Known for
Acting
Credits
218
Gender
Man
Birthday
2 June 1899
Day of death
14 Sept 1972 (73)
Place of birth
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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. He starred in a few low-budget westerns in the 1930s, but was more often cast as the leading man's partner, or saddle pal, or a sheriff or army officer. With the advent of television Chandler began making appearance on numerous series, often in Westerns such as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Lawman, Have Gun – Will Travel, Rawhide, Maverick, Cheyenne, and Gunsmoke. He continued acting on TV and in films through 1966. He died in Los Angeles of heart disease in 1972, aged 73.
Known for
Acting roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Requiem for a Gunfighter | Bryan Comer |
| 1961 | The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come | Sheriff |
| 1960 | Noose for a Gunman | Ed Folsey |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sheriff |
| 1958 | Lawman | |
| 1958 | Quantrill's Raiders | Sheriff |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Maverick | Lawson (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Sheriff Jim Harkness |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Marshal |
| 1957 | The Californians | |
| 1956 | Great Day in the Morning | Northern Loyalist (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Lone Ranger | Chip Walker |
| 1956 | The First Texan | Col. James Fannin (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sheriff |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Sam |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Trumbull |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Luke |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Warden |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Morgan |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Guard |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter | Head Settler (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Creature with the Atom Brain | Gen. Saunders (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | |
| 1955 | Shotgun | Fletcher |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | |
| 1955 | Tall Man Riding | Hap Sutton |
| 1955 | The Man from Bitter Ridge | Crow's Nester (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Apache Ambush | |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | |
| 1954 | Border River | Anderson |
| 1954 | Return to Treasure Island | Capt. Cardigan |
| 1953 | Calamity Jane | Prospector (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | Mike Faraday |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Dave (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Sheriff Hardy (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Lusty Men | 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Big Trees | Brother Dorn (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | Morton |
| 1952 | The Lion and the Horse | Sheriff |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North | |
| 1952 | Gang Busters | |
| 1951 | The Well | Deputy Stan |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Earl Samson |
| 1951 | Prairie Roundup | Red Dawson (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Cattle Queen | Marshal Houston |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Sheriff |
| 1950 | Outcasts of Black Mesa | Ted Thorp |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Teresh |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Flynn |
| 1949 | Riders of the Whistling Pines | Forest Ranger (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Lone Wolf and His Lady | Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison |
| 1949 | Dynamite | Aggressive Motorist (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Red River | Colonel (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Street with No Name | Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited) |
| 1948 | Albuquerque | Mr. Clark (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Money Madness | Policeman |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter | Marshal Evans |
| 1948 | Big Town Scandal | Irate Store Owner (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Northwest Stampede | Scrivner |
| 1948 | Song of My Heart | Policeman |
| 1948 | Caged Fury | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Campus Sleuth | Police Officer |
| 1948 | California's Golden Beginning | |
| 1947 | Pursued | A Callum |
| 1947 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Prison Guard |
| 1947 | The Vigilantes Return | Messenger |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Cavalry Captain (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Dark Mirror | Intern (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever | Hamilton Lab Technician |
| 1946 | Little Giant | Lost Motorist (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Blonde Alibi | Policeman #2 (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Two-Fisted Stranger | Brady (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Gunning for Vengeance | Jim Clayburn (uncredited) |
| 1946 | A Guy Could Change | Mr. Schroeder |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Boone |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk | Al (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Incendiary Blonde | Mounted Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Manhunt of Mystery Island | Police Insp. Reed |
| 1945 | Senorita from the West | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Rustlers' Hideout | Hammond - Gambler |
| 1945 | Sagebrush Heroes | Colton |
| 1944 | Laura | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Lady and the Monster | Ranger White (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Mounted Officer (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Trigger Trail | Slade |
| 1944 | The Great Mike | Sam Hildur |
| 1944 | Silver City Kid | Steve Clayton |
| 1944 | Trigger Law | Tex |
| 1944 | Men on Her Mind | Frank Tuttle |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Slim |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Policeman |
| 1943 | Wild Horse Rustlers | Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann |
| 1943 | Law of the Saddle | Steve Kinney |
| 1943 | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Duke Merrick |
