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David Gorcey est un Acteur Américain né le 6 février 1921 à Washington Heights (Etats-Unis)
David Gorcey (February 6, 1921 – October 23, 1984) was an American actor best known for portraying "Pee Wee" in Monogram Pictures' East Side Kids series, and "Chuck" in its off-shoot The Bowery Boys. He was the younger brother of fellow Bowery Boy Leo Gorcey.
Later in life, he became a minister and founded a halfway house to help recovering alcoholics and people with substance abuse problems. He died in Van Nuys, California on October 23, 1984.
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David Gorcey
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 6 février 1921 à Washington Heights (Etats-Unis)
Mort 23 octobre 1984 (à 63 ans) à Van Nuys (Etats-Unis)
Naissance 6 février 1921 à Washington Heights (Etats-Unis)
Mort 23 octobre 1984 (à 63 ans) à Van Nuys (Etats-Unis)
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He was married to Dorothea Jocker (Aaron), with whom he had his only child, David Gorcey Jr.Later in life, he became a minister and founded a halfway house to help recovering alcoholics and people with substance abuse problems. He died in Van Nuys, California on October 23, 1984.
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In the Money (1958)
, 1h1Réalisé par William Beaudine
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Paul Cavanagh, Leonard Penn, Dick Elliott
Rôle Chuck
Note55%
Sach is hired to take care of Gloria, a poodle, on an overseas trip to London, England. Unbeknownst to Sach, the people who hired him are actually diamond smugglers, who have hidden some diamonds under some false fur on Gloria. The rest of The Bowery Boys are jealous of Sach's job, and the large amount of money he receives as a result. The boys also believe that Sach is actually taking care of a pretty female. They decide to sneak onto the ship Sach is boarding for London, only to wind up swabbing the deck as punishment for being stowaways. Once in England, Sach and the boys soon catch on to the smugglers' scheme. Unfortunately, Inspector Herbert Saunders, one of the smartest detectives of Scotland Yards accuses the Boys of being the smugglers.
Hold That Hypnotist (1957)
, 1h1Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Action
Acteurs Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Queenie Smith, Jane Nigh, Robert Foulk
Rôle Chuck
Note53%
The Bowery Boys' landlady Mrs. Kelly believes in a theory proposed by Dr. Simon Noble. The theory is that through hypnosis, one can regress into a former life that they supposedly lived centuries ago. The boys believe that Noble is a phony until Sach manages to get himself hypnotized. Evidently Sach once lived as Algy Winkle, an English tax collector in Charleston, South Carolina. Winklemanaged to receive a map from Captain Blackbeard leading to buried treasure.
Looking for Danger (1957)
, 1h2Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Lili Kardell, Dick Elliott, Richard Avonde
Rôle Chuck
Note54%
Duke recounts the days of when he and the rest of the Bowery Boys served in World War II. During the war, the boys' sergeant, who gets fed up with Duke and Sach, gladly gives them the duties of a suicide mission. The duo go under cover as German soldiers to deliver a message to a sultan.
Spook Chasers (1957)
, 1h2Réalisé par George Blair
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Percy Helton, Peter Mamakos, Ben Welden
Rôle Chuck
Note54%
Café owner Mike Clancy is told by his doctor that he needs to take a rest in the mountains due to his asthma. A crooked real estate agent sells Mike an old house that once belonged to the widow of a gangster. Mike and the Bowery Boys head out to the house, and eventually find a large pile of money hidden inside. Pretty soon, old friends of the deceased gangster who once owned the house catch wind of the Boys' discovery, and decide to rob the place. To add to this madness, the Bowery Boys find the house to be supposedly inhabited by ghosts.
