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: Directing

Born: null, 1934-06-29

Died: 2010-06-27

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	The Mad Magician	Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)	69
2	1954	A Time Out of War	Connor	64
3	1954	The Bridges at Toko-Ri	Enlisted Man	60
4	1955	Rebel Without a Cause	Buzz Gunderson	75
5	1957	The Shadow on the Window	Gil Ramsey	57
6	1957	The Big Caper	Roy	62
7	1958	Darby's Rangers	Tony Sutherland	59
8	1958	Juvenile Jungle	Hal McQueen	68
9	1958	Party Girl	Cookie La Motte	68
10	1960	Private Property	Duke	62
11	1960	Key Witness	Magician	69
12	1962	Sweet Bird of Youth	Scotty	68
13	1962	The Chapman Report	Walsh Dillon	53
14	1975	James Dean: The First American Teenager	Self	60
15	1988	Forever James Dean	Himself	70
16	1996	Rediscovering a Rebel	Self - 'Buzz' (archive footage)	0
17	2005	The Works	Mr. M	0
18	2005	James Dean: Sense Memories	Self	0
19	2006	The Real James Dean	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Eddie Gilmer	50
2	1948	Studio One	Frankie	50
3	1951	Dragnet		64
4	1953	Letter to Loretta	Calvin	65
5	1955	The Millionaire	Dan Marshall	50
6	1955	Gunsmoke	Ben Tennis	66
7	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Gil Dalliford	77
8	1956	Telephone Time	Phil Samenian	63
9	1956	State Trooper		50
10	1956	West Point		50
11	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
12	1957	Perry Mason	Rennie Foster	77
13	1957	Perry Mason	Lester Menke	77
14	1957	Trackdown		64
15	1958	Sea Hunt		66
16	1958	Bronco		52
17	1958	Behind Closed Doors		0
18	1959	Lock-Up		62
19	1959	Men Into Space		70
20	1959	The Rebel	Yancey Daggett	51
21	1959	Hawaiian Eye		52
22	1961	87th Precinct		75
23	1961	Dr. Kildare	Jerome Pine	55
24	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Harris	55
25	1962	Combat!	Pvt. Garrett	77
26	1963	The Dakotas		57
27	1965	The Loner		57
28	1974	Police Woman		63

Corey Allen

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