George Chandler

Highest Rated: 100% Dead Ringer (1964)

Lowest Rated: 20% They Got Me Covered (1943)

Birthday: Jun 30, 1898

Birthplace: Not Available

Comic actor George Chandler entered the University of Illinois after World War I service, paying for his education by playing in an orchestra. He continued moonlighting in the entertainment world in the early 1920s, working as an insurance salesman by day and performing at night. By the end of the decade he was a seasoned vaudevillian, touring with a one-man-band act called "George Chandler, the Musical Nut." He began making films in 1927, appearing almost exclusively in comedies; perhaps his best-known appearance of the early 1930s was as W.C.Fields' prodigal son Chester in the 1932 2-reeler The Fatal Glass of Beer. Chandler became something of a good-luck charm for director William Wellman, who cast the actor in comedy bits in many of his films; Wellman reserved a juicy supporting role for Chandler as Ginger Rogers' no-good husband in Roxie Hart (1942). In all, Chandler made some 330 movie appearances. In the early 1950s, Chandler served two years as president of the Screen Actors Guild, ruffling the hair of many prestigious stars and producers with his strongly held political views. From 1958 through 1959, George Chandler was featured as Uncle Petrie on the Lassie TV series, and in 1961 he starred in a CBS sitcom that he'd helped develop, Ichabod and Me.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Elderly Man	—	1979
37%	Every Which Way But Loose	Clerk at DMV	—	1978
No Score Yet	Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story	Old Man	—	1976
No Score Yet	Capone	Prosecutor	—	1975
76%	Escape to Witch Mountain	Grocer	—	1975
No Score Yet	It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman	Actor	—	1975
No Score Yet	Pickup on 101	Pawnshop Owner	—	1972
No Score Yet	One More Train To Rob	Conductor	—	1971
No Score Yet	Buckskin	Storekeeper	—	1968
67%	The Ghost and Mr. Chicken	Judge	—	1966
No Score Yet	Apache Uprising	Jace Asher	—	1966
No Score Yet	Law of the Lawless	Hotel Clerk	—	1964
100%	Dead Ringer	George	—	1964
No Score Yet	Gunsight Ridge	Gus Withers	—	1958
33%	The High and the Mighty	Ben Sneed	—	1954
80%	Island in the Sky	Rene	—	1953
83%	Hans Christian Andersen	Farmer	—	1952
No Score Yet	My Man and I	Frankie	—	1952
No Score Yet	This Woman Is Dangerous	Dr. Ryan	—	1952
No Score Yet	Somebody Loves Me	Stage Hand	—	1952
100%	Meet Me at the Fair	Deputy Sheriff Leach	—	1952
No Score Yet	Double Dynamite (It's Only Money)	Messenger	—	1951
No Score Yet	Across the Wide Missouri	Gowie	—	1951
No Score Yet	Westward the Women	Actor	—	1951
No Score Yet	Kansas Raiders	Willie	—	1950
No Score Yet	The Next Voice You Hear	Traffic Cop	—	1950
No Score Yet	Perfect Strangers	Lester Hubley	—	1950
No Score Yet	Pretty Baby	Henderson	—	1950
70%	Knock on Any Door	Cashier	—	1949
No Score Yet	Once More, My Darling	Motel Proprietor	—	1949
100%	The Paleface	Patient	—	1948
No Score Yet	The Miracle of the Bells	Max the Telegraph Operator	—	1948
No Score Yet	If You Knew Susie	Reporter	—	1948
No Score Yet	Night Song	Bartender	—	1948
No Score Yet	Silver River	Actor	—	1948
No Score Yet	It Had to Be You	Man	—	1947
50%	Magic Town	Bus Driver	—	1947
71%	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Mate	—	1947
