George Chandler

George Chandler
Chandler in Lassie (1957)
Born(1898-06-30)June 30, 1898
DiedJune 10, 1985(1985-06-10) (aged 86)
OccupationActor
Years active1928–1982
Spouse
Catherine Ward
(m. 1935; died 1963)
Children3
President of the Screen Actors Guild
In office
12 June 1960 – 8 August 1963
Preceded byRonald Reagan
Succeeded byDana Andrews

George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985) was an American actor who starred in over 140 feature films, usually in smaller supporting roles, and he is perhaps best known for playing the character of Uncle Petrie Martin on the television series Lassie,[1] and as the unfortunate young man who drank The Fatal Glass of Beer in a 1933 short comedy starring W.C. Fields.

Early years

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He was born in Waukegan, Illinois,[2] on June 30, 1898. During his infancy, his family moved to Hinsdale, Illinois. Early in his career, he had a vaudeville act, billed as "George Chandler, the Musical Nut," which featured comedy and his violin.[3] He made his debut in film in 1929.[2]

Career

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Chandler in A Star Is Born, 1937

George Chandler played incidental and background roles in dozens of movies. Today's audiences may know him from the Mack Sennett comedy The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) starring W. C. Fields. In this film, Chandler plays Fields's son Chester, the wayward youth who dared to drink beer in a saloon, causing his downfall. George Chandler played character roles exclusively, often in comedies: bartenders, shopkeepers, cab drivers, reporters, photographers, desk clerks, messengers, farmers, passersby, spectators -- many times with only a few lines of dialogue. In Footlight Parade (1933), Chandler plays the druggist who sells Chester Kent (James Cagney) aspirin, and explains how the low price comes from the drugstore chain buying in large quantities, which starts off the premise of the movie. In Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin', Chandler plays the cameraman on their film set, and reacts to the chaos with only four words of dialogue. In the Charlie Chan mystery The Shanghai Cobra (1945); Chandler runs an all-night coffee shop that becomes the scene of a murder.

Television

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Like many established movie character players, Chandler kept busy in the new field of television. Chandler appeared six times in The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1955) in episodes titled "Law of Boot Hill", "Lost Treasure of the Panamints", "Trails Westward", "The Wrong Man", "Trail to Bordertown", and "Gunsmoke Justice". He guest starred on The Public Defender. He appeared as the character Ames in the two-part episode "King of the Dakotas" in Frontier. In 1954–1955, he was cast in two episodes of the sitcom It's a Great Life. He appeared in the 1956 episode "Joey and the Stranger" of Fury. He was cast as Clay Hunnicutt in the 1957 episode "The Giveaway" of the sitcom The People's Choice.

From Lassie, clockwise from top: Jon Shepodd, Cloris Leachman, Jon Provost, and George Chandler (1957)

In 1958, Chandler appeared as Cleveland McMasters in the episode "The Cassie Tanner Story" on Wagon Train. Also in 1958 he appeared in Wagon Train′s Season 1 Episode 39 "The Sacramento Story." In September 1958 he appeared on Decision in the episode "Indemnity."[4]

In the 1960–1961 television season, Chandler guest-starred in an episode of the one-season sitcom Bringing Up Buddy and in an episode of The Twilight Zone, "The Whole Truth". In the 1961–1962 television season, Chandler co-starred in Ichabod and Me. In 1967, he appeared in an episode of the Western TV series Bonanza as Gus Schultz ("The Greedy Ones"). In 1970 Chandler appeared as Hawkins in the TV Western The Men From Shiloh, in the episode titled "With Love, Bullets and Valentines."

Starring role

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In 1956, George Chandler was cast as homespun philosopher Ichabod Adams in an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents entitled "Goodbye, Grey Flannel", and he reprised the role in 1957 in another Montgomery episode titled "One Smart Apple". In 1960, Chandler brought back the Ichabod Adams role in "Adams' Apples", an episode of General Electric Theater. It later became a full-fledged series, Ichabod and Me (1961-62), at last giving Chandler a starring role, a show of his own, and steady exposure. The series co-starred Robert Sterling and Christine White.

