Wendell Corey

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Dracut, Massachusetts, USA

Born

March 20, 1914

Died

November 08, 1968

Cause of Death

Liver Ailment

Biography

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Dependable lead and supporting player who usually played solid, sober and sometimes cynical characters. After scoring a triumph on Broadway in Elmer Rice's "Dream Girl" (1945), Corey was signed by producer Hal Wallis, and over the next two decades appeared as combination servant-strongarm henchman to gambler John Hodiak in Corey's debut film, "Desert Fury" (1947), as a homicide detective...

Filmography

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The Astro-Zombies (1968)

Buckskin (1968)

Red Tomahawk (1967)

Picture Mommy Dead (1966)

Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)

Agent for H. A. R. M. (1966)

Photos & Videos

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Any Number Can Play (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Out In The Rain With My Secret Lover

Rack, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Where Are Your Ribbons?

Family & Companions

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Alice Wylie

Wife

Biography

Dependable lead and supporting player who usually played solid, sober and sometimes cynical characters. After scoring a triumph on Broadway in Elmer Rice's "Dream Girl" (1945), Corey was signed by producer Hal Wallis, and over the next two decades appeared as combination servant-strongarm henchman to gambler John Hodiak in Corey's debut film, "Desert Fury" (1947), as a homicide detective opposite Loretta Young in the thriller, "The Accused" (1948), as an exhausted mobster in "Any Number Can Play" (1949) and as Frank James in "The Great Missouri Raid" (1951). He later moved into politics, serving as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild and, lastly, as a member of the Santa Monica City Council.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Astro-Zombies (1968)

Buckskin (1968)

Red Tomahawk (1967)

Picture Mommy Dead (1966)

Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)

Agent for H. A. R. M. (1966)

Preacher Sam Stone

Cyborg 2087 (1966)

Blood on the Arrow (1964)

Alias Jesse James (1959)

The Light in the Forest (1958)

Loving You (1957)

Walter "Tex" Warner

The Rainmaker (1956)

The Bold and the Brave (1956)

The Rack (1956)

Maj. Sam Moulton

The Killer Is Loose (1956)

The Big Knife (1955)

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

Chet Chester, previously known as Randy Williams

Rear Window (1954)

Thomas J. Doyle

Jamaica Run (1953)

Laughing Anne (1953)

Carbine Williams (1952)

Capt. H. T. Peoples

The Wild North (1952)

Constable Pedley

My Man and I (1952)

Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)

Jim Stauton Rogers

The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)

Capt. Harold "Cal" Calvert

The Great Missouri Raid (1951)

No Sad Songs for Me (1950)

The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)

Harriet Craig (1950)

The Furies (1950)

Holiday Affair (1949)

Any Number Can Play (1949)

The Accused (1949)

Lieut. Ted Dorgan

Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948)

Dr. John Collins

The Search (1948)

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

I Walk Alone (1948)

Desert Fury (1947)

Cast (Special)

Backbone of America (1953)

Life Events

1934

Amateur stage debut with Springfield Repertory Players in "Street Scene"

1935

Professional stage debut

1942

Broadway debut in "Comes the Revelation"

1945

After success in Broadway production, "Dream Girl", signed by producer Hal Wallis to film contract

1947

Film debut, "Desert Fury"

1965

Elected to Santa Monica City Council

1966

Lost bid to become Republican nominee for congressional seat

Photo Collections

The Killer is Loose - Lobby Card Set

The Killer is Loose - Lobby Card Set

Harriet Craig - Movie Posters

Harriet Craig - Movie Posters

Harriet Craig - Lobby Cards

Harriet Craig - Lobby Cards

Harriet Craig - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Harriet Craig - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Harriet Craig - Scene Stills

Harriet Craig - Scene Stills

Videos

Any Number Can Play (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Out In The Rain With My Secret Lover Joining the first scene in the household of leading man Clark Gable, who plays high-end underground casino owner Charlie, we meet Audrey Totter as Alice, the live-in sister of his wife Lon (Alexis Smith), and her husband, Wendell Corey as Robbin, who works for Charlie, with two goons (Richard Rober, William Conrad) appearing, in director Mervyn LeRoy’s Any Number Can Play, 1949.

Rack, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Where Are Your Ribbons? Reluctant JAG prosecutor (Wendell Corey as Maj. Moulton) conducts his first conference with his defendant, Paul Newman as highly decorated returning Korean War POW Capt. Hall, charged with collaborating with the enemy, his guilt or innocence not yet revealed, shooting on location at The Presidio, in MGM’s The Rack, 1956.

Any Number Can Play (1949) -- (Movie Clip) What Are You Gonna Give Up Next? Wendell Corey as dissolute card-dealer Robbie admits Clark Gable as Charlie, his employer, brother-in-law and casino owner, who arrives unexpectedly at home enthusing about fishing, for Audrey Totter as sister-in-law Alice, and Alexis Smith as Lon, lady of the house, in MGM’s Any Number Can Play, 1949.

