1914-08-10 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
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From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff | Self | 2002-08-25 |
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Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man | Self | 1999-03-04 |
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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach | Self | 1996-03-15 |
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The Lottery | Albert Smith | 1996-09-29 |
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Surviving the Game | Hank | 1994-04-15 |
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Color of Night | Ashland | 1994-08-19 |
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Beethoven's 2nd | Janitor | 1993-12-14 |
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The Judas Project | Poneras | 1993-02-19 |
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Ruby Cairo | Joe Dick | 1992-12-12 |
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Payoff | Don Anzia | 1991-01-10 |
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The Rose and the Jackal | James Buchanan | 1990-04-16 |
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To My Daughter | Travis | 1990-11-26 |
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Bird on a Wire | Lou Baird | 1990-05-18 |
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The Magic Boy's Easter | The Servant | 1989-03-01 |
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A Deadly Silence | Judge Harvey W. Sherman | 1989-04-16 |
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Messenger of Death | Willis Beecham | 1988-09-16 |
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Tajna Manastirske Rakije | Colonel Frazier | 1988-06-21 |
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Second Serve | Dr. Harry Benjamin | 1986-01-01 |
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Final Jeopardy | Derelict | 1985-12-08 |
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Father of Hell Town | Lawyer Sam | 1985-03-06 |
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Creator | Dean Harrington | 1985-09-20 |
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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers | Father | 1984-09-17 |
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Conan the Destroyer | Grand Vizier | 1984-06-29 |
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The Sword and the Sorcerer | Craccus | 1982-04-01 |
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Cry for the Strangers | Riley | 1982-02-11 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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Homeward Bound | George | 1980-11-19 |
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Battle Beyond the Stars | Zed | 1980-09-08 |
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Ray Bledsoe | 1979-06-15 |
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Up River | Bagshaw | 1979-06-01 |
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The Pirate | Prince Feiyad | 1978-11-21 |
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Jennifer | Luke Baylor | 1978-05-13 |
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The Wild Geese | Mr Martin | 1978-06-28 |
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Rooster: Spurs of Death! | Kink | 1977-01-01 |
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Moonshine County Express | Hagen | 1977-06-01 |
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Captains Courageous | Salters | 1977-12-04 |
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Oh, God! | Rabbi Silverstone | 1977-10-07 |
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Curse of the Black Widow | Aspa Soldado | 1977-09-16 |
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Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free | Judge Janeway | 1976-05-03 |
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The Premonition | Detective Denver | 1976-05-19 |
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The Last Tycoon | Doctor | 1976-11-18 |
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Paper Tiger | Mr. King | 1975-11-05 |
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The Gun and the Pulpit | Head of Posse | 1974-04-03 |
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Set This Town on Fire | Walter Stafford | 1973-01-08 |
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Something Evil | Gehrmann | 1972-01-21 |
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Catlow | Merridew | 1971-10-01 |
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Clay Pigeon | Clinic Doctor | 1971-08-01 |
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Shoot Out | Trooper | 1971-07-02 |
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Captain Marden | 1970-07-10 |
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Cover Me Babe | Paul Rogers | 1970-10-01 |
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A Clear and Present Danger | Beiseker | 1970-03-21 |
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The Movie Murderer | Collier Landis | 1970-02-02 |
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Caspay | 1970-04-23 |
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Getting Straight | Dr. Edward Willhunt | 1970-05-13 |
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Little Big Man | Wild Bill Hickok | 1970-12-23 |
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Sheriff Ray Bledsoe | 1969-09-23 |
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True Grit | Tom Chaney | 1969-06-11 |
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Impasse | Wombat | 1969-05-07 |
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The Boston Strangler | John Asgeirsson | 1968-10-08 |
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A Bell for Adano | Cacopardo | 1967-11-11 |
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In Cold Blood | Mr. Hickock | 1967-12-15 |
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Seconds | Mr. Ruby | 1966-10-05 |
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Mickey One | Fryer | 1965-09-27 |
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Der Schatz der Azteken | Abraham Lincoln | 1965-03-04 |
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The Cincinnati Kid | Hoban | 1965-10-15 |
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Once a Thief | Lieutenant Kebner | 1965-04-24 |
