Corey Allen, 75; actor played gang leader in 'Rebel Without a Cause' who challenges James Dean to a 'chicken run.' In later years he directed TV movies and numerous episodes of series such as "Hawaii Five-O," "Mannix," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Police Woman" and "The Rockford Files." In 1984, he won an Emmy for outstanding directing in a drama series for an episode of "Hill Street Blues." Allen later directed the two-hour TV pilot for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and was one of the people involved in casting all of the regulars; he also directed other episodes of the 1987-94 series, as well as a number of episodes of the 1993-99 series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-corey-allen-20100630,0,4303601.storyHere's the Chicken Game scene in 'Rebel'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7hZ9jKrwvo
