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.
Filmography
all 116
TV Shows 74
Director 69
Movies 42
self 7
Producer 1
Departure (2023)
The Real James Dean (2006)
James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
James Dean: Sense Memories (2005)
The Works (2005)
Rediscovering a Rebel (1996)
The Cosby Mysteries (1994)
The Hero (1994)
Moment of Truth: Stalking Back (1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
FBI: The Untold Stories (1991)
The New Lassie (1989)
Unsub (1989)
Supercarrier (1988)
Sonny Spoon (1988)
The Ann Jillian Story (1988)
Forever James Dean (1988)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
J.J. Starbuck (1987)
Infiltrator (1987)
Destination: America (1987)
Spies (1987)
The Last Fling (1987)
I-Man (1986)
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (1985)
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
Otherworld (1985)
Brass (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Jessie (1984)
Hunter (1984)
Legmen (1984)
Lost (1983)
Whiz Kids (1983)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Tucker's Witch (1982)
Matt Houston (1982)
The Powers of Matthew Star (1982)
T. J. Hooker (1982)
Chicago Story (1982)
Simon & Simon (1981)
McClain's Law (1981)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Return of Frank Cannon (1980)
Stone (1980)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979)
Stone (1979)
Avalanche (1978)
The Paper Chase (1978)
Dallas (1978)
Lou Grant (1977)
Lucan (1977)
Thunder and Lightning (1977)
Yesterday's Child (1977)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
Kate McShane (1975)
Bronk (1975)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Police Woman (1974)
Movin' On (1974)
Cry Rape (1973)
See the Man Run (1973)
Police Story (1973)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Cannon (1971)
Pinocchio (1971)
Matt Lincoln (1970)
The New People (1969)
Then Came Bronson (1969)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Mannix (1967)
The High Chaparral (1967)
Ironside (1967)
The Loner (1965)
The Dakotas (1963)
The Chapman Report (1962)
Combat! (1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
87th Precinct (1961)
Key Witness (1960)
Private Property (1960)
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
The Rebel (1959)
Men into Space (1959)
Lock Up (1959)
Party Girl (1958)
Behind Closed Doors (1958)
Bronco (1958)
Juvenile Jungle (1958)
Darby's Rangers (1958)
Sea Hunt (1958)
Trackdown (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
The Big Caper (1957)
The Shadow on the Window (1957)
West Point (1956)
State Trooper (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
A Time Out of War (1954)
The Mad Magician (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Dragnet (1951)
Studio One (1948)
My Next Breath
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1934-06-29
Deathday2010-06-27 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceCleveland, United States of America
FatherCarl Cohen
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesCleveland, United States of America
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
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