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
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Policeman (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
(1949)
Teresh
Red River
(1948)
Colonel (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
(1946)
Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera
(1943)
Officer (uncredited)
Laura
(1944)
Detective (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Sentry (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
(1939)
Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
(1953)
Prospector (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
(1952)
Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)
Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
Sergeant York
(1941)
Corporal Savage (uncredited)
The Dark Mirror
(1946)
Intern (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Detective (uncredited)
Border River
(1954)
Anderson
The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952)
Dave (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Last Outlaw
(1927)
Rancher
Open Range
(1927)
Tex Smith
The Legion of the Condemned
(1928)
Charles Holabird
Red Hair
(1928)
Robert Lennon
The First Kiss
(1928)
William Talbot
The Big Killing
(1928)
George Hicks
Love and Learn
(1928)
Anthony Cowles
The Single Standard
(1929)
Ding Stuart
The Forward Pass
(1929)
Assistant Coach Kane
Rough Waters
(1930)
Cal Morton
Under Texas Skies
(1930)
Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent
Beyond the Law
(1930)
Firebrand Jordan
(1930)
Firebrand Jordan
The Primrose Path
(1931)
Danny McGann
The Hurricane Horseman
(1931)
'Gun' Smith
The Wyoming Whirlwind
(1932)
Keene Wallace "The Wolf"
Lawless Valley
(1932)
Bob Rand
Texas Tornado
(1932)
Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy
The Devil Horse
(1932)
Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)
The Reckless Rider
(1932)
'Tex' Wilkins
Sagebrush Trail
(1933)
Joseph Conlon
Fighting With Kit Carson
(1933)
Army Sergeant
Trouble Busters
(1933)
Jim Perkins
The Eagle and the Hawk
(1933)
Flier (uncredited)
Corruption
(1933)
Assistant District Attorney King
The Devil's Brother
(1933)
Lorenzo's Lieutenant
Deluge
(1933)
Jack
War of the Range
(1933)
Henchman Bull Harris
The Merry Widow
(1934)
Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)
The Affairs of Cellini
(1934)
Jailer (uncredited)
North of Arizona
(1935)
Ray - Express agent
The Outlaw Tamer
(1935)
'Tex' Broderick
Public Hero Number 1
(1935)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Winds of the Wasteland
(1936)
Larry Adams
The Lawless Nineties
(1936)
Bridger
Law and Lead
(1936)
Cattleman Detective Ned
The Idaho Kid
(1936)
Jess Peters
Stormy Trails
(1936)
Foreman Dunn
Crash Donovan
(1936)
Henchman (uncredited)
The Stagecoach Race
(1936)
Larry Adams
Sharad of Atlantis
(1936)
Darius
A Face in the Fog
(1936)
Policeman (uncredited)
Law of the Ranger
(1937)
? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)
Heroes of the Alamo
(1937)
Davy Crockett
Sea Racketeers
(1937)
Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath
Wells Fargo
(1937)
Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger
Public Wedding
(1937)
Reporter
She Loved a Fireman
(1937)
Bill Patton
Rosalie
(1937)
Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
(1937)
Patrolman Kelly
Confession
(1937)
Actor (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
(1937)
Detective (uncredited)
Fly Away Baby
(1937)
Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
(1937)
(uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
(1937)
Federal Officer (uncredited)
Sea Devils
(1937)
Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
The Firefly
(1937)
Captain of Guards (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses
(1937)
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Come On, Rangers
(1938)
Ken Rogers
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
(1938)
Flight Commander
The Lone Ranger
(1938)
Dick Forrest
Start Cheering
(1938)
Field Judge
Girls on Probation
(1938)
Second Detective
The Daredevil Drivers
(1938)
Policeman (uncredited)
Heart of the North
(1938)
Frank (uncredited)
Heart of Arizona
(1938)
Trimmer Winkler
Over the Wall
(1938)
Boiler Room Guard
The First Hundred Years
(1938)
Doorman (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
Spectator
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
Two Gun Justice
(1938)
Butch - Henchman
Land of Fighting Men
(1938)
Cliff - Henchman
Mutts to You
(1938)
Doug Manning (uncredited)
Southward Ho!
