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Jeff Corey
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Jeff Corey
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Acting
Birthday
1914-08-10,Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American actor, television director, and teacher. After being blacklisted in the 1950s, he became one of the most prominent and influential acting coaches in Hollywood, whose students included the likes of Kirk Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, Cher, Barbra Streisand and Rob Reiner. He returned to film and television work in the 1960s, playing many character roles. Early life and education Corey was born Arthur Zwerling in Brooklyn, New York to working-class Jewish immigrant parents. His father, Nathan Zwerling, was from Austria-Hungary, and his mother, Mary (nee Peskin), was from Russia. He attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and was active in the school's Dramatic Society. He received a scholarship to the Feagin School of Dramatic Art, where he furthered his studies. Prior to his acting career, he worked as a salesman of sewing machines. Blacklisted and teacher Corey's career was again interrupted in the early 1950s, when he was summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He refused to give names of alleged Communists and subversives in the entertainment industry and went so far as to ridicule the panel by offering critiques of the testimony of the previous witnesses. That led to his being blacklisted for 12 years. "Most of us were retired Reds. We had left it, at least I had, years before," Corey told Patrick McGilligan, the co-author of Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist, who teaches film at Marquette University. "The only issue was, did you want to just give them their token names so you could continue your career, or not? I had no impulse to defend a political point of view that no longer interested me particularly... They just wanted two new names so they could hand out more subpoenas." Back to work in the 1960s In 1962, Corey began working in films again, and remained active into the 1990s. He played Hoban in The Cincinnati Kid (1965); Tom Chaney, the principal villain in True Grit (1969); and Sheriff Bledsoe in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (also 1969), who says to the title characters, "I never met a soul more affable than you, Butch, or faster than the Kid, but you're still nothing but two-bit outlaws on the dodge. Television Corey made guest appearances on many television series. He appeared as murder victim Carl Bascom in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Reckless Rockhound" (1964). He was featured on science-fiction series, too, including an episode of The Outer Limits ("O.B.I.T.", 1963) in which he played Byron Lomax; Star Trek ("The Cloud Minders", 1969) in which he played High Advisor Plasus; as Caspay in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and Babylon 5 ("Z'ha'dum", 1996) in which he played Justin. Personal life Corey married his wife Hope (nee Victorson) in 1938. They had three children. Death Corey died on August 16, 2002, aged 88, after a fall. CLR

Filmography

The Cincinnati Kid

7

The Cincinnati Kid
1965-10-15

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

7.62

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969-09-23

6.2

Bird on a Wire
1990-05-18

7.327

Seconds
1966-10-05

The Postman Didn't Ring

7

The Postman Didn't Ring
1942-07-03

Tennessee Johnson

6.389

Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01

Follow Me Quietly

6.2

Follow Me Quietly
1949-07-07

The Rose and the Jackal

6

The Rose and the Jackal
1990-04-16

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

6.664

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982-05-21

5.211

The Gangster
1947-11-25

5.8

Mickey One
1965-09-27

Conan the Destroyer

6.137

Conan the Destroyer
1984-06-29

The Boston Strangler

6.7

The Boston Strangler
1968-10-08

Messenger of Death

5.983

Messenger of Death
1988-09-16

4.714

Cover Me Babe
1970-10-01

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

5.866

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970-07-10

7.32

Brute Force
1947-07-16

Wake of the Red Witch

5.7

Wake of the Red Witch
1948-12-30

6.536

Once a Thief
1965-04-24

4.5

The Pirate
1978-11-21

Battle Beyond the Stars

5.4

Battle Beyond the Stars
1980-09-08

Superman and the Mole Men

5.4

Superman and the Mole Men
1951-11-23

7.363

The Killers
1946-08-30

Getting Straight

6.284

Getting Straight
1970-05-13

6.116

Creator
1985-09-20

8

To My Daughter
1990-11-26

6.1

Lady in a Cage
1964-06-10

6.721

Rawhide
1951-03-25

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

5.074

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979-06-15

6.167

Canon City
1948-06-30

The Last Tycoon

6.297

The Last Tycoon
1976-11-18

City Across the River

6

City Across the River
1949-04-07

The Next Voice You Hear...

