Lane Chandler

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

Lawman

Maverick

Maverick

Rawhide

Get Smart

Have Gun, Will Travel

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

All Movies (208)

• One More Train to Rob1971 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Requiem for a Gunfighter1965 · as Bryan Comer
• The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come1961 · as Sheriff
• Noose for a Gunman1960 · as Ed Folsey
• The Left Handed Gun1958 · as Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)
• Quantrill's Raiders1958 · as Sheriff
• The First Texan1956 · as Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
• Great Day in the Morning1956 · as Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
• The Lone Ranger1956 · as Chip Walker
• The Indian Fighter1955 · as Head Settler (uncredited)
• Apache Ambush1955
• Creature with the Atom Brain1955 · as Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
• Tall Man Riding1955 · as Hap Sutton
• Shotgun1955 · as Fletcher
• The Man from Bitter Ridge1955 · as Crow's Nester (uncredited)
• Living It Up1954 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• Return to Treasure Island1954 · as Capt. Cardigan
• Border River1954 · as Anderson
• Calamity Jane1953 · as Prospector (uncredited)
• Thunder Over the Plains1953 · as Mike Faraday
• The Lusty Men1952 · as 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• The Lion and the Horse1952 · as Sheriff
• The San Francisco Story1952 · as Morton
• Rancho Notorious1952 · as Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
• The Hawk of Wild River1952 · as George/Storekeeper
• The Greatest Show on Earth1952 · as Dave (uncredited)
• The Big Trees1952 · as Brother Dorn (uncredited)
• Cattle Queen1951 · as Marshal Houston
• The Well1951 · as Deputy Stan
• Along the Great Divide1951 · as Sheriff (uncredited)
• Prairie Roundup1951 · as Red Dawson (uncredited)
• Outcasts of Black Mesa1950 · as Ted Thorp
• Samson and Delilah1949 · as Teresh
• The Lone Wolf and His Lady1949 · as Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison
• Riders of the Whistling Pines1949 · as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
• Dynamite1949 · as Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)
• Belle Starr's Daughter1948 · as Marshal Evans
• Red River1948 · as Colonel (uncredited)
• Northwest Stampede1948 · as Scrivner
• The Street with No Name1948 · as Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
• Big Town Scandal1948 · as Irate Store Owner (uncredited)
• Campus Sleuth1948 · as Police Officer
• Money Madness1948 · as Policeman
• Caged Fury1948 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• Albuquerque1948 · as Mr. Clark (uncredited)
• Song of My Heart1948 · as Policeman
• California's Golden Beginning1948
• The Corpse Came C.O.D.1947 · as Prison Guard
• The Vigilantes Return1947 · as Messenger
• Pursued1947 · as A Callum
• Duel in the Sun1946 · as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
• It's a Wonderful Life1946 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• The Dark Mirror1946 · as Intern (uncredited)
• Two-Fisted Stranger1946 · as Brady (uncredited)
• Gunning for Vengeance1946 · as Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
• Blonde Alibi1946 · as Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
• Little Giant1946 · as Lost Motorist (uncredited)
• Tomorrow Is Forever1946 · as Hamilton Lab Technician
• A Guy Could Change1946 · as Mr. Schroeder
• Saratoga Trunk1945 · as Al (uncredited)
• Senorita from the West1945 · as Cop (uncredited)
• Rustlers' Hideout1945 · as Hammond - Gambler
• Incendiary Blonde1945 · as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
• Along Came Jones1945 · as Boone
• Manhunt of Mystery Island1945 · as Police Insp. Reed
• Sagebrush Heroes1945 · as Colton
• The Great Mike1944 · as Sam Hildur
• Heavenly Days1944 · as Minute Man
• Laura1944 · as Detective (uncredited)
• Strange Affair1944 · as Mounted Officer (uncredited)
• Trigger Law1944 · as Tex
• Silver City Kid1944 · as Steve Clayton
• Trigger Trail1944 · as Slade
• Follow the Boys1944 · as Ship Officer (uncredited)