Other professional activities

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In 1960, Chandler was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild.[2]

Death

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Chandler died in Panorama City, California, of cancer, on June 10, 1985, at the age of 86.[1]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Director Notes
1928 The Cloud Dodger Post Commander Bruce M. Mitchell
1929 The Kid's Clever Hank
1929 The Virginian Bug Ears Victor Fleming Uncredited
1929 Devil-May-Care Timid Royalist Sidney Franklin Uncredited
1929 Black Hills Soopy Norman Dawn
1930 The Last Dance Sam Wise
1930 The Light of Western Stars Slig Whalen Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf Uncredited
1930 In Gay Madrid Enrique Robert Z. Leonard
1930 The Florodora Girl Georgie Smith Harry Beaumont
1930 Manslaughter Roadside Observer George Abbott Uncredited
1930 Love in the Rough Taxi Driver Charles Reisner Uncredited
1930 Leathernecking Bit Part Fred_Fleck (assistant) Uncredited
1930 Her Man Barfly Tay Garnett Uncredited
1930 Only Saps Work Elevator Boy Edwin H. Knopf
1931 The Wide Open Spaces Short
1931 Doctors' Wives Dr. Roberts Frank Borzage
1931 Man of the World Fred Richard Wallace
1931 Crashing Hollywood Roscoe Arbuckle (as William Goodrich) Short
1931 Everything's Rosie Jail Guard Clyde Bruckman Uncredited
1931 The Lure of Hollywood Roscoe Arbuckle (as William Goodrich) Short
1931 Too Many Cooks Cousin Ned William A. Seiter Uncredited
1931 A Holy Terror Western Union Clerk Irving Cummings Uncredited
1931 The Woman Between a Waiter Victor Schertzinger Uncredited
1931 Up Pops the Duke Roscoe Arbuckle (as William Goodrich) Short
1931 Sob Sister Reporter Alfred Santell Uncredited
1932 Union Depot Panhandler Wanting One Dollar Alfred E. Green Uncredited
1932 The Beast of the City Reporter Charles Brabin Uncredited
1932 She Wanted a Millionaire Hotel Worker John G. Blystone Uncredited
1932 The Famous Ferguson Case Depot Loafer Lloyd Bacon Uncredited
1932 The Tenderfoot Depot Bum Ray Enright Uncredited
1932 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain Reporter Michael Curtiz Uncredited
1932 Is My Face Red? Reporter Uncredited
1932 Blessed Event Hanson Roy Del Ruth Uncredited
1932 The Sport Parade Pullman Ticket Agent Dudley Murphy Uncredited
1932 Afraid to Talk Pete Edward L. Cahn
1932 Me and My Gal Eddie Collins Raoul Walsh
1933 Parachute Jumper Chauffeur Alfred E. Green
1933 The Fatal Glass of Beer Chester Clyde Bruckman Short
1933 The Keyhole Hotel Desk Clerk Michael Curtiz Uncredited
1933 The Mind Reader Reporter Roy Del Ruth Uncredited
1933 Elmer, the Great Cubs Player Mervyn LeRoy Uncredited
1933 Picture Snatcher Reporter Lloyd Bacon Uncredited
1933 The Life of Jimmy Dolan Boxing Handler Archie Mayo Uncredited
1933 She Had to Say Yes Taxi Driver Busby Berkeley Uncredited
1933 The Power and the Glory Board of Directors member William K. Howard Uncredited
1933 Bureau of Missing Persons Homer Howard Roy Del Ruth
1933 Footlight Parade Druggist Busby Berkeley Uncredited
1933 The Kennel Murder Case First Reporter at Police Station Michael Curtiz Uncredited
1933 The World Changes Piano Player Mervyn LeRoy Uncredited
1933 Son of a Sailor Sailor Lloyd Bacon Uncredited
1933 Lady Killer George Thompson Roy Del Ruth Uncredited
1934 Hi, Nellie! Sullivan Mervyn LeRoy
1934 Dark Hazard Soapy Sam Lambert Alfred E. Green Uncredited
1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts Johnny Klinger Ray Enright Uncredited
1934 He Was Her Man Highway Service Station Counterman Lloyd Bacon
1934 Fog Over Frisco Taxi Driver William Dieterle
1934 Big Hearted Herbert Murphy William Keighley Uncredited
1934 Happiness Ahead Window Washer Mervyn LeRoy Uncredited
