George Chandler
Acting • Born 1898-06-30 – Died 1985-06-10
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
326 credits
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie • 1944
Bob
Dead Reckoning
Movie • 1946
Louis Ord
Strange Impersonation
Movie • 1946
J W Rinse, plaintiffs' atty.
Dead Ringer
Movie • 1964
George, Chauffeur
The Princess Comes Across
Movie • 1936
Film Man (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie • 1938
Jim, the Baggage Master (uncredited)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Movie • 1942
Sam Caldwell
Crashing Hollywood
Movie • 1931
Hollow Triumph
Movie • 1948
Aubrey - Assistant
Across the Wide Missouri
Movie • 1951
Gowie
Triple Trouble
Movie • 1950
'Squirrely' Davis, convict
Lady Killer
Movie • 1933
George Thompson (uncredited)
The Murder Man
Movie • 1935
Sol Hertzberger
Little Giant
Movie • 1946
O'Brien (salesman)
Rose of Cimarron
Movie • 1952
Deputy Sheriff
Don't Be a Sucker!
Movie • 1943
Fury
Movie • 1936
Milton Jackson
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Movie • 1943
Mailman (uncredited)
Blessed Event
Movie • 1932
Hanson
Western Union
Movie • 1941
Herb
Elmer, the Great
Movie • 1933
Cubs Player (uncredited)
Hans Christian Andersen
Movie • 1952
Farmer
The High and the Mighty
Movie • 1954
Ben Sneed
Westward the Women
Movie • 1951
Mackeral Face (uncredited)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie • 1943
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Movie • 1933
Chester Snavely
Road to Rio
Movie • 1947
Ship's Steward
The Kennel Murder Case
Movie • 1933
Reporter at Police Station (uncredited)
Miss Polly
Movie • 1941
Townsman (uncredited)
Roxie Hart
Movie • 1942
Amos Hart
The Lure of Hollywood
Movie • 1931
George
Apache Uprising
Movie • 1965
Jace Asher
The Great Gildersleeve
Movie • 1942
Messenger
Lady of Burlesque
Movie • 1943
Jake, stage hand (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
Movie • 1949
Cashier (uncredited)
Danger – Love at Work
Movie • 1937
Garage attendant
The Light of Western Stars
Movie • 1930
Slig Whalen
Singing Guns
Movie • 1950
Smitty, Piano Player
Behind the Mask
Movie • 1946
Shrevvie
The Missing Lady
Movie • 1946
Shrevvie
The Tenderfoot
Movie • 1932
Beggar (uncredited)
Tell It to a Star
Movie • 1945
Al Marx
Isle of Missing Men
Movie • 1942
Ship's bartender
Pretty Baby
Movie • 1950
Henderson
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Movie • 1947
Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
The Back Page
Movie • 1931
The Aspiring Reporter
Gunsight Ridge
Movie • 1957
Gus Withers
Up Pops the Duke
Movie • 1931
Patrick the Great
Movie • 1945
Bellboy
He Was Her Man
Movie • 1934
Highway Service Station Counterman
Spring Reunion
Movie • 1957
Zimmie (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
Movie • 1945
Swing Fever
Movie • 1943
Hamburger Vendor
Somebody Loves Me
Movie • 1952
Stagehand
Rails Into Laramie
Movie • 1954
Grimes
The Woman in Red
Movie • 1935
First Reporter (uncredited)
Lover Come Back
Movie • 1946
Bit Role
Too Many Cooks
Movie • 1931
Ned
Apache Ambush
Movie • 1955
Chandler
Small Town Boy
Movie • 1937
Bill Clipper
The Mind Reader
Movie • 1933
Reporter (uncredited)
Man of the World
Movie • 1931
Fred
Union Depot
Movie • 1932
Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)
The Flying Irishman
Movie • 1939
Airport Gas Attendant
Magic Town
Movie • 1947
Bus Driver
Shooting High
Movie • 1940
Charley
The Great Junction Hotel
Movie • 1931
The Elevator Operator
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Movie • 1939
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Women Are Trouble
Movie • 1936
Reporter
My Man and I
Movie • 1952
Bartender Frankie
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie • 1938
Newspaper Staff (uncredited)
While New York Sleeps
Movie • 1938
Gus - Piano Player
The Florodora Girl
Movie • 1930
Georgie Smith
In Gay Madrid
Movie • 1930
Enrique
Speed
Movie • 1936
'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance
Dark Hazard
Movie • 1934
Soapy Sam Lambert
Capone
Movie • 1975
Robert E. Crowe
A Holy Terror
Movie • 1931
Joe, Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
The Wide Open Spaces