• The Lady and the Monster1944 · as Ranger White (Uncredited)
• Men on Her Mind1944 · as Frank Tuttle
• Crazy House1943 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• A Lady Takes a Chance1943 · as Slim
• Phantom of the Opera1943 · as Officer (uncredited)
• Law of the Saddle1943 · as Steve Kinney
• Riders of the Rio Grande1943 · as Townsman
• Wild Horse Rustlers1943 · as Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann
• Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground1943 · as Duke Merrick
• The Valley of Vanishing Men1942 · as Major Stacy Roberts
• Invisible Agent1942 · as German Sentry (uncredited)
• The Pride of the Yankees1942 · as Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
• Sundown Jim1942 · as Nat Oldroyd
• Reap the Wild Wind1942 · as Sam
• Don Winslow of the Navy1942 · as Henchman Corley
• Among the Living1941
• They Died with Their Boots On1941 · as Sentry (uncredited)
• Sergeant York1941 · as Corporal Savage (uncredited)
• Six-Gun Gold1941 · as Brad Cardigan
• The Spider Returns1941 · as Police Lab Fingerprint Man
• Lady from Louisiana1941 · as Courtroom Police Officer
• The Roundup1941 · as Taggert
• A Volta do Besouro Verde1940 · as Cop Car-Chasing Foranti
• Santa Fe Trail1940 · as Adjutant (uncredited)
• The Great Plane Robbery1940 · as Jill Whitcomb
• Pony Post1940 · as Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider
• Junior G-Men1940 · as Second Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)
• North West Mounted Police1940 · as Constable Fyffe
• The Howards of Virginia1940 · as Major
• Deadwood Dick1940 · as Wild Bill Hickok
• Hi-Yo Silver1940 · as Dick Forrest
• Virginia City1940 · as Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)
• Midnight Limited1940 · as Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
• Pioneers of the West1940 · as Steve Carson
• Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe1940 · as Ming's Soldier (uncredited)
• Charlie Chan in Panama1940 · as Powerhouse Search Officer
• My Little Chickadee1940 · as Porter (uncredited)
• The Green Hornet1940 · as Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)
• Invisible Stripes1939 · as Detective (uncredited)
• The Man from Montreal1939 · as Constable Rankin
• Saga of Death Valley1939 · as Roy's Father
• Oklahoma Frontier1939 · as Sergeant
• Outpost of the Mounties1939 · as Mountie Cooper
• The Man in the Iron Mask1939 · as Captain of Fouquet's Guards
• The Oregon Trail1939 · as Corporal in Sherman's Office
• Union Pacific1939 · as Train Conductor (uncredited)
• Code of the Streets1939 · as Policeman
• Buck Rogers1939 · as Army Official at Wade's Lab
• Southward Ho!1939 · as Jim Crawford
• Secret Service of the Air1939 · as U.S. Border Patrol Officer
• Made for Each Other1939 · as Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
• Blackwell's Island1939 · as Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)
• The Phantom Creeps1939 · as Henchman with Rankin
• Three Little Sew and Sews1939 · as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
• Heart of the North1938 · as Frank (uncredited)
• Come On, Rangers1938 · as Ken Rogers
• Land of Fighting Men1938 · as Cliff - Henchman
• Girls on Probation1938 · as Second Detective
• Mutts to You1938 · as Doug Manning (uncredited)
• Too Hot to Handle1938 · as Cameraman (uncredited)
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
• Two Gun Justice1938 · as Butch - Henchman
• Heart of Arizona1938 · as Trimmer Winkler
• Over the Wall1938 · as Boiler Room Guard
• Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars1938 · as Flight Commander
• The First Hundred Years1938 · as Doorman (uncredited)
• Start Cheering1938 · as Field Judge
• The Lone Ranger1938 · as Dick Forrest
• The Daredevil Drivers1938 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• The Jury's Secret1938 · as Spectator
• Wells Fargo1937 · as Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger
• Tim Tyler's Luck1937 · as Patrolman Kelly
• Rosalie1937 · as Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
• She Loved a Fireman1937 · as Bill Patton
• Missing Witnesses1937 · as Prison Guard (uncredited)
