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Jeff Chandler (I) (1918–1961)

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Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. His next role would be that of an officer in World War II. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio drama's and comedies until he was signed by Universal... See full bio »

Born:

Ira Grossel
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 42) in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jeff Chandler circa 1957 Sammy Davis, Jr. with Tony Curtis and Jeff Chandler, circa 1956. Still of Jeff Chandler in Red Ball Express
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1962 Merrill's Marauders
Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill
 
1961 Return to Peyton Place
Lewis Jackman
 
1961 A Story of David: The Hunted
David
 
1960 The Plunderers
Sam Christy
 
1959 The Jayhawkers!
Luke Darcy
 
1959 Ten Seconds to Hell
Karl Wirtz
 
1959 Thunder in the Sun
Lon Bennett
 
1959 A Stranger in My Arms
Major Pike Yarnell
 
1958 Raw Wind in Eden
Mark Moore / Scott Moorehouse
 
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer
Mike Dandridge
 
1957/I Man in the Shadow
Ben Sadler
 
1957 Jeanne Eagels
Sal Satori
 
1957 The Tattered Dress
James Gordon Blane
 
1957 Drango
Major Clint Drango
 
1956 Pillars of the Sky
First Sgt. Emmett Bell
 
1956 Away All Boats
Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks
 
1956 The Toy Tiger
Rick Todd
 
1955 The Spoilers
Roy Glennister
 
1955 The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (short)
Narrator
 
1955 Female on the Beach
Drummond Hall
 
1955 Foxfire
Jonathan Dartland
 
1954 Sign of the Pagan
Marcian
 
1954 Yankee Pasha
Jason Starbuck
 
1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
Cochise (uncredited)
 
1953 War Arrow
Major Howell Brady
 
1953 East of Sumatra
Duke Mullane
 
1953 The Great Sioux Uprising
Jonathan Westgate
 
1953 Girls in the Night
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1952 Because of You
Steve Kimberly
 
1952 Yankee Buccaneer
Cmdr. David Porter
 
1952 Son of Ali Baba
Opening Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
 
1952 Red Ball Express
Lt. Campbell
 
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
Cochise
 
1951 Flame of Araby
Tamerlane
 
1951 Iron Man
Coke Mason
 
1951 Smuggler's Island
Steve Kent
 
1951 Bird of Paradise
Tenga
 
1951 Double Crossbones
Narrator (uncredited)
 
1950 Two Flags West
Maj. Henry Kenniston
 
1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1950 The Desert Hawk
Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
 
1950 Deported
Vic Smith
 
1950 Broken Arrow
Cochise
 
1949 Abandoned
Chief MacRae
 
1949 Sword in the Desert
Kurta
 
1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Police Officer #66 (uncredited)
 
1947 Roses Are Red
John Jones aka The Knuckle
 
1947 The Invisible Wall
Al Conway
 
1947 Johnny O'Clock
Turk (uncredited)
 
1945 Thrill of a Romance
Singer (uncredited)
 
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1955 The Littlest Outlaw (lyrics: "The Littlest Outlaw")
 
1955 Foxfire (lyrics: "Foxfire")
 
1955 Six Bridges to Cross (lyrics: "SIX BRIDGES TO CROSS")
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode #4.42 (1954) (performer: "That's All She's Waiting to Hear", "A Girl, a Boy, a Lamplight")
 
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1957 Drango (producer - uncredited)
 
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1960 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.14 (1960) … Himself
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #2.46 (1957) … Himself - Singer
 
1957 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 January 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas (documentary short)
Himself
 
1955 Allen in Movieland (TV movie)
Himself
 
1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1954 The Dinah Shore Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 1954 (1954) … Himself
 
1953-1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself - Singer
– Episode #5.10 (1954) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #4.43 (1954) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #4.42 (1954) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #3.19 (1953) … Himself - Actor (as Ira Grossel)
 
1954 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 3 October 1954 (1954) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1954 The George Jessel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.29 (1954) … Himself
 
1954 Place the Face (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 11 March 1954 (1954) … Himself - Guest
 
1951 Meet Danny Wilson
Himself, Jeff Chandler, Nightclub patron (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2010 Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (TV documentary)
Lt. Chick Campbell
 
2000 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2/10/60) Appeared in "A Call From..." KCOP- TV, Los Angeles, CA, a program celebrating the United Nations program known as the 'World Refugee Year.' See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Print Biographies  | 5 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ira Grossel

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[To columnist Sheilah Graham about his role in Jeanne Eagels] I thought that for once I could keep my shirt on and not have to shave my chest. But today, for a man to be a hit on the screen, he has to take his shirt off. See more »

Trivia:

His death from blood poisoning following surgery was deemed malpractice and resulted in a large lawsuit and settlement for his children. See more »

Trademark:

Often starred in westerns, usually as a Native American Indian See more »

Nickname:

Big Gray See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius