Lane Chandler
Born
June 2, 1899
Died
September 14, 1972 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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

One More Train to Rob
Party Guest (uncredited)
1971

Requiem for a Gunfighter
Bryan Comer
1965

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Sheriff
1961

Noose for a Gunman
Ed Folsey
1960

Rawhide
Sheriff · (1 episode)
1959

Lawman
(4 episodes)
1958

Quantrill's Raiders
Sheriff
1958

The Californians
(1 episode)
1957

Maverick
Lawson (uncredited) · (5 episodes)
1957

Sugarfoot
Sheriff Jim Harkness · (1 episode)
1957

Sugarfoot
Marshal · (1 episode)
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
(4 episodes)
1957

The First Texan
Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
1956

Great Day in the Morning
Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
1956

The Lone Ranger
Chip Walker
1956

The Indian Fighter
Head Settler (uncredited)
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sheriff · (1 episode)
1955

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
(1 episode)
1955

Cheyenne
(5 episodes)
1955

Gunsmoke
Sam · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Trumbull · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Luke · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Warden · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Morgan · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Guard · (1 episode)
1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(2 episodes)
1955

Apache Ambush
1955

Creature with the Atom Brain
Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
1955

Tall Man Riding
Hap Sutton
1955

Shotgun
Fletcher
1955

The Man from Bitter Ridge
Crow's Nester (uncredited)
1955

Living It Up
Policeman (uncredited)
1954

Return to Treasure Island
Capt. Cardigan
1954

Border River
Anderson
1954

Calamity Jane
Prospector (uncredited)
1953

Thunder Over the Plains
Mike Faraday
1953

The Lusty Men
4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1952

Mr. & Mrs. North
(2 episodes)
1952

The Lion and the Horse
Sheriff
1952

The San Francisco Story
Morton
1952
Gang Busters
(1 episode)
1952

Rancho Notorious
Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
1952

The Greatest Show on Earth
Dave (uncredited)
1952

The Big Trees
Brother Dorn (uncredited)
1952

Cattle Queen
Marshal Houston
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Earl Samson · (1 episode)
1951

The Well
Deputy Stan
1951

The Adventures of Kit Carson
(3 episodes)
1951

Along the Great Divide
Sheriff (uncredited)
1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(1 episode)
1951

Prairie Roundup
Red Dawson (uncredited)
1951

The Cisco Kid
Sheriff · (1 episode)
1950

Outcasts of Black Mesa
Ted Thorp
1950

Samson and Delilah
Teresh
1949

The Lone Ranger
Flynn · (1 episode)
1949

The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison
1949

Riders of the Whistling Pines
Forest Ranger (uncredited)
1949

Dynamite
Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)
1949

Belle Starr's Daughter
Marshal Evans
1948

Red River
Colonel (uncredited)
1948

Northwest Stampede
Scrivner
1948

The Street with No Name
Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
1948

Big Town Scandal
Irate Store Owner (uncredited)
1948

Campus Sleuth
Police Officer
1948

Money Madness
Policeman
1948

Caged Fury
Policeman (uncredited)
1948

Albuquerque
Mr. Clark (uncredited)
1948

Song of My Heart
Policeman
1948

California's Golden Beginning
1948

The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Prison Guard
1947

The Vigilantes Return
Messenger
1947

Pursued
A Callum
1947

Duel in the Sun
Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
1946

It's a Wonderful Life
Policeman (uncredited)
1946

The Dark Mirror
Intern (uncredited)
1946

Two-Fisted Stranger
Brady (uncredited)
1946

Gunning for Vengeance
Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
1946

Blonde Alibi
Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
1946

Little Giant
Lost Motorist (uncredited)
1946

Tomorrow Is Forever
Hamilton Lab Technician
1946

A Guy Could Change
Mr. Schroeder
1946

Saratoga Trunk
Al (uncredited)
1945

Senorita from the West
Cop (uncredited)
1945

Rustlers' Hideout
Hammond - Gambler
1945

Incendiary Blonde
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
1945

Along Came Jones
Boone
1945

Manhunt of Mystery Island
Police Insp. Reed
1945

Sagebrush Heroes
Colton
1945

The Great Mike
Sam Hildur
1944

Heavenly Days
Minute Man
1944

Laura
Detective (uncredited)
1944

Strange Affair
Mounted Officer (Uncredited)
1944

Trigger Law
Tex
1944

Silver City Kid
Steve Clayton
1944

Trigger Trail
Slade
1944

The Lady and the Monster
Ranger White (Uncredited)
1944

Men on Her Mind
Frank Tuttle
1944

Crazy House
Policeman
1943

A Lady Takes a Chance
Slim
1943

Phantom of the Opera
Officer (uncredited)
1943

Law of the Saddle
Steve Kinney
1943

Riders of the Rio Grande
Townsman
1943

Wild Horse Rustlers
Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann
1943

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Duke Merrick
1943

The Valley of Vanishing Men
Major Stacy Roberts
1942

Invisible Agent
German Sentry (uncredited)
1942

The Pride of the Yankees
Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
1942

