Personal Info
Birth date
1899-06-02 (126 Years)
Day of death
1972-09-14
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
-
Also known as
Robert Chandler Oakes
Lane R. Chandler
Lane Arnold
Robert C. Oakes
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.
Filmography
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.579
Overview:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4
Overview:
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.Maverick
6.8
Overview:
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.The Lone Ranger
6.7
Overview:
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".The Cisco Kid
5.875
Overview:
The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s.Rawhide
7.2
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.The Adventures of Kit Carson
5.3
Overview:
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.Cheyenne
5.8
Overview:
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.Mr. & Mrs. North
4.333
Overview:
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.731
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.Sugarfoot
4.8
Overview:
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
5.7
Overview:
Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.Lawman
5.6
Overview:
Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during 1879 and the 1880s. Warner Bros. already had several western series on the air at the time, having launched Cheyenne with Clint Walker as early as 1955. The studio continued the trend in 1957 with the additions of Maverick with James Garner and Jack Kelly, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, and Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins. One year later, Warner Bros. added Lawman and Bronco with Ty Hardin. Prior to the beginning of production, Russell and Brown and producer Jules Schermer made a pact to maintain the quality of the series so that it would not be seen as "just another western." At the start of season two, Russell and Brown were joined by Peggie Castle as Lily Merrill, the owner of the Birdcage Saloon, and a love interest for Dan.The Californians
5.25
Overview:
San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force while expressing interest in the young widow Fanzler and sparring with attorney Pitt. Adam Kennedy appears as Dion Patrick, an Irish newspaperman who helps the local vigilante committee.Gunsmoke
6.6
Overview:
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.Gang Busters
NYR
Overview:
Gang Busters is a 30 minute television series, hosted by Chester Morris, that aired on NBC from March 20 to Oct. 23, 1952. The series dramatized FBI cases.It's a Wonderful Life
8.3
Overview:
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Overview:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.Samson and Delilah
6.511
Overview:
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.Red River
7.347
Overview:
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.Phantom of the Opera
6.2
Overview:
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.Sergeant York
7.197
Overview:
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.Winds of the Wasteland
5.069
Overview:
The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.The Big Trees
5.606
Overview:
In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood. Much of the land he hopes to grab has been homesteaded by a Quaker colony, who try to persuade him to spare the giant sequoias...but these are the very trees he wants most. Expert at manipulating others, Fallon finds that other sharks are at his own heels, and forms an unlikely alliance.Riders of the Whistling Pines
5
Overview:
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.Calamity Jane
7
Overview:
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.Acting
1971One More Train to Rob as Party Guest (uncredited)
1965Requiem for a Gunfighter as Bryan Comer
1961The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come as Sheriff
1960Noose for a Gunman as Ed Folsey
1959Rawhide (1 Episode) as Sheriff
1958Lawman (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1958Quantrill's Raiders as Sheriff
1957The Californians (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Maverick (5 Episodes) as Lawson (uncredited)
1957Sugarfoot (1, 1 Episode) as Sheriff Jim Harkness, Marshal
1957Have Gun, Will Travel (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1956The First Texan as Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
1956Great Day in the Morning as Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
1956The Lone Ranger as Chip Walker
1955The Indian Fighter as Head Settler (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Sheriff
1955Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Cheyenne (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sam, Trumbull, Luke, Warden, Morgan, Guard
