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