Wendell Corey
Acting
Born 1914-03-20
Died 1968-11-08
Dracut, Massachusetts, USA
70 credits
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Theatre World Award 1
Awards
Won 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
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Theatre World Award 1 won
- 1946 Theatre World Award Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
51 credits
Perry Mason
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Climax!
Burke's Law
Studio One
Run for Your Life
The Oscars
Rear Window
The Bob Hope Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Ed Sullivan Show
The New Breed
Lux Video Theatre
The Eleventh Hour
Holiday Affair
Channing
Harbor Command
Westinghouse Playhouse
Sorry, Wrong Number
The Big Knife
The Furies
Alias Jesse James
I Walk Alone
The Rainmaker
Desert Fury
The Accused
The Killer Is Loose
The Search
The Wild North
The Rack
Loving You
The File on Thelma Jordon
Peck's Bad Girl
Picture Mommy Dead
Carbine Williams
Waco
The Light in the Forest
No Sad Songs for Me
Broken Sabre
Harriet Craig
Buckskin
Cyborg 2087
My Man and I
Rich, Young and Pretty
Laughing Anne
Any Number Can Play
The Wild Blue Yonder
Red Tomahawk
Blood on the Arrow
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
The Astro-Zombies
Other credits
9 credits
The Wild Wild West
Robert Montgomery Presents
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Your Show of Shows
Branded
Bus Stop
Target: The Corruptors!
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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