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Apache Ambush as Unknown
1955Creature with the Atom Brain as Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
1955Tall Man Riding as Hap Sutton
1955Shotgun as Fletcher
1955The Man from Bitter Ridge as Crow's Nester (uncredited)
1954Return to Treasure Island as Capt. Cardigan
1954Border River as Anderson
1953Calamity Jane as Prospector (uncredited)
1953Thunder Over the Plains as Mike Faraday
1952The Lusty Men as 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1952Mr. & Mrs. North (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1952The Lion and the Horse as Sheriff
1952The San Francisco Story as Morton
1952Gang Busters (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Rancho Notorious as Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
1952The Greatest Show on Earth as Dave (uncredited)
1952The Big Trees as Brother Dorn (uncredited)
1951Cattle Queen as Marshal Houston
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Earl Samson
1951The Well as Deputy Stan
1951The Adventures of Kit Carson (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1951Along the Great Divide as Sheriff (uncredited)
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951Prairie Roundup as Red Dawson (uncredited)
1950The Cisco Kid (1 Episode) as Sheriff
1950Outcasts of Black Mesa as Ted Thorp
1949Samson and Delilah as Teresh
1949The Lone Ranger (1 Episode) as Flynn
1949The Lone Wolf and His Lady as Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison
1949Riders of the Whistling Pines as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
1949Dynamite as Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)
1948Belle Starr's Daughter as Marshal Evans
1948Red River as Colonel (uncredited)
1948Northwest Stampede as Scrivner
1948The Street with No Name as Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
1948Big Town Scandal as Irate Store Owner (uncredited)
1948Campus Sleuth as Police Officer
1948Money Madness as Policeman
1948Caged Fury as Policeman (uncredited)
1948Albuquerque as Mr. Clark (uncredited)
1948Song of My Heart as Policeman
1948California's Golden Beginning as Unknown
1947The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Prison Guard
1947The Vigilantes Return as Messenger
1947Pursued as A Callum
1946Duel in the Sun as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
1946It's a Wonderful Life as Policeman (uncredited)
1946The Dark Mirror as Intern (uncredited)
1946Two-Fisted Stranger as Brady (uncredited)
1946Gunning for Vengeance as Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
1946Blonde Alibi as Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
1946Little Giant as Lost Motorist (uncredited)
1946Tomorrow Is Forever as Hamilton Lab Technician
1946A Guy Could Change as Mr. Schroeder
1945Saratoga Trunk as Al (uncredited)
1945Senorita from the West as Cop (uncredited)
1945Rustlers' Hideout as Hammond - Gambler
1945Incendiary Blonde as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
1945Along Came Jones as Boone
1945Manhunt of Mystery Island as Police Insp. Reed
1945Sagebrush Heroes as Colton
1944The Great Mike as Sam Hildur
1944Heavenly Days as Minute Man
1944Laura as Detective (uncredited)
1944Strange Affair as Mounted Officer (Uncredited)
1944Trigger Law as Tex
1944Silver City Kid as Steve Clayton
1944Trigger Trail as Slade
1944The Lady and the Monster as Ranger White (Uncredited)
1944Men on Her Mind as Frank Tuttle
1943Crazy House as Policeman
1943A Lady Takes a Chance as Slim
1943Phantom of the Opera as Officer (uncredited)
1943Law of the Saddle as Steve Kinney
1943Riders of the Rio Grande as Townsman
1943Wild Horse Rustlers as Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann
1943Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground as Duke Merrick
1942The Valley of Vanishing Men as Major Stacy Roberts
1942Invisible Agent as German Sentry (uncredited)
1942The Pride of the Yankees as Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
1942Sundown Jim as Nat Oldroyd
1942Reap the Wild Wind as Sam
1942Don Winslow of the Navy as Henchman Corley
1941Among the Living as Unknown
1941They Died with Their Boots On as Sentry (uncredited)
1941Sergeant York as Corporal Savage (uncredited)
1941Six-Gun Gold as Brad Cardigan
1941The Spider Returns as Police Lab Fingerprint Man
1941Lady from Louisiana as Courtroom Police Officer
1941The Roundup as Taggert
1940The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Cop Car-Chasing Foranti
1940Santa Fe Trail as Adjutant (uncredited)
1940The Great Plane Robbery as Jill Whitcomb
1940Pony Post as Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider
1940Junior G-Men as Second Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)
1940North West Mounted Police as Constable Fyffe
1940The Howards of Virginia as Major
