John Davis Chandler (January 28, 1935 – February 16, 2010) was an American actor.

Life

Chandler was born in Hinton, West Virginia. He died at age 75 in Toluca Lake, California from cancer.

Career

In two films in 1961, he portrayed the gangster Vincent Coll in '' Mad Dog Coll'' as well as a kind of mad-dog teen killer in '' The Young Savages''. He appeared in several of Sam Peckinpah's Western films as well as appeared on television between the 1960s and 1990s in '' The Rifleman'', ''

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''. In 1962, Chandler appeared as an escaped convict named Dog on '' The Virginian'' in the episode titled "The Brazen Bell."

Selected filmography

* 1961 '' Mad Dog Coll'' as Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll * 1961 '' The Young Savages'' as Arthur Reardon * 1962 '' Ride the High Country'' as Jimmy Hammond * 1965 '' Those Calloways'' as Ollie Gibbons * 1965 '' Major Dundee'' as Jimmy Lee Benteen * 1965 '' Once a Thief'' as James Arthur Sargatanas, Walter's Henchman * 1967 '' Return of the Gunfighter'' as "Sundance" * 1968 ''

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'' as "Acid" * 1969 '' The Good Guys and the Bad Guys'' as "Deuce" * 1970 ''

Barquero ''Barquero'' is a 1970 American Western film starring Lee Van Cleef and Warren Oates directed by Gordon Douglas. Plot After stealing a shipment of silver and weapons, the brutal and unstable Remy and his band of mercenaries must cross a riv ...

'' as Fair * 1971 ''

'' as Wally Barstow (Episode: A Child in Danger) * 1971 ''Drag Racer'' as Dave * 1971 '' Shoot Out'' as Skeeter * 1971 ''

'' as Robert "Robin" Saydo (Episode: The Radical) * 1971 '' The D.A.'' as Robert "Robin" Saydo (Episode: The People vs. Saydo) * 1972 '' Moon of the Wolf'' as Tom Gurmandy Jr. * 1973 ''

'' as Steve Deal (Episode: Killing Ground) * 1973 '' Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'' as Norris * 1974 ''

'' as Eddie Kane (Episode: Publish or Perish) * 1974 '' The Take'' as Man With Braces * 1974 ''

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'' as Evans * 1975 ''

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'' as Earl "Hymie" Weiss * 1975 '' Walking Tall Part 2'' as Ray Henry * 1976 '' The Outlaw Josey Wales'' as First Bounty Hunter * 1976 '' Mako: The Jaws of Death'' as Charlie * 1976 ''

Scorchy ''Scorchy'' is a 1976 American crime film written and directed by Howard Avedis, and starring Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Norman Burton, John Davis Chandler and Joyce Jameson. It was released on October 8, 1976 by American In ...

'' as Nicky * 1976 '' Chesty Anderson, USN'' as Dr. Cheech * 1976 ''Doc Hooker's Bunch'' as Roy * 1977 '' Whiskey Mountain'' as Rudy * 1977 '' The Shadow of Chikara'' as Rafe * 1979 '' The Little Dragons'' as Carl * 1982 '' The Sword and the Sorcerer'' Guard #1 * 1983 '' Triumphs of a Man Called Horse'' as Mason * 1986 Airwolf as Gentry * 1987 '' Adventures in Babysitting'' as Bleak * 1988 ''Double Revenge'' as Charlie "Big Charlie" * 1991 '' Trancers II'' as Wino #1 * 1991 '' Only the Lonely'' as Duane Earl Tyrone * 1993 '' Body of Evidence'' as Dr. Novaro * 1994 '' Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead'' as Henry * 1995 '' Carnosaur 2'' as Zeb

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1935 births 2010 deaths People from Hinton, West Virginia American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors Male actors from West Virginia {{US-screen-actor-1930s-stub