Wendell Corey

Biography

Born 03/20/1914

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...
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Highlights

  • In 1966, Lost bid to become Republican nominee for congressional seat
  • In 1965, Elected to Santa Monica City Council
  • In 1947, Film debut, "Desert Fury"

Family & Companions

  • father: Congregational minister

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