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Leo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying the leader of a group of young hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys. Always the most pugnacious gang member, Leo was a prototype of the young punk. He was also the shortest member of the original gang.
Birth Name
Leo Bernard Gorcey
Born
Sunday, 03 June 1917
Died
Monday, 02 June 1969
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Bowery Boys - Legends of Laughter | Self | 2022 |
| Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Muggs McGinnis | 2007 |
| The Our Gang Story | Muggs | 1994 |
| American Experience | Muggs Maloney | 1988 |
| Classic Comedy Teams | The East Side Kids | 1986 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| The Phynx | Leo Gorcey | 1970 |
| Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar | Leo | 1965 |
| That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | First Cab Driver | 1963 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Bowery Boys - Legends of Laughter | Self | 2022 |
| Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Muggs McGinnis | 2007 |
| The Our Gang Story | Muggs | 1994 |
| American Experience | Muggs Maloney | 1988 |
| Classic Comedy Teams | The East Side Kids | 1986 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| The Phynx | Leo Gorcey | 1970 |
| Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar | Leo | 1965 |
| That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | First Cab Driver | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Bim | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Windy | 1962 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Billy Vale | 1961 |
| Crashing Las Vegas | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1956 |
| Dig That Uranium | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1955 |
| Jail Busters | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1955 |
| Spy Chasers | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1955 |
| High Society | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1955 |
| Bowery to Bagdad | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1955 |
| Jungle Gents | 'Slip' Mahoney | 1954 |
| The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | Slip Mahoney | 1954 |
| Paris Playboys | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1954 |
| Private Eyes | Slip Mahoney | 1953 |
| Clipped Wings | Slip Mahoney / Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1953 |
| Loose in London | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney | 1953 |
| Jalopy | Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1953 |
| No Holds Barred | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1952 |
| Feudin' Fools | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1952 |
| Here Come the Marines | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1952 |
| Hold That Line | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1952 |
| Crazy Over Horses | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1951 |
| Let's Go Navy! | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1951 |
| Ghost Chasers | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1951 |
| Bowery Battalion | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1951 |
| Blues Busters | Slip Mahoney | 1950 |
| Triple Trouble | Slip Mahoney | 1950 |
| Lucky Losers | Slip Mahoney / Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1950 |
| Blonde Dynamite | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1950 |
| Master Minds | Slip Mahoney | 1949 |
| Angels in Disguise | Slip Mahoney | 1949 |
| Hold That Baby! | Slip Mahoney | 1949 |
| Fighting Fools | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1949 |
| Trouble Makers | Slip Mahoney | 1948 |
| Smugglers' Cove | Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1948 |
| Jinx Money | Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney | 1948 |
| So This Is New York | Sid Mercer - Jockey / Sid Mercer | 1948 |
| Angels' Alley | Terence 'Slip' Mahoney | 1948 |
| Bowery Buckaroos | Slip Mahoney | 1947 |
| News Hounds | Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney | 1947 |
| Hard Boiled Mahoney | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1947 |
| Mr. Hex | Slip Mahoney | 1946 |
| Spook Busters | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney / Slip Mahoney | 1946 |
| Bowery Bombshell | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1946 |
| In Fast Company | Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney | 1946 |
| Live Wires | Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney | 1946 |
| Come Out Fighting | Mugs McGinnis / Muggs McGinnis | 1945 |
| Midnight Manhunt | Clutch Tracy | 1945 |
| Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Ethelbert Aloysius 'Muggs' McGinnis / Muggs McGinnis | 1945 |
| Docks of New York | Ethelbert 'Mugs' McGinnis / Muggs McGinnis | 1945 |
| Bowery Champs | Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis / Muggs McGinnis | 1944 |
| Block Busters | Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis / Muggs McGinnis | 1944 |
| Follow the Leader | Muggs McGinnis | 1944 |
| Million Dollar Kid | Muggs McGinnis | 1944 |
| Mr. Muggs Steps Out | Muggs McGinnis | 1943 |
| Destroyer | Sarecky | 1943 |
| Ghosts on the Loose | Muggs McGinnis / Mugs McGinnis | 1943 |
| Clancy Street Boys | Ethelbert 'Mugs' McGinnis / Muggs McGinnis | 1943 |
| Kid Dynamite | Muggs McGinnis | 1943 |
| 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge | Mugs McGinnis / Muggs McGinnis | 1942 |
| Smart Alecks | Muggs McGinnis / Mugs McGinnis | 1942 |
| Maisie Gets Her Man | Ceecil / Cecil | 1942 |
| Let's Get Tough! | Muggs McGinnis | 1942 |
| Sunday Punch | 'Biff' | 1942 |
| Mr. Wise Guy | Muggs McGinnis | 1942 |
| Born to Sing | 'Snap' Collins | 1942 |
| Spooks Run Wild | Muggs McGinnis | 1941 |
| Down in San Diego | 'Snap' Collins | 1941 |
| Bowery Blitzkrieg | Muggs McGinnis | 1941 |
| Out of the Fog | Eddie | 1941 |
| Angels with Broken Wings | Punchy Dorsey | 1941 |
| Flying Wild | Muggs McGinnis | 1941 |
| Pride of the Bowery | Muggs Maloney | 1940 |
| Gallant Sons | 'Doc' Reardon / Doc Reardon | 1940 |
| Hullabaloo | Apartment House Bellhop | 1940 |
| That Gang of Mine | Muggs Maloney | 1940 |
| Boys of the City | Muggs McGinnis | 1940 |
| Invisible Stripes | Jimmy | 1939 |
| Private Detective | Newsboy | 1939 |
| On Dress Parade | Slip Duncan | 1939 |
| Angels Wash Their Faces | Leo Finnegan | 1939 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Gyp Haller | 1939 |
| They Made Me a Criminal | Spit | 1939 |
| Swingtime in the Movies | Crime School Kid | 1938 |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | Bim | 1938 |
| Crime School | Spike / Charles 'Spike' Hawkins | 1938 |
| The Beloved Brat | Spike Matz | 1938 |
| Mannequin | Clifford / Clifford Cassidy | 1938 |
| Headin' East | Boy Boxer in Gym | 1937 |
| Portia on Trial | Joe Gannow | 1937 |
| Dead End | Spit | 1937 |
