 Gabe was a convenient "utility" character, frequently changing jobs (private investigator, policeman, songwriter, reporter, Nazi spy) to suit the story at hand—and the limited casting budget.Dell often acted as a bridge between the real world and those of the Boys who he would summon to assist him.He reprised one of his East Side Kids roles in "Hard Boiled Mahoney" (1947), playing Gabe as a myopic nerd with thick glasses, ascot and cap.