Corey Allen Autographs
Corey Allen (born Alan Cohen; June 29, 1934 – June 27, 2010) was an American film and television director, writer, producer, and actor. He began his career as an actor but eventually became a television director. He is best known for playing the character Buzz Gunderson in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955). He was the son of Carl Cohen.
Allen was born as Alan Cohen in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 29, 1934. He was the son of Carl and Frances Freudenreich Cohen; his father was an illegal bookie and gambling operator for the Mayfield Road Mob in Cleveland, and later became an important gambling executive at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cohen attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his start in acting and was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1954.
Allen was best known for his role as gang leader Buzz Gunderson in Nicholas Ray's 1955 film Rebel Without A Cause. James Dean starred as Jim Stark, a disaffected teenager who has moved to Los Angeles to start a new life, only to find more problems in his new home. After a show at the Griffith Observatory, Buzz challenges Jim to a knife fight, which Stark wins by subduing Buzz with his switchblade. During the filming of the knife fight both Allen and Dean, aficionados of method acting, used real knives and Dean was injured when Allen lunged at him with his knife. The gang challenges Jim to a chicken run, in which two stolen cars will be raced towards a cliff and the winner will be the last one to jump out. Before the two embark on their death race, Buzz and Jim stand at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the fall they might face if they remain in their cars to the end. Buzz, realizing Jim’s moxie in accepting the car challenge and actually besting him in the earlier knife confrontation, discloses Jim has earned his respect, that he “likes him.” It’s a poignant moment where social acceptance is within the grasp of perpetual misfit Jim Stark. Jim had passed an initiation where he would be accepted in with the “wheels.” \nJim thus questions why then go ahead with this race. Buzz underwhelmingly responds, "You got to do something, don't you". Allen would later recall that his classic line was "the underlying question of each generation. Here we are: What do we do?". As the cars are heading to the cliff, Buzz attempts to jump out but is unable to escape when his leather jacket gets caught on the car door handle; he is killed in the crash on the beach below.
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Traded items with a signature of Corey Allen
The most expensive item with a signature of Corey Allen (James Dean Rebel Without a Cause original vintage photo signed Corey Allen) was sold in August 2022 for $125.00 while the cheapest item (director COREY ALLEN signed AUTOGRAPH 7224) found a new owner for $1.99 in March 2021. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2026 with an average selling price of $14.48 for an autographed item of Corey Allen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2022 with $125.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was March 2021. In average, an autographed item from Corey Allen is worth $14.48.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Corey Allen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | COREY ALLEN (+2010) - Actor / TV Director - Rebl Without a Cause - Autograph | $14.99 |  |
 | Corey Allen (d. 2010) Signed Index Card - Rebel Without a Cause | $13.98 | |
 | Corey Allen - Signed Autograph Index Card - Rebel Without a Cause - Star Trek | $30.98 | |
| Corey Allen 8x10 autographed signed photo Original | $4.99 | |
| COREY ALLEN JAMES DEAN REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 1975 SIGNED CHECK d. 2010 | $20.50 | |
| COREY ALLEN JAMES DEAN REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 1975 SIGNED CHECK d. 2010 | $6.55 | |
| COREY ALLEN JAMES DEAN REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE SIGNED CHECK d. 2010 | $4.44 | |
 | Corey Allen Rebel Without A Cause Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo AMCo COA | $39.98 | |
| Corey Allen Rebel Without A Cause Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo AMCo COA | $39.98 | |
| COREY ALLEN SIGNED 3X5 INDEX CARD STAR TREK REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE W/ JAMES DEAN | $3.99 | |
| Corey Allen Signed Autographed Bank Check Rebel Without a Cause JSA CD08239 | $49.99 | |
| James Dean Rebel Without a Cause original vintage photo signed Corey Allen | $125.00 | |
| REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE James Dean COREY ALLEN signed AUTOGRAPH 3707 | $11.99 | |
| REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE james dean COREY ALLEN signed AUTOGRAPH 4299 | $9.50 | |
| Rebel Without a Cause signed photo Corey Allen costar James Dean classic film | $50.00 | |
