Bobby Jordan

Actor Apr 1 (died age 42) Harrison, New York, USA 1934–1991 (57 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

Angels with Dirty Faces

Swing

Film

Dead End

Angel

Film

A Slight Case of Murder

Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom

Film

They Made Me a Criminal

Angel

Film

Crime School

Lester 'Squirt' Smith

Film

Dust Be My Destiny

Jimmy Glenn

Film

Destroyer

Sobbing Sailor

Film

Spooks Run Wild

Danny

Filmography

Acting (68)

Movies (54)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Danny (archive footage)

10.0

Classic Comedy Teams

1986

as The East Side Kids (archive footage)

The Man Is Armed

1956

as Thorne (as Bob Jordan)

4.8

High Tor

1956

as 3rd Sailor

7.5

The Matchmaking Marshal

1955

as Steven 'Steve' Manson

Secret of Outlaw Flats

1953

as Sandy Smith

The Eddie Cantor Story

1953

as Customer

5.0

Treasure of Monte Cristo

as Tony Torecelli

Bowery Buckaroos

as Bobby

The Beginning or the End

1947

as Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message

Hard Boiled Mahoney

as Bobby

News Hounds

as Bobby

Mr. Hex

as Bobby

Live Wires

as Bobby

In Fast Company

as Bobby

Spook Busters

as Bobby

Bowery Bombshell

as Bobby

Bowery Champs

as Bobby Jordan

Kid Dynamite

as Danny Lions

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

as Jinx Roberts

Destroyer

as Sobbing Sailor

Keep 'Em Slugging

as Tommy

Clancy Street Boys

as Danny

Ghosts on the Loose

as Danny

Junior Army

as Jockey

Mr. Wise Guy

as Danny Collins

Smart Alecks

as Danny Stevens

Let's Get Tough

as Danny Connors

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942

as Danny Lyons

6.1

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

1942

as Self

Flying Wild

as Danny Graham

Spooks Run Wild

as Danny

Bowery Blitzkrieg

as Danny Breslin

Pride of the Bowery

as Danny

That Gang of Mine

as Danny Dolan

Young Tom Edison

as Joe 'Joey' Dingle

Boys of the City

as Danny Dolan

Give Us Wings

as Rap

You're Not So Tough

as Rap

Military Academy

as Dick Hill

Angels Wash Their Faces

as Bernie Smith

Dust Be My Destiny

as Jimmy Glenn

Off the Record

as Mickey Fallon

Hell's Kitchen

as Joel "Joey" Richards

6.4

They Made Me a Criminal

1939

as Angel

6.2

On Dress Parade

1939

as Cadet Ronny Morgan

6.5

Crime School

1938

as Lester 'Squirt' Smith

6.3

Reformatory

1938

as Pinkey Leonard

6.0

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

as Swing

7.5

A Slight Case of Murder

1938

as Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom

6.3

My Bill

1938

as Reginald Colbrook

6.2

Swingtime in the Movies

1938

as Crime School Kid (uncredited)

Dead End

as Angel

Kid Millions

as Tourist (uncredited)

6.5

Television (14)

The Odd Couple

1970

as Doris Atkins

7.8

Route 66

1960

as Garage Attendant (uncredited)

Bonanza

as Thug #2

77 Sunset Strip

as Auto Mechanic (uncredited)

Maverick

as Willy

M Squad

as Car Lot Employee

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Connie Thorpe

Casey Jones

as Billy Mapes

The Millionaire

as Press Agent

Highway Patrol

as Ed

Dragnet

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

5.0

Boston Blackie

1951

as Waiter (uncredited)

4.0

Lux Video Theatre

1950

as Boy at Piano

6.3