Corey Allen

'Corey Allen' (qv) earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UCLA in Theatre in 1954. While there, he received the department's 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' (qv) spotted Allen and subsequently chose him for the role of "Buzz" in _Rebel Without a Cause (1955)_ (qv). This led to featured roles in another dozen films such as _Private Property (1960)_ (qv), _Party Girl (1958)_ (qv), _Darby's Rangers (1958)_ (qv) and _The Chapman Report (1962)_ (qv). Allen also appeared in many leading television series including _Perry Mason (1957)_ (qv) and _Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)_ (qv). Meanwhile, he created, directed for and co-produced 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)_ (qv); created a dozen pilots for television series including _Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)_ (qv), _Murder, She Wrote (1984)_ (qv), _Simon & Simon (1981)_ (qv), _Code Name: Foxfire (1985)_ (qv), _Stone (1979)_ (qv) and _Capitol (1982)_ (qv). 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)_ (qv) and received an Emmy for Best Direction of a _Hill Street Blues (1981)_ (qv). 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' (qv) Studio. This year, Allen was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Columbia College-Holllywood for his work in helping to create their acting and directing curricula.::Anonymous