John Davis Chandler
- Schauspiel
- 28. Januar 1935 · Hinton, West Virginia, USA
- 16. Februar 2010
Biografie
John Davis Chandler (1935–2010) was an American character actor renowned for his distinctive, intense onscreen presence and his prolific career playing villains, outlaws, and shady miscreants. Born in Hinton, West Virginia, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he broke into film in 1961 by landing the title role of real-life 1930s gangster Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll in the biopic Mad Dog Coll. That breakout performance cemented his niche as an exceptional on-screen heavy, enabling him to carve out a nearly 40-year career spanning more than a hundred film and television credits. Throughout his career, Chandler became a familiar face in classic Westerns and gritty crime dramas, notably collaborating multiple times with director Sam Peckinpah in films such as Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Mainstream audiences also recognize him for playing the sneering gang leader Bleak in the 1987 action-comedy Adventures in Babysitting, alongside feature work in Capone, Only the Lonely, and Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead. In addition to his extensive film resume, he was a ubiquitous television guest star, appearing on classic programs ranging from The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Adam-12, and Columbo to Murder, She Wrote. Science fiction fans also remember him for his appearance as the Orion character Flith in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sixth-season episode "Honor Among Thieves". He passed away on February 16, 2010, at the age of 75 in Toluca Lake, California, due to cancer.
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Filmografie
- They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé · Selbst
- Sharon's Secret · Stan
- Emergency Room – Die Notaufnahme · Thornberg
- Chicago Hope - Endstation Hoffnung · Mr. Ray
- Das Böse 3 · Henry
- Walker, Texas Ranger · Homeless Man
- Body of Evidence · Dr. Novaro
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · Flith
- Renegade - Gnadenlose Jagd · Captain at Base
- Inside Out 2
- Mama, ich und wir zwei · Duane Earl Tyrone
- Kampf der Roboter · Bud
- Double Revenge · Big Charlie
- Die Nacht der Abenteuer · Bleak
- Flashpoint Mexico · San Francisco Desk Clerk
- Mord ist ihr Hobby · John Detweiler, Gilbert Stoner
- Hunter · Paul Hammond
- Airwolf · Gentry
- Triumph des Mannes den sie Pferd nannten · Mason
- Matt Houston · Hank, Roman Petrovich
- Talon im Kampf gegen das Imperium · Guard 1
- T. J. Hooker · Waylon Gilbert
- Cassie & Co. · Gillian
- Simon & Simon
- Polizeirevier Hill Street
- The Little Dragons · Carl
- Hart aber herzlich
- B.J. und der Bär · Marsh
- Doc Hooker's Bunch · Roy
- Fantasy Island · Ed Larson
- Confessions of the D.A. Man · Robin Saydo (as John Chandler)
- Der unglaubliche Hulk
- Lucan
- Fluch des Chikara · Rafe
- Whiskey Mountain · Rudy
- Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy · Dr. Cheech
- Scorchy · Nicky
- Quincy · Robert Gideon
- Spencers Piloten
- Der Texaner · First Bounty Hunter
- Mako, die Bestie · Charlie
- Der Große aus dem Dunkeln, Teil 2 · Ray Henry
- Capone · Hymie Weiss
- The Desperate Miles · Truck Driver
- Schußfahrt in den Tod · Evans
- Make-Up und Pistolen · Nolan
- Pat Garrett jagt Billy the Kid · Norris
- Hitched · Jannis
- Chase · Thomas L. Traylor
- Police Story
- Die Stunde des Wolfs · Tom Jr.
- California Cops - Neu im Einsatz
- Drag Racer · Dave
- The Partners
- Columbo · Eddie Kane
- Cannon
- Shoot Out - Abrechnung in Gun Hill · Skeeter (as John Chandler)
- O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra · Al Garver, the Henchman
- Barquero · Fair
- Die Letzten vom Red River · Deuce
- The Hooked Generation · Acid
- Adam-12 · Wally Barstow, Robin Saydo
- High Chaparral · Kid Curry
- Der Strafverteidiger
- Heiße Colts in harten Fäusten · Sundance
- Gefährlicher Alltag
- Wettlauf mit dem Tod · Dr. Walker
- Millionenraub in San Francisco · James Arthur Sargatanas, Walter's Henchman
- Sierra Charriba · Jimmy Lee Benteen
- Diese Calloways · Ollie Gibbons
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters · Dick McBride
- Auf der Flucht · Kenny, Quimby
- Empire · Aflen
- Die Leute von der Shiloh-Ranch · Dog
- Sacramento · Jimmy Hammond
- Vollgas
- Ricochet · Kelso
- Die jungen Wilden · Arthur Reardon
- Der Tollwütige · Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll
- Route 66 · Frank Lauderbeck