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  • Category Television

    Address 6328 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Wendell Corey
Born:
1914-03-20,
Dracut,
Massachusetts,
USA
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Wendell Corey

Wendell Reid Corey was an American actor and politician.

He was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, the son of Milton Rothwell Corey and Julia Etta McKenney. His father was a Congregationalist clergyman. Wendell was educated in Springfield.

Corey began his acting career on the stage, doing a number of productions in summer stock. While appearing with a Works Progress Administration theatre company in the late 1930s, he met his future wife, Alice Wiley. Corey and Wiley had one son and three daughters, Jonathan, Jennifer, Bonnie Alice, and Robin.

His Broadway debut was in Comes the Revelation. After appearing in a number of supporting roles, he scored his first hit as a cynical newspaperman in Elmer Rice’s comedy Dream Girl. While appearing in the play, Corey was seen by producer Hal Wallis, who persuaded him to sign a contract with Paramount and pursue a motion picture career in Hollywood.

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