Lane Chandler
- Acting
- June 2, 1899
- September 14, 1972
Biography
Lane Chandler (1899–1972) was an American actor specializing in Westerns. In the early 1920s he moved to Los Angeles, California, and started working as an auto mechanic. His real-life experiences growing up on a horse ranch landed him bit parts in westerns from 1925, for Paramount Pictures. Studio executives suggested changing his name to Lane Chandler, and as such he began achieving leading roles, the first being The Legion of the Condemned. As a silent film star Chandler performed well, but when talkies arrived he was cast more in supporting roles, as in The Great Mike of 1944. He starred in a few low-budget westerns in the 1930s, but was more often cast as the leading man's partner, or saddle pal, or a sheriff or army officer. With the advent of television Chandler began making appearance on numerous series, often in Westerns such as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Lawman, Have Gun – Will Travel, Rawhide, Maverick, Cheyenne, and Gunsmoke. He continued acting on TV and in films through 1966. He died in Los Angeles of heart disease in 1972, aged 73.
Known for
Filmography
- One More Train to Rob · Party Guest (uncredited)
- Get Smart · Gate Guard (uncredited)
- Requiem for a Gunfighter · Bryan Comer
- The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come · Sheriff
- Gunslinger · Town Marshal
- Noose for a Gunman · Ed Folsey
- Rawhide · Sheriff
- Lawman
- The Left Handed Gun · Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)
- Quantrill's Raiders · Sheriff
- The Californians
- Maverick · Lawson (uncredited), Marshal (uncredited)
- Sugarfoot · Sheriff Jim Harkness, Marshal
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- The First Texan · Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
- Great Day in the Morning · Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
- The Lone Ranger · Chip Walker
- The Indian Fighter · Head Settler (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Sheriff
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Cheyenne · Sen. Maple, Joe Cooper
- Gunsmoke · Sam, Trumbull
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Apache Ambush
- Creature with the Atom Brain · Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
- Tall Man Riding · Hap Sutton
- Shotgun · Fletcher
- The Man from Bitter Ridge · Crow's Nester (uncredited)
- Living It Up · Policeman (uncredited)
- Return to Treasure Island · Capt. Cardigan
- Border River · Anderson
- Calamity Jane · Prospector (uncredited)
- Thunder Over the Plains · Mike Faraday
- The Lusty Men · 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Mr. & Mrs. North
- The Lion and the Horse · Sheriff
- The San Francisco Story · Morton
- Rancho Notorious · Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
- Gang Busters
- The Hawk of Wild River · George/Storekeeper
- The Greatest Show on Earth · Dave (uncredited)
- The Big Trees · Brother Dorn (uncredited)
- Cattle Queen · Marshal Houston
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Earl Samson
- The Well · Deputy Stan
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Along the Great Divide · Sheriff (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Prairie Roundup · Red Dawson (uncredited)
- The Cisco Kid · Sheriff
- Outcasts of Black Mesa · Ted Thorp
- Montana · Sheriff Jake Overby (uncredited)
- Samson and Delilah · Teresh
- The Lone Ranger · Flynn
- The Lone Wolf and His Lady · Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison
- Riders of the Whistling Pines · Forest Ranger (uncredited)
- Dynamite · Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)
- Belle Starr's Daughter · Marshal Evans
- Red River · Colonel (uncredited)
- Northwest Stampede · Scrivner
- The Street with No Name · Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
- Big Town Scandal · Irate Store Owner (uncredited)
- Campus Sleuth · Police Officer
- Money Madness · Policeman
- Caged Fury · Policeman (uncredited)
- Albuquerque · Mr. Clark (uncredited)
- Song of My Heart · Policeman
- California's Golden Beginning
- The Corpse Came C.O.D. · Prison Guard
- The Vigilantes Return · Messenger
- Pursued · A Callum
- Duel in the Sun · Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
- It's a Wonderful Life · Policeman (uncredited)
- The Dark Mirror · Intern (uncredited)
- Two-Fisted Stranger · Brady (uncredited)
- Gunning for Vengeance · Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
- Blonde Alibi · Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
- Little Giant · Lost Motorist (uncredited)
- Tomorrow Is Forever · Hamilton Lab Technician
- A Guy Could Change · Mr. Schroeder