George Chandler
Known for: Acting
Born: June 30, 1898
Died: June 10, 1985
Place of birth: Waukegan, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
260 movies · 53 TV shows, newest first
6.4
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
6.1
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
6.8
CHiPs
1977
5.3
Griffin and Phoenix
1976
6.6
Switch
1975
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
5.9
Capone
1975
6.4
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
4.4
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
7.2
The Waltons
1972
4.4
Pickup on 101
1972
5.4
One More Train to Rob
1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
7.1
Adam-12
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
7.5
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
6.7
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
6.4
Apache Uprising
1965
6.4
Laredo
1965
7.2
Green Acres
1965
7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964
6.9
Dead Ringer
1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963
6.0
Ichabod and Me
1961
4.5
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
6.0
Gunsight Ridge
1957
7.2
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
6.2
Spring Reunion
1957
9.0
Wire Service
19566.5
Broken Arrow
1956
7.8
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
19566.3
Playwrights '56
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
7.5
Frontier
1955NR
Kings Row
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.3
Apache Ambush
1955
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
7.5
Studio 57
1954
6.3
Lassie
1954NR
Summer Playhouse
1954
6.0
The High and the Mighty
1954
6.5
Rails Into Laramie
19548.5
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
6.2
Island in the Sky
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
7.7
Meet Me at the Fair
1953
6.2
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
10.0
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
8.8
Somebody Loves Me
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
1952
7.0
My Man and I
1952
7.3
The Narrow Margin
1952
5.9
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
5.6
Rose of Cimarron
1952
7.0
Westward the Women
1951
6.5
Dragnet
1951
6.1
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
5.8
The Whip Hand
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
6.5
Racket Squad
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
6.0
Kansas Raiders
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.8
Pretty Baby
1950
7.0
Triple Trouble
1950
7.5
The Happy Years
1950
5.8
The Next Voice You Hear...
19508.0
Cameo Theatre
1950
6.0
Perfect Strangers
1950
6.4
Singing Guns
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.5
Once More, My Darling
1949
4.8
The House Across the Street
1949
5.2
Canadian Pacific
1949
5.7
Homicide
1949
6.2
Knock on Any Door
1949
6.1
The Paleface
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
6.0
Race Street
1948
9.0
Sons of Adventure
1948
6.6
Hollow Triumph
1948
6.5
The Pirate
1948
6.2
Silver River
1948
5.6
The Hunted
1948
6.2
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
7.3
If You Knew Susie
1948
8.0
Reaching from Heaven
1948
6.8
Road to Rio
1947
6.8
The Judge Steps Out
1947
7.8
It Had to Be You
1947
7.2
Nightmare Alley
1947
6.7
Magic Town
19476.6
So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947
6.5
Saddle Pals
1947
6.9
Dead Reckoning
1946
6.5
Gallant Journey
1946
4.8
The Missing Lady
1946
5.5
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
7.0
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
7.1
Lover Come Back
1946
6.2
Suspense
1946
5.5
Behind the Mask
1946
6.5
The French Key
1946
4.2
The Glass Alibi
1946
6.3
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
6.1
Strange Impersonation
1946
4.8
The Mask of Diijon
1946
5.3
Little Giant
1946
7.0
A Guy Could Change
1946
6.8
Strange Confession
1945
6.0
The Shanghai Cobra
1945
10.0
Tell It to a Star
1945
6.7
Lady on a Train
1945
6.5
Patrick the Great
1945
6.3
It's in the Bag!
1945
7.0
Without Love
1945
6.7
This Man's Navy
1945
6.0
The Great Morgan
1945
6.6
Tall in the Saddle
1944
9.0
Goin' to Town
1944
6.7
Bride by Mistake
1944
6.4
3 Men in White
1944
6.8
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
6.0
Swing Fever
1943
6.5
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
6.8
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
6.9
Don't Be a Sucker!
