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Corey Allen

Highest Rated: 93% Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Lowest Rated: 74% Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Birthday: Jun 29, 1934

Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Though he enjoyed a nearly three-decade, award-winning career as a television director, a single film - 1955's "Rebel Without a Cause" - assured Corey Allen's lasting fame. Allen played Buzz Gunderson, the picture's smirking heel, whose bullying of James Dean's Jim Stark culminated in a lethal hot rod race. The film's iconic status ensured Allen work in later years, but he turned away from acting to direct and produce for television from the late 1960s through the mid-1990s, most notably on "Hill Street Blues" (NBC, 1981-87) and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (syndicated, 1987-1994). Allen's passing in 2010 was mourned by "Rebel" fans who paid tribute to one of the last surviving cast members of that defining youth culture film.

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Highest rated movies

93% 88% Rebel Without a Cause Watchlist
90% 62% Private Property
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83% 57% Party Girl
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74% 72% Sweet Bird of Youth
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Slay It Again Sam
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Stone
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Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
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Key Witness
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Destination: America
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Shadow on the Window
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Corey Allen

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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 100% Stalking Back Director - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moment of Truth: Stalking Back Director - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ann Jillian Story Director - 1988
No Score Yet 78% The Last Fling Director - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Destination: America Director - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet I-Man Director - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brass Director - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slay It Again Sam Director - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues Director - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code Name: Foxfire Director - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of Frank Cannon Director - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stone Director - 1979
No Score Yet 67% The Man in the Santa Claus Suit Director - 1979
No Score Yet 0% Avalanche Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Chance to Live Director - 1978
No Score Yet 38% Thunder and Lightning Director - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yesterday's Child Director - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cry Rape! Director - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet See the Man Run Director - 1971
No Score Yet 71% Erotic Adventures Director - 1970
No Score Yet 19% The Chapman Report Wash Dillon (Character) - 1962
74% 72% Sweet Bird of Youth Scotty (Character) - 1962
90% 62% Private Property Duke (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Key Witness Magician (Character) - 1960
83% 57% Party Girl Cookie La Motte (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 41% Darby's Rangers Pvt. Pittsburgh Tony Sutherland (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Juvenile Jungle Hal McQueen (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 44% The Big Caper Roy (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow on the Window Gil Ramsey (Character) - 1957
93% 88% Rebel Without a Cause Buzz Gunderson (Character) - 1955

TV

Credit
91% 89% Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Director 1993-1994
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Director 1987-1988 1990-1991 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Director 1988-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet CBS Summer Playhouse Director 1989
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Director 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Otherworld Director 1985
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Director 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Director 1981 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Story Director 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Director 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Director 1978-1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Director 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quincy, M.E. Director 1977-1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Dave Gerard (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Executive Suite Director 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Quest Director 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronk Director 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Director 1974-1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ironside Director 1970-1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Director 1969-1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star),
Director 		1962 1964 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Loner Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Combat! Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dakotas Clen Biglow (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Lester Menke (Character),
Rennie Foster (Guest Star) 		1960 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lock Up Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Men Into Space Lt. Johnny Baker (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Behind Closed Doors Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thin Man Tony Gordon (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Tom Summers (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Ben Tennis (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Art Hemper (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Gil Dalliford (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Telephone Time Philip Samenian (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Medic Unknown (Guest Star) 1954