Jeff Corey
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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
Fotos
Películas (131)
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004 · Silverman (voice)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002 · Self
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999 · Self
The Lottery
1996 · Albert Smith
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996 · Self
Color of Night
1994 · Ashland
Surviving the Game
1994 · Hank
Beethoven's 2nd
1993 · Janitor
The Judas Project
1993 · Poneras
Ruby Cairo
1992 · Joe Dick
Payoff
1991 · Don Anzia
To My Daughter
1990 · Travis
Bird on a Wire
1990 · Lou Baird
The Rose and the Jackal
1990 · James Buchanan
A Deadly Silence
1989 · Judge Harvey W. Sherman
The Magic Boy's Easter
1989 · The Servant
Messenger of Death
1988 · Willis Beecham
Cognac
1988 · Colonel Frazier
Second Serve
1986 · Dr. Harry Benjamin
Final Jeopardy
1985 · Derelict
Creator
1985 · Dean Harrington
Father of Hell Town
1985 · Lawyer Sam
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984 · Father
Conan the Destroyer
1984 · Grand Vizier
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982 · Craccus
Cry for the Strangers
1982 · Riley
Homeward Bound
1980 · George
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · Zed
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979 · Ray Bledsoe
Up River
1979 · Bagshaw
The Wild Geese
1978 · Mr Martin
Jennifer
1978 · Luke Baylor
Captains Courageous
1977 · Salters
Oh, God!
1977 · Rabbi Silverstone
Curse of the Black Widow
1977 · Aspa Soldado
Moonshine County Express
1977 · Hagen
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
1977 · Kink
The Last Tycoon
1976 · Doctor
The Premonition
1976 · Detective Denver
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976 · Judge Janeway
Paper Tiger
1975 · Mr. King
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974 · Head of Posse
Set This Town on Fire
1973 · Walter Stafford
Something Evil
1972 · Gehrmann
Catlow
1971 · Merridew
Clay Pigeon
1971 · Clinic Doctor
Shoot Out
1971 · Trooper
Little Big Man
1970 · Wild Bill Hickok
Cover Me Babe
1970 · Paul Rogers
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · Captain Marden
Getting Straight
1970 · Dr. Edward Willhunt
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 · Caspay
A Clear and Present Danger
1970 · Beiseker
The Movie Murderer
1970 · Collier Landis
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Sheriff Bledsoe
True Grit
1969 · Tom Chaney
Impasse
1969 · Wombat
The Boston Strangler
1968 · John Asgeirsson
In Cold Blood
1967 · Mr. Hickock
A Bell for Adano
1967 · Cacopardo
Seconds
1966 · Mr. Ruby
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Hoban
Mickey One
1965 · Fryer
Once a Thief
1965 · Lieutenant Kebner
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Abraham Lincoln
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965 · Abraham Lincoln
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lady in a Cage
1964 · George L. Brady Jr. aka Repent
The Yellow Canary
1963 · Joe Pyle
The Balcony
1963 · Bishop
Inside Magoo
1960 · Doctor
Superman and the Mole Men
1951 · Luke Benson
Red Mountain
1951 · Sgt. Skee
Never Trust a Gambler
1951 · Lou Brecker
Sirocco
1951 · Feisal (uncredited)
New Mexico
1951 · Coyote
The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951 · Emir Mokar
Only the Valiant
1951 · Joe Harmony
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Police Sgt. Farley
Rawhide
1951 · Luke Davis
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950 · Freddie Dibson
Bright Leaf
1950 · John Barton
Rock Island Trail
1950 · Abraham Lincoln
The Outriders
1950 · Keeley
Singing Guns
1950 · Richards
The Nevadan
1950 · Bart
Bagdad
1949 · Mohammed Jao
Follow Me Quietly
1949 · Police Sgt. Art Collins
Home of the Brave
1949 · Doctor
Roughshod
1949 · Jed Graham
City Across the River
1949 · Police Lieutenant Louie Macon
Hideout
1949 · Beecham
Wake of the Red Witch
1948 · Mr. Loring
Joan of Arc
1948 · Joan's prison guard
Kidnapped
1948 · Shaun
Canon City
1948 · Schwartzmiller
I, Jane Doe
1948 · Immigration Officer
Let's Live Again
1948 · Bartender
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948 · Joshua Hill
