Leo Gorcey's younger brother, David Gorcey is not usually thought of as one of the "original" Dead End Kids, but he did have a small role in the 1935 Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End" - and he is the person responsible for getting his brother Leo a part in the play. Ultimately this led to Leo's becoming a movie star while David played supporting roles and bit parts. Although David is not in the movie Dead End (1937), he appears in more of the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys movies than anyone else except Huntz Hall. Later David became a clergyman who specialized in helping troubled kids. According to David Hayes' and Brent Walker's book "The Films of the Bowery Boys", David Gorcey's funniest role is in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950).
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Leo Gorcey's younger brother, David Gorcey is not usually thought of as one of the "original" Dead End Kids, but he did have a small role in the 1935 Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End" - and he is the person responsible for getting his brother Leo a part in the play. Ultimately this led to Leo's becoming a movie star while David played supporting roles and bit parts. Although David is not in the movie Dead End (1937), he appears in more of the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys movies than anyone else except Huntz Hall. Later David became a clergyman who specialized in helping troubled kids. According to David Hayes' and Brent Walker's book "The Films of the Bowery Boys", David Gorcey's funniest role is in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950).
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Later in his life he became a Catholic Priest.Brother of Leo Gorcey.Gorcey sometimes used his mother's maiden name, Condon, as his stage name because he didn't want people to think he was riding on the coat tails of his more famous brother, Leo.He described his character in the Bowery Boys movies as being like "wallpaper" or being "painted into a scene" with little more to do than saying "yes, boss" or "no, boss."Son of Bernard Gorcey.Father of David Gorcey Jr.Uncle of Leo Gorcey Jr.
Leo Gorcey\'s younger brother, David Gorcey is not usually thought of as one of the \"original\" Dead End Kids, but he did have a small role in the 1935 Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley\'s \"Dead End\" - and he is the person resp
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Later in his life he became a Catholic Priest.Brother of Leo Gorcey.Gorcey sometimes used his mother's maiden name, Condon, as his stage name because he didn't want people to think he was riding on the coat tails of his more famous brother, Leo.He described his character in the Bowery Boys movies as being like "wallpaper" or being "painted into a scene" with little more to do than saying "yes, boss" or "no, boss."Son of Bernard Gorcey.Father of David Gorcey Jr.Uncle of Leo Gorcey Jr.
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Actor,Soundtrack
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Stage: Appeared on Broadway in the 1935 production of "Dead End".
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Leo Gorcey's younger brother, David Gorcey is not usually thought of as one of the "original" Dead End Kids, but he did have a small role in the 1935 Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End" - and he is the person responsible for getting his brother Leo a part in the play. Ultimately this led to Leo's becoming a movie star while David played supporting roles and bit parts. Although David is not in the movie Dead End (1937), he appears in more of the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys movies than anyone else except Huntz Hall. Later David became a clergyman who specialized in helping troubled kids. According to David Hayes' and Brent Walker's book "The Films of the Bowery Boys", David Gorcey's funniest role is in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950).