1934 6 Day Bike Rider Abner Lloyd Bacon Uncredited
1934 Music in the Air Assistant Stage Manager Joe May Uncredited
1935 The Woman in Red First Reporter Robert Florey Uncredited
1935 While the Patient Slept Evening Bulletin Reporter Ray Enright Uncredited
1935 Star of Midnight Witness Stephen Roberts Uncredited
1935 Spring Tonic Taxi Driver Clyde Bruckman Uncredited
1935 Front Page Woman Reporter Michael Curtiz Uncredited
1935 The Murder Man Sol Hertzberger Tim Whelan
1935 Don't Bet on Blondes Henry Purdy Robert Florey Uncredited
1935 Broadway Gondolier Photographer Lloyd Bacon Uncredited
1935 Welcome Home Barber James Tinling Uncredited
1935 It's in the Air Reporter Charles Reisner Uncredited
1935 The Payoff Reporter Robert Florey Uncredited
1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive Cashier William K. Howard
1935 Stars Over Broadway Charlie William Keighley Uncredited
1936 Here Comes Trouble Purser Lewis Seiler
1936 The Country Doctor Greasy Henry King
1936 Speed Bystander at Barn Dance Edwin L. Marin Uncredited
1936 The Princess Comes Across Reporter for Transatlantic Film William K. Howard Uncredited
1936 Fury Milton Jackson Fritz Lang
1936 High Tension Man at Honolulu Dock Allan Dwan Uncredited
1936 Women Are Trouble Reporter Errol Taggart Uncredited
1936 Sing, Baby, Sing Hospital Intern Sidney Lanfield Uncredited
1936 Sworn Enemy Lunch Stand Man Edwin L. Marin Uncredited
1936 Old Hutch Cigar Store Clerk J. Walter Ruben Uncredited
1936 Libeled Lady Bellhop Jack Conway
1936 All American Chump Bank Clerk Edwin L. Marin Uncredited
1936 The Accusing Finger Reporter James P. Hogan Uncredited
1936 Reunion Jake
1936 Pennies from Heaven Waiter Norman Z. McLeod Uncredited
1936 Flying Hostess Florist Murray Roth Uncredited
1937 God's Country and the Woman Flunky William Keighley Uncredited
1937 Woman-Wise Clerk Allan Dwan Uncredited
1937 Time Out for Romance Simpson Malcolm St. Clair
1937 Fair Warning Hotel Clerk Norman Foster Uncredited
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing! Counter Clerk Otto Preminger
1937 A Star is Born Delivery Man William A. Wellman Uncredited
1937 Woman Chases Man Taxi Driver John G. Blystone Uncredited
1937 They Gave Him a Gun Taxi Driver W. S. Van Dyke Uncredited
1937 Charlie Chan at the Olympics Ship's Radio Operator H. Bruce Humberstone Uncredited
1937 The Go Getter Card Printer Busby Berkeley Uncredited
1937 Riding on Air Barber Shop Hangeron Edward Sedgwick Uncredited
1937 Wake Up and Live Janitor Sidney Lanfield
1937 Saratoga Cameraman Jack Conway Uncredited
1937 One Mile from Heaven Herman Allan Dwan Uncredited
1937 Big City Mr. Briggs Frank Borzage scenes deleted
1937 Small Town Boy Bill Clipper Glenn Tryon
1937 Hot Water Photographer Frank R. Strayer Uncredited
1937 Danger as Love at Work Attendant
1937 Nothing Sacred Photographer William A. Wellman Uncredited
1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry Racetrack Usher Alfred E. Green Uncredited
1937 The Duke Comes Back Irving Pichel
1937 Big Town Girl Red Evans Alfred L. Werker
1937 Checkers Man at Racetrack H. Bruce Humberstone Uncredited
1937 Mannequin "Swing" Magoo Frank Borzage Uncredited
1938 In Old Chicago Onlooker Henry King Uncredited
1938 Man-Proof Reporter Richard Thorpe Uncredited
1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble Boxing Spectator James Tinling Uncredited
1938 Joy of Living Taxi Driver Tay Garnett Uncredited
1938 Rascals Patient H. Bruce Humberstone Uncredited
1938 One Wild Night Bank Teller Eugene Forde Uncredited
1938 Three Comrades First Comic with Singer Frank Borzage Uncredited
1938 The Shopworn Angel Soldier H.C. Potter Uncredited
1938 Men with Wings Cody William A. Wellman Uncredited
1938 Gateway Reporter Uncredited
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy the Baggage Master Richard Thorpe Uncredited
