BJ
Bobby Jordan
Actor
Died September 10, 1965 (42 years)
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.
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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Known For
Filmography
| 1994 | The Our Gang Story · as Danny |
| 1986 | Classic Comedy Teams · as The East Side Kids |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Doris Atkins |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Swing |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's (TV Series) · as Herbie |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne (TV Series) · as Mel Steele |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Willie |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Adair |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Auto Mechanic (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) · as Waiter |
| 1957 | Casey Jones (TV Series) · as Billy Mapes |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Willy |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Car Lot Employee |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Bob Ford |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) · as Connie Thorpe |
| 1956 | The Man Is Armed · as Thorne (as Bob Jordan) |
| 1956 | State Trooper (TV Series) · as Ed Howard |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol (1955) (TV Series) · as Ed |
| 1955 | Ford Star Jubilee (TV Series) · as 3rd Sailor |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Press Agent |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) · as Bart Desay |
| 1953 | The Eddie Cantor Story · as Customer |
| 1953 | I Led 3 Lives (TV Series) · as Comrade Kapotek |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Dragnet (1951) (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie (TV Series) · as Waiter |
| 1951 | The Fat Man · as Ted - Bellhop |
| 1951 | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Boy At Piano |
| 1949 | Treasure of Monte Cristo · as Tony Torecelli |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | Bowery Buckaroos · as Bobby |
| 1947 | News Hounds · as Bobby |
| 1947 | Hard Boiled Mahoney · as Bobby |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End · as Radioman On Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message |
| 1946 | Mr. Hex · as Bobby |
| 1946 | Spook Busters · as Bobby |
| 1946 | Bowery Bombshell · as Bobby |
| 1946 | In Fast Company · as Bobby |
| 1946 | Live Wires · as Bobby |
| 1943 | Adventures of the Flying Cadets · as Jinx Roberts |
| 1943 | Destroyer · as Sobbing Sailor |
| 1943 | Ghosts on the Loose · as Danny |
| 1943 | Clancy Street Boys · as Danny |
| 1943 | Keep 'Em Slugging · as Tommy |
| 1943 | Kid Dynamite · as Danny Lions |
| 1942 | Junior Army · as Jockey |
| 1942 | 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge · as Danny Lyons |
| 1942 | Smart Alecks · as Danny Stevens |
| 1942 | Let's Get Tough! · as Danny Connors |
| 1942 | Mr. Wise Guy · as Danny Collins |
| 1941 | Spooks Run Wild · as Danny |
| 1941 | Bowery Blitzkrieg · as Danny Breslin |
| 1941 | Flying Wild · as Danny Graham |
| 1940 | Give Us Wings · as Rap |
| 1940 | Pride of the Bowery · as Danny |
| 1940 | That Gang of Mine · as Danny Dolan |
| 1940 | Military Academy · as Dick Hill |
| 1940 | You're Not So Tough · as Rap |
| 1940 | Boys of the City · as Danny Dolan |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison · as Joe 'joey' Dingle |
| 1939 | On Dress Parade · as Cadet Ronny Morgan |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny · as Jimmy Glenn |
| 1939 | Angels Wash Their Faces · as Bernie Smith |
| 1939 | Hell's Kitchen · as Joel "joey" Richards |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal · as Angel |
| 1939 | Off the Record · as Mickey Fallon |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces · as Swing |
| 1938 | My Bill · as Reginald Colbrook |
| 1938 | Reformatory · as Pinkey Leonard |
| 1938 | Crime School · as Lester 'squirt' Smith |
| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder · as Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom |
| 1937 | |
| 1934 | Kid Millions · as Tourist (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Snakes Alive · as Sam Williams |