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Relatives. David Gorcey (brother) Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917 [1] – 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. Gorcey was famous for his use of malapropisms, such as "I depreciate it!"
The Bowery Boys (48 titles) was third-longest feature-film series of American origin in motion-picture history (behind the Charles Starrett westerns at 131 titles, and Hopalong Cassidy at 66). The final Bowery Boys film, In the Money, was released in 1958. Only Huntz Hall and David Gorcey had remained with the series since 1946.
- American
- Repertory theatre, film
- Farce, comedy
- New York City-based story lines
When Gorcey was making one of his few non-Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys films, 1941's Out of the Fog (1941), he repeatedly blew a simple line of dialog.Fed up, director Anatole Litvak stormed over to him and shouted, "Gorcey, as an actor, you stink!"
- June 3, 1917
- June 2, 1969
When Gorcey was making one of his few non-Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys films, 1941's Out of the Fog (1941), he repeatedly blew a simple line of dialog.Fed up, director Anatole Litvak stormed over to him and shouted, "Gorcey, as an actor, you stink!"
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Oakland, California, USA
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters: Directed by Edward Bernds. With Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Lloyd Corrigan. The Bowery Boys enter a creepy house where they engage in slapstick with the Gravesend Family, comprising a creepy butler, two mad scientists, a crazy old woman with a man-eating plant, a savage gorilla, an 8' robot, and a vampiress.
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- Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Edward Bernds
- 1954-06-06
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Jan 8, 1985 · The youths--Billy Halop, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall and Bernard Punsley had first appeared on Broadway in a grimly realistic street drama, Sidney Kingsley’s “Dead End.”
From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys! When understudy Leo Gorcey joined the ensemble of teen thespians on stage for the Broadway hit "Dead End", Hollywood soon followed with William Wyler taking the troupe in toto for 1937's film version.
