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Lane Chandler
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 rea…
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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.
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1971
One More Train to Rob
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
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1965
Get Smart
TV show Gate Guard (uncredited)
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1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Movie Bryan Comer
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1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Movie Sheriff
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1961
Gunslinger
TV show Town Marshal
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1960
Noose for a Gunman
Movie Ed Folsey
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1959
Rawhide
TV show Sheriff
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1958
Lawman
TV show
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1958
The Left Handed Gun
Movie Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)
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1958
Quantrill's Raiders
Movie Sheriff
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1957
The Californians
TV show
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1957
Maverick
TV show Lawson (uncredited)
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1957
Sugarfoot
TV show Sheriff Jim Harkness
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1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV show
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1956
The First Texan
Movie Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
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1956
Great Day in the Morning
Movie Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
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1956
The Lone Ranger
Movie Chip Walker
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1955
The Indian Fighter
Movie Head Settler (uncredited)
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Sheriff
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1955
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
TV show
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1955
Cheyenne
TV show
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Sam
- 1955
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1955
Apache Ambush
Movie
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1955
Creature with the Atom Brain
Movie Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
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1955
Tall Man Riding
Movie Hap Sutton
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1955
Shotgun
Movie Fletcher
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1955
The Man from Bitter Ridge
Movie Crow's Nester (uncredited)
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1954
Living It Up
Movie Policeman (uncredited)
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1954
Return to Treasure Island
Movie Capt. Cardigan
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1954
Border River
Movie Anderson
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1953
Calamity Jane
Movie Prospector (uncredited)
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1953
Thunder Over the Plains
Movie Mike Faraday
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1952
The Lusty Men
Movie 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV show
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1952
The Lion and the Horse
Movie Sheriff
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1952
The San Francisco Story
Movie Morton
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1952
Rancho Notorious
Movie Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
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1952
Gang Busters
TV show
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1952
The Hawk of Wild River
Movie George/Storekeeper