5.643

The Next Voice You Hear...
1950-06-29

7.334

True Grit
1969-06-11

6.04

Jennifer
1978-05-13

Third Finger, Left Hand

7

Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11

7.508

In Cold Blood
1967-12-15

My Friend Flicka

5.9

My Friend Flicka
1943-05-26

Hoppy's Holiday

6

Hoppy's Holiday
1947-07-18

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

5.9

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965-03-04

5.857

Hideout
1949-03-08

7.26

Fourteen Hours
1951-04-01

5.9

Bright Leaf
1950-06-16

A Bell for Adano

0

A Bell for Adano
1967-11-11

4.25

Payoff
1991-01-10

Only the Valiant

6.5

Only the Valiant
1951-04-13

5.417

Something Evil
1972-01-21

4.833

Impasse
1969-05-07

You Belong to Me

6.031

You Belong to Me
1941-10-22

6.4

Shoot Out
1971-07-02

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

6.5

The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942-04-27

6

The Lottery
1996-09-29

Moonshine County Express

4.938

Moonshine County Express
1977-06-01

7.136

I Am the Law
1938-08-25

6.286

Paper Tiger
1975-11-05

5.708

Roughshod
1949-05-11

Cry for the Strangers

7.167

Cry for the Strangers
1982-02-11

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

6.5

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984-09-17

6.7

Red Mountain
1951-08-03

7.25

The Outriders
1950-03-01

6.364

Singing Guns
1950-02-28

Never Trust a Gambler

5.571

Never Trust a Gambler
1951-07-13

0

Inside Magoo
1960-01-12

6.333

Final Jeopardy
1985-12-08

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

8

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002-08-25

6.1

Bagdad
1949-11-23

5

Homeward Bound
1980-11-19

4.988

Ruby Cairo
1992-12-12

6

Bitter Sweet
1940-11-08

6.405

Oh, God!
1977-10-07

7.45

Little Big Man
1970-12-23

5.762

Color of Night
1994-08-19

Alias a Gentleman

6.8

Alias a Gentleman
1948-02-03

3.625

New Mexico
1951-05-18

Father of Hell Town

0

Father of Hell Town
1985-03-06

All That Money Can Buy

7

All That Money Can Buy
1941-10-17

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

8.75

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947-01-04

5.1

Catlow
1971-10-01

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

6.149

Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970-04-23

The Moon Is Down

6.9

The Moon Is Down
1943-03-14

The Movie Murderer

6.875

The Movie Murderer
1970-02-02

5

Aerial Gunner
1943-03-20

The Judas Project

5.4

The Judas Project
1993-02-19

Rock Island Trail

6.333

Rock Island Trail
1950-05-18

6

Sirocco
1951-06-13

6.667

Kidnapped
1948-11-28

Home of the Brave

6.722

Home of the Brave
1949-05-12

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man

8

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999-03-04

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

6.196

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943-03-12

Pyramid of the Sun God

5.6

Pyramid of the Sun God
1965-04-17

One Third of a Nation

6.2

One Third of a Nation
1939-02-10

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

4.5

Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942-04-17

5.333

Cognac
1988-06-21

The Premonition

5.2

The Premonition
1976-05-19

The Yellow Canary

10

The Yellow Canary
1963-05-15

Somewhere in the Night

6.743

Somewhere in the Night
1946-06-12

Miracle on 34th Street

7.357

Miracle on 34th Street
1947-06-04

The Gun and the Pulpit

6.036

The Gun and the Pulpit
1974-04-03

4

Clay Pigeon
1971-08-01

6.833

Syncopation
1942-05-22

6

Paris Calling
1941-12-04

The Lady from Cheyenne

5.7

The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11

5.913

The Nevadan
1950-01-11

The Prince Who Was a Thief

5.7

The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951-05-17

8.25

Girl Trouble
1942-10-09

You'll Find Out

5.577

You'll Find Out
1940-11-22

The Wreck of the Hesperus

7

The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948-02-04

6.389

I, Jane Doe
1948-05-25

The Magic Boy's Easter

8

The Magic Boy's Easter
1989-03-01

A Deadly Silence

6.167

A Deadly Silence
1989-04-16

5.286

Second Serve
1986-01-01

6.835

The Wild Geese
1978-06-28

Rooster: Spurs of Death!

