Bobby Jordan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 1, 1923
- Died
- Sep 10, 1965 (aged 42)
- Place of birth
- Harrison, New York, USA
- Credits
- 69
Though he was the youngest, Jordan was the first of the boys who made up the Dead End Kids to work in films with a role in a 1933 Universal short. In 1935, he became one of the original Dead End Kids by winning the role of Angel in Sydney Kingsley's Broadway drama Dead End about life in the slums of the east side of New York City. The play was performed at the Belasco Theatre and ran for three years with over 600 performances. He appeared for the first season and the beginning of the second but left in mid-November 1936. He returned in time to join the others in 1937 in Hollywood, California to make the movie version of the play, starring big names such as Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, and Claire Trevor.
Following the making of Dead End, Jordan found himself "released" from his contract at Goldwyn, and, subsequently, he appeared at Warner Brothers with the rest of the Dead End Kids. After one year, Warners released most of them, but kept Leo Gorcey and Jordan as solo performers. Jordan appeared (as "Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom") in Warner's Damon Runyon comedy A Slight Case of Murder (1938) and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Young Tom Edison (1940).
In 1940, Jordan appeared in the film Military Academy and accepted an offer from producer Sam Katzman to star in a new tough-kid series called "The East Side Kids." Leo Gorcey soon joined him, then Huntz Hall, and the trio continued to lead the series through 1943, when Jordan entered the United States Army during World War II as a foot soldier in the 97th Infantry Division. He was subsequently involved in an elevator accident, when the elevator fell five floors, that forced him to have surgery to remove his right kneecap.
Known for
Filmography
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991Movie
Danny (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
1986Movie
The East Side Kids (archive footage)
The Odd Couple
1970TV
Doris Atkins
Route 66
1960TV
Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Bonanza
1959TV
Thug #2
Rawhide
1959TV
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Auto Mechanic (uncredited)
Casey Jones
1957TV
Billy Mapes
Maverick
1957TV
Willy, Bank Teller (uncredited)
M Squad
1957TV
Car Lot Employee
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957TV
Connie Thorpe
The Man Is Armed
1956Movie
Thorne (as Bob Jordan)
High Tor
1956Movie
3rd Sailor
Highway Patrol
1955TV
Ed
The Matchmaking Marshal
1955Movie
Steven 'Steve' Manson
The Millionaire
1955TV
Press Agent
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953Movie
Customer
Secret of Outlaw Flats
1953Movie
Sandy Smith
Dragnet
1951TV
Boston Blackie
1951TV
Waiter (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951TV
Conductor
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Boy at Piano
Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949Movie
Tony Torecelli
Bowery Buckaroos
1947Movie
Bobby
News Hounds
1947Movie
Bobby
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947Movie
Bobby
The Beginning or the End
1947Movie
Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
Mr. Hex
1946Movie
Bobby
Spook Busters
1946Movie
Bobby
Bowery Bombshell
1946Movie
Bobby
In Fast Company
1946Movie
Bobby
Live Wires
1946Movie
Bobby
Bowery Champs
1944Movie
Bobby Jordan
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943Movie
Jinx Roberts
Destroyer
1943Movie
Sobbing Sailor
Ghosts on the Loose
1943Movie
Danny
Clancy Street Boys
1943Movie
Danny
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943Movie
Tommy
Kid Dynamite
1943Movie
Danny Lions
Junior Army
1942Movie
Jockey
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942Movie
Danny Lyons
Smart Alecks
1942Movie
Danny Stevens
Let's Get Tough
1942Movie
Danny Connors
Mr. Wise Guy
1942Movie
Danny Collins
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
1942Movie
Self
Spooks Run Wild
1941Movie
Danny
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941Movie
Danny Breslin
Flying Wild
1941Movie
Danny Graham
Give Us Wings
1940Movie
Rap
Pride of the Bowery
1940Movie
Danny
That Gang of Mine
1940Movie
Danny Dolan
Military Academy
1940Movie
Dick Hill
You're Not So Tough
1940Movie
Rap
Boys of the City
1940Movie
Danny Dolan
Young Tom Edison
1940Movie
Joe 'Joey' Dingle
On Dress Parade
1939Movie
Cadet Ronny Morgan
Dust Be My Destiny
1939Movie
Jimmy Glenn
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939Movie
Bernie Smith
Hell's Kitchen
1939Movie
Joel "Joey" Richards
They Made Me a Criminal
1939Movie
Angel
Off the Record
1939Movie
Mickey Fallon
Swingtime in the Movies
1938Movie
Crime School Kid (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938Movie
Swing
My Bill
1938Movie
Reginald Colbrook
Reformatory
1938Movie
Pinkey Leonard
Crime School
1938Movie
Lester 'Squirt' Smith
A Slight Case of Murder
1938Movie
Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
Dead End
1937Movie
Angel
Kid Millions
1934Movie
Tourist (uncredited)