--- name: "Leo Gorcey" canonical: "https://film.one/person/leo-gorcey" roles: [] born: "3 June 1917" died: "2 June 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T23:30:17.960370+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Leo Gorcey Actor. Born 3 June 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 2 June 1969. ## Details - **Born:** 3 June 1917, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 2 June 1969 - **Also known as:** Leo Bernard Gorcey - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Gorcey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2560665, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0329832/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89989 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dead End*](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md) (73) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Leo Gorcey (1917–1969) was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for portraying the leader of a group of streetwise youths in the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys film series. Born in New York City, Gorcey began his career in the 1935 Broadway production of *Dead End*. He reprised the role of Spit in the 1937 film adaptation and went on to appear in seven Dead End Kids films (1937–1939), 21 East Side Kids films (1940–1945) and 41 Bowery Boys films (1946–1956). His brother David Gorcey and father Bernard Gorcey were also actors. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Dead End* (1937), Fi1m 73, as Spit — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md) ## Complete filmography (94) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter* (2020), as (archive footage) - *Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb* (2007), as Muggs McGinnis (archive footage) - *Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook* (1991), as Muggs (archive footage) - *Classic Comedy Teams* (1986), as The East Side Kids (archive footage) - *The Phynx* (1970), as Leo Gorcey - *Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar* (1966), as Leo - *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), as First Cab Driver - *Crashing Las Vegas* (1956), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Dig That Uranium* (1955), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Jail Busters* (1955), as Slip Mahoney - *Spy Chasers* (1955), as Slip Mahoney - *High Society* (1955), as Slip Mahoney - *Bowery to Bagdad* (1955), as Slip Mahoney - *Jungle Gents* (1954), as 'Slip' Mahoney - *The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters* (1954), as Slip Mahoney - *Paris Playboys* (1954), as Slip Mahoney - *Private Eyes* (1953), as Slip Mahoney - *Clipped Wings* (1953), as Slip Mahoney - *Loose in London* (1953), as Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney - *Jalopy* (1953), as Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *No Holds Barred* (1952), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Feudin' Fools* (1952), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Here Come the Marines* (1952), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Hold That Line* (1952), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Crazy Over Horses* (1951), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Let's Go Navy!* (1951), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Ghost Chasers* (1951), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Bowery Battalion* (1951), as Slip Mahoney - *Blues Busters* (1950), as Slip Mahoney - *Triple Trouble* (1950), as Slip Mahoney - *Lucky Losers* (1950), as Slip Mahoney - *Blonde Dynamite* (1950), as Slip Mahoney - *Master Minds* (1949), as Slip Mahoney - *Angels in Disguise* (1949), as Slip Mahoney - *Hold That Baby!* (1949), as Slip Mahoney - *Fighting Fools* (1949), as Slip Mahoney - *Trouble Makers* (1948), as Slip Mahoney - *Smuggler's Cove* (1948), as Slip Mahoney - *Jinx Money* (1948), as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney - *So This Is New York* (1948), as Sid Mercer - *Angels' Alley* (1948), as Terence 'Slip' Mahoney - *Bowery Buckaroos* (1947), as Slip Mahoney - *News Hounds* (1947), as Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney - *Hard Boiled Mahoney* (1947), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Mr. Hex* (1946), as Slip Mahoney - *Spook Busters* (1946), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Bowery Bombshell* (1946), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *In Fast Company* (1946), as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - *Live Wires* (1946), as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney - *Come Out Fighting* (1945), as Muggs McGinnis - *Midnight Manhunt* (1945), as Clutch Tracy - *Mr. Muggs Rides Again* (1945), as Muggs McGinnis - *Docks of New York* (1945), as Muggs McGinnis - *Bowery Champs* (1944), as Muggs McGinnis - *Block Busters* (1944), as Muggs McGinnis - *Follow the Leader* (1944), as Muggs McGinnis - *Million Dollar Kid* (1944), as Muggs McGinnis - *Mr. Muggs Steps Out* (1943), as Muggs McGinnis - *Destroyer* (1943), as Seaman Sarecky - *Ghosts on the Loose* (1943), as Muggs McGinnis - *Clancy Street Boys* (1943), as Muggs McGinnis - *Kid Dynamite* (1943), as Muggs McGinnis - *'Neath Brooklyn Bridge* (1942), as Muggs McGinnis - *Smart Alecks* (1942), as Muggs McGinnis - *Maisie Gets Her Man* (1942), as Cecil - *Let's Get Tough* (1942), as Muggs McGinnis - *Sunday Punch* (1942), as 'Biff' - *Mr. Wise Guy* (1942), as Muggs McGinnis - *Born to Sing* (1942), as 'Snap' Collins - *Spooks Run Wild* (1941), as Muggs McGinnis - *Bowery Blitzkrieg* (1941), as Muggs McGinnis - *Down in San Diego* (1941), as 'Snap' Collins - *Out of the Fog* (1941), as Eddie - *Angels with Broken Wings* (1941), as Punchy Dorsey - *Flying Wild* (1941), as Muggs McGinnis - *Pride of the Bowery* (1940), as Muggs Maloney - *Gallant Sons* (1940), as Doc Reardon - *Hullabaloo* (1940), as Apartment House Bellhop - *That Gang of Mine* (1940), as Muggs Maloney - *Boys of the City* (1940), as Muggs McGinnis - *Invisible Stripes* (1939), as Jimmy - *Private Detective* (1939), as Newsboy (uncredited) - *On Dress Parade* (1939), as Slip Duncan - *Angels Wash Their Faces* (1939), as Leo Finnegan - *Hell's Kitchen* (1939), as Gyp Haller - *They Made Me a Criminal* (1939), as Spit - *Swingtime in the Movies* (1938), as Crime School Kid (uncredited) - *Angels with Dirty Faces* (1938), as Bim - *Crime School* (1938), as Charles 'Spike' Hawkins - *The Beloved Brat* (1938), as Spike Matz - *Mannequin* (1938), as Clifford Cassidy - *Headin' East* (1937), as Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited) - *Portia on Trial* (1937), as Joe Gannow - *Dead End* (1937), as Spit — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md) ## Gallery - ![Leo Gorcey](https://film.one/media/person/1229670/gallery-9545b466b15a.jpg) Leo Gorcey — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Leo_Gorcey_in_Gallant_Sons_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Leo Gorcey as a regular cast member of the Bob Burns radio program. Gorcey is best known for his film work. (1945)](https://film.one/media/person/1229670/gallery-0132fa8d85aa.jpg) Photo of Leo Gorcey as a regular cast member of the Bob Burns radio program. Gorcey is best known for his film work. (1945) — NBC Radio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Leo_Gorcey_1945.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Leo Gorcey](https://film.one/media/person/1229670/gallery-5496fe084976.jpg) Leo Gorcey — Image via TMDB - ![Leo Gorcey](https://film.one/media/person/1229670/gallery-27c735e2161a.jpg) Leo Gorcey — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/leo-gorcey