Wendell Corey

Born: 1914-03-20

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor and politician. He began his acting career on the stage, doing a number of productions in summer stock. His Broadway debut was in Comes the Revelation (1942). After appearing in a number of supporting roles, he scored his first hit as a cynical newspaperman in Elmer Rice's comedy Dream Girl (1945). While appearing in the play Corey was seen by producer Hal Wallis, who persuaded him to sign a contract with Paramount and pursue a motion picture career in Hollywood. His movie debut came as a gangster in Desert Fury (1947). He starred with Casey Walters in the television series Harbor Command (1957–1958), co-starred on The Nanette Fabray Show (1961), and, during its first season, had the lead role in the medical drama The Eleventh Hour (1962–1963). Corey made guest appearances on a number of programs, including Target: The Corruptors!, Channing, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Burke's Law, Perry Mason, The Road West, and The Wild Wild West. He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1961 to 1963 and was a member of the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild. A Republican campaigner in national politics since 1956, Corey was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in April 1965. The conservative politician ran for the California seat in the United States Congress in 1966, but lost the primary election. He was still a councilman at the time of his death.


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Rear Window

as Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle
Released: 1954-08-01

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes...

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Sorry, Wrong Number

as Dr. Philip Alexander
Released: 1948-09-24

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside...

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The Furies

as Rip Darrow
Released: 1950-08-16

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.

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Holiday Affair

as Carl Davis
Released: 1949-12-12

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie...

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The Killer Is Loose

as Leon 'Foggy' Poole
Released: 1956-02-03

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as...

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The File on Thelma Jordon

as Cleve Marshall
Released: 1949-11-04

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with...

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The Search

as Jerry Fisher
Released: 1948-03-26

In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is...

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I Walk Alone

as Dave
Released: 1947-12-31

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is...

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The Rainmaker

as Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
Released: 1956-12-13

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and...

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Alias Jesse James

as Jesse James
Released: 1959-03-20

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in...

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Carbine Williams

as Capt. H.T. Peoples
Released: 1952-05-01

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually...

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The Big Knife

as Smiley Coy
Released: 1955-10-25

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to...

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Loving You

as Walter (Tex) Warner
Released: 1957-07-09

Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western...

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The Wild North

as Constable Pedley
Released: 1952-01-28

In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime and is pursued by a...

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Harriet Craig

as Walter Craig
Released: 1950-11-02

A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.

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Cyborg 2087

as Sheriff
Released: 1966-10-01

In the future world of the year 2087, freedom of thought is illegal and the thoughts of the...

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The Astro-Zombies

as Holman
Released: 1968-05-19

For devilishly mad "astro-scientist" Dr. DeMarco (John Carradine), a typical day involves...

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The Rack

as Maj. Sam Moulton
Released: 1956-11-02

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War....

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The Light in the Forest

as Wilse Owens
Released: 1958-07-08

A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live...

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Any Number Can Play

as Robbin Elcott
Released: 1949-07-15

When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to...

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Waco

as Sam Stone
Released: 1966-09-01

Preacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly,...

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Desert Fury

as Johnny Ryan
Released: 1947-08-15

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts...

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Blood on the Arrow

as Clint Mailer
Released: 1964-10-11

In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has...

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Jamaica Run

as Todd Dacey
Released: 1953-04-21

Promoter William Montague wants to buy the estate owned by the Daceys, Mrs. Dacey and her...

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A Tale of Two Cities

as Sydney Carton
Released: 1953-05-03

A dramatization originally for TV on the Plymouth Playhouse. A retelling of the Charles Dickens...

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Picture Mommy Dead

as Lawyer Clayborn
Released: 1966-11-02

Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered...

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The Great Missouri Raid

as Frank James
Released: 1951-02-01

During the American Civil War (1861-1865), farmers Jesse and Frank James decided to form an...

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No Sad Songs for Me

as Bradford 'Brad' Scott
Released: 1950-04-27

Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She...

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Rich, Young and Pretty

as Jim Stauton Rogers
Released: 1951-07-09

A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love.

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Agent for H.A.R.M.

as Jim Graff
Released: 1966-01-05

The head of the Human Aetiological Relations Machine pits an agent against a flesh-to-fungus...

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The Accused

as Lieut. Ted Dorgan
Released: 1949-01-12

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.

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Hell's Half Acre

as Chet Chester, aka Randy Williams
Released: 1954-06-01

A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.

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The Bold and the Brave

as Dave Fairchild
Released: 1956-01-04

An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.

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Women of the Prehistoric Planet

as Adm. David King
Released: 1966-04-14

A space ship crash lands on the third planet of a distant solar system, killing all hands except...

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Man-Eater of Kumaon

as Dr. John Collins
Released: 1948-11-08

A doctor hunts a vicious, man-eating tiger that terrorizes a native jungle village. In time the...

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Broken Sabre

as Major Whitcomb
Released: 1965-03-28

Western about a West Point graduate who was falsely accused of cowardice and thrown out of the...

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Red Tomahawk

as Sy Elkins
Released: 1967-01-01

After Custer's defeat an army captain tries to warn a small town that the Sioux are coming. The...

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The Wild Blue Yonder

as Capt. Harold Calvert
Released: 1951-12-05

Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In...

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The Arena

as Senator James Norton
Released: 1956-04-09

Arriving in Washington, a freshman senator gets an experienced advisor who warns him not to...

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Buckskin

as Rep Marlowe
Released: 1968-05-01

A Montana marshal fights a land baron out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam.

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My Man and I

as Ansel Ames
Released: 1952-09-05

In California, a Mexican-American laborer is falsely accused of shooting the racist farmer he...

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Laughing Anne

as Capt. Davidson
Released: 1953-09-01

Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a...

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The Backbone of America

as Ben Bruce
Released: 1953-12-29

An account executive tries to find the perfect American family to use in a forthcoming...

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Easy to Get

as Military Doctor
Released: 1947-07-10

U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.

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Perry Mason

as Jerome Klee
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Wild Wild West

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-17

The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Burke's Law

as Milo Morgan
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Clay Burnett
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Marshal Bigger
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Adam Mapes
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Climax!

as Lieutenant Erich Ganz
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Lou Gehrig
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Studio One

as Senator James Norton
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Will Robbins
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Dr. Cory
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as John Ryerson
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Run for Your Life

as Dwight Sinclair
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Branded

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-01-24

Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Target: The Corruptors!

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-29

Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired...

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The Guns of Will Sonnett

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Timber Woods
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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The Eleventh Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-10-03

The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack...

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The New Breed

as Roger Dawson
First aired: 1961-10-03

The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June...

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Bus Stop

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-01

Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25,...

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Channing

as Professor Jonathan Kobitz
First aired: 1963-09-18

Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College....

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Harbor Command

as Captain Ralph Baxter
First aired: 1957-10-11

Harbor Command is an American action series that aired in syndicated from October 11, 1957, to...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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