directors of the Screen Actors Guild. A Republican campaigner in national politics since 1956, Corey was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in April 1965. Corey supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election. Death Corey died November 8, 1968, at age 54 at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, of cirrhosis of the liver as a result of alcoholism. Funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, California. Walk of Fame Wendell Corey has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame awarded for his work in TV, at 6328 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Filmography Radio appearances References External links 1914 births 1968 deaths 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American politicians Alcohol-related deaths in California American Congregationalists American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Burials in Massachusetts California city council members California Republicans Deaths from cirrhosis Male actors from Massachusetts People from Dracut, Massachusetts Presidents of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Federal Theatre Project people