Leo Gorcey

Career timeline

1. 1917 · Born

   Born in New York City, New York, USA

2. 1937 · Screen debut

   Dead End (Movie)

3. 1938 · Breakthrough

   Angels with Dirty Faces (Movie)

4. 1969 · Died

   June 2, 1969

5. 2007 · Latest release

   Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (Movie)

Career in numbers

13 1930s

43 1940s

20 1950s

2 1960s

1 1970s

1 1980s

1 1990s

1 2000s

• Comedy64
• Drama22
• Crime21
• Action9
• Romance8
• Horror8

Highest-rated title Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 7.5 Most popular title It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963 7.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Leo Gorcey in our catalogue.

David Gorcey

42 titles together

Bernard Gorcey

38 titles together

Huntz Hall

13 titles together

Tim Ryan

10 titles together

Gabriel Dell

9 titles together

William Beaudine

8 titles together

Wallace Fox

8 titles together

William Benedict

7 titles together

Bobby Jordan

7 titles together

Billy Halop

7 titles together

1. 2007 Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Muggs McGinnis (archive footage) Movie
2. 1991 Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Muggs (archive footage) Movie
3. 1986 Classic Comedy Teams as The East Side Kids (archive footage) Movie
4. 1970 The Phynx as Leo Gorcey Movie
5. 1966 Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar as Leo Movie
6. 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as First Cab Driver 7.0 Movie
7. 1956 Crashing Las Vegas as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
8. 1955 Dig That Uranium as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
9. 1955 Jail Busters as Slip Mahoney Movie
10. 1955 Spy Chasers as Slip Mahoney Movie
11. 1955 High Society as Slip Mahoney Movie
12. 1955 Bowery to Bagdad as Slip Mahoney Movie
13. 1954 Jungle Gents as 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
14. 1954 The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters as Slip Mahoney Movie
15. 1954 Paris Playboys as Slip Mahoney Movie
16. 1953 Private Eyes as Slip Mahoney Movie
17. 1953 Loose in London as Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney Movie
18. 1953 Jalopy as Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
19. 1952 Feudin' Fools as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
20. 1952 Here Come the Marines as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
21. 1951 Let's Go Navy! as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
22. 1951 Ghost Chasers as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
23. 1951 Bowery Battalion as Slip Mahoney Movie
24. 1950 Triple Trouble as Slip Mahoney Movie
25. 1950 Lucky Losers as Slip Mahoney Movie
26. 1950 Blonde Dynamite as Slip Mahoney Movie
27. 1949 Master Minds as Slip Mahoney Movie
28. 1949 Angels in Disguise as Slip Mahoney Movie
29. 1949 Hold That Baby! as Slip Mahoney Movie
30. 1949 Fighting Fools as Slip Mahoney Movie
31. 1948 Trouble Makers as Slip Mahoney Movie
32. 1948 Smuggler's Cove as Slip Mahoney Movie
33. 1948 Jinx Money as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
34. 1948 So This Is New York as Sid Mercer Movie
35. 1947 Bowery Buckaroos as Slip Mahoney Movie
36. 1947 News Hounds as Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
37. 1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
38. 1946 Mr. Hex as Slip Mahoney Movie
39. 1946 Spook Busters as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
40. 1946 Bowery Bombshell as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
41. 1946 In Fast Company as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
42. 1946 Live Wires as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney Movie
43. 1945 Midnight Manhunt as Clutch Tracy Movie
44. 1945 Mr. Muggs Rides Again as Muggs McGinnis Movie
45. 1945 Docks of New York as Muggs McGinnis Movie
46. 1944 Block Busters as Muggs McGinnis Movie
47. 1944 Follow the Leader as Muggs McGinnis Movie
48. 1944 Million Dollar Kid as Muggs McGinnis Movie
49. 1943 Mr. Muggs Steps Out as Muggs McGinnis Movie
50. 1943 Destroyer as Seaman Sarecky Movie
51. 1943 Ghosts on the Loose as Muggs McGinnis 4.2 Movie
52. 1943 Kid Dynamite as Muggs McGinnis Movie
53. 1942 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge as Muggs McGinnis Movie
54. 1942 Maisie Gets Her Man as Cecil Movie
55. 1942 Let's Get Tough as Muggs McGinnis Movie
56. 1942 Sunday Punch as 'Biff' Movie
57. 1942 Mr. Wise Guy as Muggs McGinnis Movie
58. 1942 Born to Sing as 'Snap' Collins Movie
59. 1941 Spooks Run Wild as Muggs McGinnis 5.1 Movie
60. 1941 Down in San Diego as 'Snap' Collins Movie
61. 1941 Bowery Blitzkrieg as Muggs McGinnis Movie
62. 1941 Out of the Fog as Eddie 6.4 Movie
63. 1941 Angels with Broken Wings as Punchy Dorsey Movie
64. 1941 Flying Wild as Muggs McGinnis Movie
65. 1940 Pride of the Bowery as Muggs Maloney Movie
66. 1940 Gallant Sons as Doc Reardon Movie
67. 1940 Hullabaloo as Apartment House Bellhop Movie
68. 1940 That Gang of Mine as Muggs Maloney Movie
69. 1940 Boys of the City as Muggs McGinnis Movie
70. 1939 Invisible Stripes as Jimmy 6.2 Movie
71. 1939 Private Detective as Newsboy (uncredited) Movie
72. 1939 Angels Wash Their Faces as Leo Finnegan Movie
73. 1939 Hell's Kitchen as Gyp Haller Movie
74. 1939 They Made Me a Criminal as Spit 6.3 Movie
75. 1938 Swingtime in the Movies as Crime School Kid (uncredited) Movie
76. 1938 Angels with Dirty Faces as Bim 7.5 Movie
77. 1938 Crime School as Charles 'Spike' Hawkins 6.4 Movie
78. 1938 The Beloved Brat as Spike Matz Movie
79. 1938 Mannequin as Clifford Cassidy 6.0 Movie
80. 1937 Headin' East as Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited) Movie
81. 1937 Portia on Trial as Joe Gannow Movie
82. 1937 Dead End as Spit 7.1 Movie

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