Cast & creator
Corey Allen
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Corey Allen 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 spotted Allen and subsequently chose him for the role of "Buzz" in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). This led to featured roles in another dozen films such as Private Property (1960), Party Girl (1958), Darby's Rangers (1958) and The Chapman Report (1962). Allen also appeared in many leading television series including Perry Mason (1957) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). 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); created a dozen pilots for television series including Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Simon & Simon (1981), Code Name: Foxfire (1985), Stone (1979) and Capitol (1982). 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) and received an Emmy for Best Direction of a Hill Street Blues (1981). 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 Studio. Allen was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Columbia College-Hollywood for his work in helping to create their acting and directing curricula.
Also known as: Alan Cohen
44
film credits
80
television credits
51
1948–2023 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (124)
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Perry Mason
Rennie Foster
1957Perry Mason
Lester Menke
1957
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Director
1987
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Director
1993
Murder, She Wrote
Director
1984
Dallas
Director
1978
Hawaii Five-O
Director
1969
Magnum, P.I.
Director
1980
Mannix
Director
1967
Ironside
Director
1967
Quincy, M.E.
Director
1976
Hill Street Blues
Director
1981
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Rockford Files
Director
1974
Cannon
Director
1971
Dr. Kildare
Jerome Pine
1961Dr. Kildare
Dr. Harris
1961
T. J. Hooker
Director
1982
Dragnet
1951
Simon & Simon
Director
1981
Studio One
Eddie Gilmer
1948Studio One
Frankie
1948
Combat!
Pvt. Garrett
1962
Trapper John, M.D.
Director
1979
Lawman
RobertLord
1958
Hunter
Director
1984
Barnaby Jones
Director
1973
Police Woman
1974Police Woman
Director
1974
Lou Grant
Director
1977
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Director
1983
Gunsmoke
Ben Tennis
1955
The Streets of San Francisco
Director
1972
The High Chaparral
Director
1967
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Matt Houston
Director
1982
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gil Dalliford
1955
Bronco
Judd Gander
1958
Police Story
Director
1973
The Millionaire
Dan Marshall
1955
Sea Hunt
1958State Trooper
1956
The Rebel
Yancey Daggett
1959
Trackdown
1957My Friend Tony
1969
Telephone Time
Phil Samenian
1956
Lock-Up
1959
87th Precinct
1961
The Loner
1965
Then Came Bronson
Director
1969
The Dakotas
1963
The Paper Chase
Director
1978
Bronk
Director
1975
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Director
1979
Men Into Space
1959
Letter to Loretta
Calvin
1953
Behind Closed Doors
1958
Movin' On
Director
1974
J.J. Starbuck
Director
1987
West Point
1956
The Powers of Matthew Star
Director
1982FBI: The Untold Stories
Director
1991
Rebel Without a Cause
Buzz Gunderson
1955
Lucan
Director
1977
Otherworld
Director
1985
Kate McShane
Director
1975
Tucker's Witch
Director
1982
The New People
Director
1969
Whiz Kids
Director
1983
Supercarrier
Director
1988
Chicago Story
Director
1982
The New Lassie
Director
1989
The Cosby Mysteries
Director
1994
McClain's Law
Director
1981
Legmen
Director
1984
Jessie
Director
1984
Unsub
Director
1989Matt Lincoln
Director
1970
Stone
Director
1980
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Enlisted Man
1954
Party Girl
Cookie La Motte
1958
Sweet Bird of Youth
Scotty
1962
Sonny Spoon
Director
1988
Spies
Director
1987
James Dean: Forever Young
Self (archive footage)
2005
Avalanche
Screenplay
1978Avalanche
Director
1978
The Mad Magician
Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
1954
The Shadow on the Window
Gil Ramsey
1957
Juvenile Jungle
Hal McQueen
1958
The Chapman Report
Walsh Dillon
1962
The Last Fling
Director
1987
See the Man Run
Director
1973
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
1975
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2005
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
Director
1985
I-Man
Director
1986
Moment of Truth: Stalking Back
Director
1993
Darby's Rangers
Tony Sutherland
1958
The Return of Frank Cannon
Director
1980
James Dean: A Portrait
Self
1995
The Works
Mr. M
2005
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Director
1979
Infiltrator
Director
1987
The Ann Jillian Story
Director
1988
The Big Caper
Roy
1957Departure
Camera Operator
2023
Key Witness
Magician
1960
The Real James Dean
Self
2006
Destination: America
Director
1987
Thunder and Lightning
Director
1977
Forever James Dean
Self
1988
Lost
Co-Producer
1983
Cry Rape
Director
1973
Pinocchio
Director
1971Pinocchio
Screenplay
1971
A Time Out of War
Connor
1954
Private Property
Duke
1960
Brass
Director
1985
Rediscovering a Rebel
Self - 'Buzz' (archive footage)
1996
Yesterday's Child
Director
1977
Stone
Director
1979The Hero
Director
1994
Code Name: Foxfire
Director
1985