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{{Short description|American actor (1935–2010)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = John Davis Chandler
| name = John Davis Chandler
| image = John Davis Chandler in Mad Dog Coll trailer.jpg
| image = John Davis Chandler in Mad Dog Coll trailer.jpg
| caption = Chandler in the trailer for Mad Dog Coll (1961)
| caption = Chandler in the trailer for ''Mad Dog Coll'' (1961)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|1|28}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|1|28}}
| birth_place = [[Hinton, West Virginia]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Hinton, West Virginia]], U.S.
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==Life==
==Life==
Chandler was born in [[Hinton, West Virginia]]. He died at age 75 in [[Toluca Lake, California]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Notice of death of John Davis Chandler|url=http://tolucantimes.info/section/obituaries/john-davis-chandler-12835-21610/|newspaper=The Tolucan Times|date=April 21, 2010|accessdate=May 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702193013/http://tolucantimes.info/section/obituaries/john-davis-chandler-12835-21610/|archive-date=July 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Chandler was born in [[Hinton, West Virginia]]. He died at age 75 in [[Toluca Lake, California]] from cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Notice of death of John Davis Chandler|url=http://tolucantimes.info/section/obituaries/john-davis-chandler-12835-21610/|newspaper=The Tolucan Times|date=April 21, 2010|accessdate=May 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702193013/http://tolucantimes.info/section/obituaries/john-davis-chandler-12835-21610/|archive-date=July 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
==Career==
He portrayed the gangster [[Mad Dog Coll|Vincent Coll]] in the 1961 film, ''Mad Dog Coll''. He appeared in several of [[Sam Peckinpah]]'s Western films, and on television between the 1960s and 1990s in such series as ''[[The Rifleman]]'', ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[Adam-12]]'', ''[[ Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[Murder She Wrote]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. In 1962 Chandler appeared as an escaped convict named Dog on ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' in the episode titled "The Brazen Bell."
In two films in 1961, he portrayed the gangster [[Mad Dog Coll|Vincent Coll]] in ''[[Mad Dog Coll (1961 film)|Mad Dog Coll]]'' as well as a kind of mad-dog teen killer in ''[[The Young Savages]]''. He appeared in several of [[Sam Peckinpah]]'s Western films as well as on television between the 1960s and 1990s in ''[[The Rifleman]]'', ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', ''[[Straightaway (TV series)|Straightaway]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[Adam-12]]'', ''[[ Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[Murder She Wrote]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. In 1962, Chandler appeared as an escaped convict named Dog on ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' in the episode titled "The Brazen Bell."


