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George Chandler

George Chandler

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.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

262

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-06-30

Place of Birth

Waukegan, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Geo. Chandler

Known For

It Happened Tomorrow Dead Reckoning Strange Impersonation Dead Ringer The Princess Comes Across Three Loves Has Nancy Scattergood Survives a Murder Crashing Hollywood Hollow Triumph Across the Wide Missouri Triple Trouble Lady Killer The Murder Man Little Giant Rose of Cimarron Don't Be a Sucker! Fury Gildersleeve's Bad Day Blessed Event Western Union Elmer, the Great Hans Christian Andersen The High and the Mighty Westward the Women The Amazing Mrs. Holliday The Fatal Glass of Beer Road to Rio The Kennel Murder Case Miss Polly Roxie Hart The Lure of Hollywood Apache Uprising The Great Gildersleeve Lady of Burlesque Knock on Any Door Danger – Love at Work The Light of Western Stars Singing Guns Behind the Mask The Missing Lady The Tenderfoot Tell It to a Star Isle of Missing Men Pretty Baby So You Want to Be in Pictures The Back Page Gunsight Ridge Up Pops the Duke Patrick the Great He Was Her Man Spring Reunion Lady on a Train Swing Fever Somebody Loves Me Rails Into Laramie The Woman in Red Lover Come Back Too Many Cooks Apache Ambush Small Town Boy The Mind Reader Man of the World The Flying Irishman Union Depot Magic Town Shooting High The Great Junction Hotel The Jones Family in Hollywood Women Are Trouble My Man and I The Mad Miss Manton While New York Sleeps The Florodora Girl In Gay Madrid Speed Dark Hazard Capone A Holy Terror Pickup on 101 The Wide Open Spaces Charlie Chan at the Olympics The Country Doctor Flicker Fever The Powers Girl The WAC from Walla Walla Good-bye, My Lady Escape to Witch Mountain One Wild Night Canadian Pacific Arizona Woman Chases Man They Gave Him a Gun Broadway Gondolier Exile Express The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Hi, Nellie! The French Key The Sport Parade Sworn Enemy Charter Pilot Stars Over Broadway Men with Wings Broadway Melody of 1940 Three Comrades Only Saps Work Jesse James The Famous Ferguson Case Everything’s Rosie Blondie Meets the Boss Three Sons o' Guns Calling Dr. Kildare Young Mr. Lincoln It's a Wonderful World Second Fiddle Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation Beau Geste Mr. Smith Goes to Washington The Ghost and Mr. Chicken The Light That Failed The Secret of Dr. Kildare Everything's on Ice There Goes My Heart While the Patient Slept Castle in the Desert The Man Who Wouldn't Talk The Shanghai Cobra Race Street The Judge Steps Out The Slowest Gun in the West Sweet Rosie O'Grady Soak the Poor 3 Men in White The Ox-Bow Incident Son of a Sailor It's in the Bag! Suspense Island in the Sky Parachute Jumper Abe Lincoln in Illinois Libeled Lady Here Comes Trouble High Tension Time Out for Romance Edison, the Man Mr. Moto's Gamble Big Town Girl Reaching from Heaven Me and My Gal Thou Shalt Not Kill Everybody's Baby Happiness Ahead Rough Necking Devil-May-Care The Pirate Trail of the Vigilantes The Return of Frank James The Happy Years The Forest Rangers If You Knew Susie The Payoff Mary Burns, Fugitive One Mile from Heaven Gateway 20,000 Men a Year It Had to Be You It's in the Air Dr. Kildare Goes Home The Mad Doctor Melody Ranch Nothing Sacred Sing, Baby, Sing The Last Crooked Mile A Guy Could Change Afraid to Talk Kansas Raiders Once More, My Darling The Glass Alibi Saddle Pals Fair Warning Sons of Adventure The Great Man's Lady Remember the Day Law of the Lawless The Narrow Margin This Man's Navy Rascals Without Love Straight, Place and Show I Stole a Million Repent at Leisure This Woman Is Dangerous Front Page Woman Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Obliging Young Lady Big Hearted Herbert Bureau of Missing Persons The Go-Getter The Great Morgan Design for Scandal King of the Turf Strange Confession Mannequin The Paleface The Strange Love of Molly Louvain In Old Chicago Tobacco Road The House Across the Street That Other Woman The Hunted Griffin and Phoenix The Keyhole Model Wife Fog Over Frisco Hot Water The Accusing Finger Rendezvous with Annie Reaching for the Sun Music in the Air The Miracle of the Bells Bride by Mistake A Night to Remember The Shining Hour Joy of Living Homicide Hellzapoppin' The Whip Hand Every Which Way but Loose Goin' to Town The Next Voice You Hear... Pardon My Sarong Night in New Orleans Footlight Parade Sleepers West Star of Midnight The Mask of Diijon A Star Is Born The Girl from Manhattan Wake Up and Live Meet Me at the Fair Don't Bet on Blondes Swing Shift Maisie The Cowboy and the Lady It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! Silver River Perfect Strangers Doctors' Wives The Cloud Dodger Nightmare Alley The Kid from Brooklyn Sob Sister One More Train to Rob Old Hutch Gallant Journey 6 Day Bike Rider Tall in the Saddle The Woman Between The World Changes Thoroughbreds Don't Cry Picture Snatcher
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