Acting
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
Filmography
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Film · 2004
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Film · 2002
The District
Series · 2000
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
Film · 1999
Brimstone
Series · 1998
Charmed
Series · 1998
Perversions of Science
Series · 1997
The Lottery
Film · 1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Film · 1996
The Home Court
Series · 1995
Color of Night
Film · 1994
Surviving the Game
Film · 1994
Babylon 5
Series · 1994
Spider-Man
Series · 1994
The Judas Project
Film · 1993
Beethoven's 2nd
Film · 1993
Ruby Cairo
Film · 1992
Payoff
Film · 1991
Lightning Force
Series · 1991
Bird on a Wire
Film · 1990
The Rose and the Jackal
Film · 1990
To My Daughter
Film · 1990
The Magic Boy's Easter
Film · 1989
A Deadly Silence
Film · 1989
Messenger of Death
Film · 1988
Cognac
Film · 1988
War of the Worlds
Series · 1988
Roseanne
Series · 1988
Jake and the Fatman
Series · 1987
Beauty and the Beast
Series · 1987
Second Serve
Film · 1986
Morningstar/Eveningstar
Series · 1986
True Confessions
Series · 1986
Creator
Film · 1985
Final Jeopardy
Film · 1985
Father of Hell Town
Film · 1985
Hell Town
Series · 1985
Conan the Destroyer
Film · 1984
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Film · 1984
Night Court
Series · 1984
Night Court
Series · 1984
Manimal
Series · 1983
The A-Team
Series · 1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Film · 1982
Cry for the Strangers
Film · 1982
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Film · 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Series · 1982
Newhart
Series · 1982
Simon & Simon
Series · 1981
Battle Beyond the Stars
Film · 1980
Homeward Bound
Film · 1980
Breaking Away
Series · 1980
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Film · 1979
Up River
Film · 1979
Knots Landing
Series · 1979
Archie Bunker's Place
Series · 1979
Jennifer
Film · 1978
The Wild Geese
Film · 1978
Moonshine County Express
Film · 1977
Oh, God!
Film · 1977
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
Film · 1977
Curse of the Black Widow
Film · 1977
Captains Courageous
Film · 1977
Lou Grant
Series · 1977
Lou Grant
Series · 1977
The Pirate
Series · 1977
The Last Tycoon
Film · 1976
The Premonition
Film · 1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Film · 1976
The Bionic Woman
Series · 1976
What's Happening!!
Series · 1976
Paper Tiger
Film · 1975
Doctors' Hospital
Series · 1975
Switch
Series · 1975
One Day at a Time
Series · 1975
Barney Miller
Series · 1975
Barney Miller
Series · 1975
Starsky & Hutch
Series · 1975
The Gun and the Pulpit
Film · 1974
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
Run, Joe, Run
Series · 1974
Paper Moon
Series · 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Series · 1974
Set This Town on Fire
Film · 1973
Hawkins
Series · 1973
Kojak
Series · 1973
Police Story
Series · 1973
Something Evil
Film · 1972
The Bob Newhart Show
Series · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Search
Series · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Shoot Out
Film · 1971
Catlow
Film · 1971
Clay Pigeon
Film · 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Series · 1971
Cover Me Babe
Film · 1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Film · 1970
Getting Straight
Film · 1970
Little Big Man
Film · 1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Film · 1970
The Movie Murderer
Film · 1970
A Clear and Present Danger
Film · 1970
McCloud
Series · 1970
The Headmaster
Series · 1970
Night Gallery
Series · 1970
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Film · 1969
True Grit
Film · 1969
Impasse
Film · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Series · 1969
The Boston Strangler
Film · 1968
In Cold Blood
Film · 1967
A Bell for Adano
Film · 1967
Garrison's Gorillas
Series · 1967
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
Mannix
Series · 1967
Seconds
Film · 1966
Star Trek
Series · 1966
The Cincinnati Kid
Film · 1965
Mickey One
Film · 1965
Once a Thief
Film · 1965
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Film · 1965
Pyramid of the Sun God
Film · 1965
Run for Your Life
Series · 1965
Run for Your Life
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
Lady in a Cage
Film · 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Film · 1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Series · 1964
The Yellow Canary
Film · 1963
The Balcony
Film · 1963
The Outer Limits
Series · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Series · 1963
Inside Magoo
Film · 1960
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
The Untouchables
Series · 1959
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Adventures of Superman
Series · 1952
Superman and the Mole Men
Film · 1951
Rawhide
Film · 1951
Fourteen Hours
Film · 1951
Only the Valiant
Film · 1951
Red Mountain
Film · 1951
Never Trust a Gambler
Film · 1951
New Mexico
Film · 1951
Sirocco
Film · 1951
The Prince Who Was a Thief
Film · 1951
The Next Voice You Hear...
Film · 1950
Bright Leaf
Film · 1950
The Outriders
Film · 1950
Singing Guns
Film · 1950
Rock Island Trail
Film · 1950
The Nevadan
Film · 1950
Follow Me Quietly
Film · 1949
City Across the River
Film · 1949
Hideout
Film · 1949
Roughshod
Film · 1949
Bagdad
Film · 1949
Home of the Brave
Film · 1949
Wake of the Red Witch
Film · 1948
Canon City
Film · 1948
Alias a Gentleman
Film · 1948
Kidnapped
Film · 1948
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Film · 1948
I, Jane Doe
Film · 1948
Joan of Arc
Film · 1948
Let's Live Again
Film · 1948
The Gangster
Film · 1947
Brute Force
Film · 1947
Hoppy's Holiday
Film · 1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Film · 1947
Miracle on 34th Street
Film · 1947
California
Film · 1947
The Killers
Film · 1946
Somewhere in the Night
Film · 1946
Rendezvous with Annie
Film · 1946
My Friend Flicka
Film · 1943
The Moon Is Down
Film · 1943
Aerial Gunner
Film · 1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Film · 1943
The Postman Didn't Ring
Film · 1942
Tennessee Johnson
Film · 1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Film · 1942
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Film · 1942
Syncopation
Film · 1942
Girl Trouble
Film · 1942
Roxie Hart
Film · 1942
You Belong to Me
Film · 1941
All That Money Can Buy
Film · 1941
Paris Calling
Film · 1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Film · 1941
Mutiny in the Arctic
Film · 1941
Third Finger, Left Hand
Film · 1940
Bitter Sweet
Film · 1940
You'll Find Out
Film · 1940
One Third of a Nation
Film · 1939
I Am the Law
Film · 1938