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Leo Gorcey
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Actor Born: June 3, 1917 in New York, NY Death: June 2, 1969 in Oakland, CA Biography:The shortest and most pugnacious of the original "Dead End Kids", American actor "Leo Gorcey" was the son of character player "Bernard Gorcey". The elder Gorcey encouraged Leo to audition as one of the tough street gang in the 1935 stage production of Sidney Kingsley's Dead End, which Leo did reluctantly; he was content with his apprentice job at his uncle's plumbing shop. When he temporarily lost that position, Leo was cast in a bit role in "Dead End", eventually working his way up to the important part of Spit, the gang stool pigeon. Producer "Samuel Goldwyn" decided to make Dead End into a movie in 1937, further deciding to hire Leo and his fellow "kids" "Billy Halop", "Huntz Hall", "Gabriel Dell", "Bernard Punsley" and "Bobby Jordan" for the movie version. The six streetwise hooligans scored an immediate hit with the public, paving the way for several films starring or featuring "The Dead... Full Biography
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