Wendell Corey

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Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a board member of the Screen Actors Guild, and also served on the Santa Monica City Council.

BiographyEdit

Early yearsEdit

Corey was born in Dracut, Massachusetts,<ref name=s>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> 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 and an actor who appeared in Rawhide as Dr Tucker. Wendell was educated in Springfield, Massachusetts. His ancestors included U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.<ref name=s/>

StageEdit

After graduating from high school in Springfield, Corey sold washing machines and refrigerators at a Springfield department store, when he stopped by to see a friend who was acting at the Springfield Repertory Theater.

The group needed an actor to play the role of a Swedish janitor in Street Scene. Corey took the role and stayed with the theater group for a year, working in the department store during the day and acting at night. Following that, he went into acting full-time with a theater group in Holyoke. He went on to serve a long apprenticeship in the theater, producing, directing and acting in hundreds of plays in summer stock.<ref name=upi>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Corey also was employed by the Federal Theatre Project.<ref name=lawrence>Template:Cite news</ref>

FilmEdit

While appearing as the cynical newspaperman in Elmer Rice's comedy Dream Girl (1945), he was seen by producer Hal Wallis, who persuaded him to sign a contract with Paramount and pursue a motion picture career in Hollywood.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Corey's feature film debut came as a gangster in Wallis's Desert Fury (1947) starring Burt Lancaster, John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, and Mary Astor. In 1947 he appeared in The Voice of the Turtle on stage with Margaret Sullavan in England.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Wallis promoted him to co-star status in The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) in which he appeared opposite Barbara Stanwyck. Corey had a good part in Columbia's No Sad Songs for Me (1950) playing Margaret Sullavan's husband.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He co-starred with Lana Turner in A Life of Her Own but pulled out after only a few days, claiming he was miscast. He was replaced by Ray Milland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Corey had one of his most memorable roles when he played Lt. Thomas Doyle in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. He toured the US on stage in The Caine Mutiny Court Martial in 1954.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

TelevisionEdit

File:Wendell Corey, Patty McCormack, Ray Farrell, and Marsha Hunt from Peck's Bad Girl - 1959.jpg

Corey and cast of the 1959 summer replacement TV series Peck's Bad Girl

Corey portrayed Lou Gehrig in "The Lou Gehrig Story" for the television series Climax! (1955). He was a series lead in Harbor Command (1957–1958), starring alongside Casey Walters.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Other activitiesEdit

Corey was 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Corey supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

DeathEdit

Corey died on November 8, 1968, aged 54, at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Initial reports stated the cause of death was liver disease; however, the likely cause was cirrhosis of the liver as Corey's alcoholism was well-known.<ref name=upi/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, California.,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and he was interred at North Becket Cemetery in Becket, Massachusetts.<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10394081/wendell-corey</ref>

Walk of FameEdit

Wendell Corey has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, awarded for his work in TV, at 6328 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FilmographyEdit

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1947	Desert Fury	Johnny Ryan
1948	I Walk Alone	Dave
	The Search	Jerry Fisher
	Man-Eater of Kumaon	Dr. John Collins
	Sorry, Wrong Number	Doctor Alexander
1949	The Accused	Lieutenant Ted Dorgan
	Any Number Can Play	Robbin Elcott
	Holiday Affair	Carl Davis
1950	The File on Thelma Jordon	Cleve Marshall
	No Sad Songs for Me	Brad Scott
	The Furies	Rip Darrow
	Harriet Craig	Walter Craig
1951	The Great Missouri Raid	Frank James
	Rich, Young and Pretty	Jim Stauton Rogers
	The Wild Blue Yonder	Captain Harold Calvert
1952	The Wild North	Constable Pedley
	Carbine Williams	Captain H.T. Peoples
	My Man and I	Ansel Ames
1953	Jamaica Run	Todd Dacey
1953	Laughing Anne	Captain Davidson
1954	Hell's Half Acre	Chet Chester
1954	Rear Window	Detective Lieutenant Thomas J. "Tom" Doyle
1955	The Big Knife	Smiley Coy
1956	The Killer Is Loose	Leon Poole
	The Bold and the Brave	Dave Fairchild
	The Rack	Major Sam Moulton
	The Rainmaker	Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
1957	Loving You	Walter "Tex" Warner
1958	The Light in the Forest	Wilse Owens
1958	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Timber Woods	Season 4 Episode 1: "Poison"
1959	Alias Jesse James	T.J. "Jesse" James
1964	Blood on the Arrow	Clint Mailer
1966	Agent for H.A.R.M.	Jim Graff
	Broken Sabre	Major Whitcomb	(episodes of Branded edited for a feature film)
	Women of the Prehistoric Planet	Admiral David King
	Waco	Preacher Sam Stone
	Cyborg 2087	Sheriff
	Picture Mommy Dead	Lawyer Clayborn
1967	Red Tomahawk	Sy Elkins
1968	Buckskin	Rep Marlowe
1968	The Star Maker	Paul Lemont
1968	The Astro-Zombies	Holman	(final film role)

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Radio appearancesEdit

Year	Program	Episode/source
1952	Cavalcade of America	Away Boarders<ref name=ddr111652/>
1952	Broadway Playhouse	The Big Clock<ref name=ddr111652>Template:Cite news</ref>
1953	Theatre Guild on the Air	Kate Fennigate<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1953	Stars over Hollywood	Bus Driver's Holiday<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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