Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s.

Life and career

Corey attended

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in Brooklyn and was active in the school's Dramatic Society. In the mid-1930s, he acted with the Clare Tree Major Children's Theater of New York. When Corey began making films, his agent suggested that he change his name from Arthur Zwerling, and he did so. He worked with

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, Elia Kazan, John Randolph and other politically liberal theatrical personalities. Although he attended some meetings of the

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, Corey never joined. A

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veteran, Corey served in the

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. His memoir, ''Improvising Out Loud: My Life Teaching Hollywood How To Act'', which he wrote with his daughter, Emily Corey, is published by the University Press of Kentucky. His longtime friend and former student

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wrote the foreword for the book.

Hollywood

Corey moved to Hollywood in 1940 and became a character actor. One of his film roles was in ''

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'' (1951), which was later edited to a two-part episode of the television series '' The Adventures of Superman'', retitled "The Unknown People". His portrayal of a xenophobic vigilante coincidentally reflected what was about to happen to him. Prior to that, Corey appeared in ''

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''. (1943), as one of the men who discover the body of the vagrant Freddy Jolly.

Blacklisted

Corey's career was halted in the early 1950s, when he was summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Corey 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. This behavior 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

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. "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

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." During his blacklisting, Corey drew upon his experience in various actors' workshops (including the

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, which he helped establish) by seeking work as an acting teacher. He soon became one of the most influential teachers in Hollywood. His students, at various times, included

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, Bruce Lee,

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, Darrell M. Smith,

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, Sharon Tate, Rita Moreno,

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Back to work in the 1960s

In 1962, Corey began working in films again, and remained active into the 1990s. He played Hoban in ''

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'' (1965), Tom Chaney, the principal villain in ''

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'' (1969), and Sheriff Bledsoe in '' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (also 1969), who says to the co-stars, "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. It's over, don't you get that? Your times is over and you're gonna die bloody, and all you can do is choose where." In '' Seconds'' (1966), a science-fiction drama film directed by

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and starring

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, Corey with

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and John Randolph played wealthy executives who opt to restart their lives with new identities. Corey played a police detective in the psychological thriller '' The Premonition'' (1976) and he reprised the role of Sheriff Bledsoe in the prequel '' Butch and Sundance: The Early Days'' (1979). He also played

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in ''

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'' (1970). Corey directed some of the screen tests for '' Superman'' (1978), which can be seen in the DVD extras, and played

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in several try-outs.

Television

Corey made guest appearances on many television series. He appeared as murder victim Carl Bascom in the ''

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'' episode, "The Case of the Reckless Rockhound" (1964). He was featured on

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series, too, including an episode of '' The Outer Limits'' ("

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", 1963) in which he played Byron Lomax; '' Star Trek'' ("

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", 1969) in which he played High Advisor Plasus; as Caspay in ''

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'' (1970), and ''

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'' ("

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", 1996) in which he played Justin. Corey played Dr. Miles Talmadge on

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's ''

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'' season-one episode one, "The Dead Man", on December 16, 1970. Corey detailed his television work on ''Night Gallery'' in an interview in February 1973 aboard the SS ''Universe Campus'' of Chapman College. He was proudest of this work, for which he received an Emmy nomination. During the 1970s, Corey also played Dr. Scott Rivers, an older man with whom Carol Lester (the character played by

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) becomes romantically involved, in 1973 in "Old Man Rivers," episode 31 of the ''

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''. In 1974, he appeared in "Murder on the 13th Floor," episode 6 of the

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legal drama '' Hawkins''. He also appeared in the short-lived 1974 series '' Paper Moon'', a comedy about a father and his presumed daughter roaming through the

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during the

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based on the 1973 film of the same name. In the 1980s, Corey was in a 1984 episode of Bob Newhart's show ''

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'' as a judge. He played a man who believed he was

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in a 1984 episode of ''

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''. He also had a role in a third-season episode of ''Night Court'' in 1986 as a burned-out judge who had lost his grip on reality. Corey was the voice of the villain

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(in elderly form) in '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' in 1994.

