Lane Chandler
Known for Acting · 228 credits
- Born
- 1899-06-02
- Died
- 1972-09-14
- Also known as
- Robert Chandler Oakes · Lane R. Chandler · Lane Arnold · Robert C. Oakes
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
TV Shows (20)
Maverick
1957
as Lawson (uncredited) / Marshal (uncredited)
Get Smart
1965
as Gate Guard (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Lawman
1958
Cheyenne
1955
as Sen. Maple / Joe Cooper
Rawhide
1959
as Sheriff
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Flynn
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sam / Trumbull / Luke / Warden / Morgan / Guard
Sugarfoot
1957
as Sheriff Jim Harkness / Marshal
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sheriff
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Sheriff
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Gunslinger
1961
as Town Marshal
The Californians
1957
Gang Busters
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Earl Samson
Movies (208)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
Laura
1944
as Detective (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941
as Corporal Savage (uncredited)
Red River
1948
as Colonel (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Teresh
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Dave (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
Invisible Agent
1942
as German Sentry (uncredited)
Midnight Limited
1940
as Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
The Devil's Brother
1933
as Lorenzo's Lieutenant
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Constable Fyffe
Start Cheering
1938
as Field Judge
Trigger Trail
1944
as Slade
The Firefly
1937
as Captain of Guards (uncredited)
Confession
1937
as Actor (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
1953
as Prospector (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
Virginia City
1940
as Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)
Rosalie
1937
as Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Officer (uncredited)
The Left Handed Gun
1958
as Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Sam
Rancho Notorious
1952
as Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
Crazy House
1943
as Policeman (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
1937
as Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger
Corruption
1933
as Assistant District Attorney King
Deluge
1933
as Jack
Public Wedding
1937
as Reporter
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Adjutant (uncredited)
The Dark Mirror
1946
as Intern (uncredited)
One More Train to Rob
1971
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sea Racketeers
1937
as Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath
Flash Gordon
1936
as Ming's Soldier
Missing Witnesses
1937
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Indian Fighter
1955
as Head Settler (uncredited)
Pursued
1947
as A Callum
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Major
Northwest Stampede
1948
as Scrivner
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946
as Hamilton Lab Technician
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Sentry (uncredited)
Union Pacific
1939
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Lawless Valley
1932
as Bob Rand
Kid Galahad
1937
as Title Fight Knockdown Timekeeper (uncredited)
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
as Sergeant
Cattle Queen
1951
as Marshal Houston
Money Madness
1948
as Policeman
Along Came Jones
1945
as Boone
Men on Her Mind
1944
as Frank Tuttle
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as Henchman with Rankin
Along the Great Divide
1951
as Sheriff (uncredited)
The Lawless Nineties
1936
as Bridger
The Roundup
1941
as Taggert
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
as Captain of Fouquet's Guards
Follow the Boys
1944
as Ship Officer (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Cameraman (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1956
as Chip Walker
Great Day in the Morning
1956
as Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
Shotgun
1955
as Fletcher
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Darius
Winds of the Wasteland
1936
as Larry Adams
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938
as Flight Commander
The Well
1951
as Deputy Stan
The Street with No Name
1948
as Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940
as Cop Car-Chasing Foranti
My Little Chickadee
1940
as Porter (uncredited)
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
as Dick Forrest
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Al (uncredited)
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
as Mike Faraday
Made for Each Other
1939
as Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
Secret Service of the Air
1939
as U.S. Border Patrol Officer
The Merry Widow
1934
as Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)
Sea Devils
1937
as Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
1952
as 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Southward Ho!
1939
as Jim Crawford
The Eagle and the Hawk
1933
as Flier (uncredited)
Sagebrush Trail
1933
as Joseph Conlon
Heart of Arizona
1938
as Trimmer Winkler
Campus Sleuth
1948
as Police Officer
Among the Living
1941
Living It Up
1954
as Policeman (uncredited)
Mutts to You
1938
as Doug Manning (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
1938
as Spectator
Lady from Louisiana
1941
as Courtroom Police Officer
The Cheyenne Cyclone
1931
as Bob Carleton
Border River
1954
as Anderson
Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi
1946
as Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Slim
Under Texas Skies
1930
as Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965
as Bryan Comer
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
as Ming's Soldier (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
1940
as Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)
Trigger Law
1944
as Tex
The Man from Bitter Ridge
1955
as Crow's Nester (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
1939
as Detective (uncredited)
Buck Rogers
1939
as Army Official at Wade's Lab
Red Hair
1928
as Robert Lennon
The Big Trees
1952
as Brother Dorn (uncredited)
The Last Outlaw
1927
as Rancher
Little Giant
1946
as Lost Motorist (uncredited)
Apache Ambush
1955
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
as Jailer (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years
1938
as Doorman (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick
1940
as Wild Bill Hickok
Alcatraz Island
1937
as Federal Officer (uncredited)
The First Texan
1956
as Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
The Single Standard
1929
as Ding Stuart
Crash Donovan
1936
as Henchman (uncredited)
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
as Marshal Evans
Heart of the North
1938
as Frank (uncredited)
Law of the Saddle
1943
as Steve Kinney
The Vigilantes Return
1947
as Messenger
Strange Affair
1944
as Mounted Officer (uncredited)
Senorita from the West
1945
as Cop (uncredited)
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943
as Townsman
The Oregon Trail
1939
as Corporal in Sherman's Office
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955
as Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
The Hurricane Horseman
1931
as 'Gun' Smith
Fugitive
1933
as Joseph
About 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 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 supportin… With 228 credits spanning from 1927 to 1971, Lane Chandler has appeared in 208 films and 20 TV shows.
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- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — as Policeman (uncredited)
- Laura (1944) — as Detective (uncredited)
- Sergeant York (1941) — as Corporal Savage (uncredited)
- Red River (1948) — as Colonel (uncredited)
- Samson and Delilah (1949) — as Teresh
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