Alias a Gentleman
1948 · Zu
The Gangster
1947 · Karty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
Hoppy's Holiday
1947 · Jed
Brute Force
1947 · 'Freshman' Stack
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · Reporter (uncredited)
California
1947 · Clem (uncredited)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947 · Stenographer (uncredited)
The Killers
1946 · Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 · Howard (uncredited)
Somewhere in the Night
1946 · Bank Teller
My Friend Flicka
1943 · Tim Murphy
Aerial Gunner
1943 · Flight Crew Member (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
1943 · Albert (uncredited)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 · Llanwelly Cemetery Keeper (uncredited)
Tennessee Johnson
1942 · Captain (uncredited)
Girl Trouble
1942 · Mr. Mooney (uncredited)
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942 · Harwood Green
Syncopation
1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942 · Tim Larsen
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942 · Medical Examiner
Roxie Hart
1942 · Orderly (uncredited)
Paris Calling
1941 · Benoit's Secretary (uncredited)
You Belong to Me
1941 · Mr. Greener (uncredited)
All That Money Can Buy
1941 · Tom Sharp (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941 · The Cook
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Reporter
You'll Find Out
1940 · Mr. Corey (uncredited)
Bitter Sweet
1940 · Second Man on Stairs (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Johann (uncredited)
One Third of a Nation
1939 · Man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited)
I Am the Law
1938 · Thug (uncredited)
Series (68)
The District
2000 · Vernon Stanley
Brimstone
1998 · Collector
Charmed
1998 · Council Member
Perversions of Science
1997 · The Judge
The Home Court
1995 · Arthur
Spider-Man
1994 · Silvermane (voice)
Babylon 5
1994 · Justin
Lightning Force
1991
Roseanne
1988
War of the Worlds
1988 · Francis Flannery
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Winston Burke
True Confessions
1986
Morningstar/Eveningstar
1986
Hell Town
1985 · Lawyer Sam
Night Court
1984 · Judge Hirsch, Santa
Manimal
1983
The A-Team
1983 · A.J. Bancroft
Newhart
1982 · Judge Drayton
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Father
Simon & Simon
1981
Breaking Away
1980
Knots Landing
1979 · Peter Mackenzie
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
The Pirate
1977 · Prince Feiyad
Lou Grant
1977 · Larry Hill
What's Happening!!
1976 · Hassan
The Bionic Woman
1976
One Day at a Time
1975
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Andrew Mello
Switch
1975 · A.J. Gunther
Barney Miller
1975 · Caleb Webber, Ralph Timmons
Paper Moon
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Judge Parker
Run, Joe, Run
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Orin Thatcher
Kojak
1973 · Frank Raynor
Police Story
1973
Hawkins
1973 · Julian Maynard
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Ralph Bowen, U.S. Senator
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Dr. Scott Rivers
Search
1972
Anna and the King
1972 · Director
The Sixth Sense
1972 · Director
The Psychiatrist
1971 · Director
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · Director
Night Gallery
1970 · Dr. Miles Talmadge (segment "The Dead Man"), Director
The Headmaster
1970
McCloud
1970 · Sheik Kampal
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969 · Jack Mitgang
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Dr. William Hanson, Duncan
Mannix
1967 · Paul Sorenson
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Star Trek
1966 · Plasus
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Col. Tacitus Mosely, Captain Ansel Coffin
Run for Your Life
1965 · Abe Lincoln, Fred Morrissey
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Reverend Mr. Mansard
The Outer Limits
1963 · Byron Lomax
The Untouchables
1959 · Max Frimmel
Bonanza
1959 · Tuck Dowling, Frank Brennan
Rawhide
1959 · Morgan Kane
Perry Mason
1957 · Carl Bascom
Gunsmoke
1955 · Judge Procter
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Gen. McClellan
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Luke Benson