Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American actor and acting teacher best known for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Little Big Man (1970), and True Grit (1969).
He was married to Hope Corey and they had three children.
Corey died in 2002 at the age of 88 after suffering a fall.
Filmography
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Film roles
- 1937: I Promise To Pay as Crook in Montage (Uncredited Role)
- 1938: I Am The Law as Thug (uncredited)
- 1939: One Third Of A Nation as man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited)
- 1940: Third Finger, Left Hand as Johann (uncredited)
- 1940: Bitter Sweet as Second Man on Stairs (uncredited)
- 1940: Youll Find Out as Mr. Corey (uncredited)
- 1941: Petticoat Politics as Henry Trotter
- 1941: The Lady From Cheyenne as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1941: Mutiny In The Arctic as The Cook
- 1941: All That Money Can Buy as Tom Sharp (uncredited)
- 1941: You Belong To Me as Mr. Greener (uncredited)
- 1941: Paris Calling as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1942: North To Klondike as Lafe Jordan
- 1942: Roxie Hart as Orderly (uncredited)
- 1942: Lone Star Ranger as Clerk
- 1942: Who Is Hope Schuyler as Medical Examiner
- 1942: The Man Who Wouldnt Die as Coroner Tim Larsen
- 1942: Small Town Deb as Hector
- 1942: Syncopation as Kit's Attorney (uncredited)
- 1942: The Postman Didnt Ring as Harwood Green
- 1942: Girl Trouble as Mr. Mooney (uncredited)
- 1942: Tennessee Johnson as Captain (uncredited)
- 1943: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man as Crypt Keeper (uncredited)
- 1943: The Moon is Down as Albert (uncredited)
- 1943: Aerial Gunner as Flight Crew Member (uncredited)
- 1943: My Friend Flicka as Tim Murphy
- 1946: Somewhere In The Night as Bank Teller
- 1946: Joe Palooka Champ as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
- 1946: Rendezvous With Annie as Howard (uncredited)
- 1946: It Shouldnt Happen To A Dog as Sam Black (uncredited)
- 1946: The Killers as Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
- 1947: The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Stenographer (uncredited)
- 1947: California as Clem (uncredited)
- 1947: Ramrod as Bice
- 1947: Miracle on 34th Street as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1947: Brute Force as 'Freshman' Stack
- 1947: Hoppys Holiday as Jed
- 1947: Unconquered as Trapper (uncredited)
- 1947: The Flame as Stranger (uncredited)
- 1947: The Gangster as Karty's Brother-in-law (uncredited)
- 1948: Alias A Gentleman as Zu
- 1948: The Wreck Of The Hesperus as Joshua Hill
- 1948: Lets Live Again as Bartender
- 1948: Homecoming as Cigarette Smoker (uncredited)
- 1948: I Jane Doe as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
- 1948: Canon City as Carl Schwartzmiller
- 1948: A Southern Yankee as Union Cavalry Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1948: Joan Of Arc as Her Prison Guard
- 1948: Kidnapped as Shaun
- 1948: Wake Of The Red Witch as Mr. Loring
- 1949: Hideout as Beecham
- 1949: City Across The River as Police Lt. Louie Macon
- 1949: Roughshod as Jed Graham
- 1949: Home Of The Brave as Doctor
- 1949: Follow Me Quietly as Police Sgt. Art Collins
- 1949: Scene Of The Crime as Man Arrested with Switchblade (uncredited)
- 1949: Bagdad as Mohammed Jao
- 1950: The Nevadan as Bart
- 1950: Singing Guns as Richards
- 1950: The Outriders as Keeley
- 1950: Rock Island Trail as Abe Lincoln
- 1950: Bright Leaf as John Barton
- 1950: The Next Voice You Hear as Freddie Dibson
- 1951: Fourteen Hours as Police Sgt. Farley
- 1951: Rawhide as Luke Davis
- 1951: Only the Valiant as Joe Harmony
- 1951: New Mexico as Coyote
- 1951: Sirocco as Feisal (uncredited)
- 1951: The Prince Who Was A Thief as Emir Mokar
- 1951: Never Trust A Gambler as Lou Brecker
- 1951: Red Mountain as Sgt. Skee
- 1951: Superman And The Mole Men as Luke Benson
- 1963: The Balcony as Bishop
- 1963: The Yellow Canary as Joe
- 1964: Lady in a Cage as George L. Brady Jr.