Up In Smoke (1957)
, 1h1Réalisé par William Beaudine
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Dick Elliott, Fritz Feld, Byron Foulger
Rôle Chuck
Note57%
The Bowery Boys have been collecting money to help a young polio victim in the neighborhood. At Mike Clancy's café, Sach is entrusted with taking the ninety dollars they collected to the bank. Sam, a new customer of Mike's, offers to give Sach a ride to the bank, but takes him instead to a phony bookie joint where, unaware that the operation is not legitimate, he loses all the money to con men Tony and Al. After Duke berates him for losing the cash, Sach tells Blinky that he would give his very soul to get even with the bookies. Seconds after Blinky leaves, Sach receives a visit from the devil, sporting a morning coat and two small horns under his hat. The devil offers Sach a deal: he will provide Sach with the name of a winning horse every day for a week in return for Sach's soul. Although scared, Sach ultimately agrees and, after signing the devil's contract, is provided with his winner of the day.
Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
, 1h2Réalisé par Jean Yarbrough
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Action
Acteurs Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Mary Castle, Don Haggerty, Nicky Blair
Rôle Chuck, a Bowery Boy
Note57%
The Bowery Boys' landlady Mrs. Kelly is in need of some money. Through some accident with electricity, Sach gains the ability to predict numbers. The boys get tickets for "Live Like a King", a game show. Thanks to Sach's new power, the boys earn a trip to one of the finest hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sach uses his power to gamble ultimately win money for Mrs. Kelly. However, it's not too long before some curious gangsters want to get in on Sach's 'secret'.
Fighting Trouble (1956)
, 1h1Réalisé par George Blair
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Action, Aventure, Policier
Acteurs Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Queenie Smith, Adele Jergens, John Bleifer
Rôle Chuck
Note51%
After Danny loses his job working for the New York Morning Blade. Sach and Duke decide to pay the editor a visit in order to get Danny his job back. However, the two instead agree to get a photograph of gangster Frankie Arbo for the newspaper. The Bowery Boys try several disguises in order to catch Arbo in the act before they finally decide to pose as gangsters themselves.
Hot Shots (1956)
, 1h1Réalisé par Jean Yarbrough
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Joi Lansing, Queenie Smith, Robert Shayne
Rôle Chuck
Note55%
A spoiled child television star steals Sach and Duke's car. After retrieving the vehicle, the duo "teach the kid a lesson". Television executives, who are disgruntled by the child, are impressed by the duo who are then hired to watch after the boy. The child's uncle/manager is not happy with Sach and Duke's influence over the child so he gets the two fired and then kidnaps the boy for ransom, to cover up his stealing the boys earnings. Sach and Duke then rescue him.
Bowery to Bagdad (1955)
, 1h4Réalisé par Edward Bernds
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Fantasy
Acteurs Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Jean Willes
Rôle Chuck Anderson
Note61%
Sach buys a magic lamp containing a Genie. A group of gangsters see the boys using the lamp and steal it. However, the boys had made a wish that only the Slip and Sach could request wishes from the Genie so he is unable to grant the gangsters wishes. The gangsters decide that if the two of them were dead then the Genie would have no choice but to obey their commands. The Genie has taken a liking to the boys and helps them escape, but they are transported back to Baghdad where the true master of the lamp resides, leaving Slip and Sach without any more wishes. The Genie, feeling sorry for them, grants them one more wish, which Sach uses to "wish I had the nerve to sock him (Slip) in the chin", which the Genie grants.
Dig That Uranium (1955)
, 1h1Réalisé par Edward Bernds
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Raymond Hatton
Rôle Chuck. dark-haired bowery boy
Note60%
An old friend of the boys returns to town and tells them stories of getting rich out west. He proceeds to sell them a uranium mine and they head west. When they arrive, local thugs try to chase them off. When they find out the boys own a mine they decide to let them stay in town with the plans to follow them and take the mine from them. Eventually the boys defeat the thugs and find the uranium, only to discover that it is on an Indian reservation and doesn't belong to them.
