Person Details

Birthday: 1934-06-29 20:35:26

Death: 2010-06-27 20:35:26

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth:

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Movie Involvements: 41

TV Involvements: 62


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Average
8
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Average
8

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

(1993) Director
Hawaii Five-O
Average
7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Director
Dallas
Average
7

Dallas

(1978) Director
Murder, She Wrote
Average
8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Director
Magnum, P.I.
Average
7

Magnum, P.I.

(1980) Director
Mannix
Average
7

Mannix

(1967) Director
The High Chaparral
Average
7

The High Chaparral

(1967) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2006 Self
2005 Self
Mr. M
1996 Self - 'Buzz' (archive footage)
1988 Himself
1975 Self
1974 N/A
1965 N/A
1963 N/A
1962 Walsh Dillon
Pvt. Garrett
Scotty
1961 Jerome Pine
Dr. Harris
N/A
1960 Magician
Duke
1959 N/A
Yancey Daggett
N/A
N/A
1958 Cookie La Motte
N/A
N/A
Hal McQueen
Tony Sutherland
N/A
1957 N/A
Rennie Foster
Lester Menke
N/A
Roy
Gil Ramsey
1956 N/A
N/A
N/A
1955 Buzz Gunderson
Gil Dalliford
Ben Tennis
Dan Marshall
1954 Enlisted Man
Connor
Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
1953 Calvin
1951 N/A
1948 Eddie Gilmer
Frankie
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Cinematography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Camera Operator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1994 Director
Director
1993 Director
Director
1991 Director
1989 Director
Director
1988 Director
Director
Director
1987 Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
1986 Director
1985 Director
Director
Director
Director
1984 Director
Director
Director
Director
1983 Director
Director
1982 Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
1981 Director
Director
Director
1980 Director
Director
Director
1979 Director
Director
Director
Director
1978 Director
Director
Director
1977 Director
Director
Director
Director
1976 Director
1975 Director
Director
1974 Director
Director
Director
1973 Director
Director
Director
Director
1972 Director
1971 Director
Director
1970 Director
1969 Director
Director
1968 Director
1967 Director
Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1983 Co-Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1978 Screenplay
1971 Screenplay
Year Role Movie/Tv

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