Name
Wendell Corey
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1914-03-20
Deathday
1968-11-08 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Dracut, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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.
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- 1954 Rear Window as Thomas Doyle
- 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number as Dr. Philip Alexander
- 1966 Agent for H.A.R.M. as Jim Graff
- 1949 Holiday Affair as Carl Davis
- 1947 Desert Fury as Johnny Ryan
- 1947 I Walk Alone as Dave
- 1968 The Astro-Zombies as Holman
- 1956 The Killer Is Loose as Leon 'Foggy' Poole
- 1950 The Furies as Rip Darrow
- 1949 The File on Thelma Jordon as Cleve Marshall
- 1954 Hell's Half Acre as Chet Chester, aka Randy Williams
- 1948 The Search as Jerry Fisher
- 1949 The Accused as Lieut. Ted Dorgan
- 1966 Cyborg 2087 as Sheriff
- 1952 Carbine Williams as Capt. H.T. Peoples
- 1952 The Wild North as Constable Pedley
- 1958 The Light in the Forest as Wilse Owens
- 1959 Alias Jesse James as Jesse James
- 1955 The Big Knife as Smiley Coy
- 1957 Loving You as Walter (Tex) Warner
- 1956 The Rack as Maj. Sam Moulton
- 1950 Harriet Craig as Walter Craig
- 1967 Red Tomahawk as Sy Elkins
- 1949 Any Number Can Play as Robbin Elcott
- 1951 Rich, Young and Pretty as Jim Stauton Rogers
- 1956 The Bold and the Brave as Dave Fairchild
- 1951 The Wild Blue Yonder as Capt. Harold Calvert
- 1968 Buckskin as Rep Marlowe
- 1950 No Sad Songs for Me as Bradford 'Brad' Scott
- 1951 The Great Missouri Raid as Frank James
- 1953 Laughing Anne as Capt. Davidson
- 1956 The Rainmaker as Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
- 1966 Waco as Sam Stone
- 1952 My Man and I as Ansel Ames
- 1966 Women of the Prehistoric Planet as Adm. David King
- 1968 The Star Maker
- 1953 Jamaica Run as Todd Dacey
- 1965 Broken Sabre as Major Whitcomb
- 1966 Picture Mommy Dead as Lawyer Clayborn
- 1948 Man-Eater of Kumaon as Dr. John Collins
- 1964 Blood on the Arrow as Clint Mailer
- 1953 The Backbone of America as Ben Bruce
- 1953 A Tale of Two Cities as Sydney Carton
- 1947 Easy to Get as Military Doctor
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Milo Morgan
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Jerome Klee
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Senator James Norton
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Timber Woods
- 1961 Target: The Corruptors! ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Bus Stop ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Eleventh Hour ( 32 episodes ) as Dr. Theodore Bassett
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Dwight Sinclair
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Buster
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Your Show of Shows ( 2 episodes )
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Erich Ganz
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Branded ( 3 episodes )
- 1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The New Breed ( 1 episode ) as Roger Dawson
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 3 episodes )
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Clay Burnett
- 1953 The Oscars ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 Harbor Command ( 39 episodes ) as Captain Ralph Baxter
- 1959 Peck's Bad Girl ( 14 episodes ) as Steve Peck
- 1963 Channing ( 1 episode ) as Professor Jonathan Kobitz
- 1961 Westinghouse Playhouse ( 26 episodes ) as Dan McGovern
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dante
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Herb
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Marshal Bigger
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Adam Mapes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Will Robbins
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Cory
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as John Ryerson
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Lou Gehrig
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
