Lane Chandler
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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
Acting History
1971
One More Train to Rob
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
Gunsmoke
TVas Guard• 1 eps
1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Bryan Comer
Get Smart
TVas Gate Guard (uncredited)
1962
Cheyenne
TVas Sen. Maple / Joe Cooper• 1 eps
1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
as Sheriff
Maverick
TVas Marshal (uncredited)• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Sheriff• 1 eps
Gunslinger
TVas Town Marshal
1960
Noose for a Gunman
as Ed Folsey
1958
Quantrill's Raiders
as Sheriff
The Left Handed Gun
as Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)
1957
1956
Great Day in the Morning
as Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
The First Texan
as Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
as Chip Walker
1955
Tall Man Riding
as Hap Sutton
The Man from Bitter Ridge
as Crow's Nester (uncredited)
Shotgun
as Fletcher
The Indian Fighter
as Head Settler (uncredited)
Breakdown
as Sheriff
Creature with the Atom Brain
as Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Sheriff• 1 eps
1954
Border River
as Anderson
Living It Up
as Policeman (uncredited)
Return to Treasure Island
as Capt. Cardigan
1953
Thunder Over the Plains
as Mike Faraday
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
1952
The San Francisco Story
as Morton
The Hawk of Wild River
as George/Storekeeper
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Dave (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
as Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
as 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion and the Horse
as Sheriff
The Big Trees
as Brother Dorn (uncredited)
1951
Prairie Roundup
as Red Dawson (uncredited)
The Well
as Deputy Stan
Along the Great Divide
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Cattle Queen
as Marshal Houston
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Earl Samson
1950
Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Ted Thorp
The Cisco Kid
TVas Sheriff
1949
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Dynamite
as Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
as Teresh
The Lone Ranger
TVas Flynn• 1 eps
1948
Red River
as Colonel (uncredited)
Song of My Heart
as Policeman
Albuquerque
as Mr. Clark (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal
as Irate Store Owner (uncredited)
Caged Fury
as Policeman (uncredited)
Campus Sleuth
as Police Officer
Northwest Stampede
as Scrivner
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Marshal Evans
Money Madness
as Policeman
The Street with No Name
as Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
1947
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Hamilton Lab Technician
Gunning for Vengeance
as Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Stranger
as Brady (uncredited)
The Dark Mirror
as Intern (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
Little Giant
as Lost Motorist (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Policeman (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi
as Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
A Guy Could Change
as Mr. Schroeder
1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Al (uncredited)
Rustlers' Hideout
as Hammond - Gambler
Along Came Jones
as Boone
Incendiary Blonde
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Manhunt of Mystery Island
as Police Insp. Reed
Senorita from the West
as Cop (uncredited)
Sagebrush Heroes
as Colton
1944
Heavenly Days
as Minute Man
Follow the Boys
as Ship Officer (uncredited)
Tiger Man
as Ranger White (Uncredited)
Laura
as Detective (uncredited)
Trigger Trail
as Slade
Strange Affair
as Mounted Officer (uncredited)
Silver City Kid
as Steve Clayton
Trigger Law
as Tex
Men on Her Mind
as Frank Tuttle
The Great Mike
as Sam Hildur
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Townsman
Wild Horse Rustlers
as Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann
Law of the Saddle
as Steve Kinney
Crazy House
as Policeman (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Slim
Phantom of the Opera
as Officer (uncredited)
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Duke Merrick
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
Invisible Agent
as German Sentry (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
as Sam
The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Major Stacy Roberts
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Henchman Corley
Sundown Jim
as Nat Oldroyd
1941
The Spider Returns
as Police Lab Fingerprint Man
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sentry (uncredited)
Sergeant York
as Corporal Savage (uncredited)
Lady from Louisiana
as Courtroom Police Officer
The Roundup
as Taggert
Six-Gun Gold
as Brad Cardigan
1940
Pioneers of the West
as Steve Carson
Charlie Chan in Panama
as Powerhouse Search Officer
Virginia City
as Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
as Porter (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia
as Major
Midnight Limited
as Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Ming's Soldier (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
as Adjutant (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
as Constable Fyffe
Hi-Yo Silver
as Dick Forrest
Junior G-Men
as Second Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Cop Car-Chasing Foranti
The Green Hornet
as Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)
Pony Post
as Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider
Deadwood Dick
as Wild Bill Hickok
The Great Plane Robbery
as Jill Whitcomb
1939
The Oregon Trail
as Corporal in Sherman's Office
Secret Service of the Air
as U.S. Border Patrol Officer
Invisible Stripes
as Detective (uncredited)
Union Pacific
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
as Henchman with Rankin
Southward Ho!
