Robert G Jordan was an American actor, most notable for being a member of the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and The Bowery Boys.
11 Facts About Bobby Jordan
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Bobby Jordan's mother took him to talent shows in and around Harrison, New York.
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Bobby Jordan modeled for newspaper and magazine advertisements and appeared in short films and radio programs.
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Bobby Jordan appeared for the first season and the beginning of the second but left in mid-November 1936.
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Bobby Jordan 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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Bobby Jordan subsequently was involved in an elevator accident that forced him to have surgery to remove his right kneecap.
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When Bobby Jordan returned to films in 1945, he found that his former gang-mates Gorcey and Hall were obtaining the lion's share of both the content and the salary for the new Bowery Boys film series.
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On July 1,1957, Bobby Jordan played Bob Ford, the assailant of Jesse James, in the television series Tales of Wells Fargo.
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In subsequent years, Bobby Jordan worked as a bartender, a bad choice for him considering his alcoholism.
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Bobby Jordan worked to support his family as a door-to-door photograph salesman and as a roughneck for an oil driller.
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Bobby Jordan died on September 10,1965 at the age of 42.