AKA Leo Bernard Gorcey

Born: 3-Jun-1917
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 2-Jun-1969
Location of death: Oakland, CA
Cause of death: Liver Failure
Remains: Buried, Molinos Cemetery, Los Molinos, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Bowery Boy

Father: Bernard Gorcey (b. 1888, d. 11-Sep-1955 automobile accident)
Mother: Josephine Condon (b. 1901)
Brother: Fred (b. 1915)
Brother: David (b. 6-Feb-1921, d. 23-Oct-1984 diabetes complications)
Wife: Kay Marvis (dancer, m. 16-May-1939, div. 1944)
Wife: Evalene Bankston (24-Oct-1945, div. 29-Feb-1948)
Wife: Amelita Ward (actress, m. 12-Feb-1949, div. 1956, one son, one daughter)
Son: Leo, Jr. (b. 1949)
Daughter: Jan (b. 1951)
Wife: Brandy (the family's nanny, m. 1956, div. 1962)
Daughter: Brandy Jo (b. 1958)
Wife: Mary Gannon (m. 1968, until his death)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (7-Nov-1963)
    High Society (17-Apr-1955)
    The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (6-Jun-1954)
    Come Out Fighting (29-Sep-1945)
    Bowery Champs (25-Nov-1944)
    Million Dollar Kid (18-Feb-1944)
    Ghosts on the Loose (30-Jul-1943)
    Clancy Street Boys (23-Apr-1943)
    Kid Dynamite (5-Feb-1943)
    Smart Alecks (7-Aug-1942)
    Let's Get Tough! (29-May-1942)
    Mr. Wise Guy (20-Feb-1942)
    Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
    Spooks Run Wild (24-Oct-1941)
    Bowery Blitzkrieg (1-Aug-1941)
    Out of the Fog (14-Jun-1941)
    Pride of the Bowery (15-Dec-1940)
    Boys of the City (15-Jul-1940)
    They Made Me a Criminal (21-Jan-1939)
    Angels with Dirty Faces (24-Nov-1938)
    Crime School (28-May-1938)
    Mannequin (14-Dec-1937)
    Dead End (24-Aug-1937)

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