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Bernard Gorcey

Bernard Gorcey

Actor

Born January 9, 1886 in Russia

Died September 11, 1955

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Biography

Bernard Gorcey was born in Russia. He immigrated to the United States with his family and was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan attending school at The Educational Alliance where he performed in the Children's Educational Theatre. He was mentored by Mark Twain who introduced him to producers and impresarios on Broadway who subsequently cast him in his first role in the show Tom Jones in 1907 and toured with the show in the U.S. and Canada through April 1908.

Thereafter, Bernard found no work as a character actor and was forced to join his family in Long Branch New Jersey where he partnered with his father to run a tailoring business for four years. He returned to the Broadway stage in 1912 starring in several prominent roles produced by notable figures such as Arthur Hammerstein. He toured around the nation with these shows returning to New York to marry Josephine Condon of Boston

Bernard enjoyed continued successes on Broadway and toured several times around the country with these shows. He and Josephine had three sons, Fred in 1915, Leo in 1917 and David in 1921. In 1922, Bernard enjoyed his greatest hit on Broadway in Abie's Irish Rose, a show that broke records, running some 2,327 performances. Popular lore has Bernard participating over the entire run. But he left the show and joined Arthur Hammerstein and other theatrical notables for a long stretch of successes through 1928.

In 1928, Bernard enjoyed his first screen success, traveling to Hollywood to film Abie's Irish Rose. Hollywood was slow to recognize his value. During this time, he was in demand on the Vaudeville circuits as well as in radio. He returned to the stage in several efforts in New York and around the country (meeting a young Archie Leach/Cary Grant in summer stock in St. Louis) while continuing to experiment with film. He shot several shorts across the Hudson River with the budding Fleischer Brothers organization between 1931 and 1934.

It was only in 1940 that Bernard saw his breakthrough into major filmdom when he took a significant role in the Charles Chaplin film The Great Dictator. Thereafter he relocated to Hollywood, finding sporadic work with major studios and stars as he developed his reputation as a unique character actor. He can be seen along-side his son, Leo and with Ida Lupino and John Garfield, in Out of the Fog, with Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell and Laird Cregar in Joan of Paris, and with Bela Lugosi in Black Dragons.

He became associated with the efforts of his son Leo Gorcey's film franchise that morphed from the Dead End Kids into the East Side Kids at Monogram Studios in 1943. But he did not begin his signature role of Louie, the Sweetshop owner in the Bowery Boys series until the second of those, In Fast Company, in 1943. Joining sons Leo and David, he completed forty of the films in the series, interspersing these with cameos in major studio pictures and appearances in television with Joan Davis in her I Married Joan series with Jim Backus.

Bernard was the victim of a traffic accident in August 1955 and died at age 69 on September 11th of that year.

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Dig That Uranium Poster

Dig That Uranium Feature Film1955Louie Dumbrowsky

High Society Poster

High Society Feature Film1955Louie Dumbrowsky

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Jail Busters Feature Film1955Louie Dumbrowsky

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Spy Chasers Feature Film1955Louie Dumbrowsky

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Bowery to Bagdad Feature Film1954Louie Dumbrowsky

Jungle Gents Poster

Jungle Gents Feature Film1954Louie Dumbrowsky

Paris Playboys Poster

Paris Playboys Feature Film1954Louie Dumbrowsky

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters Poster

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters Feature Film1954Louie Dumbrowsky

Clipped Wings Poster

Clipped Wings Feature Film1953Louie Dumbrowsky

Jalopy Feature Film1953Louie Dumbrowski

Loose in London Poster

Loose in London Feature Film1953Louie Dumbrowsky

Private Eyes Poster

Private Eyes Feature Film1953Louie

Feudin' Fools Poster

Feudin' Fools Feature Film1952Louie Dumbrowsky

Here Come the Marines Poster

Here Come the Marines Feature Film1952Louie Dumbrowsky

Hold That Line Poster

Hold That Line Feature Film1952Louie Dumbrowsky

I Married Joan Poster

I Married Joan TV Series1952Joe

No Holds Barred Poster

No Holds Barred Feature Film1952Louie Dumbrowsky

Bowery Battalion Poster

Bowery Battalion Feature Film1951Louie Dumbrowsky

Chicago Calling Poster

Chicago Calling Feature Film1951Minor Role

Crazy Over Horses Poster

Crazy Over Horses Feature Film1951Louis Xavier 'Louie' Dumbrowsky

Ghost Chasers Poster

Ghost Chasers Feature Film1951Louie Dumbrowsky

Journey Into Light Poster

Journey Into Light Feature Film1951Flophouse Clerk

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Let's Go Navy! Feature Film1951Louie Dumbrowsky

