Jeff Corey

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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Bird on a Wire 1990Film als Lou Baird

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969Film +1 als Sheriff Bledsoe

Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1970Film +1 als Caspay

Conan the Destroyer 1984Film als Grand Vizier

Color of Night 1994Film als Ashland

Brute Force 1947Film +1 als 'Freshman' Stack

True Grit 1969Film als Tom Chaney

Beethoven's 2nd 1993Film als Janitor

Om het goud van Nevada 1950Film als Bart

Rawhide 1951Film als Luke Davis

The Wild Geese 1978Film als Mr Martin

Impasse 1969Film als Wombat

Little Big Man 1970Film +1 als Wild Bill Hickok

Battle Beyond the Stars 1980Film als Zed

The Missing Link 1992Film als Joe Dick

In Cold Blood 1967Film als Mr. Hickock

The Killers 1946Film als Blinky Franklin (uncredited)

The Last Tycoon 1976Film als Doctor

The Boston Strangler 1968Film als John Asgeirsson

The Sword and the Sorcerer 1982Film als Craccus

Surviving the Game 1994Film als Hank

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943Film als Llanwelly Cemetery Keeper (uncredited)

The Cincinnati Kid 1965Film als Hoban

Seconds 1966Film als Mr. Ruby

Fourteen Hours 1951Film als Police Sgt. Farley

Shoot Out 1971Film als Trooper

Oh, God! 1977Film als Rabbi Silverstone

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 1970Film als Captain Marden

Something Evil 1972Film als Gehrmann

Wake of the Red Witch 1948Film als Mr. Loring

Messenger of Death 1988Film +1 als Willis Beecham

Mickey One 1965Film als Fryer

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days 1979Film als Ray Bledsoe

Superman and the Mole Men 1951Film als Luke Benson

Only the Valiant 1951Film als Joe Harmony

Red Mountain 1951Film als Sgt. Skee

Curse of the Black Widow 1977Film als Aspa Soldado

Somewhere in the Night 1946Film als Bank Teller

Once a Thief 1965Film als Lieutenant Kebner

Lady in a Cage 1964Film als George L. Brady Jr. aka Repent

Pyramid of the Sun God 1965Film als Abraham Lincoln

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande 1965Film als Abraham Lincoln

Getting Straight 1970Film als Dr. Edward Willhunt

The Gun and the Pulpit 1974Film als Head of Posse

Trans continent express 1950Film als Abraham Lincoln

Goudtransport 1950Film als Keeley

The Premonition 1976Film als Detective Denver

Bright Leaf 1950Film als John Barton

A Deadly Silence 1989Film als Judge Harvey W. Sherman

The Next Voice You Hear... 1950Film als Freddie Dibson

Catlow 1971Film als Merridew

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim 1947Film als Stenographer (uncredited)

Home of the Brave 1949Film als Doctor

Follow Me Quietly 1949Film als Police Sgt. Art Collins

Singing Guns 1950Film als Richards

The Magic Boy's Easter 1989Film als The Servant

New Mexico 1951Film als Coyote

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff 2002Film als Self

Clay Pigeon 1971Film als Clinic Doctor

The Balcony 1963Film als Bishop

M'n vriendin Flicka 1943Film als Tim Murphy

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man 1999Film als Self

The Man Who Wouldn't Die 1942Film als Tim Larsen

Homeward Bound 1980Film als George

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach 1996Film als Self

Paper Tiger 1975Film als Mr. King