Corey Allen

Corey Allen

Birth Date

6/29/1934 (Age 75)

Death Date

6/27/2010

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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). Meanwh...

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Directing

Gender

Male

Total Credits

7

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Buzz Gunderson

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Scotty

Cookie La Motte

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Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)

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Frequent Collaborators

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

2 films together

Claude Pola

2 films together

John Ritter

John Ritter

1 film together

Pierre-William Glenn

Pierre-William Glenn

2 films together

William Kraft

2 films together

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow

2 films together

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