Lane Chandler

Personal Info

Birthday

June 2, 1899

Day of Death

1972-09-14

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Also Known As

Robert Chandler Oakes

Lane R. Chandler

Lane Arnold

Robert C. Oakes

Lane Chandler

Biography

Lane Chandler (1899–1972) was an American actor specializing in Westerns. In the early 1920s he moved to Los Angeles, California, and started working as an auto mechanic.

His real-life experiences growing up on a horse ranch landed him bit parts in westerns from 1925, for Paramount Pictures. Studio executives suggested changing his name to Lane Chandler, and as such he began achieving leading roles, the first being The Legion of the Condemned. As a silent film star Chandler performed well, but when talkies arrived he was cast more in supporting roles, as in The Great Mike of 1944.

Known For

Maverick

Rawhide

Gunsmoke

The Lone Ranger

Sugarfoot

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

It's a Wonderful Life

The Cisco Kid

Filmography

1971
One More Train to Rob
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Bryan Comer
1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
as Sheriff
1960
Noose for a Gunman
as Ed Folsey
1958
Quantrill's Raiders
as Sheriff
1956
The First Texan
as Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
Great Day in the Morning
as Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
1955
The Indian Fighter
as Head Settler (uncredited)
Creature with the Atom Brain
as Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
as Hap Sutton
Shotgun
as Fletcher
The Man from Bitter Ridge
as Crow's Nester (uncredited)
1954
Living It Up
as Policeman (uncredited)
Return to Treasure Island
as Capt. Cardigan
Border River
as Anderson
1953
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
Thunder Over the Plains
as Mike Faraday
1952
The Lusty Men
as 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion and the Horse
as Sheriff
The San Francisco Story
as Morton
Rancho Notorious
as Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Dave (uncredited)
The Big Trees
as Brother Dorn (uncredited)
1951
Cattle Queen
as Marshal Houston
The Well
as Deputy Stan
Along the Great Divide
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Prairie Roundup
as Red Dawson (uncredited)
1950
Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Ted Thorp
1949
Samson and Delilah
as Teresh
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Dynamite
as Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)
1948
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Marshal Evans
Red River
as Colonel (uncredited)
Northwest Stampede
as Scrivner
The Street with No Name
as Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)
Big Town Scandal
as Irate Store Owner (uncredited)
Campus Sleuth
as Police Officer
Money Madness
as Policeman
Caged Fury
as Policeman (uncredited)
Albuquerque
as Mr. Clark (uncredited)
Song of My Heart
as Policeman
1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Prison Guard
The Vigilantes Return
as Messenger
Pursued
as A Callum
1946
Duel in the Sun
as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Dark Mirror
as Intern (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Stranger
as Brady (uncredited)
Gunning for Vengeance
as Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi
as Policeman #2 (Uncredited)
Little Giant
as Lost Motorist (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Hamilton Lab Technician
A Guy Could Change
as Mr. Schroeder
1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Al (uncredited)
Senorita from the West
as Cop (uncredited)
Rustlers' Hideout
as Hammond - Gambler
Incendiary Blonde
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Along Came Jones
as Boone
Manhunt of Mystery Island
as Police Insp. Reed
Sagebrush Heroes
as Colton
1944
The Great Mike
as Sam Hildur
Heavenly Days
as Minute Man
Laura
as Detective (uncredited)
Strange Affair
as Mounted Officer (Uncredited)
Trigger Law
as Tex
Silver City Kid
as Steve Clayton
Trigger Trail
as Slade
The Lady and the Monster
as Ranger White (Uncredited)
Men on Her Mind
as Frank Tuttle
1943
Crazy House
as Policeman
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Slim
Phantom of the Opera
as Officer (uncredited)
Law of the Saddle
as Steve Kinney
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Townsman
Wild Horse Rustlers
as Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Duke Merrick
1942
The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Major Stacy Roberts
Invisible Agent
as German Sentry (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
Sundown Jim
as Nat Oldroyd
Reap the Wild Wind
as Sam
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Henchman Corley
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sentry (uncredited)
Sergeant York
as Corporal Savage (uncredited)
Six-Gun Gold
as Brad Cardigan
The Spider Returns
as Police Lab Fingerprint Man
Lady from Louisiana
as Courtroom Police Officer
The Roundup
as Taggert
1940
