Corey Allen

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

48

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-06-29

Day of death

2010-06-27 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

-

Corey Allen

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.

Known For

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dragnet

    Dragnet

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • State Trooper

    State Trooper

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Sea Hunt

    Sea Hunt

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • A Time Out of War

    A Time Out of War

  • Lock-Up

    Lock-Up

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • 87th Precinct

    87th Precinct

  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    Sweet Bird of Youth

  • The Dakotas

    The Dakotas

  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri

    The Bridges at Toko-Ri

  • The Loner

    The Loner

  • The Shadow on the Window

    The Shadow on the Window

  • The Big Caper

    The Big Caper

  • Rediscovering a Rebel

    Rediscovering a Rebel

  • Behind Closed Doors

    Behind Closed Doors

  • Men Into Space

    Men Into Space

  • James Dean: A Portrait

    James Dean: A Portrait

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Key Witness

    Key Witness

  • Darby's Rangers

    Darby's Rangers

  • The Mad Magician

    The Mad Magician

  • West Point

    West Point

  • Forever James Dean

    Forever James Dean

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • Juvenile Jungle

    Juvenile Jungle

  • The Chapman Report

    The Chapman Report

  • Party Girl

    Party Girl

  • The Real James Dean

    The Real James Dean

  • The Works

    The Works

  • Private Property

    Private Property

  • James Dean: Sense Memories

    James Dean: Sense Memories

  • James Dean: The First American Teenager

    James Dean: The First American Teenager