Radio

In the era of

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, Corey portrayed Detective Lieutenant Ybarra on the crime drama ''

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe ''The Adventures of Philip Marlowe'' was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, ''The A to Z of Old Time Radio'', noted that the program differed from most other ...

'' on NBC (1947) and CBS (1948–1951).

Personal life and death

Corey and his wife Hope had been married for 64 years at the time of his death at the age of 88 on August 16, 2002.

Filmography

Film

* '' I Am the Law'' (1938) as Thug (uncredited) * '' ...One Third of a Nation...'' (1939) as Man in Crowd at Fir (uncredited) * '' Third Finger, Left Hand'' (1940) as Johann (uncredited) * '' Bitter Sweet'' (1940) as Second Man on Stairs (uncredited) * '' You'll Find Out'' (1940) as Mr. Corey (uncredited) * ''

Petticoat Politics ''Petticoat Politics'' is a 1941 film, the ninth and final of Republic's Higgins Family series. Plot summary Lil Higgins become excessively worried that her newly retired husband Joe will die now that he has nothing to do all day. She has learne ...

'' (1941) as Henry Trotter * ''

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'' (1941) as Reporter (uncredited) * '' Mutiny in the Arctic'' (1941) as The Cook * ''

The Devil and Daniel Webster "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the noted 19th-c ...

'' (1941) as Tom Sharp (uncredited) * '' You Belong to Me'' (1941) as Mr. Greener (uncredited) * ''

Paris Calling ''Paris Calling'' is a 1941 war film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Elisabeth Bergner, and Basil Rathbone. Plot Cast * Elisabeth Bergner as Marianne Jannetier * Randolph Scott as Lt. Nicholas 'Nick' Jordan * ...

'' (1941) as Secretary (uncredited) * '' North to the Klondike'' (1942) as Lafe Jordan * ''

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'' (1942) as Orderly (uncredited) * ''

Who Is Hope Schuyler? ''Who Is Hope Schuyler?'' is a 1942 American action film directed by Thomas Z. Loring and written by Arnaud d'Usseau. The film stars Joseph Allen, Mary Howard, Sheila Ryan, Ricardo Cortez, Janis Carter and Joan Valerie. The film was released on ...

'' (1942) as Medical Examiner * '' The Man Who Wouldn't Die'' (1942) as Coroner Tim Larsen * ''

Small Town Deb ''Small Town Deb'' is a 1941 teenage comedy by 20th Century Fox directed by Harold Schuster and starring Jane Withers and Jane Darwell. Withers had a story credit on the film under the pseudonym Jerrie Walters and costumes were made by Herschel ...

'' (1942) as Hector * ''

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'' (1942) as Kit's Attorney (uncredited) * ''

The Postman Didn't Ring ''The Postman Didn't Ring'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Harold D. Schuster and written by Mortimer Braus. The film stars Richard Travis, Brenda Joyce, Spencer Charters, Stanley Andrews, William Bakewell and Emma Dunn. The film w ...

'' (1942) as Harwood Green * '' Girl Trouble'' (1942) as Mr. Mooney (uncredited) * ''

Tennessee Johnson ''Tennessee Johnson'' is a 1942 American film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by William Dieterle and written by Milton Gunzburg, Alvin Meyers, John Balderston, and We ...

'' (1942) as Captain (uncredited) * ''

'' (1943) as Crypt Keeper (uncredited) * ''

The Moon Is Down ''The Moon Is Down'' is a novel by American writer John Steinbeck. Fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross, it was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story ...

'' (1943) as Albert (uncredited) * ''

Aerial Gunner ''Aerial Gunner'' is a 1943 American black-and-white World War II propaganda film produced by William C. Thomas and William H. Pine, who also directed. The film stars Chester Morris, Richard Arlen, and Jimmy Lydon. This was the first feature film ...

'' (1943) as Flight Crew Member (uncredited) * ''

My Friend Flicka ''My Friend Flicka'' is a 1941 novel by Mary O'Hara, about Ken McLaughlin, the son of a Wyoming rancher, and his mustang horse Flicka. It was the first in a trilogy, followed by ''Thunderhead'' (1943) and ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' (1946). The p ...

