Irwin Corey

Irwin Corey
Corey in a 1963 television appearance
Born(1914-07-29)July 29, 1914
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 2017(2017-02-06) (aged 102)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Years active1938–2013
GenresWit/Word play, improvisational and character comedy, satire
Spouse
Fran Corey
(m. 1941; died 2011)
Children2

"Professor" Irwin Corey (July 29, 1914 – February 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority". He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at the San Francisco club the hungry i. Lenny Bruce described Corey as "one of the most brilliant comedians of all time."[1]

  1. ^ Bruce, Lenny (1984). Bruce, Kitty (ed.). The Almost Unpublished Lenny Bruce: From the Private Collection of Kitty Bruce. Running Press. p. 10. ISBN 0894712594.