1938 Valley of the Giants Fireman #2 William Keighley Uncredited
1938 Straight Place and Show Cabbie David Butler Uncredited
1938 The Mad Miss Manton Newspaper Man Leigh Jason Uncredited
1938 There Goes My Heart Tailor Norman Z. McLeod Uncredited
1938 The Cowboy and the Lady Reporter H. C. Potter Uncredited
1938 The Shining Hour Press Agent Frank Borzage Uncredited
1938 Secrets of a Nurse Dopey Arthur Lubin
1938 Up the River Trustie Alfred L. Werker Uncredited
1938 While New York Sleeps Piano Player H. Bruce Humberstone Uncredited
1939 Jesse James Roy Henry King
1939 Boy Slaves Deputy P. J. Wolfson Uncredited
1939 St. Louis Blues Reporter Raoul Walsh
1939 King of the Turf 2nd Tout Alfred E. Green
1939 Blondie Meets the Boss Laundryman Frank R. Strayer Uncredited
1939 Everybody's Baby G. Randolph Malcolm St. Clair Uncredited
1939 The Flying Irishman New York Airport Gas Attendant Leigh Jason Uncredited
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare Elevator Operator Harold S. Bucquet Uncredited
1939 It's a Wonderful World Photographer at Ferry Landing W. S. Van Dyke Uncredited
1939 Exile Express Marvln McGee Otis Garrett Uncredited
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln Loafer John Ford Uncredited
1939 The Jones Family in Hollywood Hotel Clerk Malcolm St. Clair
1939 Second Fiddle Taxi Driver Sidney Lanfield
1939 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation Cameraman Norman Foster Uncredited
1939 Beau Geste Legionnaire Cordier William A. Wellman Uncredited
1939 I Stole a Million Herbert Frank Tuttle
1939 Calling All Marines John Gordon John H. Auer
1939 Everything's on Ice Barber Who Takes Bet Erle C. Kenton Uncredited
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Reporter Frank Capra Uncredited
1939 20,000 Men a Year Soda Jerker Alfred E. Green Uncredited
1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare Pay Orderly Harold S. Bucquet Uncredited
1939 The Light That Failed First Man William A. Wellman Voice, Uncredited
1939 Thou Shalt Not Kill Johnny
1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk First Clerk David Burton Uncredited
1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois Minor Role John Cromwell uncredited
1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 Mr. Jones Norman Taurog Uncredited
1940 Forgotten Girls Stoolie Phil Rosen Uncredited
1940 Shooting High Charles Pritchard Alfred E. Green
1940 Edison, the Man Gold Exchange Clerk Clarence Brown Uncredited
1940 Manhattan Heartbeat Hawker David Burton Uncredited
1940 The Return of Frank James Roy Fritz Lang
1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home Parkersville Counterman Harold S. Bucquet Uncredited
1940 Melody Ranch Taxi Driver Joseph Santley Uncredited
1940 Arizona Haley Wesley Ruggles
1940 Charter Pilot Sound Man Eugene Forde Uncredited
1940 Trail of the Vigilantes Railroad Station Attendant Uncredited
1941 Western Union Herb Fritz Lang
1941 The Mad Doctor Elevator Operator Tim Whelan Uncredited
1941 Tobacco Road Clerk John Ford
1941 A Girl, a Guy and a Gob Bystander Betting Five Bucks Richard Wallace Uncredited
1941 Sleepers West Yokel Eugene Forde Uncredited
1941 Double Date Attendant Glenn Tryon
1941 Repent at Leisure Bus Conductor Frank Woodruff Uncredited
1941 Model Wife Joe Leigh Jason Uncredited
1941 Reaching for the Sun Jerry William A. Wellman
1941 Broadway Limited Photographer at Train Gordon Douglas Uncredited
1941 Mountain Moonlight Steve Brown Nick Grinde
1941 Three Sons o' Guns The Tailor Benjamin Stoloff Uncredited
1941 Private Nurse Messenger Boy David Burton
1941 Man at Large Country Cab Driver Eugene Forde Uncredited
1941 Buy Me That Town Smedley, Son-In-Law Eugene Forde
1941 Miss Polly Townsman Fred Guiol Uncredited