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Mad Dog Coll (1961 film)|Mad Dog Coll]]'' (1961) - [[Mad Dog Coll|Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll]]
* 1961 ''[[Mad Dog Coll (1961 film)|Mad Dog Coll]]'' as [[Mad Dog Coll|Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll]]
* ''[[The Young Savages]]'' (1961) - Arthur Reardon
* 1961 ''[[The Young Savages]]'' as Arthur Reardon
* ''[[Ride the High Country]]'' (1962) - Jimmy Hammond
* 1962 ''[[Ride the High Country]]'' as Jimmy Hammond
* ''[[Those Calloways]]'' (1965) - Ollie Gibbons
* 1965 ''[[Those Calloways]]'' as Ollie Gibbons
* ''[[Major Dundee]]'' (1965) - Jimmy Lee Benteen
* 1965 ''[[Major Dundee]]'' as Jimmy Lee Benteen
* ''[[Once a Thief (1965 film)|Once A Thief]]'' (1965) - James Arthur Sargatanas, Walter's Henchman
* 1965 ''[[Once a Thief (1965 film)|Once a Thief]]'' as James Arthur Sargatanas, Walter's Henchman
* ''[[Return of the Gunfighter]]'' (1967) - Sundance
* 1967 ''[[Return of the Gunfighter]]'' as "Sundance"
* ''The Hooked Generation'' (1968) - Acid
* 1968 ''[[The Hooked Generation]]'' as "Acid"
* ''[[The Good Guys and the Bad Guys]]'' (1969) - Deuce
* 1969 ''[[The Good Guys and the Bad Guys]]'' as "Deuce"
* ''[[Barquero]]'' (1970) - Fair
* 1970 ''[[Barquero]]'' as Fair
* 1971 ''[[Adam-12]]'' as Wally Barstow (Episode: A Child in Danger)
* ''Drag Racer'' (1971) - Dave
* 1971 ''Drag Racer'' as Dave
* ''[[Shoot Out]]'' (1971) - Skeeter
* ''[[Moon of the Wolf]]'' (1972) - Tom Gurmandy Jr.
* 1971 ''[[Shoot Out]]'' as Skeeter
* 1971 ''[[Adam-12]]'' as Robert "Robin" Saydo (Episode: The Radical)
* ''[[Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid]]'' (1973) - Norris
* ''[[The Take (1974 film)|The Take]]'' (1974) - Man with Braces
* 1971 ''[[The D.A. (1971 TV series)|The D.A.]]'' as Robert "Robin" Saydo (Episode: The People vs. Saydo)
* ''[[The Ultimate Thrill]]'' (1974) - Evans
* 1972 ''[[Moon of the Wolf]]'' as Tom Gurmandy Jr.
* 1973 ''[[Adam-12]]'' as Steve Deal (Episode: Killing Ground)
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* ''[[Capone (1975 film)|Capone]]'' (1975) - Hymie Weiss
* ''[[Walking Tall Part 2]]'' (1975) - Ray Henry
* 1973 ''[[Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid]]'' as Norris
* 1974 ''[[Columbo]]'' as Eddie Kane (Episode: Publish or Perish)
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* ''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]'' (1976) - First Bounty Hunter
* ''[[Mako: The Jaws of Death]]'' (1976) - Charlie
* 1974 ''[[The Take (1974 film)|The Take]]'' as Man With Braces
* ''[[Scorchy]]'' (1976) - Nicky
* 1974 ''[[The Ultimate Thrill]]'' as Evans
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* 1975 ''[[Capone (1975 film)|Capone]]'' as [[Hymie Weiss|Earl "Hymie" Weiss]]
* ''[[Chesty Anderson, USN]]'' (1976) - Dr. Cheech
* ''Doc Hooker's Bunch'' (1976) - Roy
* 1975 ''[[Walking Tall Part 2]]'' as Ray Henry
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* 1976 ''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]'' as First Bounty Hunter
* ''Whiskey Mountain'' (1977) - Rudy
* ''[[The Shadow of Chikara]]'' (1977) - Rafe
* 1976 ''[[Mako: The Jaws of Death]]'' as Charlie
* ''[[The Little Dragons]]'' (1979) - Carl
* 1976 ''[[Scorchy]]'' as Nicky
* ''[[The Sword and the Sorcerer]]'' (1982) - Guard 1
* 1976 ''[[Chesty Anderson, USN]]'' as Dr. Cheech
* 1976 ''Doc Hooker's Bunch'' as Roy
* ''[[Triumphs of a Man Called Horse]]'' (1983) - Mason
* ''[[Adventures in Babysitting]]'' (1987) - Bleak
* 1977 ''[[Whiskey Mountain (film)|Whiskey Mountain]]'' as Rudy
* 1977 ''[[The Shadow of Chikara]]'' as Rafe
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* ''Double Revenge'' (1988) - Big Charlie
* ''[[Trancers II]]'' (1991) - Wino #1
* 1979 ''[[The Little Dragons]]'' as Carl
* ''[[Only the Lonely (film)|Only the Lonely]]'' (1991) - Duane Earl Tyrone
* 1982 ''[[The Sword and the Sorcerer]]'' Guard #1
* ''[[Body of Evidence (1993 film)|Body of Evidence]]'' (1993) - Dr. Novaro
* 1983 ''[[Triumphs of a Man Called Horse]]'' as Mason
* 1986 Airwolf as Gentry
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* ''[[Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead]]'' (1994) - Henry
* ''[[Carnosaur 2]]'' (1995) - Zeb
* 1987 ''[[Adventures in Babysitting]]'' as Bleak
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* 1988 ''Double Revenge'' as Charlie "Big Charlie"
* 1991 ''[[Trancers II]]'' as Wino #1
* 1991 ''[[Only the Lonely (film)|Only the Lonely]]'' as Duane Earl Tyrone
* 1993 ''[[Body of Evidence (1993 film)|Body of Evidence]]'' as Dr. Novaro
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* 1994 ''[[Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead]]'' as Henry
* 1995 ''[[Carnosaur 2]]'' as Zeb
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}

May 15, 2010
John Davis Chandler: Requiem for a Hollywood heavy

By Sandy Wells - Staff writer
http://wvgazette.com/News/201005150369


==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb name|0151405}}
* {{imdb name|0151405}}
* {{findagrave|53085134}} and also [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53104206 here]


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[[Category:Male actors from West Virginia]]
[[Category:Male actors from West Virginia]]
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Revision as of 04:51, 19 July 2023

John Davis Chandler
Chandler in the trailer for Mad Dog Coll (1961)
Born(1935-01-28)January 28, 1935
Hinton, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedFebruary 16, 2010(2010-02-16) (aged 75)
Toluca Lake, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1961-1998
SpouseMartha R Matthews (1970-1990; her death)

John Davis Chandler (January 28, 1935 – February 16, 2010) was an American actor.

Life

Chandler was born in Hinton, West Virginia. He died at age 75 in Toluca Lake, California from cancer.[1]

Career

In two films in 1961, he portrayed the gangster Vincent Coll in Mad Dog Coll as well as a kind of mad-dog teen killer in The Young Savages. He appeared in several of Sam Peckinpah's Western films as well as on television between the 1960s and 1990s in The Rifleman, Route 66, Straightaway, The Virginian, Adam-12, Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Quincy, M.E., Columbo, Murder She Wrote, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In 1962, Chandler appeared as an escaped convict named Dog on The Virginian in the episode titled "The Brazen Bell."

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Notice of death of John Davis Chandler". The Tolucan Times. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
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