Leo Gorcey Autographs
Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917– June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of street-wise city toughs known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and as adults, The Bowery Boys. Gorcey was famous for his use of malapropisms, such as "I depreciate it!" instead of "I appreciate it!"
Gorcey was born in New York City on June 3, 1917, the son of Josephine (née Condon), an Irish Catholic immigrant, and Bernard Gorcey, a Russian Jewish immigrant. Both were vaudevillian actors of short stature. Bernard Gorcey was 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) and his wife was 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m). Their son reached 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) in adulthood.
In the 1930s, Gorcey's father lived apart from the family while working in theater and film. When he returned in 1935, Leo's younger brother David Gorcey and he persuaded Leo to audition for a small part in the play Dead End. Leo had just lost a job as a plumber's apprentice and wished to emulate his father's modest success. The Gorcey boys were cast in small roles as two members of the East 53rd Place Gang (originally dubbed the "2nd Avenue Boys") in the play Dead End by Sidney Kingsley. Charles Duncan, originally cast as Spit, left the play, and Gorcey, his understudy, was promoted. Gorcey created the stage persona of a quarrelsome guttersnipe whose greatest joy was to make trouble.
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Current items with a signature of Leo Gorcey
These are the most current items with a signature of Leo Gorcey that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $54.38 |  |
| Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $54.38 | |
Traded items with a signature of Leo Gorcey
The most expensive item with a signature of Leo Gorcey (Dead End Kids Autographs Leo Gorcey Halop w Bogart Crime School signed original) was sold in August 2025 for $700.00 while the cheapest item (Leo Gorcey Bowery Boys Dead End Eastside Kids SIgned Autograph Repro 8x10 Still) found a new owner for $8.95 in April 2021. The month with the most items sold (2) was September 2010 with an average selling price of $149.99 for an autographed item of Leo Gorcey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2026 with $214.67 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $16.50 was April 2012. In average, an autographed item from Leo Gorcey is worth $54.38.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Leo Gorcey were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1967 1st Edition - An Original Dead End Kid Presents by Leo Gorcey - Signed ! | $364.95 |  |
| 1967 1st Edition - An Original Dead End Kid Presents by Leo Gorcey - Signed ! | $364.95 | |
 | Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $64.38 | |
| Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $64.38 | |
 | Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $54.38 | |
| Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $54.38 | |
| Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $54.38 | |
| Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $54.38 | |
| Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $54.38 | |
| Leo Gorcey Bio by Son Movie Actor Dead End Kids Bad Boy Bowery Boy HC/DJ SIGNED | $54.38 | |
| LEO GORCEY SIGNED SCRAPBOOK PAGE CUT AUTOGRAPH - DEAD END KIDS | $146.94 | |
| LEO GORCEY SIGNED SCRAPBOOK PAGE CUT AUTOGRAPH - DEAD END KIDS | $146.94 | |
| Me And The Dead End Kid Signed Autographed By Leo Gorcey Jr. Hardcover | $40.00 | |
| Me And The Dead End Kid Signed Autographed By Leo Gorcey Jr. Hardcover | $40.00 | |
| Me and the Dead End Kid, Signed by Leo Gorcey Jr, 2003 | $79.99 | |
