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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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 April 2014 with an average selling price of $65.27 for an autographed item of Leo Gorcey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2023 with $699.77 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $8.95 was April 2021. In average, an autographed item from Leo Gorcey is worth $79.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Leo Gorcey were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Dead End Kids Autographs Leo Gorcey Halop w Bogart Crime School signed original | $700.00 |  |
| Dead End Kids Autographs Leo Gorcey Halop w Bogart Crime School signed original | $700.00 | |
| Leo Gorcey Actor Signed Cut JSA -# | $238.00 | |
| Leo Gorcey Actor Signed Cut JSA -# | $238.00 | |
| Leo Gorcey Autograph 2x4 Cut Album Page Dead End & The Bowery Boys Films | $104.99 | |
| Leo Gorcey Autograph 2x4 Cut Album Page Dead End & The Bowery Boys Films | $104.99 | |
| LEO GORCEY AUTOGRAPHED ENCASED CUT SIGNATURE DEAD END KID The BOWERY BOYS LEADER | $15.50 | |
| LEO GORCEY AUTOGRAPHED ENCASED CUT SIGNATURE DEAD END KID The BOWERY BOYS LEADER | $15.50 | |
| Leo Gorcey Signed Vintage 8x10 Photo | $46.00 | |
| Leo Gorcey Signed Vintage 8x10 Photo | $46.00 | |
| Leo Gorcey Very Rare Very Early Autographed Photo 40s Dead End Kids | $189.99 | |
| Leo Gorcey Very Rare Very Early Autographed Photo 40s Dead End Kids | $189.99 | |
| LEO GORCEY—SIGNED DEAD END YELLS Memoir—1st/DJ Bowery Boys Comic Actor | $625.00 | |
| LEO GORCEY—SIGNED DEAD END YELLS Memoir—1st/DJ Bowery Boys Comic Actor | $625.00 | |
| Original Signed Auto Cut Leo Gorcey Died 1969 Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids | $73.00 | |