• The Firefly1937 · as Captain of Guards (uncredited)
• Alcatraz Island1937 · as Federal Officer (uncredited)
• The Wrong Road1937 · as Detective (uncredited)
• Sea Racketeers1937 · as Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath
• Confession1937 · as Actor (uncredited)
• Heroes of the Alamo1937 · as Davy Crockett
• Public Wedding1937 · as Reporter
• Fly Away Baby1937 · as Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)
• Kid Galahad1937 · as Title Fight Knockdown Timekeeper (uncredited)
• Law of the Ranger1937 · as ? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)
• Sea Devils1937 · as Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
• Stormy Trails1936 · as Foreman Dunn
• Law and Lead1936 · as Cattleman Detective Ned
• The Idaho Kid1936 · as Jess Peters
• Crash Donovan1936 · as Henchman (uncredited)
• Winds of the Wasteland1936 · as Larry Adams
• The Stagecoach Race1936 · as Larry Adams
• Sharad of Atlantis1936 · as Darius
• Flash Gordon1936 · as Ming's Soldier
• The Lawless Nineties1936 · as Bridger
• A Face in the Fog1936 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• Public Hero Number 11935 · as Train Conductor (uncredited)
• The Outlaw Tamer1935 · as 'Tex' Broderick
• North of Arizona1935 · as Ray - Express agent
• The Merry Widow1934 · as Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)
• The Affairs of Cellini1934 · as Jailer (uncredited)
• Sagebrush Trail1933 · as Joseph Conlon
• Fugitive1933 · as Joseph
• War of the Range1933 · as Henchman Bull Harris
• Deluge1933 · as Jack
• Fighting With Kit Carson1933 · as Army Sergeant
• Corruption1933 · as Assistant District Attorney King
• Trouble Busters1933 · as Jim Perkins
• The Eagle and the Hawk1933 · as Flier (uncredited)
• The Devil's Brother1933 · as Lorenzo's Lieutenant
• Via Pony Express1933 · as Lieutenant Bob Grey
• The Wyoming Whirlwind1932 · as Keene Wallace "The Wolf"
• The Devil Horse1932 · as Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)
• Guns for Hire1932 · as Flip LaRue
• The Reckless Rider1932 · as 'Tex' Wilkins
• Texas Tornado1932 · as Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy
• Lawless Valley1932 · as Bob Rand
• Riders of the Rio1931 · as Bob Lane
• The Cheyenne Cyclone1931 · as Bob Carleton
• The Hurricane Horseman1931 · as 'Gun' Smith
• The Primrose Path1931 · as Danny McGann
• Under Texas Skies1930 · as Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent
• Beyond the Law1930
• Rough Waters1930 · as Cal Morton
• Firebrand Jordan1930 · as Firebrand Jordan
• The Forward Pass1929 · as Assistant Coach Kane
• The Single Standard1929 · as Ding Stuart
• The First Kiss1928 · as William Talbot
• The Big Killing1928 · as George Hicks
• The Legion of the Condemned1928 · as Charles Holabird
• Red Hair1928 · as Robert Lennon
• Love and Learn1928 · as Anthony Cowles
• Open Range1927 · as Tex Smith
• The Last Outlaw1927 · as Rancher

All TV Shows (30)

• Get Smart1965 · as Gate Guard (uncredited)
• Gunslinger1961 · as Town Marshal
• Rawhide1959 · as Sheriff
• Lawman1958
• The Californians1957
• Maverick1957 · as Lawson (uncredited)
• Maverick1957 · as Marshal (uncredited)
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Sheriff Jim Harkness
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Marshal
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Sheriff
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Sheriff
• Sergeant Preston of the Yukon1955
• Cheyenne1955
• Cheyenne1955 · as Sen. Maple
• Cheyenne1955 · as Joe Cooper
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Sam
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Trumbull
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Luke
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Warden
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Morgan
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Guard
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955
• Mr. & Mrs. North1952
• Gang Busters1952
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Earl Samson
• The Adventures of Kit Carson1951
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951
• The Cisco Kid1950 · as Sheriff
• The Lone Ranger1949 · as Flynn