Jeff Corey
Acting
Born: August 10, 1914 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: August 16, 2002 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Known for
Charmed
1998
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
Conan the Destroyer
1984
Star Trek
1966
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
Spider-Man
1994
The A-Team
1983
Beethoven's 2nd
1993
Bird on a Wire
1990
Little House on the Prairie
1974
True Grit
1969
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
Photos (3)
Movies (128)
Conan the Destroyer
Grand Vizier
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Sheriff Bledsoe
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Caspay
True Grit
Tom Chaney
Color of Night
Ashland
Bird on a Wire
Lou Baird
Miracle on 34th Street
Reporter (uncredited)
Surviving the Game
Hank
Seconds
Mr. Ruby
In Cold Blood
Mr. Hickock
The Boston Strangler
John Asgeirsson
Beethoven's 2nd
Janitor
Battle Beyond the Stars
Zed
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Little Big Man
Wild Bill Hickok
The Killers
Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
The Wild Geese
Mr Martin
The Cincinnati Kid
Hoban
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Captain Marden
Messenger of Death
Willis Beecham
Fourteen Hours
Police Sgt. Farley
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Craccus
Brute Force
'Freshman' Stack
The Last Tycoon
Doctor
Joan of Arc
Joan's prison guard
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Llanwelly Cemetery Keeper (uncredited)
Creator
Dean Harrington
Rendezvous with Annie
Howard (uncredited)
The Prince Who Was a Thief
Emir Mokar
Oh, God!
Rabbi Silverstone
Shoot Out
Trooper
All That Money Can Buy
Tom Sharp (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
Luke Benson
Getting Straight
Dr. Edward Willhunt
Roxie Hart
Orderly (uncredited)
Sirocco
Feisal (uncredited)
Only the Valiant
Joe Harmony
Something Evil
Gehrmann
Wake of the Red Witch
Mr. Loring
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Ray Bledsoe
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Abraham Lincoln
Impasse
Wombat
Final Jeopardy
Derelict
The Outriders
Keeley
Ruby Cairo
Joe Dick
Moonshine County Express
Hagen
Cover Me Babe
Paul Rogers
Girl Trouble
Mr. Mooney (uncredited)
Hideout
Beecham
The Premonition
Detective Denver
Curse of the Black Widow
Aspa Soldado
Red Mountain
Sgt. Skee
Once a Thief
Lieutenant Kebner
Rawhide
Luke Davis
Somewhere in the Night
Bank Teller
The Big Parade of Comedy
Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Catlow
Merridew
My Friend Flicka
Tim Murphy
California
Clem (uncredited)
Bright Leaf
John Barton
Singing Guns
Richards
I Am the Law
Thug (uncredited)
The Lottery
Albert Smith
Second Serve
Dr. Harry Benjamin
The Nevadan
Bart
The Movie Murderer
Collier Landis
Pyramid of the Sun God
Abraham Lincoln
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Silverman (voice)
The Gangster
Karty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
Lady in a Cage
George L. Brady Jr. aka Repent
New Mexico
Coyote
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Judge Janeway
Mickey One
Fryer
Third Finger, Left Hand
Johann (uncredited)
Jennifer
Luke Baylor
Tennessee Johnson
Captain (uncredited)
A Bell for Adano
Cacopardo
Never Trust a Gambler
Lou Brecker
Follow Me Quietly
Police Sgt. Art Collins
You Belong to Me
Mr. Greener (uncredited)
Bagdad
Mohammed Jao
Paris Calling
Benoit's Male Secretary
A Clear and Present Danger
Beiseker
A Deadly Silence
Judge Harvey W. Sherman
The Moon Is Down
Albert (uncredited)
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Father
Captains Courageous
Salters
The Rose and the Jackal
James Buchanan
One Third of a Nation
Man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited)
The Yellow Canary
Joe Pyle
Paper Tiger
Mr. King
Syncopation
1942
Kidnapped
Shaun
You'll Find Out
Mr. Corey (uncredited)
Rock Island Trail
Abraham Lincoln
I, Jane Doe
Immigration Officer
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Stenographer (uncredited)
Bitter Sweet
Second Man on Stairs (uncredited)
Canon City
Schwartzmiller
Set This Town on Fire
Walter Stafford
The Gun and the Pulpit
Head of Posse
Clay Pigeon
Clinic Doctor
Cry for the Strangers
Riley
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Joshua Hill
The Balcony
Bishop
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Medical Examiner
Aerial Gunner
Flight Crew Member (uncredited)
City Across the River
Police Lieutenant Louie Macon
The Next Voice You Hear...
