Leo Gorcey

Born: 1917-06-03

Leo Gorcey's parents were actor Bernard Gorcey (born 1888) who stood 4' 10", and Josephine Condon (born 1901), who stood 4' 11" and weighed 95 pounds; they worked in vaudeville in New York. In 1915, 14-year-old Josephine gave birth to Fred. In 1917, Leo was born, a large baby at 12 lb. 3 oz.; as an adult he would be 5' 6". In 1921 his brother David Gorcey was born. In 1935, Leo and David appeared in the stage play "Dead End." In 1937, this was made into a movie, and Leo became one of the busiest actors for the next 20 years -- from 1937-1939 he starred in seven Dead End Kids movies, from 1940-1945 in 21 East Side Kids films, from 1946-1956 in 41 Bowery Boys movies. In 1939, Leo married 17-year-old dancer Kay Marvis, who appeared in four of his movies. They divorced in 1944 after five years of marriage; she went on to marry Groucho Marx. In 1945, Leo married Evalene Bankston; they divorced in 1948. Leo was to have paid her $50,000 in a divorce settlement; however, when two detectives she hired broke into his home, he retaliated by firing his gun at them. They sued, and Leo countersued for illegal entry and won $35,000 back. In 1949, Leo married Amelita Ward, whom he met while filming Smugglers' Cove (1948). Their marriage produced Leo Gorcey Jr. in 1949, and a baby girl they named Jan (after Leo's producer and manager, Jan Grippo) in 1951. They divorced in 1956. That year Leo married his young nanny, Brandy, who was taking care of his two kids. They had a baby girl, Brandy Jo, in 1958. The couple divorced in 1962. Leo went to the altar one last time in February, 1968, marrying Mary Gannon. He stayed married to her until his death from liver failure on June 2, 1969, in Oakland, California.


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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as First Cab Driver
Released: 1963-11-07

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about...

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Dead End

as Spit
Released: 1937-08-27

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up,...

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They Made Me a Criminal

as Spit
Released: 1939-01-21

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

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Out of the Fog

as Eddie
Released: 1941-06-14

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up...

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Angels with Dirty Faces

as Bim
Released: 1938-11-26

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky...

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Jungle Gents

as 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1954-09-05

When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery...

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Master Minds

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1949-11-27

When Sach eats too much sugar, he goes into a trance whereby he's able to predict the future....

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...

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Hell's Kitchen

as Gyp Haller
Released: 1939-07-08

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's...

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No Holds Barred

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1952-11-23

One of the Bowery Boys gains superhuman strength, and he cashes in by becoming a pro wrestler.

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Follow the Leader

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1944-06-03

Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on...

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Hold That Line

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1952-03-23

The Bowery Boys are enrolled in a fancy college by a pair of rich snobs who think they can turn...

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Private Eyes

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1953-12-06

After being punched in the nose, Sach finds out that he has the ability to read minds. Slip and...

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Sunday Punch

as 'Biff'
Released: 1942-05-08

Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring...

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Private Detective

as Newsboy (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-09

A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder...

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Blues Busters

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1950-10-29

The Bowery Boys (Bowery Boys) open a nightclub after Sach has his tonsils out and wakes up with...

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Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

as Leo
Released: 1966-12-29

In this musical gem, big-hearted Jubal Bristol (Arnold Stang) takes it upon himself to mount a...

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Mannequin

as Clifford Cassidy
Released: 1938-01-21

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only...

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Feudin' Fools

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1952-09-21

Sach learns that he has inherited a farm in rural hillbilly country, and when he and the Boys...

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Midnight Manhunt

as Clutch Tracy
Released: 1945-07-27

Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.

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Born to Sing

as 'Snap' Collins
Released: 1942-02-18

A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real...

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In Fast Company

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1946-06-22

The Bowery Boys come to the rescue when a corrupt taxi company puts the squeeze on several...

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Destroyer

as Seaman Sarecky
Released: 1943-08-19

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is...

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Fighting Fools

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1949-03-17

The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing....

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The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1954-06-06

Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick...

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Here Come the Marines

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1952-06-29

After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him....

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Triple Trouble

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1950-08-13

Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real...

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Pride of the Bowery

as Muggs Maloney
Released: 1940-12-15

Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in...

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Spooks Run Wild

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1941-10-24

A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.

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On Dress Parade

as Slip Duncan
Released: 1939-11-18

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a...

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Crime School

as Charles 'Spike' Hawkins
Released: 1938-05-10

In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a...

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Come Out Fighting

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1945-09-29

The police commissioner asks some local street kids to toughen up his ballet-loving son.

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Angels Wash Their Faces

as Leo Finnegan
Released: 1939-08-26

A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister,...

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Spy Chasers

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1955-07-31

Slip and the gang (Bowery Boys) foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania (Sig Ruman).

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High Society

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1955-04-17

Sach receives news that he is the heir to the Terwilliger Debussy Jones fortune. Accompanied by...

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Ghosts on the Loose

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1943-07-30

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted"...

