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