'' (1943) as Tim Murphy * '' Somewhere in the Night'' (1946) as Bank Teller (uncredited) * '' Joe Palooka, Champ'' (1946) as Reporter (uncredited) * ''

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog ''It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog'' is a 1946 American comedy crime film starring Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn and Margo Woode, and directed by Herbert I. Leeds.Fleming p.270 Synopsis After returning from World War II, a journalist is assigned by h ...

'' (1946) as Sam Black (uncredited) * ''

Rendezvous with Annie ''Rendezvous with Annie'' is a 1946 comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and written by and Mary Loos and Richard Sale. The film stars Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe and Gail Patrick. The supporting cast features C. Aubrey Smith and William Frawley. ...

'' (1946) as Howard (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1946) as "Blinky" Franklin (uncredited) * ''

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim ''The Shocking Miss Pilgrim'' is a 1947 American musical comedy film in Technicolor written and directed by George Seaton and starring Betty Grable and Dick Haymes. The screenplay, based on a story by Ernest Maas and Frederica Maas, focuses on ...

'' (1947) as Stenographer (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) as Clem (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) as Bice * ''

Miracle on 34th Street ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (initially released as ''The Big Heart'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American List of Christmas films, Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on ...

'' (1947) as Reporter (uncredited) * '' Brute Force'' (1947) as Freshman Stack * ''

Hoppy's Holiday ''Hoppy's Holiday'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and written by J. Benton Cheney, Bennett Cohen and Ande Lamb. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Mary Ware, Andrew Tombes and Leonard Penn. T ...

'' (1947) as Jed * '' Unconquered'' (1947) as Trapper (uncredited) * '' The Flame'' (1947) as Stranger (uncredited) * '' The Gangster'' (1947) as Karty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited) * ''

Alias a Gentleman ''Alias a Gentleman'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast includes Dorothy Patrick, Tom Drake, Gladys George and Sheldon Leonard. Plot Jim Breedin has been in priso ...

'' (1948) as Zu * ''

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'' (1948) as Joshua Hill * '' Let's Live Again'' (1948) as Bartender * ''

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'' (1948) as Cigarette Smoker (uncredited) * ''

I, Jane Doe ''I, Jane Doe'' is a 1948 American drama war film directed by John H. Auer and written by Lawrence Kimble and Decla Dunning. The film stars Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Gene Lockhart, John Howard and Benay Venuta. Plot When the po ...

'' (1948) as Immigration Officer (uncredited) * '' Canon City'' (1948) as Carl Schwartzmiller * ''

A Southern Yankee ''A Southern Yankee'' is a 1948 American comedy western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy and Arlene Dahl. The film is loosely based on Buster Keaton's '' The General'' (1926). Skelton plays a Union soldi ...

'' (1948) as Union Cavalry Sergeant (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1948) as Prison Guard * ''

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'' (1948) as Shaun * ''

Wake of the Red Witch ''Wake of the Red Witch'' is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig, produced by Edmund Grainger and starring John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara and Luther Adler. It is based upon the 1946 novel of the same name wri ...

'' (1948) as Mr. Loring * '' Hideout'' (1949) as Beecham * ''

City Across the River ''City Across the River'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Sue England, Barbara Whiting, Luis Van Rooten and Jeff Corey. The screenplay is based on the novel ''The ...

'' (1949) as Police Lieutenant Louie Macon * '' Roughshod'' (1949) as Jed Graham * '' Home of the Brave'' (1949) as Doctor * ''

Follow Me Quietly ''Follow Me Quietly'' is a 1949 semidocumentary film noir / police procedural film directed by Richard Fleischer. The drama features William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, and others. Plot A mysterious killer, known only as "The Judge", ...

'' (1949) as Police Sgt. Art Collins * '' Scene of the Crime'' (1949) as Man Arrested with Switchblade (uncredited) * '' Bagdad'' (1949) as Mohammed Jao * ''

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'' (1950) as Bart * ''

Singing Guns ''Singing Guns'' is a 1950 American Trucolor Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Vaughn Monroe. The film features three songs by Monroe. " Mule Train", one of the songs featured in this 1950 Republic Western and sung by ...

