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 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.
Filmography
all 67
Movies 54
TV Shows 13
self 3
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
The Odd Couple (1970)
Route 66 (1960)
Bonanza (1959)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Casey Jones (1957)
Maverick (1957)
M Squad (1957)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
High Tor (1956)
The Matchmaking Marshal (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949)
The Beginning or the End (1947)
Mr. Hex (1946)
Bowery Champs (1944)
Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)
Destroyer (1943)
Kid Dynamite (1943)
Junior Army (1942)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
Flying Wild (1941)
That Gang of Mine (1940)
Military Academy (1940)
Boys of the City (1940)
Young Tom Edison (1940)
On Dress Parade (1939)
Hell's Kitchen (1939)
Off the Record (1939)
Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
My Bill (1938)
Reformatory (1938)
Crime School (1938)
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Dead End (1937)
Kid Millions (1934)
The Big Benefit (1933)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-04-01
Deathday1965-09-10 (42 years old)
Birth PlaceHarrison, New York, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBob Jordan, Robert Jordon, Robert G. Jordan
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