Pat Corley Biography

Fast Facts

• During the Korean War, Corley helped put on entertainment shows for the military leaders as a member of the U․S․ Army stationed in France
• Early in his career he was in an Off Broadway play called "The Peace Creeps" with James Earl Jones and Al Pacino and a couple of Broadway productions with James Earl Jones and Christopher Walken
• In his youth, he was a dancer with the Stockton, Calif․ Symphony Ballet from age 15 to 21 and again for another year at age 24 when he left the Army
• Quote: "(When asked what is major accomplishment was) "All my children are good human beings․""
• Quote: "(On honing his skills) "When I started acting, everybody I knew studied speech, dancing, singing to develop themselves as an instrument ․․․ and to play that instrument well you can't just play one note․ In a human frame, the notes are infinite․""
• Best known for playing Phil the barkeep in the TV sitcom"Murphy Brown," which was his favorite role
• Was once called by the great actor Laurence Olivier and told "That's the finest television acting I have ever witnessed․"