Cast
Jeff Corey
Acting
Cast
Jeff Corey
Known for
Acting
Born
1914-08-10
From
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2002-08-16
Also known as Arthur Zwerling
Biography
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
Color of Night
as Ashland
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Sheriff Ray Bledsoe
True Grit
as Tom Chaney
Bird on a Wire
as Lou Baird
Conan the Destroyer
as Grand Vizier
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Caspay
Only the Valiant
as Joe Harmony
Brute Force
as 'Freshman' Stack
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Zed
Beethoven's 2nd
as Janitor
Miracle on 34th Street
as Reporter (uncredited)
Seconds
as Mr. Ruby
The Wild Geese
as Mr Martin
The Killers
as Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
Shoot Out
as Trooper
The Outriders
as Keeley
Creator
as Dean Harrington
The Sword and the Sorcerer
as Craccus
The Boston Strangler
as John Asgeirsson
Rawhide
as Luke Davis
Oh, God!
as Rabbi Silverstone
In Cold Blood
as Mr. Hickock
Bagdad
as Mohammed Jao
Little Big Man
as Wild Bill Hickok
Sirocco
as Feisal (uncredited)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
as Llanwelly Cemetery Keeper (uncredited)
Kidnapped
as Shaun
Impasse
as Wombat
Ruby Cairo
as Joe Dick
To My Daughter
as Travis
Joan of Arc
as Joan's prison guard
All That Money Can Buy
as Tom Sharp (uncredited)
Mickey One
as Fryer
California
as Clem (uncredited)
Surviving the Game
as Hank
Somewhere in the Night
as Bank Teller
The Cincinnati Kid
as Hoban
Aerial Gunner
as Flight Crew Member (uncredited)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Captain Marden
Hideout
as Beecham
The Last Tycoon
as Doctor
Payoff
as Don Anzia
Canon City
as Schwartzmiller
The Nevadan
as Bart
The Prince Who Was a Thief
as Emir Mokar
Red Mountain
as Sgt. Skee
Getting Straight
as Dr. Edward Willhunt
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as Ray Bledsoe
Moonshine County Express
as Hagen
Superman and the Mole Men
as Luke Benson
Follow Me Quietly
as Police Sgt. Art Collins
Catlow
as Merridew
Messenger of Death
as Willis Beecham
Paris Calling
as Benoit's Male Secretary
Jennifer
as Luke Baylor
Wake of the Red Witch
as Mr. Loring
The Pirate
as Prince Feiyad
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Tim Larsen
The Gangster
as Karty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
as Albert (uncredited)
The Lottery
as Albert Smith
Clay Pigeon
as Clinic Doctor
Fourteen Hours
as Police Sgt. Farley
A Clear and Present Danger
as Beiseker
Something Evil
as Gehrmann
Captains Courageous
as Salters
Pyramid of the Sun God
as Abraham Lincoln
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Second Serve
as Dr. Harry Benjamin
Roughshod
as Jed Graham
Bright Leaf
as John Barton
Lady in a Cage
as George L. Brady Jr. aka Repent
Paper Tiger
as Mr. King
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
as Abraham Lincoln
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
as Father
Tennessee Johnson
as Captain (uncredited)
Once a Thief
as Lieutenant Kebner
Homeward Bound
as George
You Belong to Me
as Mr. Greener (uncredited)
New Mexico
as Coyote
Syncopation
The Balcony
as Bishop
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Johann (uncredited)
Singing Guns
as Richards
A Bell for Adano
as Cacopardo
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
as Judge Janeway
You'll Find Out
as Mr. Corey (uncredited)
My Friend Flicka
as Tim Murphy
City Across the River
as Police Lieutenant Louie Macon
Roxie Hart
as Orderly (uncredited)
The Premonition
as Detective Denver
Home of the Brave
as Doctor
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Freddie Dibson
The Movie Murderer
as Collier Landis
Bitter Sweet
as Second Man on Stairs (uncredited)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Stenographer (uncredited)
Cover Me Babe
as Paul Rogers
Curse of the Black Widow
as Aspa Soldado
I, Jane Doe
as Immigration Officer
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
as Self
The Yellow Canary
as Joe Pyle
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
as Kink
Rock Island Trail
as Abraham Lincoln
The Gun and the Pulpit
as Head of Posse
I Am the Law
as Thug (uncredited)
A Deadly Silence
as Judge Harvey W. Sherman
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
as Medical Examiner
Final Jeopardy
as Derelict
The Judas Project
as Poneras
Cry for the Strangers
as Riley
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Reporter
Girl Trouble
as Mr. Mooney (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
as Howard (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self
Set This Town on Fire
as Walter Stafford
Hoppy's Holiday
as Jed
Let's Live Again
as Bartender
Alias a Gentleman
as Zu
Mutiny in the Arctic
as The Cook
One Third of a Nation
as Man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Joshua Hill
Inside Magoo
as Doctor
The Rose and the Jackal
as James Buchanan
Up River
as Bagshaw
Cognac
as Colonel Frazier
Never Trust a Gambler
as Lou Brecker
Father of Hell Town
as Lawyer Sam
The Magic Boy's Easter
as The Servant
The Postman Didn't Ring
as Harwood Green