Pat Corley

Birth Name:

Cleo Pat Corley

Birth Place:

Dallas, Texas, United States

Profession

Actor

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: "(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․""
Quote: "(When asked what is major accomplishment was) "All my children are good human beings․""
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․"

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