Jeff Corey
Acting
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
TV Shows(63)
The District
Vernon Stanley
2000
Brimstone
Collector
1998
Charmed
Council Member
1998
Perversions of Science
The Judge
1997
The Home Court
Arthur
1995
Spider-Man
Silvermane (voice)
1994
Babylon 5
Justin
1994
Lightning Force
1991
Roseanne
1988
War of the Worlds
Francis Flannery
1988
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Beauty and the Beast
Winston Burke
1987
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
Hell Town
Lawyer Sam
1985
Night Court
Judge Hirsch
1984
Manimal
1983
The A-Team
A.J. Bancroft
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
Father
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Breaking Away
1980
Knots Landing
Peter Mackenzie
1979
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
The Pirate
Prince Feiyad
1977
Lou Grant
1977
What's Happening!!
Hassan
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
One Day at a Time
1975
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Starsky & Hutch
Andrew Mello
1975
Switch
A.J. Gunther
1975
Barney Miller
Caleb Webber
1975
Paper Moon
1974
Little House on the Prairie
Judge Parker
1974
Run, Joe, Run
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Orin Thatcher
1974
Kojak
Frank Raynor
1973
Police Story
1973
Hawkins
Julian Maynard
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Search
1972
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Night Gallery
Dr. Miles Talmadge (segment "The Dead Man")
1970
The Headmaster
1970
McCloud
1970
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Jack Mitgang
1969
Hawaii Five-O
Dr. William Hanson
1968
Mannix
Paul Sorenson
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Star Trek
Plasus
1966
The Wild Wild West
Col. Tacitus Mosely
1965
Run for Your Life
Abe Lincoln
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Reverend Mr. Mansard
1963
The Outer Limits
Byron Lomax
1963
The Untouchables
Max Frimmel
1959
Bonanza
Tuck Dowling
1959
Rawhide
Morgan Kane
1959
Perry Mason
Carl Bascom
1957
Gunsmoke
Judge Procter
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Gen. McClellan
1954
Adventures of Superman
Luke Benson
1952
Movies(131)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self
2002
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
Self
1999
The Lottery
Albert Smith
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
1996
Color of Night
Ashland
1994
Surviving the Game
Hank
1994
Beethoven's 2nd
Janitor
1993
The Judas Project
Poneras
1993
Ruby Cairo
Joe Dick
1992
Payoff
Don Anzia
1991
To My Daughter
Travis
1990
Bird on a Wire
Lou Baird
1990
The Rose and the Jackal
James Buchanan
1990
A Deadly Silence
Judge Harvey W. Sherman
1989
The Magic Boy's Easter
The Servant
1989
Messenger of Death
Willis Beecham
1988
Cognac
Colonel Frazier
1988
Second Serve
Dr. Harry Benjamin
1986
Final Jeopardy
Derelict
1985
Creator
Dean Harrington
1985
Father of Hell Town
Lawyer Sam
1985
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Father
1984
Conan the Destroyer
Grand Vizier
1984
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Craccus
1982
Cry for the Strangers
Riley
1982
Homeward Bound
George
1980
Battle Beyond the Stars
Zed
1980
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Ray Bledsoe
1979
Up River
Bagshaw
1979
The Pirate
Prince Feiyad
1978
The Wild Geese
Mr Martin
1978
Jennifer
Luke Baylor
1978
Captains Courageous
Salters
1977
Oh, God!
Rabbi Silverstone
1977
Curse of the Black Widow
Aspa Soldado
1977
Moonshine County Express
Hagen
1977
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
Kink
1977
The Last Tycoon
Doctor
1976
The Premonition
Detective Denver
1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Judge Janeway
1976
Paper Tiger
Mr. King
1975
The Gun and the Pulpit
Head of Posse
1974
Set This Town on Fire
Walter Stafford
1973
Something Evil
Gehrmann
1972
Catlow
Merridew
1971
Clay Pigeon
Clinic Doctor
1971
Shoot Out
Trooper
1971
Little Big Man
Wild Bill Hickok
1970
Cover Me Babe
Paul Rogers
1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Captain Marden
1970
Getting Straight
Dr. Edward Willhunt
1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Caspay
1970
A Clear and Present Danger
Beiseker
1970
The Movie Murderer
Collier Landis
1970
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Sheriff Ray Bledsoe
1969
True Grit
Tom Chaney
1969
Impasse
Wombat
1969
The Boston Strangler
John Asgeirsson
1968
In Cold Blood
Mr. Hickock
1967
A Bell for Adano
Cacopardo
1967
Seconds
Mr. Ruby
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
Hoban
1965
Mickey One
Fryer
1965
Once a Thief
Lieutenant Kebner
1965
Pyramid of the Sun God
Abraham Lincoln
1965
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Abraham Lincoln
1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Lady in a Cage
George L. Brady Jr. aka Repent
1964
The Yellow Canary
Joe Pyle
1963
The Balcony
Bishop
1963
Inside Magoo
Doctor
1960
Superman and the Mole Men
Luke Benson
1951
Red Mountain
Sgt. Skee
1951
Never Trust a Gambler
Lou Brecker
1951
Sirocco
Feisal (uncredited)
1951
New Mexico
Coyote
1951
The Prince Who Was a Thief
Emir Mokar
1951
Only the Valiant
Joe Harmony
1951
Fourteen Hours
Police Sgt. Farley
1951
Rawhide
Luke Davis
1951
The Next Voice You Hear...
Freddie Dibson
1950
Bright Leaf
John Barton
1950
Rock Island Trail
Abraham Lincoln
1950
The Outriders
Keeley
1950
Singing Guns
Richards
1950
The Nevadan
Bart
1950
Bagdad
Mohammed Jao
1949
Follow Me Quietly
Police Sgt. Art Collins
1949
Home of the Brave
Doctor
1949
Roughshod
Jed Graham
1949
City Across the River
Police Lieutenant Louie Macon
1949
Hideout
Beecham
1949
Wake of the Red Witch
Mr. Loring
1948
Joan of Arc
Joan's prison guard
1948
Kidnapped
Shaun
1948
Canon City
Schwartzmiller
1948
I, Jane Doe
Immigration Officer
1948
Let's Live Again
Bartender
1948
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Joshua Hill
1948
Alias a Gentleman
Zu
1948
The Gangster
Karty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
1947
Hoppy's Holiday
Jed
1947
Brute Force
'Freshman' Stack
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
Reporter (uncredited)
1947
California
Clem (uncredited)
1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Stenographer (uncredited)
1947
The Killers
Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
Howard (uncredited)
1946
Somewhere in the Night
Bank Teller
1946
My Friend Flicka
Tim Murphy
1943
Aerial Gunner
Flight Crew Member (uncredited)
1943
The Moon Is Down
Albert (uncredited)
1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Llanwelly Cemetery Keeper (uncredited)
1943
Tennessee Johnson
Captain (uncredited)
1942
Girl Trouble
Mr. Mooney (uncredited)
1942
The Postman Didn't Ring
Harwood Green
1942
Syncopation
1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Tim Larsen
1942
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Medical Examiner
1942
Roxie Hart
Orderly (uncredited)
1942
Paris Calling
Benoit's Male Secretary
1941
You Belong to Me
Mr. Greener (uncredited)
1941
All That Money Can Buy
Tom Sharp (uncredited)
1941
Mutiny in the Arctic
The Cook
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Reporter
1941
You'll Find Out
Mr. Corey (uncredited)
1940
Bitter Sweet
Second Man on Stairs (uncredited)
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
Johann (uncredited)
1940
One Third of a Nation
Man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited)
1939
I Am the Law
Thug (uncredited)
1938