Corey Allen

Corey Allen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UCLA in Theatre in 1954 While there he received the departments Best Actor award and starred in the UCLA film A Time Out of War which won the Academy Award Cannes Venice Film Festival for Best Short Film Upon graduation he appeared in approximately twenty plays in the Los Angeles area Director Nicholas Ray spotted Allen and subsequently chose him for the role of Buzz in Rebel Without a Cause 1955 This led to featured roles in another dozen films such as Private Property 1960 Party Girl 1958 Darbys Rangers 1958 and The Chapman Report 1962 Allen also appeared in many leading television series including Perry Mason 1957 and Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 Meanwhile he created directed for and coproduced the Freeway Circuit Theatre which toured the Southwest for six seasons Allen also directed numerous Equity productions in Los Angeles theatres This led to a thirty year directorial career in television and film during which he directed three movies including Avalanche television movies including the Emmy winning The Ann Jillian Story 1988 created a dozen pilots for television series including Star Trek The Next Generation 1987 Murder She Wrote 1984 Simon Simon 1981 Code Name Foxfire 1985 Stone 1979 and Capitol 1982 He has earned two Directors Guild nominations for Best Direction in a television series the Award for Cable Excellence for Best Direction of The Paper Chase 1978 and received an Emmy for Best Direction of a Hill Street Blues 1981 Throughout this career Allen instructed acting including three years at the Actors Workshop and for the last nine years conducted cold reading workshops at the Margie Haber Studio Allen was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Columbia CollegeHollywood for his work in helping to create their acting and directing curricula