Bobby Jordan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 1, 1923
- Died
- September 10, 1965
- Birthplace
- Harrison, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook 1991
as Danny (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams 1986
as The East Side Kids (archive footage)
The Man Is Armed 1956
as Thorne (as Bob Jordan)
High Tor 1956
as 3rd Sailor
The Matchmaking Marshal 1955
as Steven 'Steve' Manson
The Eddie Cantor Story 1953
as Customer
Secret of Outlaw Flats 1953
as Sandy Smith
Treasure of Monte Cristo 1949
as Tony Torecelli
Bowery Buckaroos 1947
as Bobby
News Hounds 1947
as Bobby
Hard Boiled Mahoney 1947
as Bobby
The Beginning or the End 1947
as Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
Mr. Hex 1946
as Bobby
Spook Busters 1946
as Bobby
Bowery Bombshell 1946
as Bobby
In Fast Company 1946
as Bobby
Live Wires 1946
as Bobby
Bowery Champs 1944
as Bobby Jordan
Adventures of the Flying Cadets 1943
as Jinx Roberts
Destroyer 1943
as Sobbing Sailor
Ghosts on the Loose 1943
as Danny
Clancy Street Boys 1943
as Danny
Keep 'Em Slugging 1943
as Tommy
Kid Dynamite 1943
as Danny Lions
Junior Army 1942
as Jockey
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge 1942
as Danny Lyons
Smart Alecks 1942
as Danny Stevens
Let's Get Tough 1942
as Danny Connors
Mr. Wise Guy 1942
as Danny Collins
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 1942
as Self
Spooks Run Wild 1941
as Danny
Bowery Blitzkrieg 1941
as Danny Breslin
Flying Wild 1941
as Danny Graham
Give Us Wings 1940
as Rap
Pride of the Bowery 1940
as Danny
That Gang of Mine 1940
as Danny Dolan
Military Academy 1940
as Dick Hill
You're Not So Tough 1940
as Rap
Boys of the City 1940
as Danny Dolan
Young Tom Edison 1940
as Joe 'Joey' Dingle
On Dress Parade 1939
as Cadet Ronny Morgan
Dust Be My Destiny 1939
as Jimmy Glenn
Angels Wash Their Faces 1939
as Bernie Smith
Hell's Kitchen 1939
as Joel "Joey" Richards
Off the Record 1939
as Mickey Fallon
They Made Me a Criminal 1939
as Angel
Swingtime in the Movies 1938
as Crime School Kid (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces 1938
as Swing
My Bill 1938
as Reginald Colbrook
Reformatory 1938
as Pinkey Leonard
Crime School 1938
as Lester 'Squirt' Smith
A Slight Case of Murder 1938
as Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
Dead End 1937
as Angel
Kid Millions 1934
as Tourist (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.