Wendell Corey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor and politician. He began his acting career on the stage, doing a number of productions in summer stock. His Broadway debut was in Comes the Revelation (1942). After appearing in a number of supporting roles, he scored his first hit as a cynical newspaperman in Elmer Rice's comedy Dream Girl (1945). While appearing in the play Corey was seen by producer Hal Wallis, who persuaded him to sign a contract with Paramount and pursue a motion picture career in Hollywood. His movie debut came as a gangster in Desert Fury (1947). He starred with Casey Walters in the television series Harbor Command (1957–1958), co-starred on The Nanette Fabray Show (1961), and, during its first season, had the lead role in the medical drama The Eleventh Hour (1962–1963). Corey made guest appearances on a number of programs, including Target: The Corruptors!, Channing, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Burke's Law, Perry Mason, The Road West, and The Wild Wild West. He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1961 to 1963 and was a member of the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild. A Republican campaigner in national politics since 1956, Corey was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in April 1965. The conservative politician ran for the California seat in the United States Congress in 1966, but lost the primary election. He was still a councilman at the time of his death.

Known For: Acting

Born: Dracut, Massachusetts, USA, 1914-03-20

Died: 1968-11-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	Easy to Get	Military Doctor	0
2	1947	Desert Fury	Johnny Ryan	60
3	1947	I Walk Alone	Dave	65
4	1948	The Search	Jerry Fisher	69
5	1948	Sorry, Wrong Number	Dr. Philip Alexander	68
6	1948	Man-Eater of Kumaon	Dr. John Collins	56
7	1949	The Accused	Lieut. Ted Dorgan	61
8	1949	Any Number Can Play	Robbin Elcott	69
9	1949	The File on Thelma Jordon	Cleve Marshall	66
10	1949	Holiday Affair	Carl Davis	68
11	1950	No Sad Songs for Me	Bradford 'Brad' Scott	62
12	1950	The Furies	Rip Darrow	71
13	1950	Harriet Craig	Walter Craig	75
14	1951	The Great Missouri Raid	Frank James	66
15	1951	Rich, Young and Pretty	Jim Stauton Rogers	54
16	1951	The Wild Blue Yonder	Capt. Harold Calvert	60
17	1952	The Wild North	Constable Pedley	69
18	1952	Carbine Williams	Capt. H.T. Peoples	64
19	1952	My Man and I	Ansel Ames	68
20	1953	Jamaica Run	Todd Dacey	50
21	1953	A Tale of Two Cities	Sydney Carton	0
22	1953	Laughing Anne	Capt. Davidson	43
23	1953	The Backbone of America	Ben Bruce	0
24	1954	Hell's Half Acre	Chet Chester, aka Randy Williams	55
25	1954	Rear Window	Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle	84
26	1955	The Big Knife	Smiley Coy	59
27	1956	The Bold and the Brave	Dave Fairchild	56
28	1956	The Killer Is Loose	Leon 'Foggy' Poole	66
29	1956	The Rack	Maj. Sam Moulton	66
30	1956	The Rainmaker	Deputy Sheriff J.S. File	67
31	1957	Loving You	Walter (Tex) Warner	62
32	1958	The Light in the Forest	Wilse Owens	68
33	1959	Alias Jesse James	Jesse James	59
34	1964	Blood on the Arrow	Clint Mailer	37
35	1965	Broken Sabre	Major Whitcomb	0
36	1966	Agent for H.A.R.M.	Jim Graff	23
37	1966	Women of the Prehistoric Planet	Adm. David King	36
38	1966	Waco	Sam Stone	64
39	1966	Cyborg 2087	Sheriff	58
40	1966	Picture Mommy Dead	Lawyer Clayborn	52
41	1967	Red Tomahawk	Sy Elkins	64
42	1968	Buckskin	Rep Marlowe	53
43	1968	The Astro-Zombies	Holman	36
44	1968	The Star Maker		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1948	Studio One	Senator James Norton	50
3	1948	Studio One	Will Robbins	50
4	1948	Studio One	Dr. Cory	50
5	1948	Studio One	John Ryerson	50
6	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		56
7	1950	Your Show of Shows		63
8	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Buster	63
9	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Dante	63
10	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Herb	63
11	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
12	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
13	1954	Climax!	Lieutenant Erich Ganz	33
14	1954	Climax!	Lou Gehrig	33
15	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Timber Woods	77
16	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
17	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Clay Burnett	55
18	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Marshal Bigger	55
19	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Adam Mapes	55
20	1957	Perry Mason	Jerome Klee	77
21	1957	Harbor Command	Captain Ralph Baxter	40
22	1959	Peck's Bad Girl	Steve Peck	0
23	1961	Westinghouse Playhouse	Dan McGovern	0
24	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
25	1961	Bus Stop		0
26	1961	The New Breed	Roger Dawson	70
27	1962	The Eleventh Hour	Dr. Theodore Bassett	60
28	1963	Channing	Professor Jonathan Kobitz	70
29	1963	Burke's Law	Milo Morgan	60
30	1965	Branded		64
31	1965	Run for Your Life	Dwight Sinclair	72
32	1965	The Wild Wild West		75
33	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett		62

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