Corey Allen
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.
Rebel Without a Cause
(Buzz Gunderson)
Party Girl
(Cookie La Motte)
The Works
(Mr. M)
Sweet Bird of Youth
(Scotty)
The Mad Magician
(Gus a Stagehand (uncredited))
The Shadow on the Window
(Gil Ramsey)
Darby's Rangers
(Tony Sutherland)
The Big Caper
(Roy)
The Chapman Report
(Walsh Dillon)
Juvenile Jungle
(Hal McQueen)
Private Property
(Duke)
Rediscovering a Rebel
(Self - 'Buzz' (archive footage))
James Dean: Sense Memories
(Self)
Key Witness
(Magician)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
(Enlisted Man)
A Time Out of War
(Connor)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
(Self)
Forever James Dean
(Himself)
The Real James Dean
(Self)
Trackdown
Dragnet
Gunsmoke
(Ben Tennis)
Perry Mason
(Rennie Foster)
Studio One
(Eddie Gilmer)
Combat!
(Pvt. Garrett)
Hawaiian Eye
Sea Hunt
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Gil Dalliford)
87th Precinct
Police Woman
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Millionaire
(Dan Marshall)
West Point
Men into Space
The Loner
Bronco
Lock-Up
The Rebel
(Yancey Daggett)
The Dakotas
Dr. Kildare
(Jerome Pine)
Telephone Time
State Trooper
Letter to Loretta
(Calvin)
Behind Closed Doors
Dr. Kildare
(Dr. Harris)
Perry Mason
(Lester Menke)
Studio One
(Frankie)
I-Man
(Director)
Pinocchio
(Screenplay)
Pinocchio
(Director)
Thunder and Lightning
(Director)
Avalanche
(Director)
Avalanche
(Screenplay)
Cry Rape
(Director)
The Ann Jillian Story
(Director)
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
(Director)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
(Director)
The Last Fling
(Director)
Stone
(Director)
Destination: America
(Director)
See the Man Run
(Director)
Moment of Truth: Stalking Back
(Director)
Code Name: Foxfire
(Director)
Lost
(Co-Producer)
Infiltrator
(Director)
Departure
(Camera Operator)
The Return of Frank Cannon
(Director)
The Hero
(Director)
Yesterday's Child
(Director)
Brass
(Director)
Movin' On
(Director)
Lou Grant
(Director)
Murder, She Wrote
(Director)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
(Director)
Tucker's Witch
(Director)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(Director)
Magnum, P.I.
(Director)
Police Story
(Director)
Hill Street Blues
(Director)
Police Woman
(Director)
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
(Director)
Trapper John, M.D.
(Director)
T. J. Hooker
(Director)
Simon & Simon
(Director)
Matt Houston
(Director)
The New People
(Director)
Quincy, M.E.
(Director)
Sonny Spoon
(Director)
The High Chaparral
(Director)
Whiz Kids
(Director)
Hawaii Five-O
(Director)
FBI: The Untold Stories
(Director)
The Powers of Matthew Star
(Director)
Cannon
(Director)
McClain's Law
(Director)
Lucan
(Director)
Then Came Bronson
(Director)
Hunter
(Director)
The Streets of San Francisco
(Director)
Ironside
(Director)
Otherworld
(Director)
Mannix
(Director)
Chicago Story
(Director)
Supercarrier
(Director)
Matt Lincoln
(Director)
The Cosby Mysteries
(Director)
Unsub
(Director)
The Paper Chase
(Director)
Jessie
(Director)
Legmen
(Director)
Spies
(Director)
Stone
(Director)
Kate McShane
(Director)
J.J. Starbuck
(Director)
Bronk
(Director)
The Rockford Files
(Director)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(Director)
Dallas
(Director)
Barnaby Jones
(Director)
The New Lassie
(Director)