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Jeff Chandler

Acting

Born December 15, 1918 · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Died June 17, 1961

Also known as Ira Grossel

Biography

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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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1951 · nominated

Filmography31 titles

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

1949as Police Officer #66 (uncredited)

What's My Line?

1950as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

Man in the Shadow

1957as Ben Sadler

Foxfire

1955as Jonathan Dartland

Broken Arrow

1950as Cochise

Return to Peyton Place

1961as Lewis Jackman

The Battle at Apache Pass

1952as Cochise

Because of You

1952as Steve Kimberly

The Plunderers

1960as Sam Christy

Johnny O'Clock

1947as Turk

Merrill's Marauders

1962as Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill

Ten Seconds to Hell

1959as Karl Wirtz

Jeanne Eagels

1957as Sal Satori

Iron Man

1951as Coke Mason

Abandoned

1949as Chief MacRae

The Jayhawkers!

1959as Luke Darcy

Raw Wind in Eden

1958as Mark Moore / Scott Moorehouse

Sign of the Pagan

1954as Marcian

Deported

1950as Vic Smith

The Red Ball Express

1952as Lt. Campbell

War Arrow

1953as Major Howell Brady

Female on the Beach

1955as Drummond Hall

Taza, Son of Cochise

1954as Cochise

Thunder in the Sun

1959as Lon Bennett

Drango

1957as Major Clint Drango

Pillars of the Sky

1956as First Sgt. Emmett Bell

The Spoilers

1955as Roy Glennister

A Story of David

1960as David

Away All Boats

1956as Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks

The Lady Takes a Flyer

1958as Mike Dandridge