Rear Window (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Here Lie The Broken Bones Following his own credit, one of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous openings, "The Composer" (Ross Bagdasarian) and "Miss Torso" (Georgine Darcy) among the neighbors featured, in the view from James Stewart's apartment, in Rear Window, 1954, co-starring Grace Kelly.

Harriet Craig (1950) -- (Movie Clip) A Different Approach With Each Girl Innocent Clare (K.T. Stevens), who lives-with and works-for her cousin (Joan Crawford, title character) with beau Wes (William Bishop), who works for Joan’s husband, quite sincere until she interrupts, dismissing him, then sharing a wholly fabricated secret about his intentions, in Harriet Craig, 1950.

Harriet Craig (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Perhaps I'd Better Not Hear Title character Joan Crawford is upstairs now, having observed rather a mess downstairs, surprising her husband Wendell Corey, after returning early from a trip because of her (unfounded) suspicions about his activities, in Harriet Craig, 1950, from the 1925 Pulitzer Prize play by George Kelly.

Harriet Craig (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Mrs. Craig Must Be So Upset! Director Vincent Sherman delivers bedlam and power relations in the opening, K.T. Stevens as cousin-cum-assistant Clare manages staff and visitors (Ellen Corby, Viola Roache, Fiona O’Shiel) while title character Joan Crawford supervises husband Wendell Corey, in Harriet Craig, 1950.

Harriet Craig (1950) -- (Movie Clip) You Know About My Father? After a visit with her increasingly unwell mother, Joan Crawford (title character) consults with her cousin-assistant (K.T. Stevens), then with the doctor (Katharine Warren), providing some background, then grows suspicious and decides to travel home to surprise her husband, in Harriet Craig, 1950.

Rear Window (1954) -- (Movie Clip) He's An Unemployed Magician This is the first visit by old war buddy and New York detective Doyle (Wendell Corey), who is far from convinced that laid-up photographer "Jeff" (James Stewart) is right to be suspicious of "the salesman" (Raymond Burr) across the courtyard, in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, 1954.

Search, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) An Auschwitz Kid American soldier Steve (Montgomery Clift) has just brought mute refugee kid Karel (Ivan Jandl) home in the American zone in post-war Germany, getting help from colleague and roommate Jerry (Wendell Corey), in director Fred Zinnemann's The Search, 1948.

Alias Jesse James (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Where Can I Find Jesse James? Bob Hope is life insurance salesman Farnsworth, in Missouri to buy back the policy he sold to Jesse James (Wendell Corey), whom he doesn't realize robbed his train earlier, and who visits with his bombshell fianceè Cora (Rhonda Fleming), in the Western comedy Alias Jesse James, 1959.

My Man and I (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Wonderful System Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler's famous "Stormy Weather," plays, providing the film's title as star Ricardo Montalban appears with both legit (Jose Torvay, Pascual Garcia Pena) and otherwise (Jack Elam) Hispanic pals, in the opening from My Man and I, 1952.

File on Thelma Jordon, The - (Original Trailer) Barbara Stanwyck seduces a District Attorney and pulls him into a web of theft and murder in The File on Thelma Jordon (1950).

Wild North, The - (Original Trailer) Mountie Wendell Corey tracks accused killer Stewart Granger through the Canadian wilderness in the color adventure The Wild North (1952).

Rich, Young and Pretty - (Original Trailer) A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love in Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) starring Jane Powell.

Harriet Craig - (Original Trailer) Joan Crawford wants everything in her house just so or she goes nuts in Harriet Craig (1950).

Big Knife, The - (Original Trailer - textless) An unscrupulous movie producer (Rod Steiger) blackmails an unhappy actor (Jack Palance) into signing a new contract in The Big Knife (1955), directed by Robert Aldrich.

I Walk Alone - (Original Trailer) Ex-convict Burt Lancaster discovers the world of crime has changed drastically since he went up the river in I Walk Alone (1948).

Alias Jesse James - (Original Trailer) The notorious outlaw finds his reputation assassinated by the coward Bob Hope in Alias Jesse James (1959).

Rear Window - (Re-issue Trailer) James Stewart uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Rear Window (1954), co-starring Grace Kelly.

Search, The - (Original Trailer) An American soldier (Montgomery Clift) in postwar Europe becomes attached to a homeless child (Ivan Jandi) in The Search (1948), directed by Fred Zinnemann.

No Sad Songs for Me - (Original Trailer) A terminally ill woman (Margaret Sullavan) struggles to leave her husband and child taken care of before she dies in No Sad Songs for Me (1950).

Any Number Can Play - (Original Trailer) The owner of a gambling casino (Clark Gable) tries to win back his estranged wife and child in Any Number Can Play (1949).

Family

Robin Corey

Child

Jonathan Corey

Son

Jennifer Corey

Daughter

Bonnie Corey

Daughter

Companions

Alice Wylie

Wife

Bibliography

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