FILM
Merrill's Marauders (1962) with Ty Hardin and Peter Brown
Return to Peyton Place (1961) with Carol Lynley, Mary Astor, Luciana Paluzzi, and Brett Halsey
A Story of David (1960) with Barbara Shelley and Donald Pleasence
The Plunderers (1960) with John Saxon and Dolores Hart
Thunder in the Sun (1959) with Susan Hayward and Jacques Bergerac
The Jayhawkers! (1959) with Fess Parker
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) with Jack Palance
A Stranger in My Arms (1959) with June Allyson, Mary Astor, and Sandra Dee
Raw Wind in Eden (1958) with Esther Williams, Rossana Podesta, Carlos Thompson, and Rik Battaglia
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958) with Lana Turner, Chuck Connors, and Richard Denning
Man in the Shadow (1957) with Orson Welles and Colleen Miller
Drango (1957) with Julie London, Joanne Dru, and John Lupton
Jeanne Eagels (1957) with Kim Novak
The Tattered Dress (1957) with Jeanne Crain, Gail Russell, and Ziva Rodann
Pillars of the Sky (1956) with Dorothy Malone, Keith Andes, and Martin Milner
Toy Tiger (1956) with Laraine Day and Tim Hovey
Away All Boats (1956) with George Nader, Julie Adams, Lex Barker, Keith Andes, and Jock Mahoney
The Spoilers (1955) with Rory Calhoun, Anne Baxter, Ray Danton, and Barbara Britton
Female on the Beach (1955) with Joan Crawford and Jan Sterling
Foxfire (1955) with Jane Russell, Mara Corday, and Dan Duryea
Sign of the Pagan (1955) with Jack Palance, Allison Hayes, and Jeff Morrow
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) with Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Rex Reason, and Lance Fuller
Yankee Pasha (1954) with Rhonda Fleming, Mamie Van Doren, and Rex Reason
War Arrow (1953) with Maureen O'Hara and Suzan Ball
East of Sumatra (1953) with Marilyn Maxwell, Anthony Quinn, Peter Graves, and Suzan Ball
The Great Sioux Uprising (1953) with Faith Domergue Lyle Bettger, and Glenn Strange
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) with Susan Cabot, Hugh O'Brian, and Richard Egan
Yankee Buccaneer (1952) with Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, and David Janssen
Because of You (1952) with Loretta Young and Frances Dee
Red Ball Express (1952) with Hugh O'Brian and Charles Drake
Smuggler's Island (1951) with Evelyn Keyes
Flame of Araby (1951) with Maureen O'Hara, Susan Cabot, Dewey Martin, and Richard Egan
Bird of Paradise (1951) with Debra Paget and Louis Jourdan
Iron Man (1951) with Evelyn Keyes, Joyce Holden, Rock Hudson, and James Arness
Deported (1950) with Marta Toren
Two Flags West (1950) with Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, and Cornel Wilde
Broken Arrow (1950) with James Stewart and Debra Paget
Sword in the Desert (1949) with Dana Andrews
Abandoned (1949) with Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, and Raymond Burr
The Invisible Wall (1947) with Virginia Christine
Roses Are Red (1947) with Peggy Knudsen and Charles McGraw
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Born Ira Grossel in Brooklyn on December 15, 1918, rugged actor Jeff Chandler enjoyed a successful career on stage and in radio before acting in his first film.
Among other radio shows, Chandler was a fixture on the 1940s series Our Miss Brooks (with Eve Arden). In 1946, Chandler married
actress Marjorie Hoshelle, and the couple had two daughters, both born in the late 1940s. By the time his daughters Jamie and Dana were born, Chandler's film career
was gaining momentum. His first credited film appearances came in a pair of low-budget 20th Century Fox noir thrillers: The Invisible Wall (1947; with Don Castle
and Virginia Christine) and Roses Are Red (1947; with Don Castle and Peggy Knudsen). Chandler's fortunes greatly improved when he signed with
Universal-International in 1949; his first films for the studio were the big-budget action/drama film Sword in the Desert (1949; with
Dana Andrews and Marta Toren) and the noir thriller Abandoned (1949; with Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, and
Raymond Burr). Universal chose the noir Deported (1950; with Marta Toren) to be Chandler's first starring role in a film.
The studio found Chandler capable and popular enough to headline a number of films, such as the adventure Smuggler's Island (1951; with Evelyn Keyes), the western
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952; with Susan Cabot), and the adventure Yankee Pasha (1954; with Rhonda
Fleming, Mamie Van Doren, and Rex Reason). While the strapping 6'5" actor excelled in noir, actioners, and
westerns, he proved to be a sturdy dramatic actor and also had a flair for comedy, which can be seen in Universal's Toy Tiger (1956; with Lariane
Day). Multi-talented, Chandler was also a singer, musician, and songwriter who released a number of singles and albums in the 1950s. His personal life was not as successful, as his
married proved to be a rocky one with frequent separations and divorce filings. After thirteen years of marriage, Chandler and his wife divorced in 1959.