1941 Look Who's Laughing Alex Allan Dwan Scenes deleted
1941 Hellzapoppin' Movie Cameraman H. C. Potter
Edward F. Cline (additional comedy scenes)
Uncredited
1941 Remember the Day Telegraph clerk Henry King
1941 Design for Scandal First Taxi Driver Norman Taurog Uncredited
1942 Call Out the Marines Freddie William Hamilton Uncredited
1942 Obliging Young Lady the Bellboy Richard Wallace
1942 Castle in the Desert Bus Driver Harry Lachman Uncredited
1942 A Tragedy at Midnight Elevator Operator Joseph Santley Uncredited
1942 Roxie Hart Amos Hart William Wellman
1942 The Great Man's Lady Forbes William A. Wellman Uncredited
1942 Private Buckaroo Enlistment Sergeant Edward F. Cline Uncredited
1942 Are Husbands Necessary? Mover Uncredited
1942 Night in New Orleans Taxi Driver William Clemens Uncredited
1942 Pardon My Sarong George Peabody Erle C. Kenton Uncredited
1942 Isle of Missing Men Bar Steward Richard Oswald
1942 Highways by Night Gas Station Attendant Peter Godfrey Uncredited
1942 Here We Go Again Waiter Allan Dwan Uncredited
1942 The Forest Rangers Keystone Cop George Marshall Uncredited
1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder Sam Caldwell Christy Cabanne
1942 That Other Woman Charlie Ray McCarey Uncredited
1942 A Night to Remember Taxi Driver Richard Wallace Uncredited
1942 The Great Gildersleeve Messenger Boy Gordon Douglas Uncredited
1942 Secrets of the Underground Lynch the Hotel Clerk William Morgan Uncredited
1943 City Without Men Chester Sidney Salkow Uncredited
1943 The Powers Girl Harry Norman Z. McLeod Uncredited
1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Butler Bruce Manning Uncredited
1943 Hi, Buddy Oscar Harold Young Uncredited
1943 They Got Me Covered Smith David Butler Uncredited
1943 Lady of Burlesque Jake, the Prop Boy William A. Wellman Uncredited
1943 Gildersleeve's Bad Day Mailman Gordon Douglas Uncredited
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident Jimmy Carnes William A. Wellman Uncredited
1943 Hers to Hold Enlisted Man Frank Ryan Uncredited
1943 Swing Shift Maisie Ann's Boyfriend's Friend Norman Z. McLeod Uncredited
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady Reporter Irving Cummings Uncredited
1943 A Scream in the Dark Reporter at Morgue George Sherman Uncredited
1943 My Kingdom for a Cook Sam, Gas Man Richard Wallace Uncredited
1943 Swing Fever Hamburger Vendor Tim Whelan Uncredited
1943 Never a Dull Moment Man with Newspaper Edward C. Lilley Uncredited
1943 In Old Oklahoma Man on Train Albert S. Rogell Uncredited
1944 It Happened Tomorrow Bob René Clair
1944 Buffalo Bill Trooper Clancy William A. Wellman Uncredited
1944 The Chinese Cat Hotel Doorman Phil Rosen Uncredited
1944 3 Men in White Attendant Willis Goldbeck Uncredited
1944 Since You Went Away Taxi Driver John Cromwell Uncredited
1944 Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore Charlie Miller Joe May Uncredited
1944 Allergic to Love Joe Edward Lilley
1944 Step Lively Country Yokel in Night Club Tim Whelan Uncredited
1944 Bride by Mistake Armed Guard Richard Wallace Uncredited
1944 Wing and a Prayer Sailor Assisting Projectionist Henry Hathaway Uncredited
1944 Tall in the Saddle Saddle Maker Edwin L. Marin Uncredited
1944 Goin' to Town Jameson Leslie Goodwins
1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling Electrician Gregory Ratoff Uncredited
1945 The Captain from Köpenick Kallenberg Richard Oswald film
1945 This Man's Navy Bert Bland William A. Wellman
1945 See My Lawyer Herman Edward F. Cline Uncredited
1945 Without Love Elevator Boy Harold S. Bucquet
1945 Patrick the Great Bellhop Frank Ryan Uncredited
1945 Crime, Inc. Bill the Cab Driver Lew Landers Uncredited
1944 It's in the Bag 1st Elevator Operator Herbert Mason Uncredited
