Pat Corley

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Pat Corley
Corley at the 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 1990.
Born
Cleo Pat Corley

(1930-06-01)June 1, 1930
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 11, 2006(2006-09-11) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1974–2006
Spouse
Iris Carter
(m. 1957; died 2005)
Children6

Pat Corley (June 1, 1930 – September 11, 2006) was an American actor who portrayed bar owner Phil on the

sitcom Murphy Brown from 1988 to 1996. He also had a recurring role as Chief Coroner Wally Nydorf on the television drama Hill Street Blues (1981–87) and supporting roles in a number of films, including Night Shift (1982), Against All Odds (1984), and Mr. Destiny
(1990).

Early life

Corley was born Cleo Pat Corley in

née Martin) and R.L. Corley.[1][2] He got his start in the entertainment business as a teenage ballet dancer for the Stockton Ballet where he performed for three seasons. While serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Corley helped put on entertainment shows for the brass while stationed in France. After his honorable discharge, he entered Stockton College on the G.I. Bill
where he met his future second wife, Iris Carter, a younger student, champion debater and a locally acclaimed actress.

Career

After moving to

James Baldwin's Blues for Mr. Charlie, a production by the Actors Studio, where Corley had been accepted as a member. Early in his career he shared the stage with future stars Al Pacino and James Earl Jones in the Off-Broadway play The Peace Creeps. In the 1970s, Corley appeared in several Broadway productions including Of Mice and Men with James Earl Jones and Sweet Bird of Youth with Christopher Walken
.

Corley's Hollywood career began in 1969 in TV with a small role in N.Y.P.D. and a few television commercials. His first feature film roles were in Gordon Parks' The Super Cops and the comedy Law and Disorder with Carroll O'Connor and Ernest Borgnine. He also appeared in Coming Home and in an early Oliver Stone feature, The Hand, with Michael Caine.

Corley appeared on dozens of TV shows, among the earliest of which were:

Fresno. He provided the voice of Sheriff McGee in Tom Sawyer
(2000).

Death

Corley died of heart failure in September 2006 at age 76 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. His wife, actress Iris Corley, had died the year prior.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Pat Corley Biography – Yahoo! Movies
  2. ^ Pat Corley Biography (1930-)
  3. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (September 15, 2006). "Murphy Brown Barkeep Pat Corley Dies". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

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