Phillip Corey — When Were You Born Character Profile

About Phillip Corey

An importer and Nita Kenton's boyfriend who is found dead under apparent suicide circumstances. He was actually murdered after being involved in drug smuggling and blackmailing Doris Kane into an unwanted marriage arrangement.

Character Facts

Played by

James Stephenson

Appears in

When Were You Born (1938)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Phillip Corey — Romantic Blackmailed Fiancé — Doris Kane (Margaret Lindsay)

  Doris was coerced into an engagement with Corey through familial blackmail.

• Phillip Corey — Professional Business Partner — Frederick Gow (Leonard Mudie)

  Corey and Gow were legitimate business associates secretly engaged in smuggling.

• Phillip Corey — Professional Employer — Shields (Eric Stanley)

  Shields served as Corey's personal valet and household employee.

• Phillip Corey — Conflict Confrontational Rival — Larry Camp (Anthony Averill)

  Camp physically confronted Corey on the night of the murder.

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More characters from When Were You Born

• Doris Kane (Margaret Lindsay)
• Nita Kenton (Lola Lane)
• Mei Lei Ming (Anna May Wong)
• Inspector Jim C. Gregg (Charles C. Wilson)
• Larry Camp (Anthony Averill)
• Peter Finlay (Olin Howland)
• Davis (Jeffrey Lynn)
• Frederick Gow (Leonard Mudie)
• Dr. Merton (Maurice Cass)
• Shields (Eric Stanley)
• Ship Passenger (uncredited) (Carole Landis)
• Assistant District Attorney (Clayton Moore)