Bobby Jordan
| Bobby Jordan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert G. Jordan April 1, 1923 Harrison, New York, United States |
| Died | September 10, 1965 (aged 42) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Cirrhosis of the liver |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1929–1961 |
| Spouse(s) | Lee Jordan (1946-1957) (divorced) |
Robert "Bobby" Jordan (April 1, 1923 – September 10, 1965) was an American actor, most notable for being a member of the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and The Bowery Boys.
Born Robert G. Jordan in Harrison, New York, he was a talented toddler, and, by the time he was six years old, he could sing, tap dance, and play the saxophone. At the age of four, he was working in an early film version of A Christmas Carol.
His mother took him to talent shows in and around Harrison, New York. He also modeled for newspaper and magazine advertisements and appeared in short films and radio programs. In the late 1920s, his family moved to the upper west side of Manhattan. In 1929, he was cast as Charles Hildebrand in the 1929 Broadway play, Street Scene.
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.
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