Bobby Jordan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 1, 1923
- Died
- September 10, 1965 (aged 42)
- Birthplace
- Harrison, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as Danny (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie · as The East Side Kids (archive footage)
The Odd Couple
TV · as Doris Atkins · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · as Garage Attendant (uncredited) · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV
Bonanza
TV · as Thug #2 · 1 ep
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Auto Mechanic (uncredited) · 1 ep
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Connie Thorpe · 1 ep
M Squad
TV · as Car Lot Employee · 1 ep
Casey Jones
TV · as Billy Mapes · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · as Willy, Bank Teller (uncredited) · 1 ep
High Tor
Movie · as 3rd Sailor
The Man Is Armed
Movie · as Thorne (as Bob Jordan)
The Matchmaking Marshal
Movie · as Steven 'Steve' Manson
The Millionaire
TV · as Press Agent · 1 ep
Highway Patrol
TV · as Ed · 1 ep
Secret of Outlaw Flats
Movie · as Sandy Smith
The Eddie Cantor Story
Movie · as Customer
Dragnet
TV · 2 eps
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV · as Conductor · 2 eps
Boston Blackie
TV · as Waiter (uncredited) · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Boy at Piano · 1 ep
Treasure of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Tony Torecelli
Bowery Buckaroos
Movie · as Bobby
News Hounds
Movie · as Bobby
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Movie · as Bobby
The Beginning or the End
Movie · as Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
Spook Busters
Movie · as Bobby
Bowery Bombshell
Movie · as Bobby
In Fast Company
Movie · as Bobby
Mr. Hex
Movie · as Bobby
Live Wires
Movie · as Bobby
Bowery Champs
Movie · as Bobby Jordan
Kid Dynamite
Movie · as Danny Lions
Ghosts on the Loose
Movie · as Danny
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Movie · as Jinx Roberts
Clancy Street Boys
Movie · as Danny
Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie · as Tommy
Destroyer
Movie · as Sobbing Sailor
Let's Get Tough
Movie · as Danny Connors
Mr. Wise Guy
Movie · as Danny Collins
Smart Alecks
Movie · as Danny Stevens
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
Movie · as Self
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Movie · as Danny Lyons
Junior Army
Movie · as Jockey
Spooks Run Wild
Movie · as Danny
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Movie · as Danny Breslin
Flying Wild
Movie · as Danny Graham
Pride of the Bowery
Movie · as Danny
Boys of the City
Movie · as Danny Dolan
Give Us Wings
Movie · as Rap
You're Not So Tough
Movie · as Rap
Young Tom Edison
Movie · as Joe 'Joey' Dingle
That Gang of Mine
Movie · as Danny Dolan
Military Academy
Movie · as Dick Hill
They Made Me a Criminal
Movie · as Angel
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie · as Jimmy Glenn
Angels Wash Their Faces
Movie · as Bernie Smith
Hell's Kitchen
Movie · as Joel "Joey" Richards
On Dress Parade
Movie · as Cadet Ronny Morgan
Off the Record
Movie · as Mickey Fallon
Reformatory
Movie · as Pinkey Leonard
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie · as Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
Angels with Dirty Faces
Movie · as Swing
Crime School
Movie · as Lester 'Squirt' Smith
Swingtime in the Movies
Movie · as Crime School Kid (uncredited)
My Bill
Movie · as Reginald Colbrook
Dead End
Movie · as Angel
Kid Millions
Movie · as Tourist (uncredited)