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
All Movies (20)
- The Real James Dean2006 · as Self
- James Dean: Sense Memories2005 · as Self
- The Works2005 · as Mr. M
- Rediscovering a Rebel1996 · as Self - 'Buzz' (archive footage)
- James Dean: A Portrait1995 · as Self
- Forever James Dean1988 · as Himself
- James Dean: The First American Teenager1975 · as Self
- The Chapman Report1962 · as Walsh Dillon
- Sweet Bird of Youth1962 · as Scotty
- Key Witness1960 · as Magician
- Private Property1960 · as Duke
- Party Girl1958 · as Cookie La Motte
- Juvenile Jungle1958 · as Hal McQueen
- Darby's Rangers1958 · as Tony Sutherland
- The Big Caper1957 · as Roy
- The Shadow on the Window1957 · as Gil Ramsey
- Rebel Without a Cause1955 · as Buzz Gunderson
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri1954 · as Enlisted Man
- A Time Out of War1954 · as Connor
- The Mad Magician1954 · as Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
All TV Shows (30)
- Police Woman1974
- My Friend Tony1969
- The Loner1965
- The Dakotas1963
- Combat!1962 · as Pvt. Garrett
- Dr. Kildare1961 · as Jerome Pine
- Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Harris
- 87th Precinct1961
- Hawaiian Eye1959
- The Rebel1959 · as Yancey Daggett
- Men Into Space1959
- Lock-Up1959
- Lawman1958 · as RobertLord
- Behind Closed Doors1958
- Bronco1958 · as Judd Gander
- Sea Hunt1958
- Trackdown1957
- Perry Mason1957 · as Rennie Foster
- Perry Mason1957 · as Lester Menke
- Have Gun, Will Travel1957
- West Point1956
- State Trooper1956
- Telephone Time1956 · as Phil Samenian
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Gil Dalliford
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Ben Tennis
- The Millionaire1955 · as Dan Marshall
- Letter to Loretta1953 · as Calvin
- Dragnet1951
- Studio One1948 · as Eddie Gilmer
- Studio One1948 · as Frankie