John Davis Chandler
Acting
Born: January 28, 1935 · Hinton, West Virginia, USA
Died: February 16, 2010 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
Biography
John Davis Chandler (1935–2010) was an American character actor renowned for his distinctive, intense onscreen presence and his prolific career playing villains, outlaws, and shady miscreants. Born in Hinton, West Virginia, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he broke into film in 1961 by landing the title role of real-life 1930s gangster Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll in the biopic Mad Dog Coll. That breakout performance cemented his niche as an exceptional on-screen heavy, enabling him to carve out a nearly 40-year career spanning more than a hundred film and television credits. Throughout his career, Chandler became a familiar face in classic Westerns and gritty crime dramas, notably collaborating multiple times with director Sam Peckinpah in films such as Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Mainstream audiences also recognize him for playing the sneering gang leader Bleak in the 1987 action-comedy Adventures in Babysitting, alongside feature work in Capone, Only the Lonely, and Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead. In addition to his extensive film resume, he was a ubiquitous television guest star, appearing on classic programs ranging from The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Adam-12, and Columbo to Murder, She Wrote. Science fiction fans also remember him for his appearance as the Orion character Flith in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sixth-season episode "Honor Among Thieves". He passed away on February 16, 2010, at the age of 75 in Toluca Lake, California, due to cancer.
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Movies (42)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Norris
Adventures in Babysitting
Bleak
Only the Lonely
Duane Earl Tyrone
The Outlaw Josey Wales
First Bounty Hunter
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Deuce
Body of Evidence
Dr. Novaro
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Guard 1
Barquero
Fair
Major Dundee
Jimmy Lee Benteen
Once a Thief
James Arthur Sargatanas, Walter's Henchman
Moon of the Wolf
Tom Jr.
Ride the High Country
Jimmy Hammond
Those Calloways
Ollie Gibbons
Love Among Thieves
San Francisco Desk Clerk
Shoot Out
Skeeter (as John Chandler)
Return of the Gunfighter
Sundance
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Henry
Crash and Burn
Bud
Capone
Hymie Weiss
Inside Out 2
1992
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
Mason
Mad Dog Coll
Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll
Walking Tall Part II
Ray Henry
Mako: The Jaws of Death
Charlie
The Young Savages
Arthur Reardon
The Shadow of Chikara
Rafe
The Little Dragons
Carl
The Desperate Miles
Truck Driver
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
Dr. Cheech
Chase
Thomas L. Traylor
Confessions of the D.A. Man
Robin Saydo (as John Chandler)
Double Revenge
Big Charlie
Scorchy
Nicky
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Al Garver, the Henchman
Hitched
Jannis
Ricochet
Kelso
Sharon's Secret
Stan
Doc Hooker's Bunch
Roy
The Ultimate Thrill
Evans
Whiskey Mountain
Rudy
Drag Racer
Dave
The Hooked Generation
Acid
TV Shows (45)
Columbo
Eddie Kane · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
John Detweiler · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Gilbert Stoner · 1 eps
ER
Thornberg · 1 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Flith · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Mr. Ray · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Kenny · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Quimby · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
The Virginian
Dog · 1 eps
Adam-12
Wally Barstow · 1 eps
Adam-12
Robin Saydo · 1 eps
Adam-12
Steve Deal · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Robert Gideon · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Brooks · 1 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
1 eps
Airwolf
Gentry · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Ed Larson · 1 eps
Simon & Simon
3 eps
T. J. Hooker
Waylon Gilbert · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Renegade
Captain at Base · 1 eps
Police Woman
Nolan · 1 eps
Route 66
Frank Lauderbeck · 1 eps
Hunter
Paul Hammond · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Homeless Man · 1 eps
The High Chaparral
Kid Curry · 1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Gunsmoke
Rogers · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Willie Tomsen · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Dr. Walker · 1 eps
Matt Houston
Hank · 1 eps
Matt Houston
Roman Petrovich · 1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
Felony Squad
1 eps
The Detectives
Starr · 1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
2 eps
B. J. and the Bear
Marsh · 1 eps
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Dick McBride · 1 eps
Cassie & Co.
Gillian · 1 eps
Lucan
1 eps
Straightaway
1 eps
Empire
Aflen · 1 eps
Spencer's Pilots
1 eps
