Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. His next role would be that of an officer in World War II. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio drama's and comedies until he was signed by Universal. It would be in ...
Full Name | Wilson Chandler |
Net Worth | $1.2 Million |
Salary | 7.4 million USD |
Date Of Birth | December 15, 1918 |
Died | June 17, 1961, Culver City, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Height | 2.03 m, 1.93 m |
Weight | 102 kg |
Profession | Actor, Singer |
Education | DePaul University, Erasmus Hall High School |
Nationality | American, American |
Spouse | Marjorie Hoshelle |
Children | Dana Grossel, Jamie Tucker |
Parents | Marie Thomas, Phillip Grossel, Anna Grossel |
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/wilsonchandler |
Instagram | http://www.instagram.com/illwil21 |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001996 |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
Movies | Broken Arrow, Merrill's Marauders, The Battle at Apache Pass, Man in the Shadow, A Stranger in My Arms, War Arrow, Female on the Beach, Thunder in the Sun, Foxfire, The Jayhawkers!, Away All Boats, Drango, The Spoilers, PIllars of the Sky, Yankee Pasha, The Tattered Dress, The Plunderers, The Lady T... |
Star Sign | Sagittarius |
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1 | Daughter Jamie C.Tucker had 2 granddaughters, not 1. |
2 | In November 1956 his public support for Israel's invasion of the Sinai peninsula during the Suez Crisis led to his films being banned in Arab countries. |
3 | Studio make-up departments had to shave Chandler's thick body hair in many of his films. He reportedly had to spend much of his career in itchy discomfort because of the razor stubble on his chest and back. |
4 | He was very proud of his Jewish heritage. |
5 | He was mentioned as the possible lead for the television police drama "The Asphalt Jungle" when that show was in development in 1960. |
6 | Gerald Mohr was a pallbearer at his funeral. |
7 | The Jonny Quest character "Race Bannon" was modeled on Jeff Chandler. |
8 | Daughter Jamie was a teacher. |
9 | Daughter, Dana Chandler Grossel (Grossel was her father's real last name), gave him two grandsons. His other daughter, Jamie Tucker, gave him granddaughter Jana Fourtune. |
10 | Following his Oscar nominated performance as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), Chandler carved a solid niche for himself playing Native American Indians, although his movies seldom rose above co-feature level. |
11 | He stood 6' 4" by the time he was fifteen, and started to gray when he was eighteen. |
12 | A liberal Democrat, he was part of the Hollywood contingent that worked for the election of John F. Kennedy as President in 1960. |
13 | He was the one who encouraged character actor Jimmy Murphy to go to Hollywood. Murphy appeared with Chandler in Jeanne Eagels (1957). |
14 | Possessed of a fine singing voice, at the height of his film fame, he recorded several successful albums for Liberty Records. |
15 | His former lover Esther Williams, in her tell-all 1999 biography, put Chandler back in the headlines after asserting that he was a cross-dresser. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". |
16 | Both daughters, Jamie (1947-2003) and Dana (1948-2002) died of cancer, as did his mother, maternal aunt, uncle and grandfather. |
17 | Portrayed Philip Boynton on CBS Radio's "Our Miss Brooks" (1948-1957). |
18 | Tony Curtis was a pallbearer at Chandler's funeral. |
19 | His death from blood poisoning following surgery was deemed malpractice and resulted in a large lawsuit and settlement for his children. |
20 | Had concurrent success as a recording artist, wrote music, played violin, and owned Chandler Music, a publishing company. |
21 | When his friend Sammy Davis Jr. lost an eye in an accident and was in danger of losing the other, Chandler offered to give Davis one of his own eyes. |
22 | Scar across eye received in a truck accident. |
23 | Childhood friend and neighbor of actress Susan Hayward |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Merrill's Marauders | 1962 | | Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill |
Return to Peyton Place | 1961 | | Lewis Jackman |
A Story of David: The Hunted | 1961 | | David |
The Plunderers | 1960 | | Sam Christy |
The Jayhawkers! | 1959 | | Luke Darcy |
Ten Seconds to Hell | 1959 | | Karl Wirtz |
Thunder in the Sun | 1959 | | Lon Bennett |
A Stranger in My Arms | 1959 | | Major Pike Yarnell |
Raw Wind in Eden | 1958 | | Mark Moore Scott Moorehouse |
The Lady Takes a Flyer | 1957 | | Mike Dandridge |
Jeanne Eagels | 1957 | | Sal Satori |
Man in the Shadow | 1957/I | | Ben Sadler |
The Tattered Dress | 1957 | | James Gordon Blane |
Drango | 1957 | | Major Clint Drango |
Pillars of the Sky | 1956 | | First Sgt. Emmett Bell |
Away All Boats | 1956 | | Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks |
The Toy Tiger | 1956 | | Rick Todd |
The Spoilers | 1955 | | Roy Glennister |
The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story | 1955 | Short | Narrator |
Female on the Beach | 1955 | | Drummond Hall |
Foxfire | 1955 | | Jonathan Dartland |
Six Bridges to Cross | 1955 | | Narrator |
Sign of the Pagan | 1954 | | Marcian |
Yankee Pasha | 1954 | | Jason Starbuck |
Taza, Son of Cochise | 1954 | | Cochise (uncredited) |
War Arrow | 1953 | | Major Howell Brady |
East of Sumatra | 1953 | | Duke Mullane |
The Great Sioux Uprising | 1953 | | Jonathan Westgate |
Girls in the Night | 1953 | | Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
Because of You | 1952 | | Steve Kimberly |
Yankee Buccaneer | 1952 | | Cmdr. David Porter |
Son of Ali Baba | 1952 | | Opening Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
Red Ball Express | 1952 | | Lt. Chick Campbell |
The Battle at Apache Pass | 1952 | | Cochise |
Flame of Araby | 1951 | | Tamerlane |
Meet Danny Wilson | 1951 | | Jeff Chandler - Nightclub Patron (cameo appearance) (uncredited) |
Iron Man | 1951 | | Coke Mason |
Smuggler's Island | 1951 | | Steve Kent |
Bird of Paradise | 1951 | | Tenga |
Double Crossbones | 1951 | | Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
Two Flags West | 1950 | | Maj. Henry Kenniston |
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | 1950 | | Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
The Desert Hawk | 1950 | | Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited) |
Deported | 1950 | | Vic Smith |
Broken Arrow | 1950 | | Cochise |
Abandoned | 1949 | | Chief MacRae |
Sword in the Desert | 1949 | | Asvan Kurta |
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | 1949 | | Police Officer #66 (uncredited) |
Roses Are Red | 1947 | | John Jones aka The Knuckle |
The Invisible Wall | 1947 | | Al Conway |
Johnny O'Clock | 1947 | | Turk (uncredited) |
Thrill of a Romance | 1945 | | Singer (uncredited) |
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