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Wendell Corey
Dracut, Massachusetts, USA
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…
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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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1968
The Star Maker
Movie
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1968
The Astro-Zombies
Movie Holman
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1968
Buckskin
Movie Rep Marlowe
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1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV show
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1967
Red Tomahawk
Movie Sy Elkins
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1966
Picture Mommy Dead
Movie Lawyer Clayborn
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1966
Cyborg 2087
Movie Sheriff
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1966
Waco
Movie Sam Stone
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1966
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Movie Adm. David King
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1966
Agent for H.A.R.M.
Movie Jim Graff
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1965
The Wild Wild West
TV show
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1965
Run for Your Life
TV show Dwight Sinclair
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1965
Broken Sabre
Movie Major Whitcomb
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1965
Branded
TV show
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1964
Blood on the Arrow
Movie Clint Mailer
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1963
Burke's Law
TV show Milo Morgan
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1963
Channing
TV show Professor Jonathan Kobitz
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1962
The Eleventh Hour
TV show Dr. Theodore Bassett
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1961
The New Breed
TV show Roger Dawson
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1961
Bus Stop
TV show
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1961
Target: The Corruptors!
TV show
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1961
Westinghouse Playhouse
TV show Dan McGovern
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1959
Peck's Bad Girl
TV show Steve Peck
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1959
Alias Jesse James
Movie Jesse James
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1958
The Light in the Forest
Movie Wilse Owens
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1957
Harbor Command
TV show Captain Ralph Baxter
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Jerome Klee
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1957
Loving You
Movie Walter (Tex) Warner
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1956
The Rainmaker
Movie Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
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1956
The Rack
Movie Maj. Sam Moulton
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1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV show Clay Burnett
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1956
The Killer Is Loose
Movie Leon 'Foggy' Poole
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1956
The Bold and the Brave
Movie Dave Fairchild
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1955
The Big Knife
Movie Smiley Coy
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1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV show
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Timber Woods
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1954
Climax!
TV show Lieutenant Erich Ganz
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1954
Rear Window
Movie Thomas Doyle
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1954
Hell's Half Acre
Movie Chet Chester, aka Randy Williams
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1953
The Backbone of America
Movie Ben Bruce
