About
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...
Known for
BonanzaSeries • 1959
MaverickSeries • 1957
DragnetSeries • 1951
RawhideSeries • 1959
Route 66Series • 1960
The Odd CoupleSeries • 1970
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
Highway PatrolSeries • 1955
M SquadSeries • 1957
Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveSeries • 1957
The MillionaireSeries • 1955
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeries • 1951
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
Boston BlackieSeries • 1951
Angels with Dirty FacesMovie • 1938
Dead EndMovie • 1937
A Slight Case of MurderMovie • 1938
Ghosts on the LooseMovie • 1943
They Made Me a CriminalMovie • 1939
Dust Be My DestinyMovie • 1939
Spooks Run WildMovie • 1941
Crime SchoolMovie • 1938