'' (1950) as Richards * ''

The Outriders ''The Outriders'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Roy Rowland and starring Joel McCrea. Plot With the Civil War nearing an end, rebel soldiers Will Owen, Jesse Wallace, and Clint Priest escape from a Union stockade in Missouri. ...

'' (1950) as Keeley * '' Rock Island Trail'' (1950) as

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* '' Bright Leaf'' (1950) as John Barton * '' The Next Voice You Hear...'' (1950) as Freddie Dibson * ''

Fourteen Hours ''Fourteen Hours'' is a 1951 American drama directed by Henry Hathaway, which tells the story of a New York City police officer trying to stop a despondent man from jumping to his death from the 15th floor of a hotel. The film won critical accla ...

'' (1951) as Police Sgt. Farley * '' Rawhide'' (1951) as Luke Davis * ''

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'' (1951) as Joe Harmony * ''

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Never Trust a Gambler ''Never Trust a Gambler'' is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Dane Clark, Cathy O'Donnell and Tom Drake. Plot Steve Garry, insisting he has quit gambling, asks his ex-wife Virginia Merrill if he can lay ...

'' (1951) as Lou Brecker * '' Red Mountain'' (1951) as Sgt. Skee * ''

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'' (1968) as John Asgeirsson * ''

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Catlow ''Catlow'' is a 1971 American Western film, based on a 1963 novel of the same name by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a renegade outlaw determined to pull off a Confederate gold heist. It co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy. Nimo ...

'' (1971) as Merridew * ''

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'' (1975) as Mr. King * '' Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976) as Judge Janeway * '' The Premonition'' (1976) as Lieutenant Mark Denver * ''

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'' (1978) as Luke Baylor * ''

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'' (1978) as Mr. Martin * '' The Pirate'' (1978, TV Movie) as Prince Feiyad * '' Butch and Sundance: The Early Days'' (1979) as Sheriff Ray Bledsoe * ''Up River'' (1979) as Bagshaw * ''

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'' (1980) as Zed * ''

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'' (1982) as Craccus * '' Conan the Destroyer'' (1984) as Grand Vizier * '' Creator'' (1985) as Dean Harrington * ''

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Ruby Cairo ''Ruby Cairo'', also known as ''Deception'', is a 1992 drama thriller film directed by Graeme Clifford. It stars Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson and Viggo Mortensen. One scene features Aleister Crowley's ''The Book of the Law''. Plot When Bessie Fa ...

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'' (1994) as Hank * ''American Hero'' (1997) * ''Ted'' (1998) as Professor

Television

* '' The Outer Limits'' –

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, episode seven – "

" – Byron Lomax (1963) * ''

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'' – two episodes: ** "The Night of a Thousand Eyes" – Captain Ansel Coffin (1965) ** "The Night of the Underground Terror" – Colonel Tacitus Mosely (1968) * ''

Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 13, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running western, the second-longest-running western series on U ...

'' – two episodes: ** Season eight, episode 13 – "The Bridegroom" – Tuck Dowling (1966) ** Season 12, episode 15 – "A Single Pilgrim" – Frank Brennan (1971) * '' Star Trek'' –

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" – Plasus (1969) * ''

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'' – two episodes: ** "King of the Hill" – Doctor William Hanson (1969) ** "Highest Castle, Deepest Grave" – Duncan (1971) * ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character ...

'' – episode – "The Night Riders" – Judge Procter (1969) * ''

'' – episode – "

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" – Dr. Miles Talmadge (1970) * ''

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'' – episode – "Overkill" – Paul Sorenson (1971) * ''

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'' – two episodes (1972): ** "The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg" (Director) ** "The Day the Amnesty Came Through" – Governor George W. Baxter * ''

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'' – episode – "Short Circuit" – Dr. Carl Moen (1972) * '' Police Story'' – episode – "The Big Walk" – Defense Attorney (1973) * '' Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law'' – episode – "Poor Children of Eve" – Monsignor Morell (1973) * ''

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'' – episode – "Old Man Rivers" – Doctor Scott Rivers (1973) * '' Hawkins'' – episode – "Murder on the 13th Floor" (1974) * '' Paper Moon'' – episode – "Impostor" – Jeb Crew (1974) * ''

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'' – episode – "Lost Love" – Orin Thatcher (1975) * '' Starsky and Hutch'' – episode – "Death Ride" – Andrew Mello (1975) * ''

Kojak ''Kojak'' is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theodopolis "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular ''Cannon'' series, it ...