- 1965: Treasure Of The Aztecs as Abraham Lincoln
- 1965: Pyramid Of The Sun God as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
- 1965: Once A Thief as Lt. Kebner SRPD
- 1965: Mickey One as Fryer
- 1965: The Cincinnati Kid as Hoban
- 1966: Seconds (1966) as Mr. Ruby
- 1967: A Bell For Adano as Cacopardo
- 1967: In Cold Blood as Mr. Hickock
- 1968: The Boston Strangler as John Asgeirsson
- 1969: Impasse as Wombat
- 1969: True Grit as Tom Chaney
- 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Sheriff Bledsoe
- 1979: Butch And Sundance The Early Days as Ray Bledsoe
- 1970: The Movie Murderer as Collier Landis
- 1970: A Clear And Present Danger as Beiseker
- 1970: Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Caspay
- 1970: Getting Straight as Dr. Edward Wilhunt
- 1970: They Call Me Mr Tibbs as Capt. Marden
- 1970: Cover Me Babe as Paul Rogers
- 1970: Little Big Man as Wild Bill Hickok
- 1971: Big Fish Little Fish as Paul Stumpfig
- 1971: Shoot Out as Trooper
- 1971: Clay Pigeon as Clinic Doctor
- 1971: Catlow as Merridew
- 1972: Something Evil as Gehrmann
- 1973: Set This Town On Fire as Walter Stafford
- 1973: The Fuzz Brothers as Capt. Lean
- 1974: The Gun And The Pulpit as Head of Posse
- 1975: Paper Tiger as Mr. King
- 1975: The Premonition as Lt. Mark Denver
- 1976: Banjo Hackett Roamin Free as Judge Janeway
- 1976: The Sad And Lonely Sundays as Dean Miller
- 1976: The Last Tycoon as Doctor
- 1977: Moonshine County Express as Hagen
- 1977: Curse Of The Black Widow as Aspa Soldado
- 1977: Oh, God! as Rabbi Silverstone
- 1977: Captains Courageous as Salters
- 1978: Rooster Spurs Of Death as Kink
- 1978: Jennifer as Luke Baylor
- 1978: The Wild Geese as Mr. Martin
- 1978: The Pirate as Prince Feiyad
- 1979: Up River as Bagshaw
- 1980: Battle Beyond the Stars as Zed
- 1980: Homeward Bound as George
- 1982: The Sword and the Sorcerer as Craccus
- 1982: Cry For The Strangers as Riley
- 1984: Conan the Destroyer as Grand Vizier
- 1985: Hell Town as Lawyer Sam
- 1985: Creator as Dean Harrington
- 1985: Final Jeopardy as Derelict
- 1986: Fist of the North Star as Ryuuken/Narrator (1991 Dub)
- 1986: Second Serve as Dr. Harry Benjamin
- 1988: Cognac as Pukovnik Frejzer
- 1988: Messenger Of Death as Willis Beecham
- 1989: A Deadly Silence as Judge Henry W. Sherman
- 1990: The Rose And The Jackal as James Buchanan
- 1990: Bird on a Wire as Lou Baird
- 1990: To My Daughter as Travis
- 1990: The Judas Project as Poneras
- 1991: Payoff as Don Anzia
- 1992: Deception as Joe Dick
- 1993: Beethovens Second as Gus the Janitor
- 1994: Color of Night as Ashland
- 1994: Surviving the Game as Hank
- 1996: The Lottery as Albert Smith
- 1998: Ted as Professor
Television roles
- 1952: The Case Of Eddie Drake as Artie Allen
- 1961: The Untouchables as Max Frimmel
- 1962: The Beachcomber as Mr. Jarred
- 1963: The Outer Limits as Mr. Byron Lomax
- 1964: Channing as Dr. Harvey
- 1964: The Doctors And The Nurses as Mr. Parent
- 1964: Perry Mason as Carl Bascom
- 1965: Rawhide as Morgan Kane
- 1965: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Sgt. Singer
- 1965–68: The Wild Wild West as Col. Tacitus Mosely/Capt. Ansel Coffin (2 episodes)
- 1966: Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre as Rev. Mr. Mansard
- 1966: Hawk as Newstand Owner
- 1966: Insight as Col. Buckley
- 1966–67: Run For Your Life as Fred Morrissey/Abe Lincoln (2 episodes)
- 1966–71: Bonanza as Frank Brennan/Tuck Dowling (2 episodes)
- 1967: Garrison's Gorillas as Insp. Gauzmann