1940Deadwood Dick as Wild Bill Hickok
1940Hi-Yo Silver as Dick Forrest
1940Virginia City as Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)
1940Midnight Limited as Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
1940Pioneers of the West as Steve Carson
1940Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Ming's Soldier (uncredited)
1940Charlie Chan in Panama as Powerhouse Search Officer
1940My Little Chickadee as Porter (uncredited)
1940The Green Hornet as Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)
1939Invisible Stripes as Detective (uncredited)
1939The Man from Montreal as Constable Rankin
1939Saga of Death Valley as Roy's Father
1939Oklahoma Frontier as Sergeant
1939Outpost of the Mounties as Mountie Cooper
1939The Man in the Iron Mask as Captain of Fouquet's Guards
1939The Oregon Trail as Corporal in Sherman's Office
1939Union Pacific as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1939Code of the Streets as Policeman
1939Buck Rogers as Army Official at Wade's Lab
1939Southward Ho! as Jim Crawford
1939Secret Service of the Air as U.S. Border Patrol Officer
1939Made for Each Other as Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
1939Blackwell's Island as Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)
1939The Phantom Creeps as Henchman with Rankin
1939Three Little Sew and Sews as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
1938Heart of the North as Frank (uncredited)
1938Come On, Rangers as Ken Rogers
1938Land of Fighting Men as Cliff - Henchman
1938Girls on Probation as Second Detective
1938Mutts to You as Doug Manning (uncredited)
1938Marie Antoinette as Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
1938Two Gun Justice as Butch - Henchman
1938Heart of Arizona as Trimmer Winkler
1938Over the Wall as Boiler Room Guard
1938Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars as Flight Commander
1938The First Hundred Years as Doorman (uncredited)
1938Start Cheering as Field Judge
1938The Lone Ranger as Dick Forrest
1938The Daredevil Drivers as Policeman (uncredited)
1938The Jury's Secret as Spectator
1937Wells Fargo as Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger
1937Tim Tyler's Luck as Patrolman Kelly
1937Rosalie as Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
1937She Loved a Fireman as Bill Patton
1937Missing Witnesses as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1937The Firefly as Captain of Guards (uncredited)
1937Alcatraz Island as Federal Officer (uncredited)
1937The Wrong Road as Detective (uncredited)
1937Sea Racketeers as Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath
1937Confession as Actor (uncredited)
1937Heroes of the Alamo as Davy Crockett
1937Public Wedding as Reporter
1937Fly Away Baby as Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)
1937Kid Galahad as (uncredited)
1937Law of the Ranger as ? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)
1937Sea Devils as Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
1936Stormy Trails as Foreman Dunn
1936Law and Lead as Cattleman Detective Ned
1936The Idaho Kid as Jess Peters
1936Crash Donovan as Henchman (uncredited)
1936Winds of the Wasteland as Larry Adams
1936The Stagecoach Race as Larry Adams
1936Sharad of Atlantis as Darius
1936The Lawless Nineties as Bridger
1936A Face in the Fog as Policeman (uncredited)
1935Public Hero Number 1 as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1935The Outlaw Tamer as 'Tex' Broderick
1935North of Arizona as Ray - Express agent
1934The Merry Widow as Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)
1934The Affairs of Cellini as Jailer (uncredited)
1933Sagebrush Trail as Joseph Conlon
1933War of the Range as Henchman Bull Harris
1933Deluge as Jack
1933Fighting With Kit Carson as Army Sergeant
1933Corruption as Assistant District Attorney King
1933Trouble Busters as Jim Perkins
1933The Eagle and the Hawk as Flier (uncredited)
1933The Devil's Brother as Lorenzo's Lieutenant
1932The Wyoming Whirlwind as Keene Wallace "The Wolf"
1932The Devil Horse as Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)
1932The Reckless Rider as 'Tex' Wilkins
1932Texas Tornado as Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy
1932Lawless Valley as Bob Rand
1931The Hurricane Horseman as 'Gun' Smith
1931The Primrose Path as Danny McGann
1930Under Texas Skies as Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent
1930Beyond the Law as Unknown
1930Rough Waters as Cal Morton
1930Firebrand Jordan as Firebrand Jordan
1929The Forward Pass as Assistant Coach Kane
1929The Single Standard as Ding Stuart
1928The First Kiss as William Talbot
1928The Big Killing as George Hicks
1928The Legion of the Condemned as Charles Holabird
1928Red Hair as Robert Lennon
1928Love and Learn as Anthony Cowles
1927Open Range as Tex Smith
1927The Last Outlaw as Rancher