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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!"
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The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York...
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A malapropism (also called a malaprop, acyrologia, or...
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- The Bowery Boys
The Dead End Kids originally appeared in the 1935 play Dead...
- David Gorcey
David Gorcey (February 6, 1921 – October 23, 1984) was an...
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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. His most notable works include the Dead End Kids ...
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 ...
The shortest and most pugnacious of the original Dead End Kids, American actor Leo Gorcey was the son of character player Bernard Gorcey. The elder Gorcey encouraged Leo to audition as one of the tough street gang in the 1935 stage production of Sidney Kingsley's Dead End, which Leo did reluctantly; he was content with his apprentice job at his uncle's plumbing shop.
- June 3, 1917
- June 2, 1969
Leo Gorcey. Leo Gorcey. Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917 – June 2, 1969) was an American actor. He is most famous for appearing the Dead End Kids series. Gorcey was one of the famous people who appeared on The Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, but he asked to have his picture removed. Categories: 1917 births.
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