Leo Gorcey

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-06-03 (52 years old)

Deathday

1969-06-02

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 1940-1945 in 21 East Side Kids films, from 1946-1956 in...

Acting

1943

Kid Dynamite

as Muggs McGinnis

1942

Let's Get Tough

as Muggs McGinnis

1963

1945

Midnight Manhunt

as Clutch Tracy

1944

Million Dollar Kid

as Muggs McGinnis

1942

Mr. Wise Guy

as Muggs McGinnis

1940

Pride of the Bowery

as Muggs Maloney

1938

Mannequin

as Clifford Cassidy

1941

1937

Dead End

as Spit

1941

Spooks Run Wild

as Muggs McGinnis

1970

The Phynx

as Leo Gorcey

1941

Bowery Blitzkrieg

as Muggs McGinnis

1955

Bowery to Bagdad

as Slip Mahoney

1948

Jinx Money

as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney

1943

Ghosts on the Loose

as Muggs McGinnis

1946

Spook Busters

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1938

Crime School

as Charles 'Spike' Hawkins

1942

Born to Sing

as 'Snap' Collins

1948

So This Is New York

as Sid Mercer

1940

Boys of the City

as Muggs McGinnis

1941

Flying Wild

as Muggs McGinnis

1948

Angels' Alley

as Terence 'Slip' Mahoney

1943

Destroyer

as Seaman Sarecky

1946

Bowery Bombshell

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1947

Bowery Buckaroos

as Slip Mahoney

1953

Loose in London

as Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney

1939

1942

Smart Alecks

as Muggs McGinnis

1951

Ghost Chasers

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1955

Dig That Uranium

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1952

Hold That Line

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1953

Jalopy

as Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1954

Paris Playboys

as Slip Mahoney

1951

Let's Go Navy!

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Muggs (archive footage)

1938

Swingtime in the Movies

as Crime School Kid (uncredited)

1952

Feudin' Fools

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1952

No Holds Barred

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1954

Jungle Gents

as 'Slip' Mahoney

1953

Clipped Wings

as Slip Mahoney

1950

Triple Trouble

as Slip Mahoney

1949

Master Minds

as Slip Mahoney

1955

High Society

as Slip Mahoney

1951

Bowery Battalion

as Slip Mahoney

1950

Blues Busters

as Slip Mahoney

1949

Angels in Disguise

as Slip Mahoney

1953

Private Eyes

as Slip Mahoney

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1944

Follow the Leader

as Muggs McGinnis

1939

Hell's Kitchen

as Gyp Haller

1955

Spy Chasers

as Slip Mahoney

1938

The Beloved Brat

as Spike Matz

1955

Jail Busters

as Slip Mahoney

1946

In Fast Company

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1956

Crashing Las Vegas

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1939

On Dress Parade

as Slip Duncan

1940

Gallant Sons

as Doc Reardon

1952

Here Come the Marines

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1948

Trouble Makers

as Slip Mahoney

1942

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

as Muggs McGinnis

2007

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

as Muggs McGinnis (archive footage)

1945

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

as Muggs McGinnis

1950

Blonde Dynamite

as Slip Mahoney

1941

Angels with Broken Wings

as Punchy Dorsey

1950

Lucky Losers

as Slip Mahoney

1946

Mr. Hex

as Slip Mahoney

1951

Crazy Over Horses

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1945

Docks of New York

as Muggs McGinnis

1947

Hard Boiled Mahoney

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

1937

Portia on Trial

as Joe Gannow

1940

That Gang of Mine

as Muggs Maloney

1943

Clancy Street Boys

as Muggs McGinnis

1948

Smuggler's Cove

as Slip Mahoney

1942

Sunday Punch

as 'Biff'

1940

Hullabaloo

as Apartment House Bellhop

1943

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

as Muggs McGinnis

1944

Block Busters

as Muggs McGinnis

1944

Bowery Champs

as Muggs McGinnis

1945

Come Out Fighting

as Muggs McGinnis

1949

Hold That Baby!

as Slip Mahoney

1946

Live Wires

as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney

1947

News Hounds

as Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney

1949

Fighting Fools

as Slip Mahoney

2020

1941

Down in San Diego

as 'Snap' Collins

1939

Private Detective

as Newsboy (uncredited)

1939

1937

Headin' East

as Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited)

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