Anecdotes

Grief-stricken son Leo Gorcey quit the Bowery Boys series after Bernard's sudden death in a car accident in 1955.

Father of David Gorcey, father-in-law of Amelita Ward, grandfather of Leo Gorcey Jr..

The original family name was Ugorsky. His father Abraham, originally from Belarus, changed it first to Gorsky upon emigrating to the United States and finally to Gorcey a few years afterwards.