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.

Known For

Bob

It Happened Tomorrow

Louis Ord

Dead Reckoning

J W Rinse, plaintiffs' atty.

Strange Impersonation

Seadog

The Bastard

George, Chauffeur

Dead Ringer

Film Man (uncredited)

The Princess Comes Across

Jim, the Baggage Master (uncredited)

Three Loves Has Nancy

Sam Caldwell

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Crashing Hollywood

Aubrey - Assistant

Hollow Triumph

Gowie

Across the Wide Missouri

'Squirrely' Davis, convict

Triple Trouble

Lady Killer

Sol Hertzberger

The Murder Man

O'Brien (salesman)

Little Giant

Deputy Sheriff

Rose of Cimarron

Don't Be a Sucker!

Milton Jackson

Fury

Mailman (uncredited)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Hanson

Blessed Event

Herb

Western Union

Cubs Player (uncredited)

Elmer, the Great

Farmer

Hans Christian Andersen

Ben Sneed

The High and the Mighty

Mackeral Face (uncredited)

Westward the Women

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Chester Snavely

The Fatal Glass of Beer

Ship's Steward

Road to Rio

Reporter at Police Station (uncredited)

The Kennel Murder Case

Townsman (uncredited)

Miss Polly

Amos Hart

Roxie Hart

George

The Lure of Hollywood

Jace Asher

Apache Uprising

Messenger

The Great Gildersleeve

Jake, stage hand (uncredited)

Lady of Burlesque

Cashier (uncredited)

Knock on Any Door

Garage attendant

Danger – Love at Work

Slig Whalen

The Light of Western Stars

Smitty, Piano Player

Singing Guns

Shrevvie

Behind the Mask

Shrevvie

The Missing Lady

Beggar (uncredited)

The Tenderfoot

Al Marx

Tell It to a Star

Ship's bartender

Isle of Missing Men

Henderson

Pretty Baby

Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)

So You Want to Be in Pictures

The Aspiring Reporter

The Back Page

Gus Withers

Gunsight Ridge

Up Pops the Duke

Bellboy

Patrick the Great

Highway Service Station Counterman

He Was Her Man

Zimmie (uncredited)

Spring Reunion

Lady on a Train

Hamburger Vendor

Swing Fever

Stagehand

Somebody Loves Me

Grimes

Rails Into Laramie

First Reporter (uncredited)

The Woman in Red

Bit Role

Lover Come Back

Ned

Too Many Cooks

Chandler

Apache Ambush

Bill Clipper

Small Town Boy

Reporter (uncredited)

The Mind Reader

Fred

Man of the World

Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)

Union Depot

Airport Gas Attendant

The Flying Irishman

Bus Driver

Magic Town

Charley

Shooting High

The Elevator Operator

The Great Junction Hotel

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

The Jones Family in Hollywood

Reporter

Women Are Trouble

Bartender Frankie

My Man and I

Newspaper Staff (uncredited)

The Mad Miss Manton

Gus - Piano Player

While New York Sleeps

Georgie Smith

The Florodora Girl

Enrique

In Gay Madrid

'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance

Speed

Soapy Sam Lambert

Dark Hazard

Robert E. Crowe

Capone

Joe, Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

A Holy Terror

Townsman in Saloon

The Wide Open Spaces

Pawnshop owner

Pickup on 101

Ship's Radio Operator

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Greasy

The Country Doctor

Bob Adams

Flicker Fever

Harry, Nancy's Boyfriend (uncredited)

The Powers Girl

Jud Canova

The WAC from Walla Walla

Reporter

Good-bye, My Lady

Grocer

Escape to Witch Mountain

Rutherford (uncredited)

One Wild Night

Telegraph Operator

Canadian Pacific

Haley

Arizona

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Woman Chases Man

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

They Gave Him a Gun

Marvln McGee

Exile Express

Photographer

Broadway Gondolier

Elderly Man

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Sullivan

Hi, Nellie!

Roomer (uncredited)

The French Key

Pullman Ticket Agent (uncredited)

The Sport Parade

Lunch Stand Man (uncredited)

Sworn Enemy

Bob, the soundman

Charter Pilot

Charlie

Stars Over Broadway

Cody

Men with Wings

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940

First comic with singer (uncredited)

Three Comrades

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Only Saps Work

Roy

Jesse James

Depot Loafer (uncredited)

The Famous Ferguson Case

Jail Guard

Everything’s Rosie

Laundryman (uncredited)

Blondie Meets the Boss

Tailor

Three Sons o' Guns

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Kildare

Loafer (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World

Taxi Driver

Second Fiddle

Cameraman (uncredited)

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Legionnaire Cordier (uncredited)

Beau Geste

Reporter (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Judge Harley Nast

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

First Man (Voice)

The Light That Failed

Pay Orderly (uncredited)

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Everything's on Ice

Tailor (uncredited)

There Goes My Heart

Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)

While the Patient Slept

The Bus Driver

Castle in the Desert

First Clerk

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Joe

The Shanghai Cobra

Herman (Waiter) (uncredited)

Race Street

Train Station Agent (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out

Simpson

The Slowest Gun in the West

Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Briggs (uncredited)

Soak the Poor

Attendant (uncredited)

3 Men in White

Jimmy Carnes (uncredited)

The Ox-Bow Incident

Sailor

Son of a Sailor

1st Elevator Operator (uncredited)

It's in the Bag!

