Corey Allen played the role of a high school gang leader who got into a fight with actor James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause". His character, Buzz Gunderson, got into a losing knife fight with Dean and later died in the movie when his car plunged off a cliff.
Mr. Allen died at the age of 75 on June 25, 2010 at his home in Hollywood.
He had a number of other movie and television roles before he becoming a director in 1969. He won an Emmy in 1984 for directing an episode of "Hill Street Blues".
He also directed a two-hour pilot for "Star Trek - The Next Generation". He followed up with numerous episodes for that show as well as its sequel, "Star Trek - Deep Space Nine".
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