1943
6.6
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
5.4
Lady of Burlesque
1943
7.7
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
6.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
7.0
The Powers Girl
1943
6.3
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
6.7
A Night to Remember
1942
6.7
That Other Woman
1942
9.0
The Forest Rangers
1942
5.9
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
6.8
Isle of Missing Men
1942
6.5
Pardon My Sarong
1942
4.2
Night in New Orleans
1942
6.0
Obliging Young Lady
1942
7.0
Roxie Hart
1942
7.1
Castle in the Desert
1942
7.3
Remember the Day
1941
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
1941
5.1
Design for Scandal
1941
4.9
Miss Polly
1941
6.3
The Great Man's Lady
1941
7.0
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
7.3
Reaching for the Sun
1941
6.5
Model Wife
1941
6.3
Repent at Leisure
1941
6.4
Sleepers West
1941
6.0
Western Union
1941
6.8
Tobacco Road
1941
6.5
Arizona
1940
6.2
The Mad Doctor
1940
10.0
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
7.7
Charter Pilot
1940
6.2
Melody Ranch
1940
6.8
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
6.3
The Return of Frank James
1940
6.8
Edison, the Man
1940
7.0
Shooting High
1940
6.9
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
6.8
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
5.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
8.0
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1939
5.8
The Light That Failed
1939
6.1
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
6.2
20,000 Men a Year
1939
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
5.3
Everything's on Ice
1939
8.0
I Stole a Million
1939
7.0
Beau Geste
1939
6.6
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
5.1
Second Fiddle
1939
7.2
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
10.0
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
7.0
Exile Express
1939
6.5
It's a Wonderful World
1939
6.6
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
5.0
The Flying Irishman
1939
8.0
Everybody's Baby
1939
5.8
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
7.0
King of the Turf
1939
6.5
Jesse James
1939
7.0
While New York Sleeps
1938
6.7
The Shining Hour
1938
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
6.4
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
7.3
There Goes My Heart
1938
7.0
Straight, Place and Show
1938
4.2
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
7.4
Gateway
1938
5.4
Men with Wings
1938
7.8
One Wild Night
1938
7.3
Three Comrades
1938
7.0
Rascals
1938
5.9
Joy of Living
1938
6.7
In Old Chicago
1938
6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
6.0
Mannequin
1938
7.0
Big Town Girl
1937
6.3
Nothing Sacred
1937
5.9
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937
7.0
Danger – Love at Work
1937
7.0
Small Town Boy
1937
6.5
Hot Water
1937
6.2
Wake Up and Live
1937
7.4
Soak the Poor
1937
6.6
One Mile from Heaven
1937
6.2
The Go-Getter
1937
6.8
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
5.9
Woman Chases Man
1937
6.7
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
7.2
A Star Is Born
1937
7.3
Fair Warning
1937
6.0
Time Out for Romance
1937
5.8
The Accusing Finger
1936
7.3
Libeled Lady
1936
10.0
Old Hutch
1936
5.8
Sworn Enemy
1936
6.0
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
7.0
Women Are Trouble
1936
5.8
High Tension
1936
7.5
Fury
1936
6.2
The Princess Comes Across
1936
5.9
Speed
1936
6.5
The Country Doctor
1936
7.0
Here Comes Trouble
1936
5.6
Stars Over Broadway
1935
9.0
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
6.3
It's in the Air
19359.0
Flicker Fever
1935
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
1935
5.8
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
7.1
The Murder Man
1935
5.9
Front Page Woman
1935
5.9
Star of Midnight
1935
6.7
While the Patient Slept
1935
6.0
The Woman in Red
1935
5.5
The Payoff
1935
5.6
Music in the Air
1934
6.6
Happiness Ahead
1934
7.0
6 Day Bike Rider
1934
5.5
Big Hearted Herbert
1934
6.5
He Was Her Man
1934
6.4
Fog Over Frisco
1934
10.0
Rough Necking
1934
5.7
Dark Hazard
1934
6.7
Hi, Nellie!
1934
6.9
Lady Killer
1933
6.0
Son of a Sailor
1933
4.8
The World Changes
1933
6.1
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
6.8
Footlight Parade
1933
5.7
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
6.9
Picture Snatcher
1933
5.1
Elmer, the Great
1933
6.2
The Mind Reader
1933
5.0
The Keyhole
1933
6.0
The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933
5.9
Parachute Jumper
1933
6.4
Me and My Gal
1932
6.5
Afraid to Talk
1932
5.3
The Sport Parade
1932
6.8
Blessed Event
1932
6.1
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
7.5
The Tenderfoot
1932
6.6
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
6.1
Union Depot
1932
7.0
The Wide Open Spaces
1931
8.0
The Great Junction Hotel
1931
7.0
Sob Sister
19318.0
Up Pops the Duke
1931
5.1
The Woman Between
1931
6.4
A Holy Terror
1931
4.3
Too Many Cooks
1931
4.0
The Lure of Hollywood
193110.0
The Back Page
1931
6.0
Everything’s Rosie
19313.3
Crashing Hollywood
1931
6.2
Man of the World
1931
6.0
Doctors' Wives
1931
6.0
Only Saps Work
1930
5.7
Love in the Rough
1930
5.5
The Florodora Girl
1930
5.7
In Gay Madrid
1930
5.2
The Light of Western Stars
1930
6.2
Devil-May-Care
1929
9.0
The Cloud Dodger
1928