipped Wings

Triple Trouble

Master Minds

High Society

Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

Bowery Battalion

Blues Busters

Angels in Disguise

Private Eyes

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Follow the Leader

Hell's Kitchen

Spy Chasers

The Beloved Brat

Jail Busters

In Fast Company

Crashing Las Vegas

On Dress Parade

Gallant Sons

Here Come the Marines

Trouble Makers

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Blonde Dynamite

Angels with Broken Wings

Lucky Losers

Mr. Hex

Crazy Over Horses

Docks of New York

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Portia on Trial

That Gang of Mine

Clancy Street Boys

Smuggler's Cove

Sunday Punch