Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 02, 1899
Died
Sep 14, 1972
Credits
230 titles
Lane Chandler
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)
Sugarfoot
Sheriff Jim Harkness
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
Gunsmoke
Sam
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