No Score Yet	Saddle Pals	Dippy	—	1947
100%	Nightmare Alley	Hoboe	—	1947
80%	Sinbad the Sailor	Commoner	—	1947
67%	Dead Reckoning	Louis Ord	—	1947
100%	Road to Rio	Valet	—	1947
No Score Yet	Suspense	Louie	—	1946
No Score Yet	The Glass Alibi	Bartender	—	1946
60%	The Kid From Brooklyn	Reporter	—	1946
60%	Strange Impersonation	J.W. Rinse	—	1946
No Score Yet	Little Giant	O'Brien, salesman	—	1946
No Score Yet	Colonel Effingham's Raid (Man of the Hour)	Drummer	—	1946
No Score Yet	Heldorado	Actor	—	1946
No Score Yet	Behind the Mask	Shrevvie	—	1946
No Score Yet	Pardon My Past	Cab Driver	—	1945
No Score Yet	Strange Confession (The Missing Head)	Harper	—	1945
No Score Yet	Charlie Chan in The Shanghai Cobra	Short Order Cook	—	1945
71%	Lady on a Train	Customer	—	1945
83%	Without Love	Elevator Boy	—	1945
No Score Yet	Irish Eyes Are Smiling	Electrician	—	1944
No Score Yet	Tall in the Saddle	Saddle Maker	—	1944
No Score Yet	Step Lively	Country Yokel	—	1944
80%	Wing and a Prayer	Actor	—	1944
83%	Since You Went Away	Cabbie	—	1944
60%	It Happened Tomorrow	Bob	—	1944
No Score Yet	The Chinese Cat	Taxi Dispatcher	—	1944
No Score Yet	Buffalo Bill	Trooper Clancy	—	1944
No Score Yet	Goin' to Town	Jameson	—	1944
No Score Yet	In Old Oklahoma (War of the Wildcats)	Actor	—	1943
No Score Yet	Swing Fever	Actor	—	1943
No Score Yet	Hers to Hold	Enlisted Man	—	1943
91%	The Ox-Bow Incident	Jimmy Cairnes	—	1943
60%	Lady of Burlesque	Jake	—	1943
20%	They Got Me Covered	Smith	—	1943
No Score Yet	A Night to Remember	Taxi Driver	—	1942
No Score Yet	Here We Go Again!	Actor	—	1942
No Score Yet	Pardon My Sarong	Newsman	—	1942
No Score Yet	Charlie Chan in Castle in the Desert	Bus driver	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Great Man's Lady	Forbes	—	1942
82%	Roxie Hart	Amos Hart	—	1942
No Score Yet	Isle of Missing Men	Bar Steward	—	1942
No Score Yet	Remember the Day	Telegraph Operator	—	1941
No Score Yet	A Girl, a Guy and a Gob	Bit	—	1941
80%	Western Union	Herb	—	1941
No Score Yet	Hellzapoppin'	Man	—	1941
No Score Yet	Tobacco Road	Employee	—	1941
No Score Yet	Doctor Kildare Goes Home	Counterman	—	1940
80%	Edison, the Man	Operator	—	1940
No Score Yet	Broadway Melody of 1940	Mr. Jones	—	1940
No Score Yet	Arizona	Haley	—	1940
83%	The Return of Frank James	Boy	—	1940
No Score Yet	Melody Ranch	Taxi Driver	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Light That Failed	Actor	—	1939
96%	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Reporter	—	1939
100%	Beau Geste	Cordier	—	1939
No Score Yet	Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation	Reporter	—	1939
No Score Yet	Second Fiddle	Taxi Driver	—	1939
100%	Young Mr. Lincoln	Loafer	—	1939
No Score Yet	Exile Express	Marvin McGee	—	1939
No Score Yet	Jesse James	Roy	—	1939
No Score Yet	King of the Turf	2nd Tout	—	1939
No Score Yet	The Shining Hour	Press Agent	—	1938
No Score Yet	Valley of the Giants	Actor	—	1938
No Score Yet	Three Loves Has Nancy	Baggage Master	—	1938
100%	Three Comrades	Comic	—	1938
100%	Vivacious Lady	Man on Train	—	1938
No Score Yet	Joy of Living	Taxi Driver	—	1938
No Score Yet	Man-Proof	Actor	—	1938
No Score Yet	Shopworn Angel	Soldier	—	1938
No Score Yet	Men with Wings	Cody	—	1938
No Score Yet	Mannequin	Swing Magoo	—	1937
No Score Yet	Big Town Girl	Red Evans	—	1937