Sundown Jim
Nat Oldroyd
1942

Reap the Wild Wind
Sam
1942

Don Winslow of the Navy
Henchman Corley
1942

Among the Living
1941

They Died with Their Boots On
Sentry (uncredited)
1941

Sergeant York
Corporal Savage (uncredited)
1941

Six-Gun Gold
Brad Cardigan
1941

The Spider Returns
Police Lab Fingerprint Man
1941

Lady from Louisiana
Courtroom Police Officer
1941

The Roundup
Taggert
1941

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Cop Car-Chasing Foranti
1940

Santa Fe Trail
Adjutant (uncredited)
1940

The Great Plane Robbery
Jill Whitcomb
1940

Pony Post
Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider
1940

Junior G-Men
Second Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)
1940

North West Mounted Police
Constable Fyffe
1940

The Howards of Virginia
Major
1940

Deadwood Dick
Wild Bill Hickok
1940

Hi-Yo Silver
Dick Forrest
1940

Virginia City
Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)
1940

Midnight Limited
Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
1940

Pioneers of the West
Steve Carson
1940

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Ming's Soldier (uncredited)
1940

Charlie Chan in Panama
Powerhouse Search Officer
1940

My Little Chickadee
Porter (uncredited)
1940

The Green Hornet
Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)
1940

Invisible Stripes
Detective (uncredited)
1939

The Man from Montreal
Constable Rankin
1939

Saga of Death Valley
Roy's Father
1939

Oklahoma Frontier
Sergeant
1939

Outpost of the Mounties
Mountie Cooper
1939

The Man in the Iron Mask
Captain of Fouquet's Guards
1939

The Oregon Trail
Corporal in Sherman's Office
1939

Union Pacific
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1939

Code of the Streets
Policeman
1939

Buck Rogers
Army Official at Wade's Lab
1939

Southward Ho!
Jim Crawford
1939

Secret Service of the Air
U.S. Border Patrol Officer
1939

Made for Each Other
Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
1939

Blackwell's Island
Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)
1939

The Phantom Creeps
Henchman with Rankin
1939

Three Little Sew and Sews
Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
1939

Heart of the North
Frank (uncredited)
1938

Come On, Rangers
Ken Rogers
1938

Land of Fighting Men
Cliff - Henchman
1938

Girls on Probation
Second Detective
1938

Mutts to You
Doug Manning (uncredited)
1938

Marie Antoinette
Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
1938

Two Gun Justice
Butch - Henchman
1938

Heart of Arizona
Trimmer Winkler
1938

Over the Wall
Boiler Room Guard
1938

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Flight Commander
1938

The First Hundred Years
Doorman (uncredited)
1938

Start Cheering
Field Judge
1938

The Lone Ranger
Dick Forrest
1938

The Daredevil Drivers
Policeman (uncredited)
1938

The Jury's Secret
Spectator
1938

Wells Fargo
Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger
1937

Tim Tyler's Luck
Patrolman Kelly
1937

Rosalie
Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
1937

She Loved a Fireman
Bill Patton
1937

Missing Witnesses
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1937

The Firefly
Captain of Guards (uncredited)
1937

Alcatraz Island
Federal Officer (uncredited)
1937

The Wrong Road
Detective (uncredited)
1937
Sea Racketeers
Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath
1937

Confession
Actor (uncredited)
1937

Heroes of the Alamo
Davy Crockett
1937

Public Wedding
Reporter
1937

Fly Away Baby
Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)
1937

Kid Galahad
(uncredited)
1937

Law of the Ranger
? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)
1937

Sea Devils
Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
1937

Stormy Trails
Foreman Dunn
1936

Law and Lead
Cattleman Detective Ned
1936

The Idaho Kid
Jess Peters
1936

Crash Donovan
Henchman (uncredited)
1936

Winds of the Wasteland
Larry Adams
1936

The Stagecoach Race
Larry Adams
1936

Sharad of Atlantis
Darius
1936

The Lawless Nineties
Bridger
1936

A Face in the Fog
Policeman (uncredited)
1936

Public Hero Number 1
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1935

The Outlaw Tamer
'Tex' Broderick
1935

North of Arizona
Ray - Express agent
1935

The Merry Widow
Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)
1934

The Affairs of Cellini
Jailer (uncredited)
1934

Sagebrush Trail
Joseph Conlon
1933

War of the Range
Henchman Bull Harris
1933

Deluge
Jack
1933

Fighting With Kit Carson
Army Sergeant
1933

Corruption
Assistant District Attorney King
1933

Trouble Busters
Jim Perkins
1933

The Eagle and the Hawk
Flier (uncredited)
1933

The Devil's Brother
Lorenzo's Lieutenant
1933

The Wyoming Whirlwind
Keene Wallace "The Wolf"
1932

The Devil Horse
Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)
1932

The Reckless Rider
'Tex' Wilkins
1932

Texas Tornado
Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy
1932

Lawless Valley
Bob Rand
1932

The Hurricane Horseman
'Gun' Smith
1931

The Primrose Path
Danny McGann
1931

Under Texas Skies
Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent
1930
Beyond the Law
1930

Rough Waters
Cal Morton
1930

Firebrand Jordan
Firebrand Jordan
1930

The Forward Pass
Assistant Coach Kane
1929

The Single Standard
Ding Stuart
1929

The First Kiss
William Talbot
1928

The Big Killing
George Hicks
1928

The Legion of the Condemned
Charles Holabird
1928

Red Hair
Robert Lennon
1928

Love and Learn
Anthony Cowles
1928

Open Range
Tex Smith
1927

The Last Outlaw
Rancher
1927