Lane Chandler

Biography

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

Gen. Saunders (uncredited)

Creature with the Atom Brain

Firebrand Jordan

Firebrand Jordan

Marshal Evans

Belle Starr's Daughter

Policeman

Money Madness

Joseph Conlon

Sagebrush Trail

Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)

Dynamite

Larry Adams

Winds of the Wasteland

Deputy Stan

The Well

Henchman Bull Harris

War of the Range

Cliff - Henchman

Land of Fighting Men

Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent

Under Texas Skies

Butch - Henchman

Two Gun Justice

Officer (uncredited)

Phantom of the Opera

German Sentry (uncredited)

Invisible Agent

Sam

Reap the Wild Wind

Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)

The Street with No Name

Boone

Along Came Jones

Army Sergeant

Fighting With Kit Carson

Sheriff

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

Hap Sutton

Tall Man Riding

Col. James Fannin (uncredited)

The First Texan

Crow's Nester (uncredited)

The Man from Bitter Ridge

Prospector (uncredited)

Calamity Jane

Ding Stuart

The Single Standard

Al (uncredited)

Saratoga Trunk

Bridger

The Lawless Nineties

Chip Walker

The Lone Ranger

Federal Officer (uncredited)

Alcatraz Island

Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)

Sea Devils

Captain of Guards (uncredited)

The Firefly

Larry Adams

The Stagecoach Race

(uncredited)

Kid Galahad

Darius

Undersea Kingdom

Jim Crawford

Southward Ho!

Ken Rogers

Come On, Rangers

Sheriff

Quantrill's Raiders

Among the Living

Doug Manning (uncredited)

Mutts to You

Shore Patrolman (uncredited)

Three Little Sew and Sews

Tex Smith

Open Range

Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

Cattleman Detective Ned

Law and Lead

Police Insp. Reed

Manhunt of Mystery Island

Apache Ambush

Charles Holabird

The Legion of the Condemned

Jess Peters

The Idaho Kid

? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)

Law of the Ranger

Davy Crockett

Heroes of the Alamo

Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath

Sea Racketeers

Bob Rand

Lawless Valley

Ray - Express agent

North of Arizona

Flight Commander

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

Dick Forrest

The Lone Ranger

Major Stacy Roberts

The Valley of Vanishing Men

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Danny McGann

The Primrose Path

'Gun' Smith

The Hurricane Horseman

Keene Wallace "The Wolf"

The Wyoming Whirlwind

Steve Carson

Pioneers of the West

Jim Perkins

Trouble Busters

Sam Hildur

The Great Mike

Jailer (uncredited)

The Affairs of Cellini

Foreman Dunn

Stormy Trails

Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger

Wells Fargo

Roy's Father

Saga of Death Valley

Henchman with Rankin

The Phantom Creeps

Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy

Texas Tornado

Mike Faraday

Thunder Over the Plains

U.S. Border Patrol Officer

Secret Service of the Air

Reporter

Public Wedding

Field Judge

Start Cheering

Second Detective

Girls on Probation

Army Official at Wade's Lab

Buck Rogers

Corporal in Sherman's Office

The Oregon Trail

Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)

Made for Each Other

Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)

Blackwell's Island

Captain of Fouquet's Guards

The Man in the Iron Mask

Intern (uncredited)

The Dark Mirror

Policeman (uncredited)

The Daredevil Drivers

'Tex' Wilkins

The Reckless Rider

Irate Store Owner (uncredited)

Big Town Scandal

Policeman (uncredited)

A Face in the Fog

Frank (uncredited)

Heart of the North

Bill Patton

She Loved a Fireman

'Tex' Broderick

The Outlaw Tamer

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Missing Witnesses

Policeman (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life

Forest Ranger (uncredited)

Riders of the Whistling Pines

Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann

Wild Horse Rustlers

Hamilton Lab Technician

Tomorrow Is Forever

Beyond the Law

Flier (uncredited)

The Eagle and the Hawk

Trimmer Winkler

Heart of Arizona

Cop Car-Chasing Foranti

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Morton

The San Francisco Story

Powerhouse Search Officer

Charlie Chan in Panama

Head Settler (uncredited)

The Indian Fighter

Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)

