It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
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Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917 – June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys.
Leo Gorcey (1917-1969) was an American actor who starred in the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys series of movies. He was born in New York City, married five times, and died of liver failure in Oakland, California.
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- Oakland, California, USA
Leo Gorcey was a prolific actor who starred in Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies from 1937 to 1956. He had a turbulent personal life, marrying and divorcing several times, and was friends with Groucho Marx.
- June 3, 1917
- June 2, 1969
OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI)-Mil-lions of movie fans of the 1930s knew actor Leo Gorcey as the leader of Hollywood’s “Dead End Kids”—an urban slum boy with a heart of gold. Gorcey, whose funeral services will be Friday, rose to stardom in the street kid role, and never escaped it the rest of his professional life.
Leo Gorcey was an American actor, known for his work in stage and cinema. He became popular for portraying the leader of hooligan groups, named Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids, and later The Bowery Boys. Gorcey was born in New York City, to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father, both actors.
Leo Gorcey was a prolific actor who starred in Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies from 1937 to 1956. He had a turbulent personal life with five marriages and a violent divorce, and died of liver failure in 1969.
Learn about Leo Gorcey, the actor who starred in the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys series of movies. Find out his career highlights, personal life and trivia on AllMovie.
