Wendell Corey
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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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Perry Mason
Jerome Klee
Climax!
Lieutenant Erich Ganz
Climax!
Lou Gehrig
Robert Montgomery Presents
Burke's Law
Milo Morgan
Studio One
Senator James Norton
Studio One
Will Robbins
Studio One
Dr. Cory
Studio One
John Ryerson
The Wild Wild West
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Clay Burnett
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Marshal Bigger
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Adam Mapes
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Run for Your Life
Dwight Sinclair
Branded
The Oscars
Self
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Rear Window
Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle
The New Breed
Roger Dawson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Timber Woods
Your Show of Shows
Lux Video Theatre
Buster
Lux Video Theatre
Dante
Lux Video Theatre
Herb
Channing
Professor Jonathan Kobitz
Bus Stop
The Eleventh Hour
Dr. Theodore Bassett
Target: The Corruptors!
Harbor Command
Captain Ralph Baxter
Peck's Bad Girl
Steve Peck
Sorry, Wrong Number
Dr. Philip Alexander
The Rainmaker
Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
The Search
Jerry Fisher
The Astro-Zombies
Holman
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cyborg 2087
Sheriff
The File on Thelma Jordon
Cleve Marshall
Alias Jesse James
Jesse James
Holiday Affair
Carl Davis
I Walk Alone
Dave
Any Number Can Play
Robbin Elcott
The Furies
Rip Darrow
Loving You
Walter (Tex) Warner
The Rack
Maj. Sam Moulton
The Killer Is Loose
Leon 'Foggy' Poole
Jamaica Run
Todd Dacey
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Adm. David King
The Accused
Lieut. Ted Dorgan
The Light in the Forest
Wilse Owens
Desert Fury
Johnny Ryan
The Big Knife
Smiley Coy
Waco
Sam Stone
The Wild North
Constable Pedley
Picture Mommy Dead
Lawyer Clayborn
The Wild Blue Yonder
Capt. Harold Calvert
Blood on the Arrow
Clint Mailer
Buckskin
Rep Marlowe
Carbine Williams
Capt. H.T. Peoples
Harriet Craig
Walter Craig
Westinghouse Playhouse
Dan McGovern
No Sad Songs for Me
Bradford 'Brad' Scott
Hell's Half Acre
Chet Chester, aka Randy Williams
The Great Missouri Raid
Frank James
A Tale of Two Cities
Sydney Carton
Man-Eater of Kumaon
Dr. John Collins
Broken Sabre
Major Whitcomb
Red Tomahawk
Sy Elkins
The Bold and the Brave
Dave Fairchild
My Man and I
Ansel Ames
Rich, Young and Pretty
Jim Stauton Rogers
Agent for H.A.R.M.
Jim Graff
Laughing Anne
Capt. Davidson
The Star Maker
The Backbone of America
Ben Bruce
Easy to Get
Military Doctor
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self