Corey Allen
Director, Actor, Writer, Producer
June 29, 1934 — June 27, 2010 (75 years)
Corey Allen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UCLA in Theatre in 1954. While there, he received the department's Best Actor award and starred in the UCLA film, "A Time Out of War", which won the Academy Award & Cannes & Venice Film Festival for Best Short Film. Upon graduation, he appeared in approximately twenty plays in the Los Angeles area. Director Nicholas Ray spotted Allen and subsequently chose him for the role of "Buzz" in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). This led to featured roles in another dozen films such as Private Property (1960), Party Girl (1958), Darby's Rangers (1958) and The Chapman Report (1962). Allen also appeared in many leading television series including Perry Mason (1957) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). Meanwhile, he created, directed for and co-produced the Freeway Circuit Theatre which toured the Southwest for six seasons. Allen also directed numerous Equity productions in Los Angeles theatres. This led to a thirty year directorial career in television and film during which he directed three movies including Avalanche; television movies including the Emmy winning The Ann Jillian Story (1988); created a dozen pilots for television series including Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Simon & Simon (1981), Code Name: Foxfire (1985), Stone (1979) and Capitol (1982). He has earned two Directors Guild nominations for Best Direction in a television series, the Award for Cable Excellence for Best Direction of The Paper Chase (1978) and received an Emmy for Best Direction of a Hill Street Blues (1981). Throughout this career, Allen instructed acting, including three years at the Actors Workshop, and for the last nine years, conducted cold reading workshops at the Margie Haber Studio. Allen was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Columbia College-Hollywood for his work in helping to create their acting and directing curricula.
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| 1989 | Heavy Petting · as Buzz Gunderson |
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| 1969 | My Friend Tony · as Cast |
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| 1962 | The Chapman Report · as Walsh Dillon |
| 1962 | Combat! · as Pvt. Garrett |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth · as Scotty |
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| 1961 | Dr. Kildare · as Jerome Pine |
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| 1960 | Key Witness · as Magician |
| 1960 | Private Property · as DukeOn Plex |
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| 1959 | The Rebel · as Yancey DaggettOn Plex |
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| 1959 | Bonanza · as Lt. BowerOn Plex |
| 1959 | Rawhide · as Mel Mason |
| 1958 | Party Girl · as Cookie La Motte |
| 1958 | Lawman · as Robertlord |
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| 1958 | Juvenile Jungle · as Hal Mcqueen |
| 1958 | Darby's Rangers · as Tony Sutherland |
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| 1957 | The Big Caper · as Roy |
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| 1957 | The Restless Gun · as Art Hemper |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as Lester Menke |
| 1957 | The Thin Man · as Tony Gordon |
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| 1957 | The Shadow on the Window · as Gil Ramsey |
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| 1956 | Telephone Time · as Phil Samenian |
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| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause · as Buzz Gunderson |
| 1955 | Crusader · as Martin |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Gil Dalliford |
| 1955 | Casablanca (1955) · as Abdel |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Ben Tennis |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show · as Cast |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter · as Young Man In Town |
| 1955 | The Millionaire · as Dan Marshall |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri · as Enlisted Man |
| 1954 | A Time Out of War · as Connor |
| 1954 | Studio 57 · as Danny Fellman |
| 1954 | Medic · as Sam |
| 1954 | The Mad Magician · as Gus A Stagehand (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century · as Charles Ward |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show · as Calvin |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days · as Hal ParsonsOn Plex |
| 1951 | Dragnet (1951)On Plex |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Eddie Gilmer |
| 2005 | James Dean: Forever Young · as Self |
| 2003 | Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) · as Self |
| 1995 | James Dean: A Portrait · as Self - Actor |
| 1988 | Forever James Dean · as Himself |
| 1987 | Biography · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters · as Self |
| 1975 | James Dean: The First American Teenager · as Self |
| 1978 | Avalanche · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1983 | Lost · as Co-Producer |