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name: "Corey Fischer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/corey-fischer"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 February 1945"
died: "6 June 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:18:39.572950+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Corey Fischer

Actor. Born 28 February 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 6 June 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 February 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 6 June 2020

## Biography

Corey Fischer was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Theatre Arts from UCLA. In the mid-1960s he worked in improvisational theatre in Los Angeles, notably with The Committee, before appearing in film and television.

Fischer had early film roles in Robert Altman's *M*A*S*H* (1970), *Brewster McCloud* (1970) and *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), in which he played Mr. Elliott. He appeared in numerous 1970s television comedies, including episodes of *All in the Family*, *Sanford and Son* and the television series *M*A*S*H*, as well as later guest roles such as Rabbi Gendler in *Frasier*. In 1978 he co-founded A Traveling Jewish Theatre (later the Jewish Theatre San Francisco), with which he created and performed ensemble works focused on Jewish themes until the company's closure in 2012. He died in Hayward, California, in 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sfchronicle.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), Fi1m 90, as Mr. Elliott — [page](https://film.one/film/mccabe-and-mrs-miller.md)

## Also known for

- *M*A*S*H* (1970), Capt. Bandini — [page](https://film.one/film/m-a-s-h.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Rabbi Gendler — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Captain Phil Cardozo
- *Final Analysis* (1992), Forensic Doctor
- *All in the Family* (1971), Jeff Walker
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), Doctor Alan Castle
- *Sanford and Son* (1972)
- *Bee Season* (2005), National Spelling Bee Pronouncer

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