George Chandler

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Waukegan, Illinois, USA

Born

June 30, 1898

Died

June 10, 1985

Cause of Death

Alzheimer's Disease

Biography

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Long-faced, instantly recognizable veteran character player with a slightly plaintive voice, often typecast as obnoxious reporters or country yokels, a former vaudevillian known as "the musical nut." Chandler, who appeared in well over 100 films between the late 1920s and the late 70s, was a welcome presence in small roles in many of the films of his close friend, director William Wellma...

Filmography

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Every Which Way but Loose (1978)

Griffin and Phoenix (1976)

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Pickup on 101 (1972)

One More Train to Rob (1971)

Photos & Videos

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Blessed Event (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Devil In Southampton

Hi, Nellie! (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Polish Children's Picnic Yarn

Biography

Long-faced, instantly recognizable veteran character player with a slightly plaintive voice, often typecast as obnoxious reporters or country yokels, a former vaudevillian known as "the musical nut." Chandler, who appeared in well over 100 films between the late 1920s and the late 70s, was a welcome presence in small roles in many of the films of his close friend, director William Wellman.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Every Which Way but Loose (1978)

Griffin and Phoenix (1976)

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Pickup on 101 (1972)

One More Train to Rob (1971)

Buckskin (1968)

Storekeeper Perkins

Apache Uprising (1966)

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

Law of the Lawless (1964)

Dead Ringer (1964)

Gunsight Ridge (1957)

Spring Reunion (1957)

Apache Ambush (1955)

The Girl Rush (1955)

The Steel Cage (1954)

Rails into Laramie (1954)

The High and the Mighty (1954)

Marry Me Again (1953)

Telegram messenger

Island in the Sky (1953)

Rose of Cimarron (1952)

The WAC from Walla Walla (1952)

My Man and I (1952)

This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)

Meet Me at the Fair (1952)

Woman of the North Country (1952)

And Now Tomorrow (1952)

Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Westward the Women (1952)

Somebody Loves Me (1952)

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

Disc Jockey (1951)

Double Dynamite (1951)

The Whip Hand (1951)

Triple Trouble (1950)

Squirrely Davis

Perfect Strangers (1950)

Pretty Baby (1950)

Singing Guns (1950)

Kansas Raiders (1950)

The Next Voice You Hear (1950)

The Happy Years (1950)

Once More, My Darling (1949)

Motel proprietor

Knock on Any Door (1949)

Battleground (1949)

Adventure in Baltimore (1949)

The Judge Steps Out (1949)

The House Across the Street (1949)

Homicide (1949)

The Paleface (1948)

Night Song (1948)

Race Street (1948)

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

Silver River (1948)

If You Knew Susie (1948)

The Hunted (1948)

Joe, the bartender

The Pirate (1948)

Carriage driver

The Girl from Manhattan (1948)

Lightnin' in the Forest (1948)

Elevator operator Jenkins

Hollow Triumph (1948)

Aubrey, assistant

Sons of Adventure (1948)

The Cobra Strikes (1948)

Alias a Gentleman (1948)

Killer McCoy (1947)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

It Had to Be You (1947)

Road to Rio (1947)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

It's a Joke, Son! (1947)

I'll Be Yours (1947)

Tall man in phone booth

Saddle Pals (1947)

Dead Reckoning (1947)

Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

Suddenly, It's Spring (1947)

Newspaper photographer

Magic Town (1947)

Because of Him (1946)

Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)

Lover Come Back (1946)

A Guy Could Change (1946)

Gus, photographer

The Last Crooked Mile (1946)

Roller coaster operator

The Glass Alibi (1946)

Little Giant (1946)

Behind the Mask (1946)

The Missing Lady (1946)

Strange Impersonation (1946)

Jeremiah Wilkins Rinse

Rendezvous with Annie (1946)

Sergeant Hannigan

So Goes My Love (1946)

Heldorado (1946)

Suspense (1946)

Incendiary Blonde (1945)

See My Lawyer (1945)

Captain Eddie (1945)

Lady on a Train (1945)

Patrick the Great (1945)

Tell It to a Star (1945)

Without Love (1945)

This Man's Navy (1945)

The Great Morgan (1945)

Strange Confession (1945)

The Shanghai Cobra (1945)

Man from Oklahoma (1945)

Pardon My Past (1945)

It's in the Bag! (1945)

Elevator operator

Since You Went Away (1944)

Step Lively (1944)

Wing and a Prayer (1944)

Swing Fever (1944)

Buffalo Bill (1944)

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

Goin' to Town (1944)

Allergic to Love (1944)

Bride by Mistake (1944)

Three Men in White (1944)

Parking lot attendant

Tall in the Saddle (1944)

Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)

They Got Me Covered (1943)

Hers to Hold (1943)

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)

City Without Men (1943)

Swing Shift Maisie (1943)

Here Comes Elmer (1943)

Eddie, reporter

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)

Hi, Buddy (1943)

Never a Dull Moment (1943)

