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George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985), born in Waukegan, Illinois, was an American actor. He made his screen debut in 1928, ultimately appearing, throughout his career, in over 140 films, usually in smaller supporting roles. Chandler is perhaps best known for playing the character of Uncle Petrie Martin on the television series Lassie.
Early in his performing career he had a vaudeville act, billed as "George Chandler, the Musical Nut", which featured comedy and his violin. He served in the United States Army during World War I.
In addition to many film roles throughout the years 1928-1979, Chandler appeared, from 1951 onward, in numerous television series.
He was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1960.
George Chandler died in Panorama City, California, the result of cancer, on June 10, 1985. He was 86.
Filmography
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Movies 253
TV Shows 45
Director 2
self 1
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
The Bastard (1978)
CHiPs (1977)
Griffin and Phoenix (1976)
Switch (1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Capone (1975)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (1975)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
The Waltons (1972)
Pickup on 101 (1972)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Here's Lucy (1968)
Adam-12 (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Ironside (1967)
Run, Buddy, Run (1966)
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)
Batman (1966)
Apache Uprising (1965)
Laredo (1965)
Green Acres (1965)
Run for Your Life (1965)
Law of the Lawless (1964)
Dead Ringer (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Ichabod and Me (1961)
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Gunsight Ridge (1957)
Wells Fargo (1957)
Spring Reunion (1957)
Wire Service (1956)
Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Playwrights '56 (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Kings Row (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Apache Ambush (1955)
Studio 57 (1954)
Lassie (1954)
Waterfront (1954)
Summer Playhouse (1954)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Rails Into Laramie (1954)
Island in the Sky (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
The WAC From Walla Walla (1952)
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Adventures of Superman (1952)
My Man and I (1952)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
Dragnet (1951)
Westward the Women (1951)
Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Whip Hand (1951)
The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
Racket Squad (1951)
Kansas Raiders (1950)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Pretty Baby (1950)
Triple Trouble (1950)
The Happy Years (1950)
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
Perfect Strangers (1950)
Singing Guns (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Sweet Cheat (1949)
Once More, My Darling (1949)
The House Across the Street (1949)
Canadian Pacific (1949)
Homicide (1949)
Knock on Any Door (1949)
The Paleface (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
Race Street (1948)
Sons of Adventure (1948)
Hollow Triumph (1948)
Silver River (1948)
The Hunted (1948)
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
If You Knew Susie (1948)
Reaching from Heaven (1948)
Road to Rio (1947)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Magic Town (1947)
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
Saddle Pals (1947)
Dead Reckoning (1947)
The Missing Lady (1946)
The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
Lover Come Back (1946)
Suspense (1946)
Behind the Mask (1946)
The French Key (1946)
The Glass Alibi (1946)
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
Strange Impersonation (1946)
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
Little Giant (1946)
A Guy Could Change (1946)
Strange Confession (1945)
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Tell It to a Star (1945)
Lady on a Train (1945)
Patrick the Great (1945)
It's in the Bag! (1945)
Without Love (1945)
This Man's Navy (1945)
The Great Morgan (1945)
Goin' to Town (1944)
Bride by Mistake (1944)
3 Men in White (1944)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Swing Fever (1943)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
Don't Be a Sucker! (1943)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
Lady of Burlesque (1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
The Powers Girl (1943)
The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
A Night to Remember (1942)
That Other Woman (1942)
The Forest Rangers (1942)
Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)
Isle of Missing Men (1942)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Night in New Orleans (1942)
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
Roxie Hart (1942)
Castle in the Desert (1942)
Remember the Day (1941)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Design for Scandal (1941)
Miss Polly (1941)
Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
Reaching for the Sun (1941)
Model Wife (1941)
Repent at Leisure (1941)
Sleepers West (1941)
Western Union (1941)
Tobacco Road (1941)
I Was a Criminal (1941)
Arizona (1940)
The Mad Doctor (1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
Charter Pilot (1940)
Melody Ranch (1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
The Return of Frank James (1940)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Shooting High (1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
The Light That Failed (1939)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
20,000 Men a Year (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Everything's on Ice (1939)
Calling All Marines (1939)
I Stole a Million (1939)
Beau Geste (1939)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
Second Fiddle (1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939)
Exile Express (1939)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
The Flying Irishman (1939)
Everybody's Baby (1939)
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
King of the Turf (1939)
Jesse James (1939)
While New York Sleeps (1938)
The Shining Hour (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
There Goes My Heart (1938)
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Gateway (1938)
Men with Wings (1938)
One Wild Night (1938)
Three Comrades (1938)
Rascals (1938)
Joy of Living (1938)
In Old Chicago (1938)
Mannequin (1938)
Big Town Girl (1937)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
Small Town Boy (1937)
Hot Water (1937)
Wake Up and Live (1937)
Soak the Poor (1937)
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
The Go-Getter (1937)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Woman Chases Man (1937)
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Fair Warning (1937)
Bars and Stripes (1937)
Time Out for Romance (1937)
The Accusing Finger (1936)
Libeled Lady (1936)
Sworn Enemy (1936)
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Women Are Trouble (1936)
High Tension (1936)
Fury (1936)
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
Speed (1936)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Here Comes Trouble (1936)
Stars Over Broadway (1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
It's in the Air (1935)
Flicker Fever (1935)
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
The Murder Man (1935)
Front Page Woman (1935)
Star of Midnight (1935)
While the Patient Slept (1935)
The Woman in Red (1935)
The Payoff (1935)
Music in the Air (1934)
Happiness Ahead (1934)
Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
He Was Her Man (1934)
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
Rough Necking (1934)
Dark Hazard (1934)
Hi, Nellie! (1934)
Lady Killer (1933)
Son of a Sailor (1933)
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
Elmer, the Great (1933)
The Mind Reader (1933)
The Keyhole (1933)
The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
Parachute Jumper (1933)
Me and My Gal (1932)
Afraid to Talk (1932)
The Sport Parade (1932)
Blessed Event (1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
The Tenderfoot (1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
Union Depot (1932)
The Wide Open Spaces (1931)
The Great Junction Hotel (1931)
Sob Sister (1931)
Up Pops the Duke (1931)
The Woman Between (1931)
A Holy Terror (1931)
Too Many Cooks (1931)
The Lure of Hollywood (1931)
The Back Page (1931)
Everything’s Rosie (1931)
Crashing Hollywood (1931)
Man of the World (1931)
Doctors' Wives (1931)
Only Saps Work (1930)
The Florodora Girl (1930)
In Gay Madrid (1930)
The Light of Western Stars (1930)
Devil-May-Care (1929)
The Cloud Dodger (1928)
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GenderMale
Birthday1898-06-30
Deathday1985-06-10 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceWaukegan, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsGeo. Chandler
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