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