1945 Without Love Elevator Boy Harold S. Bucquet
1945 Captain Eddie Heckler Lloyd Bacon Uncredited
1945 The Man from Oklahoma Building Custodian Uncredited
1945 The Shanghai Cobra Joe, coffee shop proprietor Phil Karlson Uncredited
1945 Lady on a Train Man Fixing Glasses in Two-way Mirror Charles David Uncredited
1945 Tell It to a Star Al Marx Frank McDonald
1945 Strange Confession Harper John Hoffman
1945 Pardon My Past Cab Driver Leslie Fenton Uncredited
1946 Because of Him Busboy Richard Wallace Uncredited
1946 A Guy Could Change Gus, Photographer William K. Howard
1946 Little Giant O'Brien William A. Seiter Salesman
1946 The Mask of Diijon Diner Counterman Lew Landers Uncredited
1946 Strange Impersonation Jeremiah W. Rinse Anthony Mann
1946 The Kid from Brooklyn Reporter in Hotel Room Norman Z. McLeod Uncredited
1946 The Glass Alibi Bartender W. Lee Wilder
1946 The French Key Roomer Walter Colmes Uncredited
1946 Behind the Mask Shrevvie Phil Karlson
1946 Suspense Joe's Pal at Sandwich Counter, grey hat Frank Tuttle Uncredited
1946 Lover Come Back Walter William A. Seiter (as William Seiter)
1946 Rendezvous with Annie Sgt. Harrington Allan Dwan
1946 The Last Crooked Mile Roller Coaster Operator Philip Ford Uncredited
1946 The Missing Lady Shrevvie Phil Karlson
1946 Heldorado Photographer William Witney Uncredited
1946 The Great Morgan Roger the Valet Nat Perrin Uncredited
1947 Sinbad the Sailor Commoner Richard Wallace Uncredited
1947 It's a Joke, Son! The Groceryman Benjamin Stoloff Uncredited
1947 Dead Reckoning Bartender Louis Ord John Cromwell
1947 I'll Be Yours Tall Man in Phone Booth William A. Seiter Uncredited
1947 Suddenly It's Spring Newspaper Photographer Mitchell Leisen Uncredited
1947 Saddle Pals Pickpocket Dippy Lesley Selander
1947 Stork Bites Man Bit Cy Endfield Uncredited
1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Mate Norman Z. McLeod Uncredited
1947 Magic Town Bus Driver William A. Wellman
1947 Nightmare Alley Hobo at Stan's Left Hand Edmund Goulding Uncredited
1947 Night Song Bartender John Cromwell Scenes deleted
1947 It Had to Be You Bus Passenger with Newspaper Rudolph Maté Uncredited
1947 Road to Rio Ship's Valet Norman McLeod Uncredited
1947 Killer McCoy Photographer Roy Rowland Uncredited
1948 The Judge Steps Out Train Station Agent Boris Ingster Uncredited
1948 Reaching from Heaven Bert Kestner Frank Strayer
1948 Alias a Gentleman Curly Britt Harry Beaumont Scenes deleted
1948 If You Knew Susie Reporter Gordon Douglas Uncredited
1948 The Miracle of the Bells Max Irving Pichel Uncredited
1948 Lightnin' in the Forest Elevator operator George Blair
1948 The Hunted the Bartender Jack Bernhard Uncredited
1948 The Cobra Strikes Night Watchman Charles Reisner
1948 The Pirate Carriage Driver Vincente Minnelli Uncredited
1948 Silver River Mr. Rice Raoul Walsh Uncredited
1948 Race Street Waiter Edwin L. Marin Uncredited
1948 Hollow Triumph Assistant Steve Sekely
1948 Sons of Adventure Asst. Director Yakima Canutt
1948 The Girl from Manhattan Monty Alfred E. Green
1948 The Paleface Patient #1 Norman Z. McLeod
1949 Knock on Any Door Cashier Nicholas Ray Uncredited
1949 Homicide Police Photographer Felix Jacoves Uncredited
1949 Adventure in Baltimore Townsman at Brawl Richard Wallace Uncredited
1949 Canadian Pacific Telegraph Operator Edwin L. Marin Uncredited
1949 The House Across the Street Carl's Boss Richard L. Bare Uncredited
1949 Once More, My Darling Motel Proprietor Robert Montgomery Uncredited
1949 Battleground Mess Sergeant William A. Wellman Uncredited
1950 Singing Guns Smitty the Piano Player R. G. Springsteen
1950 Perfect Strangers Lester Hubley Bretaigne Windust
1950 The Next Voice You Hear... Motorcycle Officer William A. Wellman Uncredited
1950 The Happy Years Johnny William Wellman
