Billy Halop was born in Brooklyn on Feb. 11, 1921, the son of an attorney for the Brooklyn-based Trunz Meat Packing firm. His mother was a dancer and his sister Florence was to become a radio and TV ...

READING OF THE death of Huntz Hall last week brings back memories of the old “Dead End Kids,” a bunch of New York street toughs who were a big part of movies from the late ’30s into the ’50s. In the ...

The Dead End Kids usually had a mentor — Cagney or Bogie or John Garfield. But everybody's favorite movie hooligans — Billy Halop, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Bernard Punsly, Gabriel Dell and Huntz Hall ...

The Little Tough Guys become messenger boys Billy Halop. Pig: Huntz Hall. Marge: Mary Carlisle. Kirk: Robert Armstrong. Frances: Anne Nagel. Hogan: Victor Jory. Chuck: Larry (Buster) Crabbe. Directed ...

Story of a slum youngster (Billy Halop) whose father's murder conviction drives him into crime. Kay: Helen Parrish. Paul: Robert Wilcox. Mrs. Boylan: Marjorie Main ...