Jeff Corey
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
The Cincinnati Kid
(Hoban)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(Sheriff Ray Bledsoe)
Bird on a Wire
(Lou Baird)
Seconds
(Mr. Ruby)
The Postman Didn't Ring
(Harwood Green)
Tennessee Johnson
(Captain (uncredited))
Follow Me Quietly
(Police Sgt. Art Collins)
The Rose and the Jackal
(James Buchanan)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
((in "The Killers") (archive footage))
The Gangster
(Karty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited))
Mickey One
(Fryer)
Conan the Destroyer
(Grand Vizier)
The Boston Strangler
(John Asgeirsson)
Messenger of Death
(Willis Beecham)
Cover Me Babe
(Paul Rogers)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
(Captain Marden)
Brute Force
('Freshman' Stack)
Wake of the Red Witch
(Mr. Loring)
Once a Thief
(Lieutenant Kebner)
The Pirate
(Prince Feiyad)
Battle Beyond the Stars
(Zed)
Superman and the Mole Men
(Luke Benson)
The Killers
(Blinky Franklin (uncredited))
Getting Straight
(Dr. Edward Willhunt)
Creator
(Dean Harrington)
To My Daughter
(Travis)
Lady in a Cage
(George L. Brady Jr. aka Repent)
Rawhide
(Luke Davis)
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
(Ray Bledsoe)
Canon City
(Schwartzmiller)
The Last Tycoon
(Doctor)
City Across the River
(Police Lieutenant Louie Macon)
The Next Voice You Hear...
(Freddie Dibson)
True Grit
(Tom Chaney)
Jennifer
(Luke Baylor)
Third Finger, Left Hand
(Johann (uncredited))
In Cold Blood
(Mr. Hickock)
My Friend Flicka
(Tim Murphy)
Hoppy's Holiday
(Jed)
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
(Abraham Lincoln)
Hideout
(Beecham)
Fourteen Hours
(Police Sgt. Farley)
Bright Leaf
(John Barton)
A Bell for Adano
(Cacopardo)
Payoff
(Don Anzia)
Only the Valiant
(Joe Harmony)
Something Evil
(Gehrmann)
Impasse
(Wombat)
You Belong to Me
(Mr. Greener (uncredited))
Shoot Out
(Trooper)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
(Tim Larsen)
The Lottery
(Albert Smith)
Moonshine County Express
(Hagen)
I Am the Law
(Thug (uncredited))
Paper Tiger
(Mr. King)
Roughshod
(Jed Graham)
Cry for the Strangers
(Riley)
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
(Father)
Red Mountain
(Sgt. Skee)
The Outriders
(Keeley)
Singing Guns
(Richards)
Never Trust a Gambler
(Lou Brecker)
Inside Magoo
(Doctor)
Final Jeopardy
(Derelict)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
(Self)
Bagdad
(Mohammed Jao)
Homeward Bound
(George)
Ruby Cairo
(Joe Dick)
Bitter Sweet
(Second Man on Stairs (uncredited))
Oh, God!