| 1943 | Riders of the Rio Grande | Townsman |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Sam |
| 1942 | Invisible Agent | German Sentry (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Valley of Vanishing Men | Major Stacy Roberts |
| 1942 | Sundown Jim | Nat Oldroyd |
| 1942 | Don Winslow of the Navy | Henchman Corley |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Corporal Savage (uncredited) |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Sentry (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Among the Living | |
| 1941 | Lady from Louisiana | Courtroom Police Officer |
| 1941 | The Spider Returns | Police Lab Fingerprint Man |
| 1941 | The Roundup | Taggert |
| 1941 | Six-Gun Gold | Brad Cardigan |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Adjutant (uncredited) |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Constable Fyffe |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited) |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Porter (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Charlie Chan in Panama | Powerhouse Search Officer |
| 1940 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Ming's Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet | Acme Driver Bill (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Major |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Cop Car-Chasing Foranti |
| 1940 | Junior G-Men | Second Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Midnight Limited | Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Pioneers of the West | Steve Carson |
| 1940 | Pony Post | Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider |
| 1940 | Deadwood Dick | Wild Bill Hickok |
| 1940 | Hi-Yo Silver | Dick Forrest |
| 1940 | The Great Plane Robbery | Jill Whitcomb |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Ranger on Telephone (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Captain of Fouquet's Guards |
| 1939 | The Phantom Creeps | Henchman with Rankin |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Buck Rogers | Army Official at Wade's Lab |
| 1939 | Three Little Sew and Sews | Shore Patrolman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Saga of Death Valley | Roy's Father |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | U.S. Border Patrol Officer |
| 1939 | The Man from Montreal | Constable Rankin |
| 1939 | Code of the Streets | Policeman |
| 1939 | Southward Ho! | Jim Crawford |
| 1939 | The Oregon Trail | Corporal in Sherman's Office |
| 1939 | Oklahoma Frontier | Sergeant |
| 1939 | Outpost of the Mounties | Mountie Cooper |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Revolutionary Officer (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars | Flight Commander |
| 1938 | Mutts to You | Doug Manning (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation | Second Detective |
| 1938 | Start Cheering | Field Judge |
| 1938 | Heart of the North | Frank (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Two Gun Justice | Butch - Henchman |
| 1938 | Come On, Rangers | Ken Rogers |
| 1938 | The Daredevil Drivers | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Heart of Arizona | Trimmer Winkler |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Boiler Room Guard |
| 1938 | The First Hundred Years | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Jury's Secret | Spectator |
| 1938 | Land of Fighting Men | Cliff - Henchman |
| 1938 | The Lone Ranger | Dick Forrest |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Confession | Actor (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | Federal Officer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Fly Away Baby | Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Firefly | Captain of Guards (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Sea Devils | Coast Guard Officer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Public Wedding | Reporter |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Heroes of the Alamo | Davy Crockett |
| 1937 | She Loved a Fireman | Bill Patton |
| 1937 | Law of the Ranger | ? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams) |
| 1937 | Sea Racketeers | Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath |
| 1937 | Tim Tyler's Luck | Patrolman Kelly |
| 1936 | Winds of the Wasteland | Larry Adams |
| 1936 | Sharad of Atlantis | Darius |
| 1936 | The Lawless Nineties | Bridger |
| 1936 | A Face in the Fog | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Idaho Kid | Jess Peters |
| 1936 | Stormy Trails | Foreman Dunn |
| 1936 | The Stagecoach Race | Larry Adams |
| 1936 | Law and Lead | Cattleman Detective Ned |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1935 | North of Arizona | Ray - Express agent |
| 1935 | The Outlaw Tamer | 'Tex' Broderick |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Affairs of Cellini | Jailer (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Devil's Brother | Lorenzo's Lieutenant |
| 1933 | Sagebrush Trail | Joseph Conlon |
| 1933 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Flier (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Deluge | Jack |
| 1933 | Corruption | Assistant District Attorney King |
| 1933 | Trouble Busters | Jim Perkins |
| 1933 | Fighting With Kit Carson | Army Sergeant |
| 1933 | War of the Range | Henchman Bull Harris |
| 1932 | Lawless Valley | Bob Rand |
| 1932 | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Keene Wallace "The Wolf" |
| 1932 | The Devil Horse | Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Texas Tornado | Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy |
| 1932 | The Reckless Rider | 'Tex' Wilkins |
| 1931 | The Primrose Path | Danny McGann |
| 1931 | The Hurricane Horseman | 'Gun' Smith |
| 1930 | Under Texas Skies | Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent |
| 1930 | Firebrand Jordan | Firebrand Jordan |
| 1930 | Beyond the Law | |
| 1930 | Rough Waters | Cal Morton |
| 1929 | The Single Standard | Ding Stuart |
| 1929 | The Forward Pass | Assistant Coach Kane |
| 1928 | The Legion of the Condemned | Charles Holabird |
| 1928 | Red Hair | Robert Lennon |
| 1928 | The First Kiss | William Talbot |
| 1928 | The Big Killing | George Hicks |
| 1928 | Love and Learn | Anthony Cowles |
| 1927 | Open Range | Tex Smith |
| 1927 | The Last Outlaw | Rancher |