Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 28, 1935
Died
Feb 16, 2010
Place of Birth
Hinton, West Virginia, USA
Credits
83 titles
John Davis Chandler
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
Himself
Sharon's Secret
Stan
ER
Thornberg
Chicago Hope
Mr. Ray
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Henry
Walker, Texas Ranger
Homeless Man
Body of Evidence
Dr. Novaro
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Flith
Renegade
Captain at Base
Inside Out 2
Only the Lonely
Duane Earl Tyrone
Crash and Burn
Bud
Double Revenge
Big Charlie
Adventures in Babysitting
Bleak
Love Among Thieves
San Francisco Desk Clerk
Murder, She Wrote
John Detweiler
Hunter
Paul Hammond
Airwolf
Gentry
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
Mason
Matt Houston
Hank
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Guard 1
T. J. Hooker
Waylon Gilbert
Cassie & Co.
Gillian
Simon & Simon
Hill Street Blues
The Little Dragons
Carl
Hart to Hart
B. J. and the Bear
Marsh
Doc Hooker's Bunch
Roy
Fantasy Island
Ed Larson
Confessions of the D.A. Man
Robin Saydo (as John Chandler)
The Incredible Hulk
Lucan
The Shadow of Chikara
Rafe
Whiskey Mountain
Rudy
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Dr. Cheech
Scorchy
Nicky
Quincy, M.E.
Robert Gideon
Spencer's Pilots
The Outlaw Josey Wales
First Bounty Hunter
Mako: The Jaws of Death
Charlie
Walking Tall Part II
Ray Henry
Capone
Hymie Weiss
The Desperate Miles
Truck Driver
The Ultimate Thrill
Evans
Police Woman
Nolan
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Norris
Hitched
Jannis
Chase
Thomas L. Traylor
Police Story