"With Bernard Gorcey gone, Louie's Sweet Shop was replaced by Clancy's Cafe with a similarly put-upon proprietor, "Mike" (Percy Helton, later played by Dick Elliott).In all, there were 48 Bowery Boys films, making it the third-longest feature-film series of American origin in motion-picture history (behind the Charles Starrett westerns at 131 titles, and "Hopalong Cassidy" at 66).