Rosalie

Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)

The Green Hornet

Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)

The Devil Horse

Detective (uncredited)

Laura

Brad Cardigan

Six-Gun Gold

Fletcher

Shotgun

Sergeant

Oklahoma Frontier

Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider

Pony Post

Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

Adjutant (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)

Virginia City

Porter (uncredited)

My Little Chickadee

Constable Fyffe

North West Mounted Police

Wild Bill Hickok

Deadwood Dick

4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Lusty Men

Brady (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Stranger

Red Dawson (uncredited)

Prairie Roundup

Jim Clayburn (uncredited)

Gunning for Vengeance

Mountie Cooper

Outpost of the Mounties

Corporal Savage (uncredited)

Sergeant York

Policeman

Code of the Streets

Bryan Comer

Requiem for a Gunfighter

Major

The Howards of Virginia

Dave (uncredited)

The Greatest Show on Earth

Capt. Cardigan

Return to Treasure Island

Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)

Midnight Limited

Second Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)

Junior G-Men

Ming's Soldier (uncredited)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Cal Morton

Rough Waters

Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)

The Merry Widow

Robert Lennon

Red Hair

Boiler Room Guard

Over the Wall

Mr. Schroeder

A Guy Could Change

Patrolman Kelly

Tim Tyler's Luck

Police Officer

Campus Sleuth

Assistant District Attorney King

Corruption

Actor (uncredited)

Confession

Ted Thorp

Outcasts of Black Mesa

Sheriff

The Lion and the Horse

Police Lab Fingerprint Man

The Spider Returns

Taggert

The Roundup

Nat Oldroyd

Sundown Jim

Dick Forrest

Hi-Yo Silver

Steve Kinney

Law of the Saddle

William Talbot

The First Kiss

Duke Merrick

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Cop (uncredited)

Senorita from the West

Hammond - Gambler

Rustlers' Hideout

Steve Clayton

Silver City Kid

Tex

Trigger Law

Slade

Trigger Trail

Colton

Sagebrush Heroes

Scrivner

Northwest Stampede

Courtroom Police Officer

Lady from Louisiana

Marshal Houston

Cattle Queen

Mounted Policeman (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

Sentry (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Henchman Corley

Don Winslow of the Navy

Townsman

Riders of the Rio Grande

Slim

A Lady Takes a Chance

Anderson

Border River

California's Golden Beginning

Ed Folsey

Noose for a Gunman

Rancher

The Last Outlaw

Northern Loyalist (uncredited)

Great Day in the Morning

Ranger White (Uncredited)

The Lady and the Monster

Doorman (uncredited)

The First Hundred Years

Messenger

The Vigilantes Return

Prison Guard

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Brother Dorn (uncredited)

The Big Trees

Teresh

Samson and Delilah

Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)

Rancho Notorious

Policeman

Crazy House

Policeman #2 (Uncredited)

Blonde Alibi

Spectator

The Jury's Secret

Henchman (uncredited)

Crash Donovan

Policeman

Song of My Heart

Colonel (uncredited)

Red River

George Hicks

The Big Killing

Mounted Officer (Uncredited)

Strange Affair

A Callum

Pursued

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Public Hero Number 1

Detective (uncredited)

The Wrong Road

Lost Motorist (uncredited)

Little Giant

Frank Tuttle

Men on Her Mind

Jill Whitcomb

The Great Plane Robbery

Detective (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

Policeman (uncredited)

Caged Fury

Mr. Clark (uncredited)

Albuquerque

Cavalry Captain (uncredited)

Duel in the Sun

Assistant Coach Kane

The Forward Pass

Lorenzo's Lieutenant

The Devil's Brother

Jack

Deluge

Constable Rankin

The Man from Montreal

Anthony Cowles

Love and Learn

Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)

Fly Away Baby

Party Guest (uncredited)

One More Train to Rob

Minute Man

Heavenly Days

Sheriff (uncredited)

Along the Great Divide

Policeman (uncredited)

Living It Up

Joseph

Fugitive

Ming's Soldier

Flash Gordon

Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)

The Left Handed Gun

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

201

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-06-02

Place of Birth

Also Known As

Robert Chandler Oakes