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