Leo Gorcey
Actor, Film actor
1917 – 1969
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Who was Leo Gorcey?
Leo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying on film the leader of the group of young hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids, and The Bowery Boys. Always the most pugnacious member of the gangs he participated in, young Leo was the filmic prototype of the young punk. He was the shortest and the oldest of the original gang.
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- Born
- Jun 3, 1917
New York City - Also known as
- Leo Bernard Gorcey
- Leo B. Gorcey
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Mary Gannon
(1968/02 - 1969/06/02) - Brandy Gorcey
(1956 - 1962) - Amelita Ward
(1949/02/12 - 1956) - Evalene Bankston
(1945/10/24 - 1948/02/29) - Kay Marvis
(1939/05/16 - 1944)
- Mary Gannon
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 2, 1969
Oakland
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on July 23, 2013
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