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Jeff Corey

Known for acting · Born 10 August 1914 · Died 16 August 2002 · aged 88 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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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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Known for

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

Night Gallery

1970

Little Big Man

1970

In Cold Blood

1967

Seconds

1966

Superman and the Mole Men

1951

Surviving the Game

1994

Conan the Destroyer

1984

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1970

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979

Spider-Man

1994

Acting (196)

2004Spider-Man vs. Doc OckSilverman (voice)Film
2002From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and ShdanoffSelfFilm
2000The DistrictVernon StanleySeries
1999Alan Ladd: The True Quiet ManSelfFilm
1998CharmedCouncil MemberSeries
1998BrimstoneCollectorSeries
1997Perversions of ScienceThe JudgeSeries
1996The LotteryAlbert SmithFilm
1996Burt Lancaster: Daring to ReachSelfFilm
1995The Home CourtArthurSeries
1994Spider-ManSilvermane (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
1994Color of NightAshlandFilm
1994Babylon 5JustinSeries
1994Surviving the GameHankFilm
1993Beethoven's 2ndJanitorFilm
1993The Judas ProjectPonerasFilm
1992Ruby CairoJoe DickFilm
1991PayoffDon AnziaFilm
1991Lightning ForceSeries
1990Bird on a WireLou BairdFilm
1990The Rose and the JackalJames BuchananFilm
1990To My DaughterTravisFilm
1989A Deadly SilenceJudge Harvey W. ShermanFilm
1989The Magic Boy's EasterThe ServantFilm
1988RoseanneSeries
1988Messenger of DeathWillis BeechamFilm
1988War of the WorldsFrancis FlannerySeries
1988CognacColonel FrazierFilm
1987Beauty and the BeastWinston BurkeSeries
1987Jake and the FatmanSeries
1986Second ServeDr. Harry BenjaminFilm
1986Morningstar/Eveningstar · 5 episodesSeries
1986True ConfessionsSeries
1985CreatorDean HarringtonFilm
1985Final JeopardyDerelictFilm
1985Hell TownLawyer Sam · 15 episodesSeries
1985Father of Hell TownLawyer SamFilm
1984Conan the DestroyerGrand VizierFilm
1984Night CourtJudge Hirsch, SantaSeries
1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversFatherFilm
1983The A-TeamA.J. BancroftSeries
1983ManimalSeries
1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "The Killers") (archive footage)Film
1982The Sword and the SorcererCraccusFilm
1982NewhartJudge DraytonSeries
1982Faerie Tale TheatreFatherSeries
1982Cry for the StrangersRileyFilm
1981Simon & SimonSeries
1980Battle Beyond the StarsZedFilm
1980Breaking AwaySeries
1980Homeward BoundGeorgeFilm
1979Knots LandingPeter MackenzieSeries
1979Butch and Sundance: The Early DaysRay BledsoeFilm
1979Archie Bunker's PlaceSeries
1979Up RiverBagshawFilm
1978The Wild GeeseMr MartinFilm
1978JenniferLuke BaylorFilm
1977Oh, God!Rabbi SilverstoneFilm
1977Lou Grant, Larry HillSeries
1977Curse of the Black WidowAspa SoldadoFilm
1977Moonshine County ExpressHagenFilm
1977Captains CourageousSaltersFilm
1977Rooster: Spurs of Death!KinkFilm
1977The PiratePrince Feiyad · 2 episodesSeries
1976The Bionic WomanSeries
1976The Last TycoonDoctorFilm
1976The PremonitionDetective DenverFilm
1976What's Happening!!HassanSeries
1976Banjo Hackett: Roamin' FreeJudge JanewayFilm
1975Starsky & HutchAndrew MelloSeries
1975One Day at a TimeSeries
1975Barney MillerCaleb Webber, Ralph TimmonsSeries
1975Paper TigerMr. KingFilm
1975SwitchA.J. Gunther · 2 episodesSeries
1975Doctors' HospitalSeries
1974Little House on the PrairieJudge Parker · 2 episodesSeries
1974The Six Million Dollar ManOrin ThatcherSeries
1974The Gun and the PulpitHead of PosseFilm
1974Paper MoonSeries
1974Run, Joe, RunSeries
1973KojakFrank RaynorSeries
1973Police StorySeries
1973HawkinsJulian MaynardSeries
1973Set This Town on FireWalter StaffordFilm
1972The Streets of San Francisco, Ralph Bowen, U.S. SenatorSeries
1972The Bob Newhart ShowDr. Scott RiversSeries
1972Something EvilGehrmannFilm
1972SearchSeries
1971Shoot OutTrooperFilm
1971Alias Smith and JonesSeries
1971CatlowMerridewFilm
1971Clay PigeonClinic DoctorFilm
1970Beneath the Planet of the ApesCaspayFilm
1970Little Big ManWild Bill HickokFilm
1970Night GalleryDr. Miles Talmadge (segment "The Dead Man")Series
1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs!Captain MardenFilm
1970McCloudSheik KampalSeries