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Bowery Champs

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1944-11-25

Copy boys Muggs and Glimpy investigate a murder. They locate the ex-wife of the murdered man and...

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Angels in Disguise

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1949-09-25

Slip and the gang stray from newspaper work to detective work.

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Hold That Baby!

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1949-06-06

While working in a laundromat, the boys find a baby hidden among the linen. They soon find out...

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Flying Wild

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1941-03-10

A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an...

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Invisible Stripes

as Jimmy
Released: 1939-12-30

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

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Jail Busters

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1955-09-18

Slip and Sach (Bowery Boys) go to prison to help a reporter with a story.

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Bowery Battalion

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1951-01-24

Slip, Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.

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Blonde Dynamite

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1950-02-12

While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a...

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Kid Dynamite

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1943-02-05

The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ...

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Angels with Broken Wings

as Punchy Dorsey
Released: 1941-05-27

Charlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is...

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Spook Busters

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1946-08-24

The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service,...

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Paris Playboys

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1954-03-07

Sach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel....

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Hard Boiled Mahoney

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1947-05-10

Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes...

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The Beloved Brat

as Spike Matz
Released: 1938-04-30

Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her...

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Bowery Bombshell

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1946-07-20

Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck...

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Live Wires

as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1946-01-12

Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got...

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Bowery to Bagdad

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1955-01-07

The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.

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Smuggler's Cove

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1948-10-10

Slip and Sach are working as cleaners in a high rise building. They enter an office to clean it...

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Angels' Alley

as Terence 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1948-03-07

Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However,...

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Gallant Sons

as Doc Reardon
Released: 1940-11-15

When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to...

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Docks of New York

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1945-02-24

The East Side Kids are pursued by killers seeking a stolen necklace.

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Bowery Blitzkrieg

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1941-08-01

The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying in school and...

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Smart Alecks

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1942-08-07

Danny helps to capture a wanted criminal and receives a $200 reward. However, he has a falling...

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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Muggs (archive footage)
Released: 1991-01-01

A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

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Jalopy

as Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1953-02-15

Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of...

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Clipped Wings

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1953-08-14

Slip and correspondence school pilot Sach, go to an air base to help a pal out...but find...

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Jinx Money

as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1948-06-27

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing....

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That Gang of Mine

as Muggs Maloney
Released: 1940-09-23

A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a...

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Block Busters

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1944-07-22

Muggs, Glimpy and the rest of the Kids set about to Americanize affable young French refugee...

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Boys of the City

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1940-07-15

Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.

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Swingtime in the Movies

as Crime School Kid (uncredited)
Released: 1938-12-24

In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.

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Million Dollar Kid

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1944-02-28

The gang is friend with a millionaire because they saved him from an agression. However, the...

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Maisie Gets Her Man

as Cecil
Released: 1942-06-01

Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with...

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Let's Go Navy!

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1951-07-29

The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.

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Loose in London

as Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
Released: 1953-05-24

The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.

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Crazy Over Horses

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1951-09-09

The boys get mixed up with a race horse & crooked gamblers

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The Phynx

as Leo Gorcey
Released: 1970-03-06

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in...

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Lucky Losers

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1950-05-14

Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of...

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Ghost Chasers

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1951-04-29

A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.

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Dig That Uranium

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1955-12-25

The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much...

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Portia on Trial

as Joe Gannow
Released: 1937-11-08

Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather...

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Bowery Buckaroos

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1947-11-22

The Bowery Boys head west to clear Louie of an old murder charge that he had killed his...

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Crashing Las Vegas

as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1956-04-27

An electric shock enables Satch to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to...

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Mr. Muggs Rides Again

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1945-07-15

After having been framed by gamblers, Muggs is barred from riding in horse races. Snce he can no...

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Mr. Hex

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1946-11-09

Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.

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Trouble Makers

as Slip Mahoney
Released: 1948-12-10

Slip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a...

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Headin' East

as Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-13

A cattle rancher comes to the aid of farmers by heading to NYC to stop the racketeers hijacking...

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Clancy Street Boys

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1943-04-23

Muggs' rich Uncle Pete is coming to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father had bragged that he...

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Let's Get Tough

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1942-05-29

Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by...

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News Hounds

as Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
Released: 1947-08-13

Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively....

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'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1942-11-20

The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered....

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Hullabaloo

as Apartment House Bellhop
Released: 1940-10-25

A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.

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Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

as Muggs McGinnis (archive footage)
Released: 2007-03-10

Our intrepid adventurers Ace Zucco and Mike Flannigan from Terror in the Tropics return for...

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So This Is New York

as Sid Mercer
Released: 1948-06-01

A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon...

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Mr. Wise Guy

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1942-02-20

The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a...

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Down in San Diego

as 'Snap' Collins
Released: 1941-08-01

A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San...

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The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

as (archive footage)
Released: 2020-01-01

Thirty years of film clips, interviews, outtakes, stills and more pay tribute to the lives and...

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Mr. Muggs Steps Out

as Muggs McGinnis
Released: 1943-10-29

Ordered by a judge to get a job, Muggs McGinnis is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murray, who has a...

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