Movie • 1931
Townsman in Saloon
Pickup on 101
Movie • 1972
Pawnshop owner
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Movie • 1937
Ship's Radio Operator
The Country Doctor
Movie • 1936
Greasy
Flicker Fever
Movie • 1935
Bob Adams
The Powers Girl
Movie • 1943
Harry, Nancy's Boyfriend (uncredited)
The WAC from Walla Walla
Movie • 1952
Jud Canova
Good-bye, My Lady
Movie • 1956
Reporter
Escape to Witch Mountain
Movie • 1975
Grocer
One Wild Night
Movie • 1938
Rutherford (uncredited)
Canadian Pacific
Movie • 1949
Telegraph Operator
Arizona
Movie • 1940
Haley
Woman Chases Man
Movie • 1937
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie • 1937
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Exile Express
Movie • 1939
Marvln McGee
Broadway Gondolier
Movie • 1935
Photographer
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Movie • 1979
Elderly Man
Hi, Nellie!
Movie • 1934
Sullivan
The French Key
Movie • 1946
Roomer (uncredited)
The Sport Parade
Movie • 1932
Pullman Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Sworn Enemy
Movie • 1936
Lunch Stand Man (uncredited)
Charter Pilot
Movie • 1940
Bob, the soundman
Stars Over Broadway
Movie • 1935
Charlie
Men with Wings
Movie • 1938
Cody
Broadway Melody of 1940
Movie • 1940
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Three Comrades
Movie • 1938
First comic with singer (uncredited)
Only Saps Work
Movie • 1930
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Jesse James
Movie • 1939
Roy
The Famous Ferguson Case
Movie • 1932
Depot Loafer (uncredited)
Everything’s Rosie
Movie • 1931
Jail Guard
Blondie Meets the Boss
Movie • 1939
Laundryman (uncredited)
Three Sons o' Guns
Movie • 1941
Tailor
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie • 1939
Loafer (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
Movie • 1939
Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Movie • 1939
Taxi Driver
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1939
Cameraman (uncredited)
Beau Geste
Movie • 1939
Legionnaire Cordier (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Reporter (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie • 1966
Judge Harley Nast
The Light That Failed
Movie • 1939
First Man (Voice)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Pay Orderly (uncredited)
Everything's on Ice
Movie • 1939
There Goes My Heart
Movie • 1938
Tailor (uncredited)
While the Patient Slept
Movie • 1935
Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)
Castle in the Desert
Movie • 1942
The Bus Driver
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Movie • 1940
First Clerk
The Shanghai Cobra
Movie • 1945
Joe
Race Street
Movie • 1948
Herman (Waiter) (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
Movie • 1947
Train Station Agent (uncredited)
The Slowest Gun in the West
Movie • 1960
Simpson
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Movie • 1943
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
Soak the Poor
Movie • 1937
Briggs (uncredited)
3 Men in White
Movie • 1944
Attendant (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Movie • 1943
Jimmy Carnes (uncredited)
Son of a Sailor
Movie • 1933
Sailor
It's in the Bag!
Movie • 1945
1st Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Suspense
Movie • 1946
Joe's Pal at Sandwich Counter (uncredited)
Island in the Sky
Movie • 1953
Rene
Parachute Jumper
Movie • 1933
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Minor Role (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Movie • 1936
Bellhop
Here Comes Trouble
Movie • 1936
Purser Brooks
High Tension
Movie • 1936
Man at Honolulu Dock
Time Out for Romance
Movie • 1937
Simpson
Edison, the Man
Movie • 1940
Gold Exchange Clerk
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie • 1938
Boxing Spectator (Uncredited)
Big Town Girl
Movie • 1937
Red Evans
Reaching from Heaven
Movie • 1948
Bert Kestner (as Geo. Chandler)
Me and My Gal
Movie • 1932
Eddie Collins
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Movie • 1939
Johnny
Everybody's Baby
Movie • 1939
G. Randolph (uncredited)
Happiness Ahead
Movie • 1934
Window Washer
Rough Necking
Movie • 1934
Joe Cuttlehammer Jr.
