From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American actor, television director, and teacher. After being blacklisted in the 1950s, he became one of the most prominent and influential acting coaches in Hollywood, whose students included the likes of Kirk Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, Cher, Barbra Streisand and Rob Reiner. He returned to film and television work in the 1960s, playing many character roles. Early life and education Corey was born Arthur Zwerling in Brooklyn, New York to working-class Jewish immigrant parents. His father, Nathan Zwerling, was from Austria-Hungary, and his mother, Mary (nee Peskin), was from Russia. He attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and was active in the school's Dramatic Society. He received a scholarship to the Feagin School of Dramatic Art, where he furthered his studies. Prior to his acting career, he worked as a salesman of sewing machines. Blacklisted and teacher Corey's career was again interrupted in the early 1950s, when he was summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He refused to give names of alleged Communists and subversives in the entertainment industry and went so far as to ridicule the panel by offering critiques of the testimony of the previous witnesses. That led to his being blacklisted for 12 years. "Most of us were retired Reds. We had left it, at least I had, years before," Corey told Patrick McGilligan, the co-author of Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist, who teaches film at Marquette University. "The only issue was, did you want to just give them their token names so you could continue your career, or not? I had no impulse to defend a political point of view that no longer interested me particularly... They just wanted two new names so they could hand out more subpoenas." Back to work in the 1960s In 1962, Corey began working in films again, and remained active into the 1990s. He played Hoban in The Cincinnati Kid (1965); Tom Chaney, the principal villain in True Grit (1969); and Sheriff Bledsoe in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (also 1969), who says to the title characters, "I never met a soul more affable than you, Butch, or faster than the Kid, but you're still nothing but two-bit outlaws on the dodge. Television Corey made guest appearances on many television series. He appeared as murder victim Carl Bascom in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Reckless Rockhound" (1964). He was featured on science-fiction series, too, including an episode of The Outer Limits ("O.B.I.T.", 1963) in which he played Byron Lomax; Star Trek ("The Cloud Minders", 1969) in which he played High Advisor Plasus; as Caspay in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and Babylon 5 ("Z'ha'dum", 1996) in which he played Justin. Personal life Corey married his wife Hope (nee Victorson) in 1938. They had three children. Death Corey died on August 16, 2002, aged 88, after a fall. CLR
132 movies · 63 shows
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004·7.0
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002·8.0
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999·8.0
The Lottery
1996·6.0
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996·7.7
Color of Night
1994·5.8
Surviving the Game
1994·6.1
Beethoven's 2nd
1993·5.6
The Judas Project
1993·5.4
Ruby Cairo
1992·5.0
Payoff
1991·4.3
To My Daughter
1990·8.0
Bird on a Wire
1990·6.2
The Rose and the Jackal
1990·6.0
A Deadly Silence
1989·6.2
The Magic Boy's Easter
1989·8.0
Messenger of Death
1988·6.0
Cognac
1988·5.3
Second Serve
1986·5.3
Final Jeopardy
1985·6.3
Creator
1985·6.1
Father of Hell Town
1985·0.0
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984·6.5
Conan the Destroyer
1984·6.1
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982·6.7
The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982·5.5
Cry for the Strangers
1982·7.2
Homeward Bound
1980·5.0
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980·5.4
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979·5.0
Up River
1979·5.8
The Pirate
1978·4.5
The Wild Geese
1978·6.8
Jennifer
1978·6.0
Captains Courageous
1977·7.0
Oh, God!
1977·6.4
Curse of the Black Widow
1977·5.2
Moonshine County Express
1977·4.9
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
1977·3.0
The Last Tycoon
1976·6.3
The Premonition
1976·5.1
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976·7.0
Paper Tiger
1975·6.3
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974·6.0
Set This Town on Fire
1973·7.0
Something Evil
1972·5.4
Catlow
1971·5.1
Clay Pigeon
1971·4.0
Shoot Out
1971·6.3
Little Big Man
1970·7.4
Cover Me Babe
1970·4.7
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970·5.9
Getting Straight
1970·6.3
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970·6.1
A Clear and Present Danger
1970·7.0
The Movie Murderer
1970·6.9
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969·7.6
True Grit
1969·7.3
Impasse
1969·4.8
The Boston Strangler
1968·6.7
In Cold Blood
1967·7.5
A Bell for Adano
1967·0.0
Seconds
1966·7.3
The Cincinnati Kid
1965·7.0
Mickey One
1965·5.8
Once a Thief
1965·6.5
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965·5.6
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965·5.9
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964·7.2
Lady in a Cage
1964·6.1
The Yellow Canary
1963·10.0
The Balcony
1963·5.2
Inside Magoo
1960·0.0
Superman and the Mole Men
1951·5.4
Red Mountain
1951·6.7
Never Trust a Gambler
1951·5.6
Sirocco
1951·6.0
New Mexico
1951·3.6
The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951·5.7
Only the Valiant
1951·6.5
Fourteen Hours
1951·7.3
Rawhide
1951·6.8
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950·5.8
Bright Leaf
1950·5.9
Rock Island Trail
1950·6.3
The Outriders
1950·7.3
Singing Guns
1950·6.4
The Nevadan
1950·5.9
Bagdad
1949·6.1
Follow Me Quietly
1949·6.2
Home of the Brave
1949·6.7
Roughshod
1949·5.7
City Across the River
1949·6.0
Hideout
1949·5.9
Wake of the Red Witch
1948·5.8
Joan of Arc
1948·6.2
Kidnapped
1948·6.7
Canon City
1948·6.2
I, Jane Doe
1948·6.4
Let's Live Again
1948·5.5
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948·7.0
Alias a Gentleman
1948·6.8
The Gangster
1947·5.2
Hoppy's Holiday
1947·6.0
Brute Force
1947·7.3
Miracle on 34th Street
1947·7.4
California
1947·6.8
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947·8.8
The Killers
1946·7.4
Rendezvous with Annie
1946·7.0
Somewhere in the Night
1946·6.7
My Friend Flicka
1943·5.9
Aerial Gunner
1943·5.0
The Moon Is Down
1943·6.9
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943·6.2
Tennessee Johnson
1942·6.4
Girl Trouble
1942·8.3
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942·7.0
Syncopation
1942·6.8
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942·6.5
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942·4.5
Roxie Hart
1942·7.0
Paris Calling
1941·6.0
You Belong to Me
1941·6.0
All That Money Can Buy
1941·7.0
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941·7.5
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941·5.7
You'll Find Out
1940·5.6
Bitter Sweet
1940·6.0
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940·7.0
One Third of a Nation
1939·6.2
I Am the Law
1938·7.1