Corey Allen

Corey Allen

Birthday: 1934-06-29

Deathday: 2010-06-27

Place of birth:

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0001904

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.

Played in movies:

Rebel Without a Cause

Score: 7.5

Forever James Dean

Score: 7.0

Juvenile Jungle

Score: 7.0

Key Witness

Score: 6.9

The Mad Magician

Score: 6.9

Sweet Bird of Youth

Score: 6.8

Party Girl

Score: 6.8

A Time Out of War

Score: 6.4

The Big Caper

Score: 6.2

Private Property

Score: 6.1

James Dean: The First American Teenager

Score: 6.0

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Score: 5.9

Darby's Rangers

Score: 5.9

The Shadow on the Window

Score: 5.7

The Chapman Report

Score: 5.3

The Real James Dean

Score: 0.0

James Dean: Sense Memories

Score: 0.0

Rediscovering a Rebel

Score: 0.0

The Works

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Combat!

Score: 7.6

87th Precinct

Score: 7.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Men Into Space

Score: 7.0

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Sea Hunt

Score: 6.6

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

Dragnet

Score: 6.4

Trackdown

Score: 6.4

Telephone Time

Score: 6.3

Lock-Up

Score: 6.2

Police Woman

Score: 6.2

The Dakotas

Score: 5.7

The Loner

Score: 5.7

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Bronco

Score: 5.2

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

The Rebel

Score: 5.1

Studio One

Score: 5.0

State Trooper

Score: 5.0

West Point

Score: 5.0

The Millionaire

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Behind Closed Doors

Score: 0.0