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