Devil-May-Care
Movie • 1929
Timid Royalist (uncredited)
The Pirate
Movie • 1948
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
Movie • 1940
Railroad Station Attendant
The Return of Frank James
Movie • 1940
Roy
The Happy Years
Movie • 1950
Johnny
The Forest Rangers
Movie • 1942
Keystone Cop (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
Movie • 1948
Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Movie • 1935
Stadium Cashier
The Payoff
Movie • 1935
Reporter (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven
Movie • 1937
Herman
Gateway
Movie • 1938
Reporter
20,000 Men a Year
Movie • 1939
Soda Jerker
It Had to Be You
Movie • 1947
Bus Passenger with Newspaper (uncredited)
It's in the Air
Movie • 1935
Reporter (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie • 1940
Parkersville Counterman (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
Movie • 1940
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
Melody Ranch
Movie • 1940
Taxi Driver
Nothing Sacred
Movie • 1937
Photographer (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie • 1936
Hospital Interne
The Last Crooked Mile
Movie • 1946
Roller Coaster Operator (uncredited)
A Guy Could Change
Movie • 1946
Gus, Photographer
Afraid to Talk
Movie • 1932
Pete (bellhop)
Kansas Raiders
Movie • 1950
Willie
Once More, My Darling
Movie • 1949
Motel Proprietor
The Glass Alibi
Movie • 1946
Bartender
Saddle Pals
Movie • 1947
Pickpocket Dippy
Fair Warning
Movie • 1937
Hotel Clerk
Sons of Adventure
Movie • 1948
Billy Wilkes
The Great Man's Lady
Movie • 1941
Forbes
Remember the Day
Movie • 1941
Telegraph clerk
Law of the Lawless
Movie • 1964
Martin
The Narrow Margin
Movie • 1952
Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)
This Man's Navy
Movie • 1945
Bert Bland
Rascals
Movie • 1938
Waiting Room Patient
Without Love
Movie • 1945
Elevator Operator
Straight, Place and Show
Movie • 1938
Cabbie
I Stole a Million
Movie • 1939
Herbert (uncredited)
Repent at Leisure
Movie • 1941
Bus Conductor
This Woman Is Dangerous
Movie • 1952
Dr. Bill Ryan (Uncredited)
Front Page Woman
Movie • 1935
Reporter (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Obliging Young Lady
Movie • 1942
Skip - the Bellboy
Big Hearted Herbert
Movie • 1934
Murphy (uncredited)
Bureau of Missing Persons
Movie • 1933
Homer Howard
The Go-Getter
Movie • 1937
Business Card Printer (uncredited)
The Great Morgan
Movie • 1945
Roger the Valet (uncredited)
Design for Scandal
Movie • 1941
First Cabbie (uncredited)
King of the Turf
Movie • 1939
2nd Tout
Strange Confession
Movie • 1945
Harper
Mannequin
Movie • 1938
'Swing' Magoo (Uncredited)
The Paleface
Movie • 1948
Patient #1
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Movie • 1932
Reporter (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
Movie • 1938
Onlooker (uncredited)
Tobacco Road
Movie • 1941
Hotel Desk Clark
The House Across the Street
Movie • 1949
Carl's Boss (uncredited)
That Other Woman
Movie • 1942
Man Carrying Rifle in Woods
The Hunted
Movie • 1948
Joe, the Bartender
Griffin and Phoenix
Movie • 1976
Old Man
The Keyhole
Movie • 1933
Joe - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Model Wife
Movie • 1941
Mr. Williams
Fog Over Frisco
Movie • 1934
Taxi Driver
Hot Water
Movie • 1937
Photographer (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
Reporter
Rendezvous with Annie
Movie • 1946
Sergeant Harrington (uncredited)
Reaching for the Sun
Movie • 1941
Jerry
Music in the Air
Movie • 1934
Assistant Stage Manager
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie • 1948
Max
Bride by Mistake
Movie • 1944
Armed Guard
A Night to Remember
Movie • 1942
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Shining Hour
Movie • 1938
Press Agent (uncredited)
Joy of Living
Movie • 1938
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Homicide
Movie • 1949
Police Photographer
Hellzapoppin'
Movie • 1941
Movie Cameraman (uncredited)
The Whip Hand
Movie • 1951
Jed (uncredited)
Every Which Way but Loose
Movie • 1978
Clerk at D.M.V.