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Cop Car-Chasing Foranti
Santa Fe Trail
as Adjutant (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery
as Jill Whitcomb
Pony Post
as Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider
Junior G-Men
as Second Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
as Constable Fyffe
The Howards of Virginia
as Major
Deadwood Dick
as Wild Bill Hickok
Hi-Yo Silver
as Dick Forrest
Virginia City
as Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)
Midnight Limited
as Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
Pioneers of the West
as Steve Carson
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Ming's Soldier (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Panama
as Powerhouse Search Officer
My Little Chickadee
as Porter (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
as Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)
1939
Invisible Stripes
as Detective (uncredited)
The Man from Montreal
as Constable Rankin
Saga of Death Valley
as Roy's Father
Oklahoma Frontier
as Sergeant
Outpost of the Mounties
as Mountie Cooper
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Captain of Fouquet's Guards
The Oregon Trail
as Corporal in Sherman's Office
Union Pacific
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Code of the Streets
as Policeman
Buck Rogers
as Army Official at Wade's Lab
Patrola na hranicích Mexika
as Jim Crawford
Secret Service of the Air
as U.S. Border Patrol Officer
Made for Each Other
as Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
as Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
as Henchman with Rankin
Three Little Sew and Sews
as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
1938
Heart of the North
as Frank (uncredited)
Come On, Rangers
as Ken Rogers
Land of Fighting Men
as Cliff - Henchman
Girls on Probation
as Second Detective
Mutts to You
as Doug Manning (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
as Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
Two Gun Justice
as Butch - Henchman
Heart of Arizona
as Trimmer Winkler
Over the Wall
as Boiler Room Guard
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
as Flight Commander
The First Hundred Years
as Doorman (uncredited)
Start Cheering
as Field Judge
The Daredevil Drivers
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
as Spectator
1937
Wells Fargo
as Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Patrolman Kelly
Rosalie
as Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
She Loved a Fireman
as Bill Patton
Missing Witnesses
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Firefly
as Captain of Guards (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
as Federal Officer (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
as Detective (uncredited)
Sea Racketeers
as Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath
Confession
as Actor (uncredited)
Heroes of the Alamo
as Davy Crockett
Public Wedding
as Reporter
Fly Away Baby
as Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)
Law of the Ranger
as ? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)
Sea Devils
as Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
1936
Stormy Trails
as Foreman Dunn
Law and Lead
as Cattleman Detective Ned
The Idaho Kid
as Jess Peters
Crash Donovan
as Henchman (uncredited)
Winds of the Wasteland
as Larry Adams
The Stagecoach Race
as Larry Adams
Sharad of Atlantis
as Darius
The Lawless Nineties
as Bridger
A Face in the Fog
as Policeman (uncredited)
1935
Public Hero Number 1
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Outlaw Tamer
as 'Tex' Broderick
North of Arizona
as Ray - Express agent
1934
The Merry Widow
as Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)
The Affairs of Cellini
as Jailer (uncredited)
1933
Sagebrush Trail
as Joseph Conlon
Fugitive
as Joseph
War of the Range
as Henchman Bull Harris
Deluge
as Jack
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Army Sergeant
Corruption
as Assistant District Attorney King
Trouble Busters
as Jim Perkins
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Flier (uncredited)
The Devil's Brother
as Lorenzo's Lieutenant
1932
The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Keene Wallace "The Wolf"
The Devil Horse
as Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)
The Reckless Rider
as 'Tex' Wilkins
Texas Tornado
as Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy
Lawless Valley
as Bob Rand
1931
The Hurricane Horseman
as 'Gun' Smith
The Primrose Path
as Danny McGann
1930
Under Texas Skies
as Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent
Rough Waters
as Cal Morton
Firebrand Jordan
as Firebrand Jordan
1929
The Forward Pass
as Assistant Coach Kane
The Single Standard
as Ding Stuart
1928
The First Kiss
as William Talbot
The Big Killing
as George Hicks
Red Hair
as Robert Lennon
The Legion of the Condemned
as Charles Holabird
Love and Learn
as Anthony Cowles
1927
Open Range
as Tex Smith
The Last Outlaw
as Rancher