as Jim Crawford
Blackwell's Island
as Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Captain of Fouquet's Guards
Three Little Sew and Sews
as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
The Man from Montreal
as Constable Rankin
Buck Rogers
as Army Official at Wade's Lab
Saga of Death Valley
as Roy's Father
Outpost of the Mounties
as Mountie Cooper
Code of the Streets
as Policeman
Oklahoma Frontier
as Sergeant
Made for Each Other
as Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
1938
Heart of Arizona
as Trimmer Winkler
Over the Wall
as Boiler Room Guard
Girls on Probation
as Second Detective
Heart of the North
as Frank (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
as Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
Mutts to You
as Doug Manning (uncredited)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
as Flight Commander
Start Cheering
as Field Judge
Come On, Rangers
as Ken Rogers
The First Hundred Years
as Doorman (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
as Dick Forrest
The Daredevil Drivers
as Policeman (uncredited)
Two Gun Justice
as Butch - Henchman
The Jury's Secret
as Spectator
Land of Fighting Men
as Cliff - Henchman
Too Hot to Handle
as Cameraman (uncredited)
1937
Confession
as Actor (uncredited)
She Loved a Fireman
as Bill Patton
Sea Devils
as Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
Heroes of the Alamo
as Davy Crockett
The Firefly
as Captain of Guards (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
as Title Fight Knockdown Timekeeper (uncredited)
Fly Away Baby
as Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)
Public Wedding
as Reporter
Sea Racketeers
as Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath
The Wrong Road
as Detective (uncredited)
Rosalie
as Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
as Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger
Missing Witnesses
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
as Federal Officer (uncredited)
Law of the Ranger
as ? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Patrolman Kelly
1936
Flash Gordon
as Ming's Soldier
Sharad of Atlantis
as Darius
Stormy Trails
as Foreman Dunn
The Stagecoach Race
as Larry Adams
The Lawless Nineties
as Bridger
Law and Lead
as Cattleman Detective Ned
A Face in the Fog
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Idaho Kid
as Jess Peters
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
Winds of the Wasteland
as Larry Adams
1935
Public Hero Number 1
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
North of Arizona
as Ray - Express agent
The Outlaw Tamer
as 'Tex' Broderick
1934
The Merry Widow
as Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)
The Affairs of Cellini
as Jailer (uncredited)
1933
Deluge
as Jack
An Innocent Man
as Joseph Conlon
The Devil's Brother
as Lorenzo's Lieutenant
Fugitive
as Joseph
Corruption
as Assistant District Attorney King
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Army Sergeant
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Flier (uncredited)
Trouble Busters
as Jim Perkins
War of the Range
as Henchman Bull Harris
1932
Lawless Valley
as Bob Rand
The Devil Horse
as Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)
The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Keene Wallace "The Wolf"
Texas Tornado
as Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy
The Reckless Rider
as 'Tex' Wilkins
1931
The Primrose Path
as Danny McGann
The Hurricane Horseman
as 'Gun' Smith
1930
Firebrand Jordan
as Firebrand Jordan
Under Texas Skies
as Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent
Rough Waters
as Cal Morton
1929
The Single Standard
as Ding Stuart
The Forward Pass
as Assistant Coach Kane
1928
The Legion of the Condemned
as Charles Holabird
The Big Killing
as George Hicks
The First Kiss
as William Talbot
Red Hair
as Robert Lennon
Love and Learn
as Anthony Cowles
1927
The Last Outlaw
as Rancher
Open Range
as Tex Smith