Corey Allen Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Corey Allen

Corey Allen

Directing

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 Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Simon & Simon (1981), Code Name: Foxfire (1985), Stone (1979) and Capitol (1982). He has earned two Directors Guild nominations for Best Direction in a television series, the Award for Cable Excellence for Best Direction of The Paper Chase (1978) and received an Emmy for Best Direction of a Hill Street Blues (1981). Throughout this career, Allen instructed acting, including three years at the Actors Workshop, and for the last nine years, conducted cold reading workshops at the Margie Haber Studio. Allen was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Columbia College-Hollywood for his work in helping to create their acting and directing curricula.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Rebel Without a Cause movie poster
MOVIE

Rebel Without a Cause

7.5(1.8K)
Rebel Without a Cause
Buzz Gunderson
Party Girl movie poster
MOVIE

Party Girl

6.8(0.1K)
Party Girl
Cookie La Motte
The Works movie poster
MOVIE

The Works

10.0(0.0K)
The Works
Mr. M
Sweet Bird of Youth movie poster
MOVIE

Sweet Bird of Youth

6.8(0.1K)
Sweet Bird of Youth
Scotty
The Mad Magician movie poster
MOVIE

The Mad Magician

6.9(0.0K)
The Mad Magician
Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
The Shadow on the Window movie poster
MOVIE

The Shadow on the Window

5.9(0.0K)
The Shadow on the Window
Gil Ramsey
Darby's Rangers movie poster
MOVIE

Darby's Rangers

6.5(0.0K)
Darby's Rangers
Tony Sutherland
The Big Caper movie poster
MOVIE

The Big Caper

6.2(0.0K)
The Big Caper
Roy
The Chapman Report movie poster
MOVIE

The Chapman Report

5.1(0.0K)
The Chapman Report
Walsh Dillon
Juvenile Jungle movie poster
MOVIE

Juvenile Jungle

7.4(0.0K)
Juvenile Jungle
Hal McQueen

Production

I-Man movie poster
MOVIE

I-Man

5.6(0.0K)
I-Man
Director
Pinocchio movie poster
MOVIE

Pinocchio

4.7(0.0K)
Pinocchio
Director
Pinocchio movie poster
MOVIE

Pinocchio

4.7(0.0K)
Pinocchio
Screenplay
Thunder and Lightning movie poster
MOVIE

Thunder and Lightning

5.0(0.0K)
Thunder and Lightning
Director
Avalanche movie poster
MOVIE

Avalanche

3.6(0.1K)
Avalanche
Director
Avalanche movie poster
MOVIE

Avalanche

3.6(0.1K)
Avalanche
Screenplay
Cry Rape movie poster
MOVIE

Cry Rape

7.0(0.0K)
Cry Rape
Director
The Ann Jillian Story movie poster
MOVIE

The Ann Jillian Story

5.7(0.0K)
The Ann Jillian Story
Director
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues movie poster
MOVIE

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

5.5(0.0K)
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
Director
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit movie poster
MOVIE

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

5.0(0.0K)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Director

Gallery

Corey Allen portrait
Corey Allen portrait
Corey Allen portrait