appeared in four of his Monogram movies. They divorced in 1944, and Marvis later wed Groucho Marx. Gorcey married actress Evalene Bankston in October 1945, but they divorced two years later. He was arrested for firing a gun at his wife when she entered his home in Van Nuys, California, but was acquitted of the charge in 1948. In February 1949, Gorcey married actress Amelita Ward, with whom he had appeared in Clancy Street Boys and Smugglers' Cove. The marriage produced two children, including Leo Gorcey Jr., but the couple were divorced in February 1956. Later that year, Gorcey married Brandy Davis. They had a daughter, Brandy Gorcey Ziesemer, but divorced in 1962. Gorcey married Mary Gannon on July 12, 1968, his wife until his death. Death Gorcey, a lifetime alcoholic, died of liver failure on June 2, 1969, one day short of his 52nd birthday. He is buried at Molinos Cemetery in Los Molinos, California. Legacy Gorcey's image was to appear on the cover of the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but because he requested a fee, he was removed. Me and the Dead End Kid, a book about Gorcey written by his son Leo Jr., was published in 2003. In 2017, a third book on his life appeared, Leo Gorcey's Fractured World by Jim Manago, which included an examination of Gorcey's use of malapropisms in the Bowery Boys films. Filmography Film Television References External links 1917 births 1969 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American people of Irish descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent Jewish American male actors Deaths from liver failure 20th-century American Jews