Hotmail
Billy Halop
:
Overview
 Avg.User Rating:  2 RatingsRate this person:
Actor Born: May 11, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY Death: November 9, 1976 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:The original leader of the original "Dead End Kids," American actor "Billy Halop" came from a theatrical family; his mother was a dancer and his sister Florence was a busy radio actress. After several years as a well-paid radio juvenile, Billy was cast as Tommy Gordon in the Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End" (1935), where thanks to his previous credentials he was accorded star status. Travelling to Hollywood with the rest of the "Dead End Kids" when "Samuel Goldwyn" produced a film version of the play in 1937, Billy had no trouble lining up important roles, specializing in tough kids, bullies and reform school inmates in such major pictures as "Dust be My Destiny" (1939) and "Tom Brown's School Days" (1940). A long-standing rivalry between Halop and fellow "Dead-Ender" "Leo Gorcey" (both actors wanted to be the leader of the gang) led to Billy's breakaway from the "Dead End Kids"... Full Biography
| ||||||||||||
| advertisement |
Movie data provided by:
