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