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 St…
Directed
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) — Director
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) — Director
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Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Director
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Magnum, P.I. (1980) — Director
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Dallas (1978) — Director
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Hawaii Five-O (1968) — Director
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The Rockford Files (1974) — Director
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Hill Street Blues (1981) — Director
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Quincy, M.E. (1976) — Director
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The Streets of San Francisco (1972) — Director
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T. J. Hooker (1982) — Director
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Hunter (1984) — Director
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Simon & Simon (1981) — Director
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Avalanche (1978) — Director
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Ironside (1967) — Director
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Mannix (1967) — Director
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983) — Director
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Cannon (1971) — Director
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Police Woman (1974) — Director
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Lou Grant (1977) — Director
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Barnaby Jones (1973) — Director
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Matt Houston (1982) — Director
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The High Chaparral (1967) — Director
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Trapper John, M.D. (1979) — Director
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Thunder and Lightning (1977) — Director
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Police Story (1973) — Director
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Pinocchio (1971) — Director
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Otherworld (1985) — Director
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The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979) — Director
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Whiz Kids (1983) — Director
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The Paper Chase (1978) — Director
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The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979) — Director
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The Last Fling (1987) — Director
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The New Lassie (1989) — Director
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I-Man (1986) — Director
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Moment of Truth: Stalking Back (1993) — Director
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The Return of Frank Cannon (1980) — Director
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The Powers of Matthew Star (1982) — Director
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The Cosby Mysteries (1994) — Director
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Movin' On (1974) — Director
Also appeared in
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — Buzz Gunderson
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Gil Dalliford
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Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) — Scotty
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Perry Mason (1957) — Rennie Foster
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Combat! (1962) — Pvt. Garrett
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Gunsmoke (1955) — Ben Tennis
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) — Enlisted Man
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Party Girl (1958) — Cookie La Motte
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The Mad Magician (1954) — Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
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Private Property (1960) — Duke
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Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
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Dragnet (1951)
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Police Woman (1974)
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The Big Caper (1957) — Roy
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The Shadow on the Window (1957) — Gil Ramsey
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Sea Hunt (1958)
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Dr. Kildare (1961) — Jerome Pine
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The Chapman Report (1962) — Walsh Dillon
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A Time Out of War (1954) — Connor
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Studio One (1948) — Eddie Gilmer
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Lawman (1958) — RobertLord
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The Rebel (1959) — Yancey Daggett
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Darby's Rangers (1958) — Tony Sutherland
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Hawaiian Eye (1959)
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Trackdown (1957)
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Bronco (1958) — Judd Gander
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Lock-Up (1959)
- State Trooper (1956)
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Letter to Loretta (1953) — Calvin
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Juvenile Jungle (1958) — Hal McQueen
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Key Witness (1960) — Magician
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87th Precinct (1961)
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Men Into Space (1959)
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The Millionaire (1955) — Dan Marshall
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The Loner (1965)
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The Dakotas (1963)
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Telephone Time (1956) — Phil Samenian
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Forever James Dean (1988) — Himself
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James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975) — Self
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West Point (1956)