George Chandler
George Chandler | |
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Born |
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. | June 30, 1898
Died |
June 10, 1985 86) Panorama City, Los Angeles California, U.S. | (aged
Cause of death | Cancer |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California |
Years active | 1928–1979 |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Ward (1935-?) 3 children |
George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985) was an American actor best known for playing the character of "Uncle Petrie Martin" on the CBS television series, Lassie. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and died in Panorama City, California, at the age of eighty-six.
Chandler appeared six times in Bill Williams's western series The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1955) in episodes entitled "Law of Boot Hill", "Lost Treasure of the Panamints", "Trails Westward", "The Wrong Man", "Trail to Bordertown", and "Gunsmoke Justice". He guest starred on the Reed Hadley CBS legal drama The Public Defender. He appeared as the character Ames in the two-part episode "King of the Dakotas" in the 1955 NBC western anthology series Frontier. In 1954-1955, he was cast in two episodes of the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life. He appeared in the 1956 episode "Joey and the Stranger" of the NBC children's western series, Fury. He was cast as Clay Hunnicutt in the 1957 episode "The Giveaway" of Jackie Cooper's NBC sitcom, The People's Choice.
In 1958, Chandler appeared as Cleveland McMasters opposite Marjorie Main as the frontierswoman Cassie Tanner in the episode "The Cassie Tanner Story" on NBC's Wagon Train.[1]
In the 1960-1961 television season, Chandler guest starred on an episode of Frank Aletter's one-season CBS sitcom, Bringing Up Buddy. In the 1961-1962 television season, Chandler co-starred with Robert Sterling, Reta Shaw, Jimmy Hawkins, Burt Mustin, and Christine White in another CBS one-season sitcom, Ichabod and Me.
Partial filmography
- Crashing Hollywood (1931 short)
- The Lure of Hollywood (1931 short)
- Up Pops the Duke (1931 short)
- Me and My Gal (1932)
- The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
- Fury (1936)
- Libeled Lady (1936)
- Second Fiddle (1939)
- Arizona (1940)
- Obliging Young Lady (1942)
- Roxie Hart (1942)
- The Glass Alibi (1946)
- Dead Reckoning (1947 film)
- Pretty Baby (1950)
- Westward the Women (1951)
- Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
- Island in the Sky (1953)
- The High and the Mighty (1954)
- Apache Ambush (1955)
- Dead Ringer (1964)
- The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
- Buckskin (1968)
- Capone (1975)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
- Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
References
- ↑ "The Cassie Tanner Story". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
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