Freddie Dibson
The Lady from Cheyenne
Reporter
To My Daughter
Travis
Homeward Bound
George
Father of Hell Town
Lawyer Sam
The Judas Project
Poneras
Cognac
Colonel Frazier
Roughshod
Jed Graham
Home of the Brave
Doctor
Up River
Bagshaw
The Postman Didn't Ring
Harwood Green
Payoff
Don Anzia
Mutiny in the Arctic
The Cook
Inside Magoo
Doctor
Let's Live Again
Bartender
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
Kink
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Tim Larsen
The Magic Boy's Easter
The Servant
Hoppy's Holiday
Jed
Alias a Gentleman
Zu
TV Shows (69)
Perry Mason
Carl Bascom · 1 eps
Charmed
Council Member · 1 eps
Star Trek
Plasus · 1 eps
The A-Team
A.J. Bancroft · 1 eps
Babylon 5
Justin · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Dr. William Hanson · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Duncan · 1 eps
Bonanza
Tuck Dowling · 1 eps
Bonanza
Frank Brennan · 1 eps
Simon & Simon
1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Judge Parker · 2 eps
Mannix
Paul Sorenson · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Col. Tacitus Mosely · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Captain Ansel Coffin · 1 eps
Spider-Man
Silvermane (voice) · 5 eps
Knots Landing
Peter Mackenzie · 1 eps
One Day at a Time
1 eps
Night Court
Judge Hirsch · 1 eps
Night Court
Santa · 1 eps
The Six Million Dollar Man
Orin Thatcher · 1 eps
Jake and the Fatman
1 eps
The Bob Newhart Show
Dr. Scott Rivers · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Max Frimmel · 1 eps
Rawhide
Morgan Kane · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
Ralph Bowen, U.S. Senator · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Andrew Mello · 1 eps
Barney Miller
Caleb Webber · 1 eps
Barney Miller
Ralph Timmons · 1 eps
The District
Vernon Stanley · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Abe Lincoln · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Fred Morrissey · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Byron Lomax · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Dr. Miles Talmadge (segment "The Dead Man") · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Judge Procter · 1 eps
Lou Grant
1 eps
Lou Grant
Larry Hill · 1 eps
The Bionic Woman
1 eps
Adventures of Superman
Luke Benson · 2 eps
McCloud
Sheik Kampal · 1 eps
Kojak
Frank Raynor · 1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
1 eps
War of the Worlds
Francis Flannery · 1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Switch
A.J. Gunther · 2 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Father · 1 eps
Archie Bunker's Place
1 eps
Brimstone
Collector · 1 eps
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Jack Mitgang · 1 eps
What's Happening!!
Hassan · 1 eps
Paper Moon
1 eps
Manimal
1 eps
Roseanne
1 eps
Perversions of Science
The Judge · 1 eps
Garrison's Gorillas
1 eps
Doctors' Hospital
1 eps
Lightning Force
1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Gen. McClellan · 2 eps
Search
1 eps
Run, Joe, Run
1 eps
The Home Court
Arthur · 1 eps
The Pirate
Prince Feiyad · 2 eps
Hawkins
Julian Maynard · 1 eps
Hell Town
Lawyer Sam · 15 eps
Breaking Away
1 eps
The Headmaster
1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Winston Burke · 1 eps
