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
| Birth Location | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1899-06-02 |
| Died | 1972-09-14 |
Movies
Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Bryan Comer
1965
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
as Sheriff
1961
Noose for a Gunman
as Ed Folsey
1960
Quantrill's Raiders
as Sheriff
1958
The First Texan
as Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
1956
Great Day in the Morning
as Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
1956
The Lone Ranger
as Chip Walker
1956
The Indian Fighter
as Head Settler (uncredited)
1955
1955
Creature with the Atom Brain
as Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
1955
Tall Man Riding
as Hap Sutton
1955
Shotgun
as Fletcher
1955
The Man from Bitter Ridge
as Crow's Nester (uncredited)
1955
Return to Treasure Island
as Capt. Cardigan
1954
Border River
as Anderson
1954
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
1953
Thunder Over the Plains
as Mike Faraday
1953
The Lusty Men
as 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1952
The Lion and the Horse
as Sheriff
1952
The San Francisco Story
as Morton
1952
Rancho Notorious
as Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Dave (uncredited)
1952
The Big Trees
as Brother Dorn (uncredited)
1952
Cattle Queen
as Marshal Houston
1951
The Well
as Deputy Stan
1951
Prairie Roundup
as Red Dawson (uncredited)
1951
Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Ted Thorp
1950
Samson and Delilah
as Teresh
1949
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison
1949
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
1949
Dynamite
as Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)
1949
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Marshal Evans
1948
Red River
as Colonel (uncredited)
1948
Northwest Stampede
as Scrivner
1948
The Street with No Name
as Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
1948
Big Town Scandal
as Irate Store Owner (uncredited)
1948
Campus Sleuth
as Police Officer
1948
Money Madness
as Policeman
1948
Caged Fury
as Policeman (uncredited)
1948
Albuquerque
as Mr. Clark (uncredited)
1948
Song of My Heart
as Policeman
1948
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Prison Guard
1947
The Vigilantes Return
as Messenger
1947
Pursued
as A Callum
1947
Duel in the Sun
as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Policeman (uncredited)
1946
The Dark Mirror
as Intern (uncredited)
1946
Two-Fisted Stranger
as Brady (uncredited)
1946
Gunning for Vengeance
as Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
1946
Blonde Alibi
as Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
1946
Little Giant
as Lost Motorist (uncredited)
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Hamilton Lab Technician
1946
A Guy Could Change
as Mr. Schroeder
1946
Saratoga Trunk
as Al (uncredited)
1945
Senorita from the West
as Cop (uncredited)
1945
Rustlers' Hideout
as Hammond - Gambler
1945
Incendiary Blonde
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
1945
Along Came Jones
as Boone
1945
Manhunt of Mystery Island
as Police Insp. Reed
1945
Sagebrush Heroes
as Colton
1945
The Great Mike
as Sam Hildur
1944
Laura
as Detective (uncredited)
1944
Strange Affair
as Mounted Officer (Uncredited)
1944
Trigger Law
as Tex
1944
Silver City Kid
as Steve Clayton
1944
Trigger Trail
as Slade
1944
The Lady and the Monster
as Ranger White (Uncredited)
1944
Men on Her Mind
as Frank Tuttle
1944
Crazy House
as Policeman
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Slim
1943
Phantom of the Opera
as Officer (uncredited)
1943
Law of the Saddle
as Steve Kinney
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Townsman
1943
Wild Horse Rustlers
as Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann
1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Duke Merrick
1943
The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Major Stacy Roberts
1942
Invisible Agent
as German Sentry (uncredited)
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
1942
Sundown Jim
as Nat Oldroyd
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
as Sam
1942
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Henchman Corley
1942
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sentry (uncredited)
1941
Sergeant York
as Corporal Savage (uncredited)
1941
Six-Gun Gold
as Brad Cardigan
1941
The Spider Returns
as Police Lab Fingerprint Man
1941
Lady from Louisiana
as Courtroom Police Officer
1941
The Roundup
as Taggert
1941
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Cop Car-Chasing Foranti
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Adjutant (uncredited)
1940
The Great Plane Robbery
as Jill Whitcomb
1940
Pony Post
as Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider
1940
Junior G-Men
as Second Cop at Building Collapse
1940
North West Mounted Police
as Constable Fyffe
1940
The Howards of Virginia
as Major
1940
Deadwood Dick
as Wild Bill Hickok
1940
Hi-Yo Silver
as Dick Forrest
1940
Virginia City
as Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)
1940
Midnight Limited
as Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
1940
Pioneers of the West
as Steve Carson
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Ming's Soldier (uncredited)
1940
Charlie Chan in Panama
as Powerhouse Search Officer
1940
My Little Chickadee
as Porter (uncredited)
1940
The Green Hornet
as Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)
1940
Invisible Stripes
as Detective (uncredited)
1939
The Man from Montreal
as Constable Rankin
1939
Saga of Death Valley
as Roy's Father
1939
Oklahoma Frontier
as Sergeant
1939
Outpost of the Mounties
as Mountie Cooper
1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Captain of Fouquet's Guards
1939
The Oregon Trail
as Corporal in Sherman's Office
1939
Union Pacific
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1939
Code of the Streets
as Policeman
1939
Buck Rogers
as Army Official at Wade's Lab
1939
Southward Ho!