Joe's Pal at Sandwich Counter (uncredited)

Suspense

Rene

Island in the Sky

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Parachute Jumper

Minor Role (uncredited)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Bellhop

Libeled Lady

Purser Brooks

Here Comes Trouble

Man at Honolulu Dock

High Tension

Simpson

Time Out for Romance

Gold Exchange Clerk

Edison, the Man

Boxing Spectator (Uncredited)

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Red Evans

Big Town Girl

Bert Kestner (as Geo. Chandler)

Reaching from Heaven

Eddie Collins

Me and My Gal

Johnny

Thou Shalt Not Kill

G. Randolph (uncredited)

Everybody's Baby

Window Washer

Happiness Ahead

Joe Cuttlehammer Jr.

Rough Necking

Timid Royalist (uncredited)

Devil-May-Care

Carriage Driver (uncredited)

The Pirate

Railroad Station Attendant

Trail of the Vigilantes

Roy

The Return of Frank James

Johnny

The Happy Years

Keystone Cop (uncredited)

The Forest Rangers

Reporter (uncredited)

If You Knew Susie

Stadium Cashier

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Reporter (uncredited)

The Payoff

Herman

One Mile from Heaven

Reporter

Gateway

Soda Jerker

20,000 Men a Year

Bus Passenger with Newspaper (uncredited)

It Had to Be You

Reporter (uncredited)

It's in the Air

Parkersville Counterman (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Elevator Operator (Uncredited)

The Mad Doctor

Taxi Driver

Melody Ranch

Photographer (uncredited)

Nothing Sacred

Hospital Interne

Sing, Baby, Sing

Roller Coaster Operator (uncredited)

The Last Crooked Mile

Gus, Photographer

A Guy Could Change

Pete (bellhop)

Afraid to Talk

Willie

Kansas Raiders

Motel Proprietor

Once More, My Darling

Sweet - a Waiter

The Woman Between

Bartender

The Glass Alibi

Pickpocket Dippy

Saddle Pals

Hotel Clerk

Fair Warning

Billy Wilkes

Sons of Adventure

Forbes

The Great Man's Lady

Telegraph clerk

Remember the Day

Martin

Law of the Lawless

Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)

The Narrow Margin

Bert Bland

This Man's Navy

Waiting Room Patient

Rascals

Elevator Operator

Without Love

Cabbie

Straight, Place and Show

Herbert (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

Bus Conductor

Repent at Leisure

Dr. Bill Ryan (Uncredited)

This Woman Is Dangerous

Reporter (uncredited)

Front Page Woman

Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Skip - the Bellboy

Obliging Young Lady

Murphy (uncredited)

Big Hearted Herbert

Homer Howard

Bureau of Missing Persons

Business Card Printer (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

Roger the Valet (uncredited)

The Great Morgan

First Cabbie (uncredited)

Design for Scandal

2nd Tout

King of the Turf

Harper

Strange Confession

'Swing' Magoo (Uncredited)

Mannequin

Patient #1

The Paleface

Reporter (uncredited)

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

Onlooker (uncredited)

In Old Chicago

Hotel Desk Clark

Tobacco Road

Carl's Boss (uncredited)

The House Across the Street

Man Carrying Rifle in Woods

That Other Woman

Joe, the Bartender

The Hunted

Old Man

Griffin and Phoenix

Joe - Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Keyhole

Mr. Williams

Model Wife

Taxi Driver

Fog Over Frisco

Photographer (uncredited)

Hot Water

Reporter

The Accusing Finger

Sergeant Harrington (uncredited)

Rendezvous with Annie

Jerry

Reaching for the Sun

Assistant Stage Manager

Music in the Air

Max

The Miracle of the Bells

Armed Guard

Bride by Mistake

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

A Night to Remember

Press Agent (uncredited)

The Shining Hour

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Joy of Living

Police Photographer

Homicide

Movie Cameraman (uncredited)

Hellzapoppin'

Jed (uncredited)

The Whip Hand

Clerk at D.M.V.

Every Which Way but Loose

Jameson

Goin' to Town

Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)

The Next Voice You Hear...

George Peabody (uncredited)

Pardon My Sarong

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Night in New Orleans

Pharmacist (uncredited)

Footlight Parade

Witness (uncredited)

Star of Midnight

Sleepers West

Diner Counterman (Uncredited)

The Mask of Diijon

Deliveryman (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Monty

The Girl from Manhattan

Hamburger Vendor (uncredited)

Swing Fever

Janitor

Wake Up and Live

Deputy Leach

Meet Me at the Fair

Henry Purdy (Uncredited)

Don't Bet on Blondes

Fred (Uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

Reporter (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady

Jonathan Kent

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

Mr. Rice (uncredited)

Silver River

Lester Hubley

Perfect Strangers

Dr. Roberts

Doctors' Wives

Post Commander

The Cloud Dodger

Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)

Nightmare Alley

Reporter (uncredited)

The Kid from Brooklyn

Reporter (uncredited)

Sob Sister

Conductor

One More Train to Rob

Walter

Lover Come Back

Cigar Store Clerk

Old Hutch

Jake

Lady of Burlesque

Man (uncredited)

Gallant Journey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

258

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-06-30

Place of Birth

Waukegan, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Geo. Chandler