High Society (1955)
, 1h1Réalisé par William Beaudine
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Leon Askin, Benny Bartlett
Rôle Chuck
Note60%
"Sach" apprend qu'il serait en fait l'héritier d'un magnat du cuivre. Accompagné de son ami "Slip", il se rend à la propriété familiale des Jones pour les différents papiers légaux nécessaires. En fait, ils se rendent compte qu'il s'agit d'une machination destinée à priver le véritable héritier, "Twig" Jones, de sa fortune. Sach et Slip, aidés des autres Bowery Boys, vont rétablir la vérité après plusieurs péripéties. En récompense, Twig va fournir au garage Bowery tout un ensemble de nouveaux matériels.
Jail Busters (1955)
, 1h1Réalisé par William Beaudine
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Barton MacLane
Rôle Chuck Anderson
Note62%
Chuck gets a job working for a newspaper. When promoted, he has to go under cover in the state prison to dig up some information on some of the inmates. When one of the inmates beats Chuck up and lands him in the hospital, it's up to Slip, Sach, and Butch to finish Chuck's job. Slip decides that he and the boys should commit a crime so that they can be sent to jail. Another reporter, Cy Bowman, agrees to inform the penitentiary that the boys are actually working under cover for the newspaper once they get arrested. However, Bowman does not actually keep his promise. Now the trio are forced to spend what they think is a short sentence in jail. While there, the boys dig up some information on Percival P. Lannigan and some other inmates who have been living it up in jail, unknown to the warden. Lannigan soon gets word that Slip and his pals are under cover for Chuck (whom Lannigan had beaten up earlier), and intends to have Chuck and Louie killed. The boys eventually expose the inmates scam and turn them over to the warden, who pardons them and arranges for their release.
Spy Chasers (1955)
, 1h1Réalisé par Edward Bernds
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Espionnage
Thèmes Espionnage
Acteurs Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Leon Askin, Benny Bartlett
Rôle Chuck
Note60%
Princess Ann of Truania arrives at Louie's Sweet Shop. She is the daughter of the exiled king and is looking for Louie, whose brother is a valuable assistance to the king back in Truania. They request the boys assistance to safeguard a half-coin for them. The other half will be delivered to them with a message when it is safe for the king to return to his country and regain control. The king's assistant, Colonel Baxis and Zelda, Ann's lady-in-waiting are traitors and are immediately distrusted by the boys. The traitor's intend to send a fake half-coin to the boys in order to get the king to return to his country too soon so that he can be arrested. Ann overhears the plot and is kidnapped. Eventually the boys rescue Ann and convince the king that his assistant is a traitor.
Jungle Gents (1954)
, 1h4Réalisé par Edward Bernds
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Harry Cording
Rôle Chuck
Note59%
Sach obtains the ability to smell diamonds after he starts taking medication for a sinus infection. He and the boys go off to Africa in search of wealth, with Grimshaw as their guide. A gang of thieves comes along and tries to steal any diamonds that they may find. They capture the boys and insist they help the thieves find diamonds. The boys are unwilling to help so they try to get Sach to catch a cold so he cannot smell any diamonds. Unfortunately the thieves enlist a witch doctor to cure Sach. A native jungle girl, Anatta, who only wants a "kiss, kiss, kiss" from Sach, comes along and rescues them.
Paris Playboys (1954)
, 1h5Réalisé par William Beaudine
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Steven Geray, Bernard Gorcey
Rôle Chuck
Note60%
After Sach is mistaken by French professor as the missing Prof. Maurice Gaston LeBeau, they convince him to impersonate the professor in the hopes of driving the real professor out of hiding. Sach and Slip head off to Paris, along with Louie, and proceed with the plan, with everyone there thinking that the professor has amnesia. The real professor finds out about his impostor and returns to Paris, just in time to encounter spies who are trying to steal the professor's rocket fuel formula that he was working on when he disappeared. Sach, however, creates his own rocket formula that saves the day, and he is rewarded for his efforts in the end.