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The Bowery Boys (1946-1958) Included Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabe Dell, Billy Benedict, David Gorcey (aka David Condon), Bennie Bartlett, Stanley Clements, Bernard Gorcey. Unsatisfied with his treatment at Monogram, Leo Gorcey effectively ended the East Side Kids series by quitting in 1945. Along with Hall and manager Jan Grippo ...
In 1946, the series became strictly comedy and called the Bowery Boys, starring Leo Gorcey (who was responsible for the changes) as Slip and Huntz Hall as his buddy Sach. The series continued ...
Biography. Leo Gorcey was an actor who spent most of his 30 on-screen years as the leader of the fictional gangs The Dead End Kids, The East End Kids, and The Bowery Boys. His father, Bernard Gorcey, was a vaudeville veteran and character actor, instigating Leo's acting career by recommending that he audition for the play "Dead End," which led ...
The Bowery Boys: The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters. From 1946 to 1958, the comedy ensemble known as the Bowery Boys starred in more than 40 films. Led by "Slip" Mahoney (Leo Gorcey) and "Sach" Jones (Huntz Hall), the New York City natives solve mysteries, go on globe-trotting adventures, and scheme to get rich.
When Jordan returned to films in 1945, he found that his former gang-mates Gorcey and Hall were obtaining the lion's share of both the content and the salary for the new Bowery Boys film series. Dissatisfied with his background status, he left the series after eight entries, and made only a few films thereafter.
61 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Hot Shots is a 1956 American comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. [1] The film was released on December 23, 1956 by Monogram Pictures and is the forty-third film in the series. It was directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Jack Townley .
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan Billy Benedict David Gorcey. The Bowery Boys are fictional New York City characters, portrayed by a company of New York actors, who were the subject of feature films released by Monogram Pictures from 1946 through 1958. The Bowery Boys were successors of the " East Side Kids ," who had been the subject of ...
