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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Throwback Thursday and Pat Corley



Throwback Thursday and Pat Corley

Pat Corley was born in Dallas, Texas on June 1, 1930.

From 1988 to 1996, Pat Corley played the bar owner in the popular sitcom Murphy Brown. He also appeared in Hill Street Blues, (playing the coroner), and his career included appearances in many different TV shows, from St. Elsewhere to Murder, She Wrote. He got his start in television with a small role in N.Y.P.D and in several commercials.

But most people don’t know that he started his working life as a ballet dancer, performing with the Stockton Ballet when he was a teenager. He stayed with them for three seasons. He also performed in summer stock theater, and, after moving to New York he worked both on and off Broadway.

He died on September 11,2006 of congestive heart failure. He was 76 years old.


From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Factoid #123:
“Pat Corley, who played the bar owner on the sitcom Murphy Brown, started as a ballet dancer.”
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