- 1967: Iron Horse as Judge Fallon
- 1967–68: Judd For The Defense as D.A. Rankin/Barron (2 episodes)
- 1969: Gunsmoke as Judge Procter
- 1969: Star Trek: The Original Series as Plasus
- 1969–71: Hawaii Five-O as Duncan/Dr. William Hanson (2 episodes)
- 1970: Headmaster as Mr. Hiller
- 1970–71: Night Gallery as Radio Newscaster/Dr. Miles Talmadge (2 episodes)
- 1971: Mannix as Paul Sorenson
- 1972: Search 1972 as Dr. Carl Moen
- 1972: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Jack Mitgang
- 1972: The Magical World Of Disney as Gen. McClellan
- 1972: Alias Smith and Jones as Gov. George W. Baxter
- 1973: The Streets of San Francisco as Sen. Ralph Bowen
- 1973: The Bob Newhart Show as Dr. Scott Rivers
- 1973: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Monsignor Morell
- 1973: Police Story as Defense Attorney
- 1974: Hawkins as Julian Maynard
- 1974: Paper Moon as Jeb Craw
- 1975: The Six Million Dollar Man as Orin Thatcher
- 1975: Doctors Hospital as Dr. Arthur Wilson
- 1975: Starsky & Hutch as Andrew Mello
- 1975: Run Joe Run as Will
- 1975: Kojak as Frank Raynor
- 1976: McCloud as Sheik Kampal
- 1976: Switch as A.J. Gunther
- 1977: The Bionic Woman as Thomas Bearclaw
- 1977: Testimony Of Two Men as William Simpson
- 1977: The Richard Pryor Show as Leader of the Dalton Gang/Judge/Gunslinger (3 episodes)
- 1978: What's Happening!! as Hassan
- 1978: Fantasy Island as Tibur
- 1978: Greatest Heroes Of The Bible as Saul
- 1978–79: Barney Miller as Caleb Webber/Ralph Timmons (2 episodes)
- 1979: One Day at a Time as Mr. Romano
- 1979-1980: Little House on the Prairie as Edgar Mills/Judge Parker (2 episodes)
- 1980: Breaking Away as Prof. Manchester
- 1980–82: Lou Grant as Larry Hill/Hugh Holstrom/Mr. Bergman (3 episodes)
- 1982: Kings Crossing as Ray Walker
- 1982: The Powers of Matthew Star as Vohll
- 1982: Knots Landing as Peter Mackenzie
- 1983: Archie Bunker's Place as Michael Gorman
- 1983: Manimal as Zeke Bethune
- 1984: Whiz Kids as Martin Beal
- 1984: Faerie Tale Theatre as Father
- 1984: Newhart as Judge Drayton
- 1984–86: Night Court as Judge Hirsch/Santa (2 episodes)
- 1985: Simon & Simon as Police Sgt. Spencer
- 1985: Hell Town as Lawyer Sam
- 1986: Morningstar Eveningstar as Bill McGregor
- 1986: The A-Team as A.J. Bancroft
- 1986: Starman as Hal Walker
- 1987: Perfect Strangers as Henry Casselman
- 1988: War of the Worlds as Francis Flannery
- 1989: Roseanne as Salesman
- 1989: Santa Barbara as Roger Wainwright
- 1989: Jake and the Fatman as Judge Ralph Colella
- 1990: Beauty and the Beast as Winston Burke
- 1990: Babes as Wranglin' Rick
- 1990: Bagdad Cafe as Calvin
- 1991: Gabriels Fire as Daniel Mosley
- 1992: Sinatra as Quinlin
- 1993: Moon Over Miami as Louis Best
- 1995: The Marshal as Alex Cooper
- 1995: The Home Court as Arthur
- 1995: Picket Fences as The Captain
- 1995–97: Spider-Man: The Animated Series as Silvermane/Silvio Manfredi (voice, 5 episodes)
- 1996: Babylon 5 as Justin
- 1997: Murphy Brown as Elderly Man
- 1997: Perversions Of Science as The Judge
- 1998: Brimstone as Collector
- 2000: Charmed as Council Member
- 2000: The District as Vernon Stanley
Short film roles
- 1960: Inside Magoo as Doctor (voice)
- 1976: Roxy Page as Alex Hagopian
- 1988: The Magic Boys Easter as The Servant
- 1992: The Washing Machine Man as Eddie Sills
Director
- 1970–72: Night Gallery (9 episodes)
- 1971: The Psychiatrist
- 1972: The Sixth Sense
- 1972: Alias Smith and Jones
- 1972: Anna And The King
- 1973: Hawkins
- 1974: Sons And Daughters
