- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 1, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Harrison, New York, USA
- Died
- September 10, 1965
Bobby Jordan
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 Dea…
Filmography
movieDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Danny (archive footage)
movieClassic Comedy Teams
1986 · The East Side Kids (archive footage)
tvThe Odd Couple
1970 · Doris Atkins
tvRoute 66
1960 · Garage Attendant (uncredited)
tvBonanza
1959 · Thug #2
tvRawhide
1959
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Auto Mechanic (uncredited)
tvCasey Jones
1957 · Billy Mapes
tvMaverick
1957 · Willy, Bank Teller (uncredited)
tvM Squad
1957 · Car Lot Employee
tvRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Connie Thorpe
movieThe Man Is Armed
1956 · Thorne (as Bob Jordan)
movieHigh Tor
1956 · 3rd Sailor
tvHighway Patrol
1955 · Ed
movieThe Matchmaking Marshal
1955 · Steven 'Steve' Manson
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Press Agent
movieThe Eddie Cantor Story
1953 · Customer
movieSecret of Outlaw Flats
1953 · Sandy Smith
tvDragnet
1951
tvBoston Blackie
1951 · Waiter (uncredited)
tvThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Boy at Piano
movieTreasure of Monte Cristo
1949 · Tony Torecelli
movieBowery Buckaroos
1947 · Bobby
movieNews Hounds
1947 · Bobby
movieHard Boiled Mahoney
1947 · Bobby
movieThe Beginning or the End
1947 · Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
movieMr. Hex
1946 · Bobby
movieSpook Busters
1946 · Bobby
movieBowery Bombshell
1946 · Bobby
movieIn Fast Company
1946 · Bobby
movieLive Wires
1946 · Bobby
movieBowery Champs
1944 · Bobby Jordan
movieAdventures of the Flying Cadets
1943 · Jinx Roberts
movieDestroyer
1943 · Sobbing Sailor
movieGhosts on the Loose
1943 · Danny
movieClancy Street Boys
1943 · Danny
movieKeep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Tommy
movieKid Dynamite
1943 · Danny Lions
movieJunior Army
1942 · Jockey
movie'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942 · Danny Lyons
movieSmart Alecks
1942 · Danny Stevens
movieLet's Get Tough
1942 · Danny Connors
movieMr. Wise Guy
1942 · Danny Collins
movieHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
1942 · Self
movieSpooks Run Wild
1941 · Danny
movieBowery Blitzkrieg
1941 · Danny Breslin
movieFlying Wild
1941 · Danny Graham
movieGive Us Wings
1940 · Rap
moviePride of the Bowery
1940 · Danny
movieThat Gang of Mine
1940 · Danny Dolan
movieMilitary Academy
1940 · Dick Hill
movieYou're Not So Tough
1940 · Rap
movieBoys of the City
1940 · Danny Dolan
movieYoung Tom Edison
1940 · Joe 'Joey' Dingle
movieOn Dress Parade
1939 · Cadet Ronny Morgan
movieDust Be My Destiny
1939 · Jimmy Glenn
movieAngels Wash Their Faces
1939 · Bernie Smith
movieHell's Kitchen
1939 · Joel "Joey" Richards
movieThey Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Angel
movieOff the Record
1939 · Mickey Fallon
movieSwingtime in the Movies
1938 · Crime School Kid (uncredited)
movieAngels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Swing
movieMy Bill
1938 · Reginald Colbrook
movieReformatory
1938 · Pinkey Leonard
movieCrime School
1938 · Lester 'Squirt' Smith
movieA Slight Case of Murder
1938 · Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
movieDead End
1937 · Angel
movieKid Millions
1934 · Tourist (uncredited)