1970Getting StraightDr. Edward WillhuntFilm
1970Cover Me BabePaul RogersFilm
1970The Movie MurdererCollier LandisFilm
1970A Clear and Present DangerBeisekerFilm
1970The HeadmasterSeries
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidSheriff BledsoeFilm
1969True GritTom ChaneyFilm
1969Hawaii Five-ODr. William Hanson, DuncanSeries
1969ImpasseWombatFilm
1969The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsJack MitgangSeries
1968The Boston StranglerJohn AsgeirssonFilm
1967In Cold BloodMr. HickockFilm
1967MannixPaul SorensonSeries
1967Garrison's GorillasSeries
1967Judd, for the DefenseSeries
1967A Bell for AdanoCacopardoFilm
1966Star TrekPlasusSeries
1966SecondsMr. RubyFilm
1965The Cincinnati KidHobanFilm
1965The Wild Wild WestCol. Tacitus Mosely, Captain Ansel CoffinSeries
1965Mickey OneFryerFilm
1965Pyramid of the Sun GodAbraham LincolnFilm
1965Mercenaries of the Rio GrandeAbraham LincolnFilm
1965Once a ThiefLieutenant KebnerFilm
1965Run for Your LifeAbe Lincoln, Fred MorrisseySeries
1964Lady in a CageGeorge L. Brady Jr. aka RepentFilm
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Series
1964The Big Parade of ComedySergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1963The Outer LimitsByron LomaxSeries
1963The BalconyBishopFilm
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreReverend Mr. MansardSeries
1963The Yellow CanaryJoe PyleFilm
1960Inside MagooDoctorFilm
1959BonanzaTuck Dowling, Frank BrennanSeries
1959The UntouchablesMax FrimmelSeries
1959RawhideMorgan KaneSeries
1957Perry MasonCarl BascomSeries
1955GunsmokeJudge ProcterSeries
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyGen. McClellan · 2 episodesSeries
1952Adventures of SupermanLuke Benson · 2 episodesSeries
1951Superman and the Mole MenLuke BensonFilm
1951RawhideLuke DavisFilm
1951Fourteen HoursPolice Sgt. FarleyFilm
1951SiroccoFeisal (uncredited)Film
1951Only the ValiantJoe HarmonyFilm
1951Red MountainSgt. SkeeFilm
1951The Prince Who Was a ThiefEmir MokarFilm
1951New MexicoCoyoteFilm
1951Never Trust a GamblerLou BreckerFilm
1950The NevadanBartFilm
1950Bright LeafJohn BartonFilm
1950The OutridersKeeleyFilm
1950Singing GunsRichardsFilm
1950The Next Voice You Hear...Freddie DibsonFilm
1950Rock Island TrailAbraham LincolnFilm
1949Follow Me QuietlyPolice Sgt. Art CollinsFilm
1949Home of the BraveDoctorFilm
1949BagdadMohammed JaoFilm
1949RoughshodJed GrahamFilm
1949City Across the RiverPolice Lieutenant Louie MaconFilm
1949HideoutBeechamFilm
1948Joan of ArcJoan's prison guardFilm
1948Wake of the Red WitchMr. LoringFilm
1948Canon CitySchwartzmillerFilm
1948I, Jane DoeImmigration OfficerFilm
1948Alias a GentlemanZuFilm
1948The Wreck of the HesperusJoshua HillFilm
1948Let's Live AgainBartenderFilm
1948KidnappedShaunFilm
1947Miracle on 34th StreetReporter (uncredited)Film
1947Brute Force'Freshman' StackFilm
1947CaliforniaClem (uncredited)Film
1947The GangsterKarty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)Film
1947The Shocking Miss PilgrimStenographer (uncredited)Film
1947Hoppy's HolidayJedFilm
1946The KillersBlinky Franklin (uncredited)Film
1946Somewhere in the NightBank TellerFilm
1946Rendezvous with AnnieHoward (uncredited)Film
1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManLlanwelly Cemetery Keeper (uncredited)Film
1943My Friend FlickaTim MurphyFilm
1943The Moon Is DownAlbert (uncredited)Film
1943Aerial GunnerFlight Crew Member (uncredited)Film
1942Roxie HartOrderly (uncredited)Film
1942The Man Who Wouldn't DieTim LarsenFilm
1942Tennessee JohnsonCaptain (uncredited)Film
1942SyncopationFilm
1942Who Is Hope Schuyler?Medical ExaminerFilm
1942Girl TroubleMr. Mooney (uncredited)Film
1942The Postman Didn't RingHarwood GreenFilm
1941All That Money Can BuyTom Sharp (uncredited)Film
1941You Belong to MeMr. Greener (uncredited)Film
1941Paris CallingBenoit's Secretary (uncredited)Film
1941The Lady from CheyenneReporterFilm
1941Mutiny in the ArcticThe CookFilm
1940You'll Find OutMr. Corey (uncredited)Film
1940Third Finger, Left HandJohann (uncredited)Film
1940Bitter SweetSecond Man on Stairs (uncredited)Film
1939One Third of a NationMan in Crowd at Fire (uncredited)Film
1938I Am the LawThug (uncredited)Film

Directing (5)

1972The Sixth SenseDirectorSeries
1972Anna and the KingDirectorSeries
1971Alias Smith and JonesDirectorSeries
1971The PsychiatristDirectorSeries
1970Night GalleryDirectorSeries