Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor and politician.Corey was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, the son of Milton Rothwell Corey (October 24, 1879 – October 23, 1951) and Julia Etta McKenney (April 11, 1882 – June 16, 1947). His father was a Congregationalist clergyman. Wendell was educated in Springfield, Massachusetts. His ancestors included U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.Before becoming an actor, Corey was a washing-machine salesman in a department store. After appearing in a U.S. Army short film on venereal disease entitled Easy to Get in 1947,Corey's feature film debut came as a gangster in Wallis' Desert Fury (1947) starring Burt Lancaster, John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, and Mary Astor. In 1947 he appeared in The Voice of the Turtle on stage with Margaret Sullavan in England. His second film was another for Wallis with Lancaster and Scott, I Walk Alone (1948). Both movies were popular. Corey was borrowed by MGM to appear in The Search (1948) alongside Montgomery Clift for director Fred Zinnemann. Byron Haskin, who had directed Corey in I Walk Alone, used him in Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948) at Universal; he was second billed to Sabu. For Wallis he supported Lancaster again in Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), playing a doctor who treats Barbara Stanwyck. He was a cop in The Accused (1949) with Loretta Young and Robert Cummings. MGM borrowed Corey for a popular gambling drama Any Number Can Play (1949), supporting Clark Gable and Alexis Smith. Less popular was Holiday Affair (1949) at RKO where Corey was billed after Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh.Wallis promoted him to co-star status in The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) where he appeared opposite Barbara Stanwyck. Corey had a good part in Columbia's No Sad Songs for Me (1950) playing Margaret Sullavan's husband.^[7] Wallis re-teamed him with Stanwyck in a Western, The Furies (1950), best remembered as Walter Huston's final film. Corey appeared opposite another strong female star, Joan Crawford, in Harriet Craig (1950) at Columbia.He co-starred with Lana Turner in A Life of Her Own but pulled out after only a few days claiming he was miscast. He was replaced by Ray Milland.Corey was top billed in Paramount's Western The Great Missouri Raid (1951), playing Frank James.

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