(Rabbi Silverstone)
Little Big Man
(Wild Bill Hickok)
Color of Night
(Ashland)
Alias a Gentleman
(Zu)
New Mexico
(Coyote)
Father of Hell Town
(Lawyer Sam)
All That Money Can Buy
(Tom Sharp (uncredited))
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
(Stenographer (uncredited))
Catlow
(Merridew)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
(Caspay)
The Moon Is Down
(Albert (uncredited))
The Movie Murderer
(Collier Landis)
Aerial Gunner
(Flight Crew Member (uncredited))
The Judas Project
(Poneras)
Rock Island Trail
(Abraham Lincoln)
Sirocco
(Feisal (uncredited))
Kidnapped
(Shaun)
Home of the Brave
(Doctor)
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
(Self)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
(Llanwelly Cemetery Keeper (uncredited))
Pyramid of the Sun God
(Abraham Lincoln)
One Third of a Nation
(Man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited))
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
(Medical Examiner)
Cognac
(Colonel Frazier)
The Premonition
(Detective Denver)
The Yellow Canary
(Joe Pyle)
Somewhere in the Night
(Bank Teller)
Miracle on 34th Street
(Reporter (uncredited))
The Gun and the Pulpit
(Head of Posse)
Clay Pigeon
(Clinic Doctor)
Syncopation
Paris Calling
(Benoit's Male Secretary)
The Lady from Cheyenne
(Reporter)
The Nevadan
(Bart)
The Prince Who Was a Thief
(Emir Mokar)
Girl Trouble
(Mr. Mooney (uncredited))
You'll Find Out
(Mr. Corey (uncredited))
The Wreck of the Hesperus
(Joshua Hill)
I, Jane Doe
(Immigration Officer)
The Magic Boy's Easter
(The Servant)
A Deadly Silence
(Judge Harvey W. Sherman)
Second Serve
(Dr. Harry Benjamin)
The Wild Geese
(Mr Martin)
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
(Kink)
Curse of the Black Widow
(Aspa Soldado)
The Balcony
(Bishop)
Rendezvous with Annie
(Howard (uncredited))
Up River
(Bagshaw)
Surviving the Game
(Hank)
The Big Parade of Comedy
(Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited))
Roxie Hart
(Orderly (uncredited))
Captains Courageous
(Salters)
The Sword and the Sorcerer
(Craccus)
Set This Town on Fire
(Walter Stafford)
Beethoven's 2nd
(Janitor)
Joan of Arc
(Joan's prison guard)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
(Self)
Mutiny in the Arctic
(The Cook)
A Clear and Present Danger
(Beiseker)
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
(Judge Janeway)
Let's Live Again
(Bartender)
California
(Clem (uncredited))
Lou Grant
Night Court
(Judge Hirsch)
Garrison's Gorillas
Star Trek
(Plasus)
Perversions of Science
(The Judge)
The District
(Vernon Stanley)
Little House on the Prairie
Brimstone
(Collector)
What's Happening!!
War of the Worlds
(Francis Flannery)
The Bionic Woman
Simon & Simon
Hawaii Five-O
(Dr. William Hanson)
Beauty and the Beast
The Bob Newhart Show
Charmed
(Council Member)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Streets of San Francisco
Roseanne
Alias Smith and Jones
Hawkins
(Julian Maynard)
Manimal
Knots Landing
(Peter Mackenzie)
Kojak
(Frank Raynor)
Babylon 5
(Justin)
Gunsmoke
(Judge Procter)
Perry Mason
(Carl Bascom)
Archie Bunker's Place
Jake and the Fatman
Run, Joe, Run
Rawhide
(Morgan Kane)
Doctors' Hospital
Run for Your Life
(Abe Lincoln)
Police Story
Switch
(A.J. Gunther)
Search
McCloud
The Headmaster
Judd for the Defense
Night Gallery
(Dr. Miles Talmadge (segment "The Dead Man"))
Hell Town
(Lawyer Sam)
Lightning Force
Breaking Away
The Outer Limits
(Byron Lomax)
Morningstar/Eveningstar
Paper Moon
Bonanza
(Tuck Dowling)
Faerie Tale Theatre
(Father)
Bonanza
(Frank Brennan)
Night Court
(Santa)
The Six Million Dollar Man
(Orin Thatcher)
Hawaii Five-O
(Duncan)
Run for Your Life
(Fred Morrissey)
The Wild Wild West
(Col. Tacitus Mosely)
Lou Grant
(Larry Hill)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(Reverend Mr. Mansard)
The A-Team
(A.J. Bancroft)
Spider-Man
(Silvermane (voice))
The Wonderful World of Disney
(Gen. McClellan)
The Streets of San Francisco
(Ralph Bowen, U.S. Senator)
The Wild Wild West
(Captain Ansel Coffin)
One Day at a Time
Barney Miller
(Caleb Webber)
Barney Miller
(Ralph Timmons)
Starsky & Hutch
(Andrew Mello)
Mannix
(Paul Sorenson)
Adventures of Superman
(Luke Benson)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
(Jack Mitgang)
The Untouchables
(Max Frimmel)
The Home Court
(Arthur)
The Pirate
(Prince Feiyad)