3

Rooster: Spurs of Death!
1977-01-01

Curse of the Black Widow

5.194

Curse of the Black Widow
1977-09-16

5.2

The Balcony
1963-03-21

Rendezvous with Annie

7

Rendezvous with Annie
1946-07-22

6

Up River
1979-06-01

Surviving the Game

6.148

Surviving the Game
1994-04-15

The Big Parade of Comedy

7.167

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

7

Roxie Hart
1942-02-20

Captains Courageous

7

Captains Courageous
1977-12-04

The Sword and the Sorcerer

5.5

The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982-04-01

Set This Town on Fire

7

Set This Town on Fire
1973-01-08

Beethoven's 2nd

5.563

Beethoven's 2nd
1993-12-14

6.134

Joan of Arc
1948-12-22

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

7.667

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996-03-15

Mutiny in the Arctic

7.5

Mutiny in the Arctic
1941-04-17

A Clear and Present Danger

7

A Clear and Present Danger
1970-03-21

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

7

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976-05-03

Let's Live Again

5.5

Let's Live Again
1948-02-27

6.848

California
1947-02-21

7.3

Lou Grant
1977-09-20

Garrison's Gorillas

8.063

Garrison's Gorillas
1967-09-06

7.3

Night Court
1984-01-04

7.999

Star Trek
1966-09-08

Perversions of Science

6.111

Perversions of Science
1997-06-07

6.8

The District
2000-10-07

Little House on the Prairie

7.937

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

7.5

Brimstone
1998-10-23

War of the Worlds

6.419

War of the Worlds
1988-10-07

The Bionic Woman

7

The Bionic Woman
1976-01-14

6.7

Simon & Simon
1981-11-24

7.172

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

The Bob Newhart Show

7.532

The Bob Newhart Show
1972-09-16

8.2

Charmed
1998-10-07

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

7.106

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964-09-25

The Streets of San Francisco

7.01

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

6.764

Roseanne
1988-10-18

Alias Smith and Jones

7

Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05

7.8

Hawkins
1973-03-13

7.31

Manimal
1983-09-30

6.86

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

7.146

Kojak
1973-10-24

8

Babylon 5
1994-01-26

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

Archie Bunker's Place

6.545

Archie Bunker's Place
1979-09-23

Jake and the Fatman

6.185

Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26

6.714

Run, Joe, Run
1974-09-07

Doctors' Hospital

7

Doctors' Hospital
1975-09-10

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

Run for Your Life

7.143

Run for Your Life
1965-09-13

7

Police Story
1973-03-20

6.7

Switch
1975-09-09

7.1

Search
1972-09-13

7.173

McCloud
1970-02-17

7

The Headmaster
1970-09-18

Judd, for the Defense

7.7

Judd, for the Defense
1967-09-08

6

Hell Town
1985-09-11

Lightning Force

6.5

Lightning Force
1991-10-04

7

Breaking Away
1980-11-29

The Outer Limits

7.8

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

Morningstar/Eveningstar

8.5

Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986-03-25

6.6

Paper Moon
1974-09-12

7.521

Bonanza
1959-09-12

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

7.521

Bonanza
1959-09-12

7.3

Night Court
1984-01-04

The Six Million Dollar Man

7.272

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-01-18

7.172

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

Run for Your Life

7.143

Run for Your Life
1965-09-13

The Wild Wild West

7.6

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

7.3

Lou Grant
1977-09-20

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

5.875

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04

7.5

The A-Team
1983-01-23

8.304

Spider-Man
1994-11-19

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

The Streets of San Francisco

7.01

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

The Wild Wild West

7.6

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

One Day at a Time

6.79

One Day at a Time
1975-12-16

7.353

Barney Miller
1975-01-23

7.353

Barney Miller
1975-01-23

Starsky & Hutch

7.3

Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10

6.755

Mannix
1967-09-16

Adventures of Superman

6.6

Adventures of Superman
1952-09-19

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

4.75

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969-09-14

The Untouchables

7.9

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

7

The Home Court
1995-09-30

5

The Pirate
1977-11-21

7.788

Night Gallery
1970-12-16

Beauty and the Beast

7.438

Beauty and the Beast
1987-09-25

What's Happening!!

7.4

What's Happening!!
1976-08-05