GABRIEL DELL BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Gabriel Dell was born on October 8th, 1919 in New York City, New York with the birth name Gabriel Del Vecchio. His career in entertainment began as a singer, where he would perform in a local boys choir. He later found work on a children's radio program. Soon he began adding stage credits to his resume such as in the play, "Dead End".
He is most remembered for being a member of the East Side Kids - Dead End Kids - Bowery Boys. Some of his early film roles included, "Dead End" (1937), "Crime School" (1938), "Little Tough Guy" (1938), "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938) and "They Made Me a Criminal" (1938).
Dell took a brief break from his acting career to join the merchant Marines and serve during World War II for 3 1/2 years. Upon completing his service, Dell returned to pursuing a career as an actor.
He continued working in the film industry but also returned to appearing on Broadway in a number of stage productions. Other more prominent film roles he added to his resume included, "Escape from Terror" (1955), "The 300 Year Weekend" (1971), "Earthquake" (1974) and "Framed" (1975).
In addition to stage and film work he also appeared on a variety of television series such as, "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show", "Naked City", "The Name of the Game", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Ben Casey", "Banyon", "The Corner Bar" and "Sanford and Son".
Gabriel Dell married twice throughout his lifetime, first briefly to Viola Essen and they had one child together. When this marriage came to an end he married a lady by the name of Barbara, however by 1953 this marriage also ended in divorce. He did not re-marry and did not have any other children. His last acting role was in the film, "The Escape Artist" (1982). He then retired from the industry and passed away at the age of sixty eight, on July 3rd, 1988 in North Hollywood, California after suffering from leukemia.
Filmography
1982 The Escape Artist
1979 Legends of the Superheroes
1977 A Year at the Top
1977 Serpico
1976 Doc
1976 Switch
1976 Risko
1975 Framed
1975 The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975 Barney Miller
1974 Earthquake
1974 Nakia
1972-1973 Sanford and Son
1973 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1972 Banyon
1972 The Corner Bar
1972 Cutter
1971 McCloud
1971 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
1971 The 300 Year Weekend
1971 The Name of the Game
1970 I Dream of Jeannie
1969 CBS Playhouse
1969 Then Came Bronson
1969 The Governor & J.J.
1967 Mannix
1967 The Fugitive
1965 Ben Casey
1963 Naked City
1962 When the Girls Take Over
1961 The New Steve Allen Show
1957-1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
1956 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1955 Escape from Terror
1951 Katie Did It
1950 Blues Busters
1950 Triple Trouble
1950 Lucky Losers
1950 Blonde Dynamite
1949 Master Minds
1949 Angels in Disguise
1949 Hold That Baby!
1949 Fighting Fools
1948 Trouble Makers
1948 Smugglers' Cove
1948 Jinx Money
1948 Angels' Alley
1947 Bowery Buckaroos
1947 News Hounds
1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney
1946 Mr. Hex
1946 Spook Busters
1945 Come Out Fighting
1944 Bowery Champs
1944 Block Busters
1944 Follow the Leader
1944 Million Dollar Kid
1943 Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943 Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 Kid Dynamite
1942 Mug Town
1942 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942 Smart Alecks
1942 Junior G-Men of the Air
1942 Tough As They Come
1942 Let's Get Tough!
1942 Mr. Wise Guy
1941 Sea Raiders
1941 Mob Town
1941 Hit the Road
1940 Give Us Wings
1940 Junior G-Men
1940 You're Not So Tough
1939 Dead End Kids at Military School
1939 The Angels Wash Their Face
1939 Hell's Kitchen
1939 The Right Way
1939 They Made Me a Criminal
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 Little Tough Guy
1938 Crime School
1937 Dead End
