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Leo Gorcey Jr. was born on 1 September 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for One Dark Night (1982), Waitress! (1982) and Bowery Rhapsody: The Rise and Redemption of Hollywood's Original 'Brat Pack'.
- January 1, 1
- Actor, Producer
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Leo Gorcey Jr.
The marriage produced two children, including Leo Gorcey Jr., but the couple were divorced in February 1956. Later that year, Gorcey married Brandy Davis. They had a daughter, Brandy Gorcey Ziesemer, but divorced in 1962.
Grippo, Gorcey, and Hall formed Jan Grippo Productions, revamped the format, and rechristened the series The Bowery Boys. (The earlier films' credits appear as "Leo Gorcey and The Bowery Boys".) Gorcey, who owned 40 percent of the company, starred in, produced, and contributed to the scripts.
Their marriage produced Leo Gorcey Jr. in 1949, and a baby girl they named Jan (after Leo's producer and manager, Jan Grippo) in 1951. They divorced in 1956. That year Leo married his young nanny, Brandy, who was taking care of his two kids.
- June 3, 1917
- June 2, 1969
Leo Gorcey Dies, 52. OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI)-Mil-lions of movie fans of the 1930s knew actor Leo Gorcey as the leader of Hollywood’s “Dead End Kids”—an urban slum boy with a heart of gold. Gorcey, whose funeral services will be Friday, rose to stardom in the street kid role, and never escaped it the rest of his professional life.
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.
Their marriage produced Leo Gorcey Jr. in 1949, and a baby girl they named Jan (after Leo's producer and manager, Jan Grippo) in 1951. They divorced in 1956. That year Leo married his young nanny, Brandy, who was taking care of his two kids.
