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Corey Allen

Director, Actor, Writer, Producer
Born June 29, 1934Died 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Bonanza
  • Hunter
  • Avalanche
  • Dragnet (1951)
  • Private Property
  • Death Valley Days
  • The Rebel
  • Tucker's Witch

Known For

  • Rebel Without a Cause
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • Dallas
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • Avalanche
  • Quincy, M.E.
  • Hill Street Blues
  • The Rockford Files
  • The Last Fling
  • Sweet Bird of Youth
  • Magnum, P.I.
  • Hunter
  • Simon & Simon
  • Private Property
  • Thunder and Lightning
  • Party Girl
  • The Streets of San Francisco

Filmography

1994
1993
1993
1991
1989
The New Lassie (TV Series)
1989
Unsub (TV Series)
1988
Supercarrier (TV Series)
1988
Sonny Spoon (TV Series)
1988
1987
1987
J.J. Starbuck (TV Series)
1987
1987
1987
1986
1985
1985
1985
Code Name: Foxfire (TV Series)
1985
Otherworld (TV Series)
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
1984
Hunter (TV Series)
1983
Whiz Kids (TV Series)
1983
1982
1982
Matt Houston (TV Series)
1982
1982
Capitol (TV Series)
1982
T.J. Hooker (TV Series)
1982
Chicago Story (TV Series)
1981
Simon & Simon (TV Series)
1981
McClain's Law (TV Series)
1981
Hill Street Blues (TV Series)
1980
Magnum, P.I. (TV Series)
1980
1979
1979
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series)
1979
1978
1978
The Paper Chase (TV Series)
1978
Dallas (TV Series)
1977
Lou Grant (TV Series)
1977
1977
Lucan (TV Series)
1977
1976
Quincy, M.E. (TV Series)
1976
The Quest (1976) (TV Series)
1976
Most Wanted (TV Series)
1975
The Family Holvak (TV Series)
1975
Bronk (TV Series)
1974
Police Woman (TV Series)
1974
Movin' On (TV Series)
1974
The Rockford Files (TV Series)
1973
1973
Police Story (TV Series)
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series)
1972
1971
1971
Cannon (TV Series)
1969
The New People (TV Series)
1969
Then Came Bronson (TV Series)
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)
1967
Mannix (TV Series)
1967
Ironside (TV Series)
1967
The High Chaparral (TV Series)
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series)
1954
Disneyland (TV Series)
1952
This Is The Life (TV Series)

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