
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.
69 directing credits · 47 acting credits
Directing · 69

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

Dallas
1978

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Mannix
1967

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993

Ironside
1967

Magnum, P.I.
1980

Hill Street Blues
1981

Hawaii Five-O
1968

The Rockford Files
1974

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Hunter
1984

T. J. Hooker
1982

Simon & Simon
1981

Barnaby Jones
1973

Police Woman
1974

Cannon
1971

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983

Lou Grant
1977

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

The High Chaparral
1967

Matt Houston
1982

Police Story
1973

Then Came Bronson
1969

Bronk
1975

The Paper Chase
1978

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979

J.J. Starbuck
1987

Movin' On
1974

The Powers of Matthew Star
1982

Otherworld
1985

Lucan
1977

Tucker's Witch
1982

The New Lassie
1989

Kate McShane
1975

Supercarrier
1988

McClain's Law
1981

The Cosby Mysteries
1994

Whiz Kids
1983

Chicago Story
1982

The New People
1969

Jessie
1984

Stone
1980
FBI: The Untold Stories
1991

Unsub
1989

Avalanche
1978

Sonny Spoon
1988
Matt Lincoln
1970

Spies
1987

Legmen
1984

Destination: America
1987

I-Man
1986

See the Man Run
1973

Thunder and Lightning
1977

Moment of Truth: Stalking Back
1993

Pinocchio
1971

Cry Rape
1973

The Last Fling
1987

The Return of Frank Cannon
1980

Brass
1985

Code Name: Foxfire
1985

Stone
1979

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
1985

Infiltrator
1987

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
1979

Yesterday's Child
1977

The Ann Jillian Story
1988
The Hero
1994
Acting · 47

Perry Mason
1957

Dragnet
1951

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Dr. Kildare
1961

Combat!
1962

Lawman
1958

Police Woman
1974

Studio One
1948

Hawaiian Eye
1959

Gunsmoke
1955

Sea Hunt
1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

The Rebel
1959

The Millionaire
1955

Trackdown
1957

Bronco
1958

Telephone Time
1956

Lock-Up
1959
State Trooper
1956

87th Precinct
1961

The Loner
1965

The Dakotas
1963

Behind Closed Doors
1958

Men Into Space
1959

Letter to Loretta
1953

West Point
1956

Rebel Without a Cause
1955
My Friend Tony
1969

Darby's Rangers
1958

The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954

Party Girl
1958

Sweet Bird of Youth
1962

The Chapman Report
1962

The Mad Magician
1954

The Big Caper
1957

James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975

The Shadow on the Window
1957

Private Property
1960

The Real James Dean
2006

James Dean: A Portrait
1995

Key Witness
1960

The Works
2005

Rediscovering a Rebel
1996

James Dean: Sense Memories
2005

Juvenile Jungle
1958

A Time Out of War
1954

Forever James Dean
1988