Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
June 29, 1934
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Corey Allen
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Real James Dean | Self |
| 2005 | The Works | Mr. M |
| 2005 | James Dean: Sense Memories | Self |
| 1996 | Rediscovering a Rebel | Self - 'Buzz' (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Forever James Dean | Himself |
| 1975 | James Dean: The First American Teenager | Self |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Scotty |
| 1962 | The Chapman Report | Walsh Dillon |
| 1960 | Private Property | Duke |
| 1960 | Key Witness | Magician |
| 1958 | Party Girl | Cookie La Motte |
| 1958 | Darby's Rangers | Tony Sutherland |
| 1958 | Juvenile Jungle | Hal McQueen |
| 1957 | The Shadow on the Window | Gil Ramsey |
| 1957 | The Big Caper | Roy |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Buzz Gunderson |
| 1954 | The Mad Magician | Gus a Stagehand (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Enlisted Man |
| 1954 | A Time Out of War | Connor |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Police Woman | |
| 1965 | The Loner | |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | |
| 1962 | Combat! | Pvt. Garrett |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Jerome Pine |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Harris |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | |
| 1959 | Men Into Space | |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Yancey Daggett |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | Behind Closed Doors | |
| 1957 | Trackdown | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Rennie Foster |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Lester Menke |
| 1956 | West Point | |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | Phil Samenian |
| 1956 | State Trooper | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ben Tennis |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Gil Dalliford |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Dan Marshall |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Calvin |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Eddie Gilmer |
| 1948 | Studio One | Frankie |