1950 Triple Trouble Squirrely Davis Jean Yarbrough
1950 Pretty Baby Henderson Bretaigne Windust
1950 Kansas Raiders Willie Ray Enright
1951 Disc Jockey Peerless, Marley's Secretary Will Jason Uncredited
1951 The Whip Hand Jed William Cameron Menzies Uncredited
1951 Across the Wide Missouri Gowie William A. Wellman
1951 Westward the Women Awaiting Groom William A. Wellman Uncredited
1951 Double Dynamite Messenger Irving Cummings Uncredited
1952 Rose of Cimarron Deputy Sheriff Harry Keller
1952 This Woman Is Dangerous Dr. Ryan Felix E. Feist Uncredited
1952 The Narrow Margin Accomplice Running Newsstand Richard Fleischer Uncredited
1952 And Now Tomorrow Irving Pichel
1952 Woman of the North Country Harris Joseph Kane Uncredited
1952 My Man and I Frankie William Wellman
1952 Somebody Loves Me Stagehand Irving Brecher Uncredited
1952 The WAC from Walla Walla Jud Canova William Witney
1952 Hans Christian Andersen Farmer Charles Vidor
1953 Meet Me at the Fair Deputy Leach Douglas Sirk
1953 Island in the Sky Rene William Wellman
1953 Marry Me Again Telegram Messenger Frank Tashlin Uncredited
1954 Rails Into Laramie Grimes Jesse Hibbs
1954 The High and the Mighty Ben Sneed William A. Wellman
1954 The Steel Cage Shorty Lanning, Convict segment "The Face" Walter Doniger
1955 Apache Ambush Chandler Fred F. Sears
1955 The Girl Rush Kibitzer Robert Pirosh Uncredited
1956 Good-bye, My Lady Reporter William A. Wellman
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Partygoer Paul Henreid Season 2 Episode 38: "A Little Sleep"
1957 Spring Reunion Zimmie Robert Pirosh Uncredited
1957 Gunsight Ridge Gus Withers Francis D. Lyon
1964 Dead Ringer George, Chauffeur Paul Henreid
1964 Law of the Lawless Martin William F. Claxton
1965 Apache Uprising Jace Asher R. G. Springsteen
1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Judge Harley Nast Alan Rafkin
1968 Buckskin Storekeeper J. Perkins Michael D. Moore
1970 One More Time Bit Part Jerry Lewis Uncredited
1971 One More Train to Rob Conductor Andrew McLaglen
1972 Pickup on 101 Pawnshop owner John Florea
1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Documentary
1975 Escape to Witch Mountain Grocer John Hough
1975 Capone Robert E. Crowe Steve Carver
1978 The Bastard Seadog Lee H. Katzin TV movie
1978 Every Which Way but Loose Clerk at D.M.V. James Fargo
1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Elderly Man Vincent McEveety Right outside the Police Office

References

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  1. ^ a b "George L. Chandler, 86, Dies. Film Actor Who Headed Guild". New York Times. Associated Press. June 14, 1985. Retrieved February 9, 2015. George L. Chandler, an actor who succeeded Ronald Reagan to become the 10th president of the Screen Actors Guild, died Monday of complications following cancer surgery. He was 86 years old. ...
  2. ^ a b c "George Chandler Heads Actors Guild". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Texas, Corpus Christi. Associated Press. June 13, 1960. p. 29. Retrieved September 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Director Discover Falls For Chandler". Statesville Record And Landmark. North Carolina, Statesville. February 15, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved September 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Decision". ctva.com. CTVA – The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

Further reading

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  • Young, Jordan R. (1986) [First published 1975]. "George Chandler". Reel Characters : Great Movie Character Actors (softcover) (Sixth ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: Moonstone Press. pp. 179–198. ISBN 978-0-940410-79-4.
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