Bobby Jordan
Age: 42 | From: Harrison, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1923-04-01 07:43:50
Death: 1965-09-10 07:43:50
Aliases: Bob Jordan , Robert Jordon , Robert G. Jordan
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Harrison, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Bonanza
(1959) Thug #2
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Boy at Piano
M Squad
(1957) Car Lot Employee
77 Sunset Strip
(1958) Auto Mechanic (uncredited)
The Millionaire
(1955) Press Agent
Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938) Swing
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
(1957) Connie Thorpe
Dead End
(1937) AngelActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Danny (archive footage) | |
| 1970 | Doris Atkins | |
| 1959 | Thug #2 | |
| N/A | ||
| 1958 | Auto Mechanic (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Billy Mapes | |
| Bank Teller (uncredited) | ||
| Willy | ||
| Car Lot Employee | ||
| Connie Thorpe | ||
| 1956 | Thorne (as Bob Jordan) | |
| N/A | ||
| 3rd Sailor | ||
| 1955 | Steven 'Steve' Manson | |
| Press Agent | ||
| 1953 | Customer | |
| Sandy Smith | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Boy at Piano | |
| 1949 | Tony Torecelli | |
| 1947 | Bobby | |
| Bobby | ||
| Bobby | ||
| Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message | ||
| 1946 | Bobby | |
| Bobby | ||
| Bobby | ||
| Bobby | ||
| Bobby | ||
| 1944 | Bobby Jordan | |
| 1943 | Jinx Roberts | |
| Sobbing Sailor | ||
| Danny | ||
| Danny | ||
| Tommy | ||
| Danny Lions | ||
| 1942 | Jockey | |
| Danny Lyons | ||
| Danny Stevens | ||
| Danny Connors | ||
| Danny Collins | ||
| Self | ||
| 1941 | Danny | |
| Danny Breslin | ||
| Danny Graham | ||
| 1940 | Rap | |
| Danny | ||
| Danny Dolan | ||
| Dick Hill | ||
| Rap | ||
| Danny Dolan | ||
| Joe 'Joey' Dingle | ||
| 1939 | Cadet Ronny Morgan | |
| Jimmy Glenn | ||
| Bernie Smith | ||
| Joel "Joey" Richards | ||
| Mickey Fallon | ||
| Angel | ||
| 1938 | Crime School Kid (uncredited) | |
| Swing | ||
| Reginald Colbrook | ||
| Pinkey Leonard | ||
| Lester 'Squirt' Smith | ||
| Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom | ||
| 1937 | Angel | |
| 1934 | Tourist (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