100%	Nothing Sacred	Photographer	—	1937
No Score Yet	Saratoga	Cameraman	—	1937
No Score Yet	Charlie Chan at the Olympics	Ship's Radio Operator	—	1937
No Score Yet	They Gave Him a Gun	Taxi Driver	—	1937
No Score Yet	Woman Chases Man	Taxi Driver	—	1937
100%	A Star Is Born	Delivery Boy	—	1937
No Score Yet	God's Country and the Woman	Flunky	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Singing Marine	Actor	—	1937
No Score Yet	Wake Up and Live	Janitor	—	1937
No Score Yet	Small Town Boy	Clipper	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Go Getter	Card Printer	—	1937
No Score Yet	Pennies From Heaven	Actor	—	1936
No Score Yet	Three Men on a Horse	Al	—	1936
100%	Fury	Milt	—	1936
No Score Yet	Speed	Rustic Bystander	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Country Doctor	Greasy	—	1936
86%	Libeled Lady	Bellhop	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Princess Comes Across	Film Man	—	1936
No Score Yet	Reunion	Jake	—	1936
No Score Yet	Old Hutch	Cigar Store Clerk	—	1936
No Score Yet	Stars over Broadway	Charlie	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Murder Man	Sol Hertzberger	—	1935
No Score Yet	Star of Midnight	Witness	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Woman in Red	Reporter	—	1935
No Score Yet	Mary Burns, Fugitive	Cashier	—	1935
No Score Yet	Music in the Air	Assistant Stage Manager	—	1934
No Score Yet	He Was Her Man	Waiter	—	1934
No Score Yet	Fog Over Frisco	Taxi Driver	—	1934
No Score Yet	Hi, Nellie!	Danny Sullivan	—	1934
No Score Yet	Twenty Million Sweethearts	Reporter	—	1934
83%	The Kennel Murder Case	Reporter	—	1933
100%	Footlight Parade	Drugstore attendant	—	1933
No Score Yet	Picture Snatcher	Reporter	—	1933
No Score Yet	Elmer, the Great	Mooney	—	1933
No Score Yet	The Keyhole	Joe the Desk Clerk	—	1933
No Score Yet	The Fatal Glass of Beer	Chester Snavely	—	1933
No Score Yet	Lady Killer	George Thompson	—	1933
No Score Yet	Bureau of Missing Persons	Homer Howard	—	1933
No Score Yet	Me and My Gal	Eddie Collins	—	1932
No Score Yet	Is My Face Red	Reporter	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Beast of the City	Reporter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Blessed Event	Hanson	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Strange Love of Molly Louvain	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Tenderfoot	Depot Bum	—	1932
No Score Yet	Man of the World	Fred	—	1931
No Score Yet	The Florodora Girl	Georgie Smith	—	1930
No Score Yet	The Light of Western Stars	Slig Whalen	—	1930
No Score Yet	In Gay Madrid	Enrique	—	1930
No Score Yet	A Flask of Fields	Actor	—	1930
100%	The Virginian	Ranch Hand	—	1929

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Bob Allerton	1976
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Silas Hubbard	1971
72%	Batman 1966-1968	Grandpa	1967
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Gus Schultz	1967
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	George Bentley	1967
No Score Yet	Green Acres 1965-1971	Doc	1966
No Score Yet	Rawhide 1959-1965	Rev. Lincoln	1963
82%	The Twilight Zone 1959-1964	Old Man	1961 1960
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Partygoer	1957
No Score Yet	The Adventures of Superman 1952-1958	Hotel Manager Bates Scratchy	1956 1955 1953

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