Acting · Harrison, New York, USA · Born April 1, 1923
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. Following the making of Dead End, Jordan found himself "released" from his contract at Goldwyn, and, subsequently, he appeared at Warner Brothers with the rest of the Dead End Kids. After one year, Warners released most of them, but kept Leo Gorcey and Jordan as solo performers. Jordan appeared (as "Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom") in Warner's Damon Runyon comedy A Slight Case of Murder (1938) and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Young Tom Edison (1940). In 1940, Jordan appeared in the film Military Academy and accepted an offer from producer Sam Katzman to star in a new tough-kid series called "The East Side Kids." Leo Gorcey soon joined him, then Huntz Hall, and the trio continued to lead the series through 1943, when Jordan entered the United States Army during World War II as a foot soldier in the 97th Infantry Division. He was subsequently involved in an elevator accident, when the elevator fell five floors, that forced him to have surgery to remove his right kneecap.
MovieDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Danny (archive footage)
MovieClassic Comedy Teams
1986
as The East Side Kids (archive footage)
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Doris Atkins
TVRoute 66
1960
as Garage Attendant (uncredited)
TVBonanza
1959
as Thug #2
TVRawhide
1959
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Auto Mechanic (uncredited)
TVCasey Jones
1957
as Billy Mapes
TVMaverick
1957
as Willy
TVM Squad
1957
as Car Lot Employee
TVRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Connie Thorpe
MovieThe Man Is Armed
1956
as Thorne (as Bob Jordan)
MovieHigh Tor
1956
as 3rd Sailor
TVHighway Patrol
1955
as Ed
MovieThe Matchmaking Marshal
1955
as Steven 'Steve' Manson
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Press Agent
MovieThe Eddie Cantor Story
1953
as Customer
MovieSecret of Outlaw Flats
1953
as Sandy Smith
TVDragnet
1951
TVBoston Blackie
1951
as Waiter (uncredited)
TVThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Boy at Piano
MovieTreasure of Monte Cristo
1949
as Tony Torecelli
MovieBowery Buckaroos
1947
as Bobby
MovieNews Hounds
1947
as Bobby
MovieHard Boiled Mahoney
1947
as Bobby
MovieThe Beginning or the End
1947
as Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
MovieMr. Hex
1946
as Bobby
MovieSpook Busters
1946
as Bobby
MovieBowery Bombshell
1946
as Bobby
MovieIn Fast Company
1946
as Bobby
MovieLive Wires
1946
as Bobby
MovieBowery Champs
1944
as Bobby Jordan
MovieAdventures of the Flying Cadets
1943
as Jinx Roberts
MovieDestroyer
1943
as Sobbing Sailor
MovieGhosts on the Loose
1943
as Danny
MovieClancy Street Boys
1943
as Danny
MovieKeep 'Em Slugging
1943
as Tommy
MovieKid Dynamite
1943
as Danny Lions
MovieJunior Army
1942
as Jockey
Movie'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
as Danny Lyons
MovieSmart Alecks
1942
as Danny Stevens
MovieLet's Get Tough
1942
as Danny Connors
MovieMr. Wise Guy
1942
as Danny Collins
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
1942
as Self
MovieSpooks Run Wild
1941
as Danny
MovieBowery Blitzkrieg
1941
as Danny Breslin
MovieFlying Wild
1941
as Danny Graham
MovieGive Us Wings
1940
as Rap
MoviePride of the Bowery
1940
as Danny
MovieThat Gang of Mine
1940
as Danny Dolan
MovieMilitary Academy
1940
as Dick Hill
MovieYou're Not So Tough
1940
as Rap
MovieBoys of the City
1940
as Danny Dolan
MovieYoung Tom Edison
1940
as Joe 'Joey' Dingle
MovieOn Dress Parade
1939
as Cadet Ronny Morgan
MovieDust Be My Destiny
1939
as Jimmy Glenn
MovieAngels Wash Their Faces
1939
as Bernie Smith
MovieHell's Kitchen
1939
as Joel "Joey" Richards
MovieThey Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Angel
MovieOff the Record
1939
as Mickey Fallon
MovieSwingtime in the Movies
1938
as Crime School Kid (uncredited)
MovieAngels with Dirty Faces
1938
as Swing
MovieMy Bill
1938
as Reginald Colbrook
MovieReformatory
1938
as Pinkey Leonard
MovieCrime School
1938
as Lester 'Squirt' Smith
MovieA Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
MovieDead End
1937
as Angel
MovieKid Millions
1934
as Tourist (uncredited)
