1. Robert G Jordan was an American actor, most notable for being a member of the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, the Little Tough Guys, and the Bowery Boys.
16 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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The youngest of the Dead End Kids, Jordan was the first of the group to work in films.
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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 Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, and Claire Trevor.
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In 1940, Bobby Jordan appeared in the movie Military Academy and accepted an offer from producer Sam Katzman to star in a new tough-kid series titled The East Side Kids.
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Meanwhile, Universal Pictures had launched a competing series, The Little Tough Guys, which gradually recruited most of the original Dead End Kids; Bobby Jordan joined in 1940.
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When gang leader Billy Halop left the series to join the armed forces, Bobby Jordan replaced him in Keep 'Em Slugging.
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Bobby Jordan entered the United States Army during World War II as a foot soldier in the 97th Infantry Division.
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Bobby Jordan was involved in an elevator accident that forced him to have surgery to remove his right kneecap.
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Bobby Jordan returned to films in 1949, playing a character role in the low-budget drama Treasure of Monte Cristo.
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In subsequent years, Bobby Jordan worked as a bartender, a bad choice 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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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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Bobby Jordan died on September 10,1965 at the age of 42.