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Corey Allen

Corey Allen

Known For Directing
Birthday Jun 29, 1934
Died Jun 27, 2010 (75)
Birthplace None
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
Links TMDb IMDb
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 appr ... oximately 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

The Works

The Works

2005

as Mr. M

Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962

as Scotty

The Chapman Report

The Chapman Report

1962

as Walsh Dillon

Private Property

Private Property

1960

as Duke

Key Witness

Key Witness

1960

as Magician

Juvenile Jungle

Juvenile Jungle

1958

as Hal McQueen

Party Girl

Party Girl

1958

as Cookie La Motte

Darby's Rangers

Darby's Rangers

1958

as Tony Sutherland

The Shadow on the Window

The Shadow on the Window

1957

as Gil Ramsey

The Big Caper

The Big Caper

1957

as Roy

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

as Buzz Gunderson

A Time Out of War

A Time Out of War

1954

as Connor

The Mad Magician

The Mad Magician

1954

as Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

1954

as Enlisted Man

Avalanche

Avalanche

1978

Screenplay

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

1971

Screenplay

The Ann Jillian Story

The Ann Jillian Story

1988

Director

Destination: America

Destination: America

1987

Director

The Last Fling

The Last Fling

1987

Director

Infiltrator

Infiltrator

1987

Director

I-Man

I-Man

1986

Director

Brass

Brass

1985

Director

Code Name: Foxfire

Code Name: Foxfire

1985

Director

Stone

Stone

1979

Director

Avalanche

Avalanche

1978

Director

Thunder and Lightning

Thunder and Lightning

1977

Director

Yesterday's Child

Yesterday's Child

1977

Director

Cry Rape

Cry Rape

1973

Director

See the Man Run

See the Man Run

1973

Director

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

1971

Director

Lost

Lost

1983

Co-Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Gunsmoke

as Ben Tennis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Perry Mason

as Rennie Foster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Studio One

as Eddie Gilmer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Combat!

as Pvt. Garrett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1962

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Gil Dalliford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Millionaire

as Dan Marshall

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

The Rebel

as Yancey Daggett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1959

Dr. Kildare

as Jerome Pine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

Telephone Time

as Phil Samenian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 1956

Letter to Loretta

as Calvin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Harris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

Perry Mason

as Lester Menke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Studio One

as Frankie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Trackdown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1957

Dragnet

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 16, 1951

Hawaiian Eye

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1959

Sea Hunt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1958

87th Precinct

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1961

Police Woman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

Have Gun, Will Travel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1957

West Point

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Men Into Space

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1959

The Loner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Bronco

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1958

Lock-Up

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1959

The Dakotas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1963

State Trooper

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1956

Behind Closed Doors

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1958

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