Goin' to Town
Movie • 1944
Jameson
The Next Voice You Hear...
Movie • 1950
Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
Movie • 1942
George Peabody (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
Movie • 1942
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Footlight Parade
Movie • 1933
Pharmacist (uncredited)
Star of Midnight
Movie • 1935
Witness (uncredited)
Sleepers West
Movie • 1941
The Mask of Diijon
Movie • 1946
Diner Counterman (Uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1937
Deliveryman (uncredited)
The Girl from Manhattan
Movie • 1948
Monty
Swing Fever
Movie • 1943
Hamburger Vendor (uncredited)
Wake Up and Live
Movie • 1937
Janitor
Meet Me at the Fair
Movie • 1953
Deputy Leach
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie • 1935
Henry Purdy (Uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
Movie • 1943
Fred (Uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie • 1938
Reporter (uncredited)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Movie • 1975
Jonathan Kent
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Mr. Rice (uncredited)
Perfect Strangers
Movie • 1950
Lester Hubley
Doctors' Wives
Movie • 1931
Dr. Roberts
The Cloud Dodger
Movie • 1928
Post Commander
Nightmare Alley
Movie • 1947
Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)
The Kid from Brooklyn
Movie • 1946
Reporter (uncredited)
Sob Sister
Movie • 1931
Reporter (uncredited)
One More Train to Rob
Movie • 1971
Conductor
Lover Come Back
Movie • 1946
Walter
Old Hutch
Movie • 1936
Cigar Store Clerk
Lady of Burlesque
Movie • 1943
Jake
Gallant Journey
Movie • 1946
Man (uncredited)
6 Day Bike Rider
Movie • 1934
Abner (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
Movie • 1944
Saddle Maker (uncredited)
The Woman Between
Movie • 1931
Sweet a Waiter (uncredited)
The World Changes
Movie • 1933
Piano Player (uncredited)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Movie • 1937
Jim - Racetrack Usher (uncredited)
Picture Snatcher
Movie • 1933
Reporter (uncredited)
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Winston Shelby
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Doc Baines
Batman
TV • 1966
Grampa
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Dr. Barton Stuart
Mannix
TV • 1967
Tales of Wells Fargo
TV • 1957
Captain Billy
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Silas Hubbard
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Keeley
Lassie
TV • 1954
Ironside
TV • 1967
George Bentley
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Laredo
TV • 1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Partygoer
Run, Buddy, Run
TV • 1966
Ichabod and Me
TV • 1961
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Reverend Jess Lincoln
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Fred Mackey
Switch
TV • 1975
Capt. Roberts
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Newspaper Man
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Bartender
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
Wire Service
TV • 1956
Hoggard
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Proprietor
Playwrights '56
TV • 1955
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
Summer Playhouse
TV • 1954
Kings Row
TV • 1955
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Old Man
Lassie
TV • 1954
Uncle Petrie Martin
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Gus Schultz
Adam-12
TV • 1968
George Atchison
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Ed Mooney
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Hiram
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Ichabod Adams
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Fred
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Mr. Hollis
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Joe
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Edgar
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Eustace Peabody
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Ichabod Lewis
Studio 57
TV • 1954
Mr. Ederly
Dragnet
TV • 1951
Forrest Simple
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Cleveland 'Clee' McMasters
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Doc Stuart
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Harry
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
First Panhandler
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Henry Davis
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
(uncredited)
Broken Arrow
TV • 1956
Welsh
Frontier
TV • 1955
Ames
The Deputy
TV • 1959
George Lake
Cameo Theatre
TV • 1950
Ed
The Bastard
TV • 1978
Seadog