Pickup Feature Film1951Joe

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Blonde Dynamite Feature Film1950Louie Dumbrowski

Blues Busters Poster

Blues Busters Feature Film1950Louie Dumbrowsky

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Lucky Losers Feature Film1950Louie Dumbrowsky

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Triple Trouble Feature Film1950Louie Dumbrowsky

Angels in Disguise Poster

Angels in Disguise Feature Film1949Louie Dumbrowsky

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Fighting Fools Feature Film1949Louie

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Hold That Baby! Feature Film1949Louie

Master Minds Poster

Master Minds Feature Film1949Louie

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The Doctor and the Girl Feature Film1949Patient with Newspaper

The Set-Up Poster

The Set-Up Feature Film1949Tobacco Man

Jinx Money Poster

Jinx Money Feature Film1948Louie

No Minor Vices Poster

No Minor Vices Feature Film1948Mr. Zitzfleisch

Trouble Makers Poster

Trouble Makers Feature Film1948Louie

Bowery Buckaroos Poster

Bowery Buckaroos Feature Film1947Louie

Hard Boiled Mahoney Poster

Hard Boiled Mahoney Feature Film1947Louie

High Wall Poster

High Wall Feature Film1947Hirsch

News Hounds Poster

News Hounds Feature Film1947Louie Dumbrowski

The Peanut Man Poster

The Peanut Man Feature Film1947Murphy

Bowery Bombshell Poster

Bowery Bombshell Feature Film1946Louie Dumbrowsky

In Fast Company Poster

In Fast Company Feature Film1946Louie

Live Wires Poster

Live Wires Feature Film1946Jack Kane

Mr. Hex Feature Film1946Louie

Spook Busters Poster

Spook Busters Feature Film1946Louie

The French Key Poster

The French Key Feature Film1946Little Man

Docks of New York Poster

Docks of New York Feature Film1945Kessel

I Was a Criminal Poster

I Was a Criminal Feature Film1945Second Railroad Employee

Mr. Muggs Rides Again Poster

Mr. Muggs Rides Again Feature Film1945Meyer

The Picture of Dorian Gray Poster

The Picture of Dorian Gray Feature Film1945Stagehand

Block Busters Poster

Block Busters Feature Film1944Lippman

Bowery Champs Poster

Bowery Champs Feature Film1944Mr. Johnson

Follow the Leader Poster

Follow the Leader Feature Film1944Ginsberg

Million Dollar Kid Poster

Million Dollar Kid Feature Film1944Messenger with Telegram

A Rookie's Cookie Short Film1943

Clancy Street Boys Poster

Clancy Street Boys Feature Film1943Liquor Store Owner

The Unknown Guest Poster

The Unknown Guest Feature Film1943Popcorn Vendor at Carnival

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen Poster

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen Feature Film1942Man with Tires at Nightclub

Black Dragons Poster

Black Dragons Feature Film1942The Cabbie

Bowery at Midnight Poster

Bowery at Midnight Feature Film1942Shopkeeper

Joan of Paris Poster

Joan of Paris Feature Film1942Parisian Waiting at Confessional

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime Poster

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime Feature Film1941Little Man with Car Tires

Footlight Fever Poster

Footlight Fever Feature Film1941Shrimp - Sailor in Pinky's Bar

Out of the Fog Poster

Out of the Fog Feature Film1941Sam Pepper

So Ends Our Night Poster

So Ends Our Night Feature Film1941Carnival Barker

The Great Dictator Poster

The Great Dictator Feature Film1940Mr. Mann

Bulldog Edition Poster

Bulldog Edition Feature Film1936Newsstand Proprietor

Syncopated City Poster

Syncopated City Short Film1934Mr. McGillicuddy

Nothing But the Tooth Short Film1933Undetermined Secondary Role

Pie a la Mode Short Film1933

Words & Music Poster

Words & Music Short Film1931Waiter

Abie's Irish Rose Poster

Abie's Irish Rose Feature Film1928Isaac Cohen

Bowery Rhapsody: The Rise and Redemption of Hollywood's Original 'Brat Pack' Poster

Bowery Rhapsody: The Rise and Redemption of Hollywood's Original 'Brat Pack' DocumentarySelf

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