A Scream in the Dark (1943)

Lady of Burlesque (1943)

Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)

Obliging Young Lady (1942)

Secrets of the Underground (1942)

That Other Woman (1942)

A Night to Remember (1942)

Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)

Call Out the Marines (1942)

Here We Go Again (1942)

Highways by Night (1942)

Gas station attendant

Roxie Hart (1942)

The Great Gildersleeve (1942)

Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)

Isle of Missing Men (1942)

Night in New Orleans (1942)

The Forest Rangers (1942)

Castle in the Desert (1942)

Private Buckaroo (1942)

The Great Man's Lady (1942)

Remember the Day (1942)

Telegraph clerk

Pardon My Sarong (1942)

A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)

Sleepers West (1941)

Buy Me That Town (1941)

Smedley son-in-law

Hellzapoppin' (1941)

A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941)

Look Who's Laughing (1941)

Private Nurse (1941)

Western Union (1941)

Mountain Moonlight (1941)

Repent at Leisure (1941)

Design for Scandal (1941)

Dance Hall (1941)

Switchboard operator

Broadway Limited (1941)

The Captain of Koepenick (1941)

Kelle, Kallenberg

Double Date (1941)

The Mad Doctor (1941)

Elevator operator

Tobacco Road (1941)

Man at Large (1941)

Three Sons O'Guns (1941)

Model Wife (1941)

Charter Pilot (1940)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)

The Light That Failed (1940)

Edison, the Man (1940)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)

Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)

Melody Ranch (1940)

Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)

Railroad station attendant

Shooting High (1940)

Charles Pritchard

The Return of Frank James (1940)

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

Everybody's Baby (1939)

It's a Wonderful World (1939)

Beau Geste (1939)

Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)

Fast and Furious (1939)

Boy Slaves (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)

King of the Turf (1939)

Calling All Marines (1939)

I Stole a Million (1939)

Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)

Second Fiddle (1939)

The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939)

20,000 Men a Year (1939)

Jesse James (1939)

Exile Express (1939)

One Wild Night (1938)

First bank teller

Joy of Living (1938)

The Shopworn Angel (1938)

Tommy, a soldier

Man-Proof (1938)

Up the River (1938)

Men with Wings (1938)

There Goes My Heart (1938)

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)

Man in fight crowd

Valley of the Giants (1938)

Secrets of a Nurse (1938)

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

The Shining Hour (1938)

Block-Heads (1938)

Checkers (1938)

Three Comrades (1938)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Hot Water (1937)

Nothing Sacred (1937)

Wake Up and Live (1937)

A Star Is Born (1937)

Saratoga (1937)

God's Country and the Woman (1937)

Woman-Wise (1937)

Woman Chases Man (1937)

Mannequin (1937)

They Gave Him a Gun (1937)

Big Town Girl (1937)

Big City (1937)

Time Out for Romance (1937)

Small Town Boy (1937)

Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)

Fair Warning (1937)

Danger - Love at Work (1937)

One Mile from Heaven (1937)

A Family Affair (1937)

Old Hutch (1936)

Cigar store clerk

The Accusing Finger (1936)

High Tension (1936)

Man at Honolulu dock

All American Chump (1936)

Rustic bystander

Here Comes Trouble (1936)

Women Are Trouble (1936)

Sworn Enemy (1936)

Lunch stand man

Libeled Lady (1936)

The Country Doctor (1936)

Princess Comes Across (1936)

Three Men on a Horse (1936)

Flying Hostess (1936)

Pennies From Heaven (1936)

Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)

While the Patient Slept (1935)

Broadway Gondolier (1935)

Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)

Welcome Home (1935)

Front Page Woman (1935)

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)

The Woman in Red (1935)

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)

Murder Man (1935)

Sol Hertzberger

Star of Midnight (1935)

Spring Tonic (1935)

Stars over Broadway (1935)

6 Day Bike Rider (1934)

Evelyn Prentice (1934)

Autopsy surgeon

Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)

He Was Her Man (1934)

Big Hearted Herbert (1934)

Music in the Air (1934)

Assistant stage manager

Hi Nellie! (1934)

Fog over Frisco (1934)

Footlight Parade (1933)

The Power and the Glory (1933)

The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)

Lady Killer (1933)

Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

The Sport Parade (1932)

Train ticket salesman

Blessed Event (1932)

Me and My Gal (1932)

Beast of the City (1932)

The Tenderfoot (1932)

Too Many Cooks (1931)

Doctors' Wives (1931)

Man of the World (1931)

Sob Sister (1931)

In Gay Madrid (1930)

Only Saps Work (1930)

The Light of Western Stars (1930)

The Last Dance (1930)

The Florodora Girl (1930)

The Kid's Clever (1929)

The Cloud Dodger (1928)

Music (Feature Film)

Rooftops (1989)

The Bitch (1979)

Cast (Special)

Indemnity (1958)

George Thompson (Guest)

Cast (Short)

So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)

Bars and Stripes (1937)

