Wendell Corey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 20, 1914
- Died
- Nov 8, 1968 (aged 54)
- Place of birth
- Dracut, Massachusetts, USA
- Credits
- 70
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Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor and politician. He began his acting career on the stage, doing a number of productions in summer stock. His Broadway debut was in Comes the Revelation (1942). After appearing in a number of supporting roles, he scored his first hit as a cynical newspaperman in Elmer Rice's comedy Dream Girl (1945). While appearing in the play Corey was seen by producer Hal Wallis, who persuaded him to sign a contract with Paramount and pursue a motion picture career in Hollywood. His movie debut came as a gangster in Desert Fury (1947).
He starred with Casey Walters in the television series Harbor Command (1957–1958), co-starred on The Nanette Fabray Show (1961), and, during its first season, had the lead role in the medical drama The Eleventh Hour (1962–1963).
Corey made guest appearances on a number of programs, including Target: The Corruptors!, Channing, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Burke's Law, Perry Mason, The Road West, and The Wild Wild West.
He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1961 to 1963 and was a member of the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild. A Republican campaigner in national politics since 1956, Corey was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in April 1965. The conservative politician ran for the California seat in the United States Congress in 1966, but lost the primary election. He was still a councilman at the time of his death.
Known for
Filmography
The Star Maker
1968Movie
The Astro-Zombies
1968Movie
Holman
Buckskin
1968Movie
Rep Marlowe
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967TV
Red Tomahawk
1967Movie
Sy Elkins
Picture Mommy Dead
1966Movie
Lawyer Clayborn
Cyborg 2087
1966Movie
Sheriff
Waco
1966Movie
Sam Stone
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
1966Movie
Adm. David King
Agent for H.A.R.M.
1966Movie
Jim Graff
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Dwight Sinclair
Broken Sabre
1965Movie
Major Whitcomb
Branded
1965TV
Blood on the Arrow
1964Movie
Clint Mailer
Burke's Law
1963TV
Milo Morgan
Channing
1963TV
Professor Jonathan Kobitz
The Eleventh Hour
1962TV
Dr. Theodore Bassett
The New Breed
1961TV
Roger Dawson
Bus Stop
1961TV
Target: The Corruptors!
1961TV
Westinghouse Playhouse
1961TV
Dan McGovern
Peck's Bad Girl
1959TV
Steve Peck
Alias Jesse James
1959Movie
Jesse James
The Light in the Forest
1958Movie
Wilse Owens
Harbor Command
1957TV
Captain Ralph Baxter
Perry Mason
1957TV
Jerome Klee
Loving You
1957Movie
Walter (Tex) Warner
The Rainmaker
1956Movie
Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
The Rack
1956Movie
Maj. Sam Moulton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Clay Burnett, Marshal Bigger, Adam Mapes
The Killer Is Loose
1956Movie
Leon 'Foggy' Poole
The Bold and the Brave
1956Movie
Dave Fairchild
The Big Knife
1955Movie
Smiley Coy
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Timber Woods
Climax!
1954TV
Lieutenant Erich Ganz, Lou Gehrig
Rear Window
1954Movie
Thomas Doyle
Hell's Half Acre
1954Movie
Chet Chester, aka Randy Williams
The Backbone of America
1953Movie
Ben Bruce
Laughing Anne
1953Movie
Capt. Davidson
A Tale of Two Cities
1953Movie
Sydney Carton
Jamaica Run
1953Movie
Todd Dacey
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
My Man and I
1952Movie
Ansel Ames
Carbine Williams
1952Movie
Capt. H.T. Peoples
The Wild North
1952Movie
Constable Pedley
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951Movie
Capt. Harold Calvert
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951Movie
Jim Stauton Rogers
The Great Missouri Raid
1951Movie
Frank James
Harriet Craig
1950Movie
Walter Craig
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Buster, Dante, Herb
The Furies
1950Movie
Rip Darrow
No Sad Songs for Me
1950Movie
Bradford 'Brad' Scott
The Bob Hope Show
1950TV
Self
Your Show of Shows
1950TV
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Holiday Affair
1949Movie
Carl Davis
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949Movie
Cleve Marshall
Any Number Can Play
1949Movie
Robbin Elcott
The Accused
1949Movie
Lieut. Ted Dorgan
Man-Eater of Kumaon
1948Movie
Dr. John Collins
Studio One
1948TV
Senator James Norton, Will Robbins, Dr. Cory, John Ryerson
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948Movie
Dr. Philip Alexander
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
The Search
1948Movie
Jerry Fisher
I Walk Alone
1947Movie
Dave
Desert Fury
1947Movie
Johnny Ryan
Easy to Get
1947Movie
Military Doctor