- Born Name: Wendell Reid Corey
- Birthday: 1914-03-20 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): Alice Wiley (?-1968) (his death) 4 children
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- Medium: Actor/Politician
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Wendell Corey, Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor and politician.He was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, the son of Milton Rothwell Corey (October 24, 1879 – October 23, 1951) and Julia Etta McKenney (April 11, 1882 – June 16, 1947). His father was a Congregationalist clergyman. Wendell was educated in Springfield.Corey began his acting career on the stage, doing a number of productions in summer stock. While appearing with a Works Progress Administration theatre company in the late 1930s, he met his future wife, Alice Wiley. Corey and Wiley had one son and three daughters, Jonathan, Jennifer, Bonnie Alice, and Robin.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 Rices 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) starring John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, and Mary Astor. Corey appeared in Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster, and a year later as Janet Leighs fiancé in the Robert Mitchum romantic comedy Holiday Affair. He co-starred with Stanwyck twice more in 1950 in The File on Thelma Jordon and The Furies, and also opposite Joan Crawford in Harriet Craig, which was released the same year.Coreys memorable roles include that of a detective in Hitchcocks Rear Window (1954) starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. He appeared in The Big Knife (1955) starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino and Shelley Winters, The Rainmaker (1956) starring Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn and Loving You (1957) starring Elvis Presley and Lizabeth Scott.He starred with Casey Walters in the television series Harbor Command (1957–1958), co-starred on The Nanette Fabray Show (1961), and had the lead role in the medical drama The Eleventh Hour (1962–1963). With Fabray, Corey played a widower who married Fabrays character. Bobby Diamond also starred in the short-lived series. In The Eleventh Hour, Corey appeared as Dr. Theodore Bassett, co-starring with Jack Ging in the role of psychologist Paul Graham. In the second season of The Eleventh Hour, however, Corey was replaced by Ralph Bellamy, who assumed the role of psychiatrist Richard Starke.Corey made guest appearances on a number of programs, including Target: The Corruptors!, Channing, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Burkes Law, Perry Mason, The Road West, and The Wild Wild West.Corey 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.[edit] DeathHe died at age fifty-four at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, of cirrhosis of the liver as a result of alcoholism. He is interred in Washington Cemetery in Washington, Massachusetts.Wendell Corey has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in TV at 6328 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.[edit] FilmographyYearTitleRole1947Desert FuryJohnny Ryan1948I Walk AloneDaveThe SearchJerry FisherSorry, Wrong NumberDoctor AlexanderMan-Eater of KumaonDr. John Collins1949The AccusedLt. Ted DorganAny Number Can PlayRobbin ElcottHoliday AffairCarl Davis1950The File on Thelma JordonCleve MarshallNo Sad Songs for MeBrad ScottThe FuriesRip DarrowHarriet CraigWalter Craig1951The Great Missouri RaidFrank JamesRich, Young and PrettyJim Stauton RogersThe Wild Blue YonderCapt. Harold Calvert1952The Wild NorthConstable PedleyCarbine WilliamsCapt. H.T. PeoplesMy Man and IAnsel Ames1953Jamaica RunTodd Dacey1954Hells Half AcreChet ChesterLaughing AnneCapt. DavidsonYearTitleRole1954Rear WindowDet. Lt. Thomas J. Tom Doyle1955The Big KnifeSmiley CoyThe Killer Is LooseLeon PooleThe Bold and the BraveFairchildThe RackMaj. Sam MoultonThe RainmakerDeputy Sheriff J.S. File1957Loving YouWalter Tex Warner1958The Light in the ForestWilse Owens1959Alias Jesse JamesT.J. Jesse James1964Blood on the ArrowClint Mailer1966Agent for H.A.R.M.Jim GraffBroken SabreMajor WhitcombWomen of the Prehistoric PlanetAdm. David KingWacoPreacher Sam StonePicture Mommy DeadClaybornCyborg 2087Sheriff1967Red TomahawkSy Elkins1968BuckskinRep MarloweThe Star MakerPaul Lemont1969The Astro-ZombiesHolman[edit] External linksWikimedia Commons has media related to: Wendell CoreyWendell Corey at the Internet Movie DatabaseWendell Corey at the Internet Broadway DatabaseWendell Corey at Find a GravePersondataNameCorey, WendellAlternative namesCorey, Wendell ReidShort descriptionActorDate of birth1914-3-20Place of birthDracut, Massachusetts, U.S.Date of death1968-11-8Place of deathWoodland Hills, California, U.S.Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_CoreyCategories: American film actors | American stage actors | American television actors | Presidents of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | American Congregationalists | People from Middlesex County, Massachusetts | California city councillors | 1914 births | 1968 deaths | Deaths from cirrhosis | California Republicans | Works Progress 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