Soak the Poor (1937)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Bastard (1978)

Life Events

1928

Feature debut, "The Cloud Dodger"

1937

First collaboration with director William Wellman, "Nothing Sacred"

1952

TV debut in the syndicated series, "The Abbott and Costello Show"

1957

Network debut in the CBS series, "Timmy and Lassie"

1958

Appeared in the NBC special, "Indemnity"

1976

TV-movie debut, "Griffin and Phoenix"

1978

Final TV role in the miniseries, "The Bastard"

1978

Final feature appearance, "Every Which Way But Loose"

1979

Debut as a song performer with the feature, "The Bitch"

1989

Final film credit for song, "Drop" from "Rooftops"

Videos

Blessed Event (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Devil In Southampton Columnist Moxley (Ned Sparks) returns from vacation to chew out his substitute (Lee Tracy as Alvin Roberts) for printing outrageous society gossip, Miss Stevens (Ruth Donnelly) steering clear, when the editor Miller (Walter Walker) arrives with a surprise ruling, in director Roy Del Ruth’s Blessed Event, 1932, from Warner Bros.

Hi, Nellie! (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Polish Children's Picnic Yarn First scene for Paul Muni in his first comedy, as big city news editor “Brad” Bradshaw, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with George Chandler, Donald Meek, Douglas Dumbrille (as “Dawes”), and Paul Kaye in support, the picnic story having nothing to do with the Bob Dylan song, written about a similar (but not fictional) event almost 30-years later, in Hi, Nellie!, 1934.

High And The Mighty, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Whistlin' Dan After the aerial credit sequence, the first order of business for director William A. Wellman, introducing his producing-partner and star John Wayne, as co-pilot Dan Roman, who meets mechanic Sneed (George Chandler), via the script from Ernest K. Gann, and the same team that made the hit Island In The Sky the previous year, in The High And The Mighty, 1954.

Hunted, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Why Else Do Guys Drink? Having just helped his now-paroled ex-girlfriend, whom he sent to jail, and who maintains her innocence, find a new job, cop Johnny (Preston Foster) drops in on barkeep Joe (George Chandler), who remembers the case, in The Hunted, 1948, from director Jack Bernhard and writer Steve Fisher.

Arizona (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Opening: Tucson Credits and prologue lead to an intimate review of a wagon train and its arrival in at Tucson, led by Muncie (William Holden) and Haley (George Chandler) in director Wesley Ruggles' Arizona, 1940.

Great Morgan, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Produced By Frank Morgan Opening scene, venerable Frank Morgan as himself, George Chandler his dresser, Leon Ames as executive "K-F," in the MGM comedy-satire-musical-programmer The Great Morgan, 1946.

Beast Of The City, The -- (Movie Clip) Happiness Squad Impressive process-shot action as cops including Captain Fitzpatrick (Walter Huston) are summoned to a crime scene, in MGM's crime drama Beast Of The City, 1932, from a story by W.R. Burnett.

God's Country and the Woman - (Original Trailer) A lady lumberjack falls for one of her workers, not realizing it's a business rival in disguise in God's Country and the Woman (1937).

Dead Ringer - (Original Trailer) Bette Davis vs. her evil twin in Dead Ringer (1964), a thriller directed by her former Now, Voyager co-star Paul Henreid.

Bureau of Missing Persons - (Original Trailer) A police chief (Pat O'Brien) helps a young bride (Bette Davis) find her missing husband...or at least his corpse at the Bureau Of Missing Persons (1933).

Broadway Gondolier - (Original Trailer) Joan Blondell and Adolphe Menjou cut up with Frank McHugh in the trailer for the "radio romance" Broadway Gondolier (1935).

Big Hearted Herbert - (Original Trailer) Character actor Guy Kibbee gets a starring comedy as Big Hearted Herbert (1934) whose business success makes him neglect his family.

All-American Chump - (Original Trailer) A small-town math whiz is exploited by card sharks and hustlers in All-American Chump (1936).

Alias a Gentleman - (Original Trailer) Wallace Beery plays an aging convict who tries to keep his daughter from following in his footsteps in Alias a Gentleman (1948).

6 Day Bike Rider - (Original Trailer) A young failure tries to impress his girlfriend by entering a bicycle race in 6 Day Bike Rider (1934).

While the Patient Slept - (Original Trailer) A nurse investigates murder at a mysterious mansion in While The Patient Slept (1935) starring Aline MacMahon and Lyle Talbot.

Tenderfoot, The - (Original Trailer) Joe E. Brown stars as an innocent cowboy who sets out to back a Broadway play in The Tenderfoot (1932) based on George S. Kaufman's play The Butter And Egg Man.

Libeled Lady - (Original Trailer) When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a gigolo to compromise her in Libeled Lady, 1936, starring Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and William Powell.

Three Loves Has Nancy - (Original Trailer) A country girl (Janet Gaynor) follows the man who jilted her to the big city, where she finds two new suitors.

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