Corey Allen

Personal Info

Birthday

June 29, 1934

Day of Death

2010-06-27

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Corey Allen

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).

Known For

Perry Mason

Combat!

Dr. Kildare

Studio One

Gunsmoke

The Rebel

Telephone Time

The Millionaire

Filmography

2006
The Real James Dean
as Self
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
The Works
as Mr. M
1996
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self - 'Buzz' (archive footage)
1995
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self
1988
Forever James Dean
as Himself
1975
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self
1962
The Chapman Report
as Walsh Dillon
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Scotty
1960
Key Witness
as Magician
Private Property
as Duke
1958
Party Girl
as Cookie La Motte
Juvenile Jungle
as Hal McQueen
Darby's Rangers
as Tony Sutherland
1957
The Big Caper
as Roy
The Shadow on the Window
as Gil Ramsey
1955
Rebel Without a Cause
as Buzz Gunderson
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Enlisted Man
A Time Out of War
as Connor
The Mad Magician
as Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)