'' – episode – "A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves" – Frank Raynor (1975) * '' McCloud'' – episode – "Our Man in the Harem" – Sheik Kipal (1976) * ''

The Bionic Woman ''The Bionic Woman'' is an American science fiction action-adventure television series created by Kenneth Johnson based on the 1972 novel ''Cyborg'' by Martin Caidin, starring Lindsay Wagner that aired from January 14, 1976, to May 13, 1978. ' ...

'' – episode – "The Night Demon" – Thomas Bearclaw (1977) * '' Testimony of Two Men'' – William Simpson (1977) * '' Greatest Heroes of the Bible'' – episode – "David & Goliath" – Saul (1978) * ''

Fantasy Island ''Fantasy Island'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo. Gu ...

'' – episode – "Let the Goodtimes Roll/Nightmare/The Tiger" – Tibur (uncredited) (1978) * ''

Barney Miller ''Barney Miller'' is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village. The series was broadcast on ABC Network from January 23, 1975, to May 20, 1982. It was created ...

'' – two episodes: ** "The Prisoner" – Ralph Timmons (1978) ** "The Desk" – Caleb Webber (1979) * '' One Day at a Time'' – episode – "Grandma Leaves Grandpa" – Mr. Romano (1979) * ''

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'' – two episodes: ** "Barn Burner" – Judge Parker (1979) ** "Blind Justice" – Edgar Mills (1981) * ''

'' – two episodes: ** "Santa Goes Downtown" –

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(1984) ** "The Night Off" – Judge Hirsch (1986) * ''

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'' – episode – "Slither" – Police Sgt. Spencer (1985) * ''

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'' – episode – "Family Reunion" – A.J. Bancroft (1986) * '' Perfect Strangers'' – episode – "Taking Stock" – Henry Casselman (1987) * ''

War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by '' Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was i ...

'' – episode – "Eye for an Eye" – Francis Flannery (1988) * ''

Jake and the Fatman ''Jake and the Fatman'' is an American crime drama television series starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from September ...

'' – episode – "It All Depends on You" – Judge Ralph Colella (1989) * ''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' ( ...

'' – episode – "The Reckoning" – Winston Burke (1989) * ''

Roseanne ''Roseanne'' is an American sitcom television series created by Matt Williams and Roseanne Barr which aired on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27, 2018, to May 22, 2018. The show stars Barr as Roseann ...

'' - Season 1, Episode 21 - "Death and Stuff" - Salesman (1989)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0688769/ (1990) * ''

Picket Fences ''Picket Fences'' is an American family drama television series about the residents of the town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS televis ...

'' – episode – "This Little Piggy" – The Captain (1995) * ''

The Marshal ''The Marshal'' is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation. In 1995, the ...

'' –

, episode seven – "The Bounty Hunter" – Alex Cooper (1995) * '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' – two seasons, five episodes – voice of Elderly Silvermane (1995–1997): ** Season two (''Neogenic Nightmare'') *** "Chapter 1: The Insidious Six" *** "Chapter 2: Battle of the Insidious Six" *** "Chapter 11: Tablet of Time" *** "Chapter 12: Ravages of Time" ** Season four (''Partners in Danger'') *** "Chapter 5: Partners" * ''

'' – season three (''Point of No Return''), episode 22 – "

" – Justin (1996)

Other credits

* ''

'' – radio series – Lieutenant Ebarra ("various times" (1948–1951)) * '' Inside Magoo'' – animated short – voice of Doctor (1960) * ''

'' – director – episodes – "The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg" and "The Day the Amnesty Came Through" (1972)

References

General sources

* *

External links

''Improvising Out Loud''

Excerpts from ''Improvising Out Loud'' from Google Books
* * *
The Jeff Corey Collection
is held by the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, The Ohio State University Libraries.

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