1917-06-03 New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Muggs McGinnis (archive footage) | 2007-03-10 |
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Muggs (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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The Phynx | Leo Gorcey | 1970-03-06 |
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Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar | Leo | 1966-12-29 |
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | First Cab Driver | 1963-11-07 |
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Crashing Las Vegas | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1956-04-27 |
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High Society | Slip Mahoney | 1955-04-17 |
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Dig That Uranium | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1955-12-25 |
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Bowery to Bagdad | Slip Mahoney | 1955-01-07 |
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Jail Busters | Slip Mahoney | 1955-09-18 |
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Spy Chasers | Slip Mahoney | 1955-07-31 |
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Paris Playboys | Slip Mahoney | 1954-03-07 |
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The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | Slip Mahoney | 1954-06-06 |
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Jungle Gents | 'Slip' Mahoney | 1954-09-05 |
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Jalopy | Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1953-02-15 |
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Loose in London | Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney | 1953-05-24 |
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Clipped Wings | Slip Mahoney | 1953-08-14 |
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Private Eyes | Slip Mahoney | 1953-12-06 |
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Here Come the Marines | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1952-06-29 |
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Hold That Line | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1952-03-23 |
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Feudin' Fools | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1952-09-21 |
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No Holds Barred | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1952-11-23 |
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Crazy Over Horses | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1951-09-09 |
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Ghost Chasers | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1951-04-29 |
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Let's Go Navy! | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1951-07-29 |
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Bowery Battalion | Slip Mahoney | 1951-01-24 |
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Triple Trouble | Slip Mahoney | 1950-08-13 |
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Blonde Dynamite | Slip Mahoney | 1950-02-12 |
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Lucky Losers | Slip Mahoney | 1950-05-14 |
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Blues Busters | Slip Mahoney | 1950-10-29 |
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Fighting Fools | Slip Mahoney | 1949-03-17 |
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Master Minds | Slip Mahoney | 1949-11-27 |
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Angels in Disguise | Slip Mahoney | 1949-09-25 |
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Hold That Baby! | Slip Mahoney | 1949-06-06 |
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Trouble Makers | Slip Mahoney | 1948-12-10 |
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So This Is New York | Sid Mercer | 1948-06-01 |
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Angels' Alley | Terence 'Slip' Mahoney | 1948-03-07 |
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Jinx Money | Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney | 1948-06-27 |
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Smuggler's Cove | Slip Mahoney | 1948-10-10 |
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Bowery Buckaroos | Slip Mahoney | 1947-11-22 |
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News Hounds | Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney | 1947-08-13 |
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Hard Boiled Mahoney | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1947-05-10 |
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Live Wires | Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney | 1946-01-12 |
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Mr. Hex | Slip Mahoney | 1946-11-09 |
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Bowery Bombshell | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1946-07-20 |
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In Fast Company | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1946-06-22 |
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Spook Busters | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1946-08-24 |
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Docks of New York | Muggs McGinnis | 1945-02-24 |
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Midnight Manhunt | Clutch Tracy | 1945-07-27 |
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Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Muggs McGinnis | 1945-07-15 |
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Come Out Fighting | Muggs McGinnis | 1945-09-29 |
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Block Busters | Muggs McGinnis | 1944-07-22 |
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Bowery Champs | Muggs McGinnis | 1944-11-25 |
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Million Dollar Kid | Muggs McGinnis | 1944-02-28 |
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Follow the Leader | Muggs McGinnis | 1944-06-03 |
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Destroyer | Seaman Sarecky | 1943-08-19 |
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Ghosts on the Loose | Muggs McGinnis | 1943-07-30 |
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Mr. Muggs Steps Out | Muggs McGinnis | 1943-10-29 |
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Clancy Street Boys | Muggs McGinnis | 1943-04-23 |
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Kid Dynamite | Muggs McGinnis | 1943-02-05 |
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Let's Get Tough | Muggs McGinnis | 1942-05-29 |
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Mr. Wise Guy | Muggs McGinnis | 1942-02-20 |
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Sunday Punch | 'Biff' | 1942-05-08 |
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Born to Sing | 'Snap' Collins | 1942-02-18 |
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'Neath Brooklyn Bridge | Muggs McGinnis | 1942-11-20 |
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Maisie Gets Her Man | Cecil | 1942-06-01 |
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Smart Alecks | Muggs McGinnis | 1942-08-07 |
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Down in San Diego | 'Snap' Collins | 1941-08-01 |
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Spooks Run Wild | Muggs McGinnis | 1941-10-24 |
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Out of the Fog | Eddie | 1941-06-14 |
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Flying Wild | Muggs McGinnis | 1941-03-10 |
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Angels with Broken Wings | Punchy Dorsey | 1941-05-27 |
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Bowery Blitzkrieg | Muggs McGinnis | 1941-08-01 |
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Hullabaloo | Apartment House Bellhop | 1940-10-25 |
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Pride of the Bowery | Muggs Maloney | 1940-12-15 |
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Gallant Sons | Doc Reardon | 1940-11-15 |
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That Gang of Mine | Muggs Maloney | 1940-09-23 |
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Boys of the City | Muggs McGinnis | 1940-07-15 |
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Private Detective | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1939-12-09 |
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Invisible Stripes | Jimmy | 1939-12-30 |
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They Made Me a Criminal | Spit | 1939-01-21 |
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On Dress Parade | Slip Duncan | 1939-11-18 |
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Hell's Kitchen | Gyp Haller | 1939-07-08 |
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Angels Wash Their Faces | Leo Finnegan | 1939-08-26 |
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Mannequin | Clifford Cassidy | 1938-01-21 |
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Swingtime in the Movies | Crime School Kid (uncredited) | 1938-12-24 |
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The Beloved Brat | Spike Matz | 1938-04-30 |
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Angels with Dirty Faces | Bim | 1938-11-26 |
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Crime School | Charles 'Spike' Hawkins | 1938-05-10 |
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Dead End | Spit | 1937-08-27 |
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Portia on Trial | Joe Gannow | 1937-11-08 |
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Headin' East | Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited) | 1937-12-13 |