(1939)
Jim Crawford
Union Pacific
(1939)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Saga of Death Valley
(1939)
Roy's Father
The Phantom Creeps
(1939)
Henchman with Rankin
Secret Service of the Air
(1939)
U.S. Border Patrol Officer
The Oregon Trail
(1939)
Corporal in Sherman's Office
Buck Rogers
(1939)
Army Official at Wade's Lab
Made for Each Other
(1939)
Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
(1939)
Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
(1939)
Captain of Fouquet's Guards
Oklahoma Frontier
(1939)
Sergeant
Outpost of the Mounties
(1939)
Mountie Cooper
Code of the Streets
(1939)
Policeman
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Detective (uncredited)
The Man from Montreal
(1939)
Constable Rankin
Three Little Sew and Sews
(1939)
Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
Pioneers of the West
(1940)
Steve Carson
The Green Hornet
(1940)
Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
(1940)
Cop Car-Chasing Foranti
Charlie Chan in Panama
(1940)
Powerhouse Search Officer
Pony Post
(1940)
Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider
North West Mounted Police
(1940)
Constable Fyffe
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Adjutant (uncredited)
Virginia City
(1940)
Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
(1940)
Porter (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick
(1940)
Wild Bill Hickok
The Howards of Virginia
(1940)
Major
Midnight Limited
(1940)
Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
Junior G-Men
(1940)
Second Cop at Building Collapse
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
(1940)
Ming's Soldier (uncredited)
Hi-Yo Silver
(1940)
Dick Forrest
The Great Plane Robbery
(1940)
Jill Whitcomb
Six-Gun Gold
(1941)
Brad Cardigan
Sergeant York
(1941)
Corporal Savage (uncredited)
The Spider Returns
(1941)
Police Lab Fingerprint Man
The Roundup
(1941)
Taggert
Lady from Louisiana
(1941)
Courtroom Police Officer
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Sentry (uncredited)
Among the Living
(1941)
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942)
Sam
The Valley of Vanishing Men
(1942)
Major Stacy Roberts
Sundown Jim
(1942)
Nat Oldroyd
Don Winslow of the Navy
(1942)
Henchman Corley
Invisible Agent
(1942)
German Sentry (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)
Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
Wild Horse Rustlers
(1943)
Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann
Law of the Saddle
(1943)
Steve Kinney
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
(1943)
Duke Merrick
Riders of the Rio Grande
(1943)
Townsman
A Lady Takes a Chance
(1943)
Slim
Crazy House
(1943)
Policeman
Phantom of the Opera
(1943)
Officer (uncredited)
Laura
(1944)
Detective (uncredited)
Silver City Kid
(1944)
Steve Clayton
Trigger Law
(1944)
Tex
Trigger Trail
(1944)
Slade
The Lady and the Monster
(1944)
Ranger White (Uncredited)
Strange Affair
(1944)
Mounted Officer (Uncredited)
Men on Her Mind
(1944)
Frank Tuttle
The Great Mike
(1944)
Sam Hildur
Along Came Jones
(1945)
Boone
Manhunt of Mystery Island
(1945)
Police Insp. Reed
Senorita from the West
(1945)
Cop (uncredited)
Rustlers' Hideout
(1945)
Hammond - Gambler
Sagebrush Heroes
(1945)
Colton
Incendiary Blonde
(1945)
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
(1945)
Al (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Policeman (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Forever
(1946)
Hamilton Lab Technician
Gunning for Vengeance
(1946)
Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Stranger
(1946)
Brady (uncredited)
A Guy Could Change
(1946)
Mr. Schroeder
Blonde Alibi
(1946)
Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
Little Giant
(1946)
Lost Motorist (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
(1946)
Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
The Dark Mirror
(1946)
Intern (uncredited)
The Vigilantes Return
(1947)
Messenger
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
(1947)
Prison Guard
Pursued
(1947)
A Callum
Money Madness
(1948)
Policeman
Campus Sleuth
(1948)
Police Officer
Northwest Stampede
(1948)
Scrivner
California's Golden Beginning
(1948)
Song of My Heart
(1948)
Policeman
Red River
(1948)
Colonel (uncredited)
Caged Fury
(1948)
Policeman (uncredited)
Albuquerque
(1948)
Mr. Clark (uncredited)
The Street with No Name
(1948)
Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
Belle Starr's Daughter
(1948)
Marshal Evans
Big Town Scandal
(1948)
Irate Store Owner (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
(1949)
Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison
Samson and Delilah
(1949)
Teresh
Dynamite
(1949)
Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)
Riders of the Whistling Pines
(1949)
Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
(1950)
Ted Thorp
The Well
(1951)
Deputy Stan
Prairie Roundup
(1951)
Red Dawson (uncredited)
Cattle Queen
(1951)
Marshal Houston
The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952)
Dave (uncredited)
The San Francisco Story
(1952)
Morton
The Lusty Men
(1952)
4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion and the Horse
(1952)
Sheriff
The Big Trees
(1952)
Brother Dorn (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
(1952)
Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
Thunder Over the Plains
(1953)
Mike Faraday
Calamity Jane
(1953)
Prospector (uncredited)
Return to Treasure Island
(1954)
Capt. Cardigan
Border River
(1954)
Anderson
Tall Man Riding
(1955)
Hap Sutton
Shotgun
(1955)
Fletcher
Creature with the Atom Brain
(1955)
Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
The Man from Bitter Ridge
(1955)
Crow's Nester (uncredited)
Apache Ambush
(1955)
The Indian Fighter
(1955)
Head Settler (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
(1956)
Chip Walker
Great Day in the Morning
(1956)
Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
The First Texan
(1956)
Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
Quantrill's Raiders
(1958)
Sheriff
Noose for a Gunman
(1960)
Ed Folsey
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
(1961)
Sheriff
Requiem for a Gunfighter
(1965)
Bryan Comer