as Jim Crawford
1939
Secret Service of the Air
as U.S. Border Patrol Officer
1939
Made for Each Other
as Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
1939
Blackwell's Island
as Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)
1939
The Phantom Creeps
as Henchman with Rankin
1939
Three Little Sew and Sews
as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
1939
Heart of the North
as Frank (uncredited)
1938
Come On, Rangers
as Ken Rogers
1938
Land of Fighting Men
as Cliff - Henchman
1938
Girls on Probation
as Second Detective
1938
Mutts to You
as Doug Manning (uncredited)
1938
Marie Antoinette
as Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
1938
Two Gun Justice
as Butch - Henchman
1938
Heart of Arizona
as Trimmer Winkler
1938
Over the Wall
as Boiler Room Guard
1938
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
as Flight Commander
1938
The First Hundred Years
as Doorman (uncredited)
1938
Start Cheering
as Field Judge
1938
The Lone Ranger
as Dick Forrest
1938
The Daredevil Drivers
as Policeman (uncredited)
1938
The Jury's Secret
as Spectator
1938
Wells Fargo
as Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger
1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Patrolman Kelly
1937
Rosalie
as Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
1937
She Loved a Fireman
as Bill Patton
1937
Missing Witnesses
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1937
The Firefly
as Captain of Guards (uncredited)
1937
Alcatraz Island
as Federal Officer (uncredited)
1937
The Wrong Road
as Detective (uncredited)
1937
Sea Racketeers
as Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath
1937
Confession
as Actor (uncredited)
1937
Heroes of the Alamo
as Davy Crockett
1937
Public Wedding
as Reporter
1937
Fly Away Baby
as Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)
1937
Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)
1937
Law of the Ranger
as ? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)
1937
Sea Devils
as Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
1937
Stormy Trails
as Foreman Dunn
1936
Law and Lead
as Cattleman Detective Ned
1936
The Idaho Kid
as Jess Peters
1936
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Winds of the Wasteland
as Larry Adams
1936
The Stagecoach Race
as Larry Adams
1936
Sharad of Atlantis
as Darius
1936
The Lawless Nineties
as Bridger
1936
A Face in the Fog
as Policeman (uncredited)
1936
Public Hero Number 1
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1935
The Outlaw Tamer
as 'Tex' Broderick
1935
North of Arizona
as Ray - Express agent
1935
The Merry Widow
as Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)
1934
The Affairs of Cellini
as Jailer (uncredited)
1934
Sagebrush Trail
as Joseph Conlon
1933
War of the Range
as Henchman Bull Harris
1933
Deluge
as Jack
1933
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Army Sergeant
1933
Corruption
as Assistant District Attorney King
1933
Trouble Busters
as Jim Perkins
1933
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Flier (uncredited)
1933
The Devil's Brother
as Lorenzo's Lieutenant
1933
The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Keene Wallace "The Wolf"
1932
The Devil Horse
as Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)
1932
The Reckless Rider
as 'Tex' Wilkins
1932
Texas Tornado
as Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy
1932
Lawless Valley
as Bob Rand
1932
The Hurricane Horseman
as 'Gun' Smith
1931
The Primrose Path
as Danny McGann
1931
Under Texas Skies
as Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent
1930
1930
Rough Waters
as Cal Morton
1930
Firebrand Jordan
as Firebrand Jordan
1930
The Forward Pass
as Assistant Coach Kane
1929
The Single Standard
as Ding Stuart
1929
The First Kiss
as William Talbot
1928
The Big Killing
as George Hicks
1928
Red Hair
as Robert Lennon
1928
The Legion of the Condemned
as Charles Holabird
1928
Love and Learn
as Anthony Cowles
1928
Open Range
as Tex Smith
1927
The Last Outlaw
as Rancher
1927
Lane Chandler hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
