Wendell Corey
Acting • Born 1914-03-20 – Died 1968-11-08
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor and politician. He began his acting career on the stage, doing a number of productions in summer stock. His Broadway debut was in Comes the Revelation (1942). After appearing in a number of supporting roles, he scored his first hit as a cynical newspaperman in Elmer Rice's comedy Dream Girl (1945). While appearing in the play Corey was seen by producer Hal Wallis, who persuaded him to sign a contract with Paramount and pursue a motion picture career in Hollywood. His movie debut came as a gangster in Desert Fury (1947). He starred with Casey Walters in the television series Harbor Command (1957–1958), co-starred on The Nanette Fabray Show (1961), and, during its first season, had the lead role in the medical drama The Eleventh Hour (1962–1963). Corey made guest appearances on a number of programs, including Target: The Corruptors!, Channing, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Burke's Law, Perry Mason, The Road West, and The Wild Wild West. He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1961 to 1963 and was a member of the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild. A Republican campaigner in national politics since 1956, Corey was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in April 1965. The conservative politician ran for the California seat in the United States Congress in 1966, but lost the primary election. He was still a councilman at the time of his death.
Filmography
78 credits
Rear Window
Movie • 1954
Thomas Doyle
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie • 1948
Dr. Philip Alexander
Agent for H.A.R.M.
Movie • 1966
Jim Graff
Holiday Affair
Movie • 1949
Carl Davis
Desert Fury
Movie • 1947
Johnny Ryan
I Walk Alone
Movie • 1947
Dave
The Astro-Zombies
Movie • 1968
Holman
The Killer Is Loose
Movie • 1956
Leon 'Foggy' Poole
The Furies
Movie • 1950
Rip Darrow
The File on Thelma Jordon
Movie • 1949
Cleve Marshall
Hell's Half Acre
Movie • 1954
Chet Chester, aka Randy Williams
The Search
Movie • 1948
Jerry Fisher
The Accused
Movie • 1949
Lieut. Ted Dorgan
Cyborg 2087
Movie • 1966
Sheriff
Carbine Williams
Movie • 1952
Capt. H.T. Peoples
The Wild North
Movie • 1952
Constable Pedley
The Light in the Forest
Movie • 1958
Wilse Owens
Alias Jesse James
Movie • 1959
Jesse James
The Big Knife
Movie • 1955
Smiley Coy
Loving You
Movie • 1957
Walter (Tex) Warner
The Rack
Movie • 1956
Maj. Sam Moulton
Harriet Craig
Movie • 1950
Walter Craig
Red Tomahawk
Movie • 1967
Sy Elkins
Any Number Can Play
Movie • 1949
Robbin Elcott
Rich, Young and Pretty
Movie • 1951
Jim Stauton Rogers
The Bold and the Brave
Movie • 1956
Dave Fairchild
The Wild Blue Yonder
Movie • 1951
Capt. Harold Calvert
Buckskin
Movie • 1968
Rep Marlowe
No Sad Songs for Me
Movie • 1950
Bradford 'Brad' Scott
The Great Missouri Raid
Movie • 1951
Frank James
Laughing Anne
Movie • 1953
Capt. Davidson
The Rainmaker
Movie • 1956
Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
Waco
Movie • 1966
Sam Stone
My Man and I
Movie • 1952
Ansel Ames
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Movie • 1966
Adm. David King
The Star Maker
Movie • 1968
Jamaica Run
Movie • 1953
Todd Dacey
Broken Sabre
Movie • 1965
Major Whitcomb
Picture Mommy Dead
Movie • 1966
Lawyer Clayborn
Man-Eater of Kumaon
Movie • 1948
Dr. John Collins
Blood on the Arrow
Movie • 1964
Clint Mailer
The Backbone of America
Movie • 1953
Ben Bruce
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie • 1953
Sydney Carton
Easy to Get
Movie • 1947
Military Doctor
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Milo Morgan
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Jerome Klee
Studio One
TV • 1948
Senator James Norton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Timber Woods
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
The Eleventh Hour
TV • 1962
Dr. Theodore Bassett
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Dwight Sinclair
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Buster
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Your Show of Shows
TV • 1950
Climax!
TV • 1954
Lieutenant Erich Ganz
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Branded
TV • 1965
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV • 1967
The New Breed
TV • 1961
Roger Dawson
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Clay Burnett
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Harbor Command
TV • 1957
Captain Ralph Baxter
Peck's Bad Girl
TV • 1959
Steve Peck
Channing
TV • 1963
Professor Jonathan Kobitz
Westinghouse Playhouse
TV • 1961
Dan McGovern
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Dante
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Herb
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Marshal Bigger
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Adam Mapes
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
Will Robbins
Studio One
TV • 1948
Dr. Cory
Studio One
TV • 1948
John Ryerson
Climax!
TV • 1954
Lou Gehrig
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self