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Jeff Chandler
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 42
Also known as Ira Grossel GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn15/12/1918Born inBrooklyn, New York, U.S.Died17/06/1961Died inLos AngelesCausesurgical complicationsWikidataQ558844Buried atHillside Memorial ParkTMDb#50570

Jeff Chandler was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was one of Universal Pictures' more popular male stars of the 1950s. His other credits include Sword in the Desert (1948), Deported (1950), Female on the Beach (1955), and Away All Boats (1956). He also performed as a radio actor and as a singer.

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Filmography35 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2022Rat PackMovieSelf (archive footage)104
1994The World of HammerSeriesSelf (archive footage)76
1959Ten Seconds to HellMovieKarl Wirtz41
1959A Stranger in My ArmsMovieMaj. Pike Yarnell41
1959The Jayhawkers!MovieLuke Darcy41
1958Raw Wind in EdenMovieMark Moore / Scott Moorehouse40
1957Man in the ShadowMovieBen Sadler39
1957Jeanne EagelsMovieSal Satori39
1956The Steve Allen ShowSeriesSelf - Singer38
1956Toy TigerMovieRick Todd38
1956Pillars of the SkyMovieFirst Sgt. Emmett Bell38
1955Female on the BeachMovieDrummond Hall37
1955Allen in MovielandMovieSelf37
1955FoxfireMovieJonathan Dartland37
1954Taza, Son of CochiseMovieCochise36
1954Yankee PashaMovieJason Starbuck36
1953The World's Most Beautiful GirlsMovieSelf35
1952Son of Ali BabaMovieOpening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)34
1952The Battle at Apache PassMovieCochise34
1952Because of YouMovieSteve Kimberly34
1952Yankee BuccaneerMovieCmdr. David Porter34
1952The Red Ball ExpressMovieLt. Campbell34
1951Iron ManMovieCoke Mason33
1951Bird of ParadiseMovieTenga33
1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionMovieNarrator (uncredited) (voice)32
1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf - Mystery Guest32
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesSelf32
1950Broken ArrowMovieCochise32
1950Two Flags WestMovieHenry Kenniston32
1949Mr. Belvedere Goes to CollegeMoviePolice Officer #66 (uncredited)31
1949Sword in the DesertMovieKurta31
1947Johnny O'ClockMovieTurk29
1947The Invisible WallMovieAl Conway, henchman29
1947Roses Are RedMovieJohn Jones aka The Knuckle29
1945Thrill of a RomanceMovieSinger (uncredited)27