Corey Fischer

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Corey Fischer
Born(1945-02-28)February 28, 1945
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedJune 6, 2020(2020-06-06) (aged 75)
Hayward, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1967–2013

Corey John Fischer[1] (February 28, 1945 – June 6, 2020)[2] was an American actor.

Early life and education

Fischer was born in

UCLA
.

Career

In the mid-1960s, he worked in Los Angeles in improvisational theatre, notably with The Committee, and went on to work in film and television. An early film appearance was in the biker cult film Naked Angels, and an early television appearance was in a 1966 episode of Daniel Boone.

Fischer appeared in

Sunshine
, (13 episodes) and, finally, a second TV movie, Sunshine Christmas.

In 1976 Fischer worked with LA's ProVisional Theatre, an experimental, political ensemble. With them, he toured nationally in America Piece by

Public Theater
.

In 1978, he returned to Los Angeles, where, with Albert Greenberg and Naomi Newman, he co-founded Traveling Jewish Theatre (TJT), later known as The Jewish Theatre San Francisco.[3] In 1982 TJT moved to San Francisco where Fischer continued to act, write and direct theatre and to act in film and television. He appeared in the 2012 feature film The Five-Year Engagement.

Fischer's one-man show Sometimes We Need a Story More Than Food was voted one of the ten best productions of 1993 by the

ISBN 9780292712904). In 2000, the San Francisco Bay Guardian voted him one of the year's best directors for God's Donkey, an original TJT production. In 2001, his play, See Under: Love was listed as one of the year's ten best plays by the San Francisco Chronicle and was nominated by the Association of American Drama Critics
as Best Play of 2001.

His last work was as a playwright and director of In the Maze of Our Own Lives, a play inspired by the story of the

Group Theatre
which was produced in October 2011, to launch TJT's 34th season. This was TJT's last as a producing organization.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1969 Naked Angels Stash
1970 M*A*S*H Capt. Bandini
1970 Brewster McCloud Hines
1971 Cactus in the Snow Bartender
1971
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
 Mr. Elliott
1972 All in the Family Jeff Walker
1973 M*A*S*H (TV series) Capt. Phil Cardozo
1975 Funny Lady Conductor
1975 Sanford and Son Network Executive (Steinberg and Son episode)
1992 Final Analysis Forensic Doctor
2002 Frasier Bar Mitzvah Officiating Rabbi
2005 Bee Season National Spelling Bee Pronouncer
2006 Valley of the Heart's Delight Frightened Man
2012 The Five-Year Engagement Male Justice of the Peace
2013 Being Us Franklin (final film role)

References

  1. ^ Coreyfischer.com
  2. ^ "Corey Fischer, actor and co-founder of A Traveling Jewish Theatre, dies at 75". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "About". tjt-sf.org. The Jewish Theatre San Francisco. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011.
  4. ^ "Kennedy Center Fund Honors Korder, Foote & More w/ New Play Grants". Playbill.com. October 7, 1999. Retrieved June 16, 2020.

External links

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