Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/3/1917
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Leo Bernard Gorcey
Leo Gorcey
Biography
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-...
Known For
Smart Alecks
as Muggs McGinnis
Dead End
as Spit
Blues Busters
as Slip Mahoney
Block Busters
as Muggs McGinnis
Clipped Wings
as Slip Mahoney
Spook Busters
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Ghost Chasers
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Flying Wild
as Muggs McGinnis
Jinx Money
as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Jungle Gents
as 'Slip' Mahoney
Jail Busters
as Slip Mahoney
Kid Dynamite
as Muggs McGinnis
Bowery Battalion
as Slip Mahoney
Lucky Losers
as Slip Mahoney
Feudin' Fools
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
The Phynx
as Leo Gorcey
Paris Playboys
as Slip Mahoney
Invisible Stripes
as Jimmy
Private Eyes
as Slip Mahoney
Live Wires
as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney