George Chandler
Born: 1898-06-30 in Waukegan, Illinois, USA
Died: 1985-06-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985), born in Waukegan, Illinois, was an American actor. He made his screen debut in 1928, ultimately appearing, throughout his career, in over 140 films, usually in smaller supporting roles. Chandler is perhaps best known for playing the character of Uncle Petrie Martin on the television series Lassie. Early in his performing career he had a vaudeville act, billed as "George Chandler, the Musical Nut", which featured comedy and his violin. He served in the United States Army during World War I. In addition to many film roles throughout the years 1928-1979, Chandler appeared, from 1951 onward, in numerous television series. He was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1960. George Chandler died in Panorama City, California, the result of cancer, on June 10, 1985. He was 86.
Filmography
1979
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Elderly Man
1978
- The Bastard as Seadog
- Every Which Way but Loose as Clerk at D.M.V.
1977
1976
- Griffin and Phoenix as Old Man
1975
- Switch as Capt. Roberts
- Capone as Robert E. Crowe
- Escape to Witch Mountain as Grocer
- It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! as Jonathan Kent
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1972
- The Waltons
- Pickup on 101 as Pawnshop owner
1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
- One More Train to Rob as Conductor
1969
- Love, American Style as Harry
1968
- Adam-12 as George Atchison
- Here's Lucy as Winston Shelby
1966
- Batman as Grampa
- The Ghost & Mr. Chicken as Judge Harley Nast
- Run, Buddy, Run
1965
- Green Acres as Doc Stuart
- Laredo
- Run for Your Life as Fred Mackey
- Apache Uprising as Jace Asher
1964
- Law of the Lawless as Martin
- Dead Ringer as George, Chauffeur
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Dr. Barton Stuart
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Doc Baines
1961
1960
- The Slowest Gun in the West as Simpson
1959
- Bonanza as Gus Schultz
- The Twilight Zone as Old Man
- Rawhide as Reverend Jess Lincoln
- The Deputy as George Lake
1958
1957
- Wagon Train as Cleveland 'Clee' McMasters
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Captain Billy
- Spring Reunion as Zimmie (uncredited)
- Gunsight Ridge as Gus Withers
1956
- Telephone Time
- Broken Arrow as Welsh
- Wire Service as Hoggard
- Good-bye, My Lady as Reporter
1955
- Gunsmoke as Silas Hubbard
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Partygoer
- Frontier as Ames
- Playwrights '56
- Kings Row
- Apache Ambush as Chandler
1954
- Lassie
- Studio 57 as Mr. Ederly
- The High and the Mighty as Ben Sneed
- Rails Into Laramie as Grimes
- Summer Playhouse
1953
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
- Island in the Sky as Rene
- Meet Me at the Fair as Deputy Leach
- General Electric Theater as Keeley
1952
- Adventures of Superman
- The Ford Television Theatre as Hiram
- Cavalcade of America as Proprietor
- The Abbott and Costello Show as First Panhandler
- Hans Christian Andersen as Farmer
- This Woman Is Dangerous as Dr. Bill Ryan (Uncredited)
- Somebody Loves Me as Stagehand
- Rose of Cimarron as Deputy Sheriff
- The Narrow Margin as Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)
- My Man and I as Bartender Frankie
- The WAC from Walla Walla as Jud Canova
1951
- Dragnet as Forrest Simple
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as (uncredited)
- Across the Wide Missouri as Gowie
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Racket Squad
- Westward the Women as Mackeral Face (uncredited)
- The Whip Hand as Jed (uncredited)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bartender
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- Lux Video Theatre as Newspaper Man
- Perfect Strangers as Lester Hubley
- Kansas Raiders as Willie
- Singing Guns as Smitty, Piano Player
- Triple Trouble as 'Squirrely' Davis, convict
- The Next Voice You Hear... as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
- The Happy Years as Johnny
- Pretty Baby as Henderson
1949
- Knock on Any Door as Cashier (uncredited)
- The House Across the Street as Carl's Boss (uncredited)
- Once More, My Darling as Motel Proprietor
- Canadian Pacific as Telegraph Operator
- Homicide as Police Photographer
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- Silver River as Mr. Rice (uncredited)
- The Paleface as Patient #1
- The Hunted as Joe, the Bartender
- Race Street as Herman (Waiter) (uncredited)
- Hollow Triumph as Aubrey - Assistant
- The Pirate as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
- Reaching from Heaven as Bert Kestner (as Geo. Chandler)
- Sons of Adventure as Billy Wilkes
- The Girl from Manhattan as Monty
- If You Knew Susie as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Miracle of the Bells as Max
1947
- Nightmare Alley as Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)
- Magic Town as Bus Driver
- Saddle Pals as Pickpocket Dippy
- Road to Rio as Ship's Steward
- The Judge Steps Out as Train Station Agent (uncredited)
- It Had to Be You as Bus Passenger with Newspaper (uncredited)
- So You Want to Be in Pictures as Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
1946
- The Mask of Diijon as Diner Counterman (Uncredited)
- Suspense as Joe's Pal at Sandwich Counter (uncredited)
- Little Giant as O'Brien (salesman)
- The Kid from Brooklyn as Reporter (uncredited)
- Strange Impersonation as J W Rinse, plaintiffs' atty.
- The Glass Alibi as Bartender
- A Guy Could Change as Gus, Photographer
- Rendezvous with Annie as Sergeant Harrington (uncredited)
- Gallant Journey as Man (uncredited)
- The Last Crooked Mile as Roller Coaster Operator (uncredited)
- Lover Come Back as Bit Role
- The French Key as Roomer (uncredited)
- Dead Reckoning as Louis Ord
- The Missing Lady as Shrevvie
- Behind the Mask as Shrevvie
1945
- Strange Confession as Harper
- Without Love as Elevator Operator
- The Great Morgan as Roger the Valet (uncredited)
- Lady on a Train
- Patrick the Great as Bellboy
- This Man's Navy as Bert Bland
- The Shanghai Cobra as Joe
- It's in the Bag! as 1st Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Tell It to a Star as Al Marx
1944
- Tall in the Saddle as Saddle Maker (uncredited)
- Bride by Mistake as Armed Guard
- It Happened Tomorrow as Bob
- 3 Men in White as Attendant (uncredited)
- Goin' to Town as Jameson
1943
- The Ox-Bow Incident as Jimmy Carnes (uncredited)
- Swing Fever as Hamburger Vendor
- Lady of Burlesque as Jake, stage hand (uncredited)
- Swing Shift Maisie as Fred (Uncredited)
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
- Don't Be a Sucker!
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Mailman (uncredited)
- The Powers Girl as Harry, Nancy's Boyfriend (uncredited)
1942
- Roxie Hart as Amos Hart
- Pardon My Sarong as George Peabody (uncredited)
- A Night to Remember as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Night in New Orleans as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Castle in the Desert as The Bus Driver
- Scattergood Survives a Murder as Sam Caldwell
- The Forest Rangers as Keystone Cop (uncredited)
- Isle of Missing Men as Ship's bartender
- The Great Gildersleeve as Messenger
- Obliging Young Lady as Skip - the Bellboy
- That Other Woman as Man Carrying Rifle in Woods
1941
- Western Union as Herb
- Tobacco Road as Hotel Desk Clark
- Hellzapoppin' as Movie Cameraman (uncredited)
- Sleepers West
- The Great Man's Lady as Forbes
- Miss Polly as Townsman (uncredited)
- Reaching for the Sun as Jerry
- Model Wife as Mr. Williams
- Three Sons o' Guns as Tailor
- Design for Scandal as First Cabbie (uncredited)
- Remember the Day as Telegraph clerk
- Repent at Leisure as Bus Conductor
1940
- Broadway Melody of 1940 as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
- Arizona as Haley
- Charter Pilot as Bob, the soundman
- The Return of Frank James as Roy
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Edison, the Man as Gold Exchange Clerk
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Parkersville Counterman (uncredited)
- Trail of the Vigilantes as Railroad Station Attendant
- The Mad Doctor as Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
- Melody Ranch as Taxi Driver
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as First Clerk
- Shooting High as Charley
1939
- Jesse James as Roy
- Beau Geste as Legionnaire Cordier (uncredited)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Reporter (uncredited)
- Young Mr. Lincoln as Loafer (uncredited)
- It's a Wonderful World as Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
- The Light That Failed as First Man (Voice)
- The Secret of Dr. Kildare as Pay Orderly (uncredited)
- Thou Shalt Not Kill as Johnny
- Calling Dr. Kildare as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- I Stole a Million as Herbert (uncredited)
- The Jones Family in Hollywood as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- Everybody's Baby as G. Randolph (uncredited)
- Everything's on Ice
- Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Cameraman (uncredited)
- 20,000 Men a Year as Soda Jerker
- Second Fiddle as Taxi Driver
- Blondie Meets the Boss as Laundryman (uncredited)
- The Flying Irishman as Airport Gas Attendant
- Exile Express as Marvln McGee
- King of the Turf as 2nd Tout
1938
- Three Comrades as First comic with singer (uncredited)
- Joy of Living as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
- Rascals as Waiting Room Patient
- Mannequin as 'Swing' Magoo (Uncredited)
- Men with Wings as Cody
- In Old Chicago as Onlooker (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Mad Miss Manton as Newspaper Staff (uncredited)
- Three Loves Has Nancy as Jim, the Baggage Master (uncredited)
- While New York Sleeps as Gus - Piano Player
- Straight, Place and Show as Cabbie
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Boxing Spectator (Uncredited)
- One Wild Night as Rutherford (uncredited)
- The Shining Hour as Press Agent (uncredited)
- There Goes My Heart as Tailor (uncredited)
- Gateway as Reporter
1937
- Nothing Sacred as Photographer (uncredited)
- Hot Water as Photographer (uncredited)
- Fair Warning as Hotel Clerk
- A Star Is Born as Deliveryman (uncredited)
- Danger – Love at Work as Garage attendant
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Ship's Radio Operator
- Woman Chases Man as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- One Mile from Heaven as Herman
- Wake Up and Live as Janitor
- The Go-Getter as Business Card Printer (uncredited)
- They Gave Him a Gun as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Soak the Poor as Briggs (uncredited)
- Time Out for Romance as Simpson
- Big Town Girl as Red Evans
- Small Town Boy as Bill Clipper
1936
- Speed as 'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance
- High Tension as Man at Honolulu Dock
- Libeled Lady as Bellhop
- The Princess Comes Across as Film Man (uncredited)
- The Accusing Finger as Reporter
- Fury as Milton Jackson
- Here Comes Trouble as Purser Brooks
- Women Are Trouble as Reporter
- Old Hutch as Cigar Store Clerk
- Sing, Baby, Sing as Hospital Interne
- The Country Doctor as Greasy
- Sworn Enemy as Lunch Stand Man (uncredited)
1935
- The Payoff as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Murder Man as Sol Hertzberger
- Star of Midnight as Witness (uncredited)
- The Woman in Red as First Reporter (uncredited)
- It's in the Air as Reporter (uncredited)
- Mary Burns, Fugitive as Stadium Cashier
- While the Patient Slept as Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)
- Front Page Woman as Reporter (uncredited)
- Stars Over Broadway as Charlie
- Broadway Gondolier as Photographer
- Don't Bet on Blondes as Henry Purdy (Uncredited)
- Flicker Fever as Bob Adams
1934
- Dark Hazard as Soapy Sam Lambert
- Happiness Ahead as Window Washer
- Hi, Nellie! as Sullivan
- Rough Necking as Joe Cuttlehammer Jr.
- Fog Over Frisco as Taxi Driver
- Big Hearted Herbert as Murphy (uncredited)
- Music in the Air as Assistant Stage Manager
- He Was Her Man as Highway Service Station Counterman
- 6 Day Bike Rider as Abner (uncredited)
1933
- Parachute Jumper as Chauffeur (uncredited)
- Lady Killer as George Thompson (uncredited)
- The Kennel Murder Case as Reporter at Police Station (uncredited)
- Son of a Sailor as Sailor
- The Keyhole as Joe - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Bureau of Missing Persons as Homer Howard
- The Mind Reader as Reporter (uncredited)
- Elmer, the Great as Cubs Player (uncredited)
- Footlight Parade as Pharmacist (uncredited)
- The World Changes as Piano Player (uncredited)
- The Fatal Glass of Beer as Chester Snavely
1932
- Blessed Event as Hanson
- Union Depot as Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Reporter (uncredited)
- Me and My Gal as Eddie Collins
- Afraid to Talk as Pete (bellhop)
- The Sport Parade as Pullman Ticket Agent (uncredited)
- The Tenderfoot as Beggar (uncredited)
- The Famous Ferguson Case as Depot Loafer (uncredited)
1931
- Sob Sister as Reporter (uncredited)
- Doctors' Wives as Dr. Roberts
- Man of the World as Fred
- The Wide Open Spaces as Townsman in Saloon
- A Holy Terror as Joe, Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
- Crashing Hollywood
- Everything’s Rosie as Jail Guard
- The Lure of Hollywood as George
- Too Many Cooks as Ned
- The Woman Between as Sweet a Waiter (uncredited)
- The Great Junction Hotel as The Elevator Operator
- The Back Page as The Aspiring Reporter
- Up Pops the Duke
1930
- The Light of Western Stars as Slig Whalen
- In Gay Madrid as Enrique
- The Florodora Girl as Georgie Smith
- Only Saps Work as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1929
- Devil-May-Care as Timid Royalist (uncredited)
1928
- The Cloud Dodger as Post Commander