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Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes | Abraham Lincoln | 1965-04-17 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1964-09-02 |
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Lady in a Cage | George L. Brady Jr. aka Repent | 1964-06-10 |
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The Balcony | Bishop | 1963-03-21 |
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The Yellow Canary | Joe Pyle | 1963-05-15 |
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Inside Magoo | Doctor | 1960-01-12 |
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Superman and the Mole Men | Luke Benson | 1951-11-23 |
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Rawhide | Luke Davis | 1951-03-25 |
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Sirocco | Feisal (uncredited) | 1951-06-13 |
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New Mexico | Coyote | 1951-05-18 |
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Red Mountain | Sgt. Skee | 1951-11-01 |
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Only the Valiant | Joe Harmony | 1951-04-13 |
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The Prince Who Was a Thief | Emir Mokar | 1951-05-17 |
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Fourteen Hours | Police Sgt. Farley | 1951-04-01 |
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Never Trust a Gambler | Lou Brecker | 1951-07-13 |
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The Outriders | Keeley | 1950-03-01 |
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Rock Island Trail | Abraham Lincoln | 1950-05-18 |
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Bright Leaf | John Barton | 1950-06-16 |
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Singing Guns | Richards | 1950-02-28 |
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The Nevadan | Bart | 1950-01-11 |
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The Next Voice You Hear... | Freddie Dibson | 1950-06-29 |
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Bagdad | Mohammed Jao | 1949-11-23 |
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City Across the River | Police Lieutenant Louie Macon | 1949-04-07 |
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Follow Me Quietly | Police Sgt. Art Collins | 1949-07-07 |
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Hideout | Beecham | 1949-03-08 |
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Roughshod | Jed Graham | 1949-05-11 |
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Home of the Brave | Doctor | 1949-05-12 |
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The Wreck of the Hesperus | Joshua Hill | 1948-02-04 |
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Alias a Gentleman | Zu | 1948-02-03 |
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Joan of Arc | Joan's prison guard | 1948-12-22 |
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Let's Live Again | Bartender | 1948-02-27 |
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I, Jane Doe | Immigration Officer | 1948-05-25 |
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Canon City | Schwartzmiller | 1948-06-30 |
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Wake of the Red Witch | Mr. Loring | 1948-12-30 |
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Kidnapped | Shaun | 1948-11-28 |
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Hoppy's Holiday | Jed | 1947-07-18 |
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Brute Force | 'Freshman' Stack | 1947-07-16 |
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California | Clem (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
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The Gangster | Karty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited) | 1947-11-25 |
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Miracle on 34th Street | Reporter (uncredited) | 1947-06-04 |
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Stenographer (uncredited) | 1947-01-04 |
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Rendezvous with Annie | Howard (uncredited) | 1946-07-22 |
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The Killers | Blinky Franklin (uncredited) | 1946-08-30 |
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Somewhere in the Night | Bank Teller | 1946-06-12 |
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My Friend Flicka | Tim Murphy | 1943-05-26 |
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Llanwelly Cemetery Keeper (uncredited) | 1943-03-12 |
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Aerial Gunner | Flight Crew Member (uncredited) | 1943-03-20 |
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The Moon Is Down | Albert (uncredited) | 1943-03-14 |
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Roxie Hart | Orderly (uncredited) | 1942-02-20 |
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The Postman Didn't Ring | Harwood Green | 1942-07-03 |
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Tennessee Johnson | Captain (uncredited) | 1942-12-01 |
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The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Tim Larsen | 1942-04-27 |
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Syncopation | 1942-05-22 | |
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Who Is Hope Schuyler? | Medical Examiner | 1942-04-17 |
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Girl Trouble | Mr. Mooney (uncredited) | 1942-10-09 |
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Mutiny in the Arctic | The Cook | 1941-04-17 |
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Paris Calling | Benoit's Male Secretary | 1941-12-04 |
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All That Money Can Buy | Tom Sharp (uncredited) | 1941-10-17 |
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You Belong to Me | Mr. Greener (uncredited) | 1941-10-22 |
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The Lady from Cheyenne | Reporter | 1941-04-11 |
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Third Finger, Left Hand | Johann (uncredited) | 1940-10-11 |
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Bitter Sweet | Second Man on Stairs (uncredited) | 1940-11-08 |
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You'll Find Out | Mr. Corey (uncredited) | 1940-11-22 |
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One Third of a Nation | Man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
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I Am the Law | Thug (uncredited) | 1938-08-25 |
