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Jeff Chandler

Actor / Singer-songwriter / Film Producer | * 12/15/1918 († 42, 06/17/1961) | Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; Yiddish: יראַ גראָססעל; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) 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). In addition to his acting in film, he was known for his role in the radio program Our Miss Brooks, as Phillip Boynton, her fellow teacher and clueless object of affection, and for his musical recordings. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Western

Known for these Movies & Shows

A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas; but the arrival of one of Porter's ex-s ...

Yankee Buccaneer

Certification unknown

1952 | 2.9/5 | 1h 26min
Adventure, History, Romance / Love
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Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, h ...

Female on the Beach

NR

1955 | 2.8/5 | 1h 37min
Drama, Crime, Thriller, Romance / Love, Mystery
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Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atro ...

Broken Arrow

NR

1950 | 3.4/5 | 1h 33min
Western
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In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night, two of Virgil's henchmen go a little too far and beat a "bracero" ranch hand to death. Faced ...

Man in the Shadow

NR

1957 | 3.4/5 | 1h 20min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Jeff Chandler

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Jeff Chandler as Actor(47)

as Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill1962 Merrill's Marauders
as Lewis Jackman1961 Return to Peyton Place
as Sam Christy1960 The Plunderers
as David1960 A Story of David
as Luke Darcy1959 The Jayhawkers!
as Lon Bennett1959 Thunder in the Sun
as Maj. Pike Yarnell1959 A Stranger in My Arms
as Karl Wirtz1959 Ten Seconds to Hell
as Mike Dandridge1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer
as Mark Moore / Scott Moorehouse1958 Raw Wind in Eden
as Ben Sadler1957 Man in the Shadow
as Sal Satori1957 Jeanne Eagels
as James Gordon Blane1957 The Tattered Dress
as Major Clint Drango1957 Drango
as Rick Todd1956 Toy Tiger
as Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks1956 Away All Boats
as First Sgt. Emmett Bell1956 Pillars of the Sky
as himself1955 Allen in Movieland
as Drummond Hall1955 Female on the Beach
as Jonathan Dartland1955 Foxfire
as Roy Glennister1955 The Spoilers
as Marcian1954 Sign of the Pagan
as Major Howell Brady1954 War Arrow
as Cochise1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
as Jason Starbuck1954 Yankee Pasha
as Duke Mullane1953 East of Sumatra
as Jonathan Westgate1953 The Great Sioux Uprising
as Cochise1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
as Lt. Campbell1952 The Red Ball Express
as Cmdr. David Porter1952 Yankee Buccaneer
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)1952 Meet Danny Wilson
as Steve Kimberly1952 Because of You
as Tenga1951 Bird of Paradise
as Coke Mason1951 Iron Man
as Tamerlane1951 Flame of Araby
as Steve Kent1951 Smuggler's Island
as Maj. Henry Kenniston1950 Two Flags West
as Vic Smith1950 Deported
as Cochise1950 Broken Arrow
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Police Officer #66 (uncredited)1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Kurta1949 Sword in the Desert
as Chief MacRae1949 Abandoned
as John Jones aka The Knuckle1947 Roses Are Red
as Al Conway, henchman1947 The Invisible Wall
as Turk1947 Johnny O'Clock
as Singer (uncredited)1945 Thrill of a Romance

TV Shows/Series with Jeff Chandler as Actor(3)

as Self - Singer1956 The Steve Allen Show
as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?

Full Name: Jeff Ira Grossel
Born: Sunday, 12/15 1918 (December) in Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 06/17 1961 (June) in Los Angeles (aged: 42)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Erasmus Hall High School
Record Label: Liberty Records
Spouses (current/former): Marjorie Hoshelle
Other names for Jeff Chandler (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ira Grossel"
Jeff Chandler frequently works together with these people:
Russell A. Gausman (24x, Crew)
Bud Westmore (23x, Crew)
Leslie I. Carey (19x, Crew)
Joan St. Oegger (16x, Crew)
Joseph Gershenson (15x, Crew)
Alexander Golitzen (13x, Crew)
Bernard Herzbrun (12x, Crew)
Bill Thomas (11x, Crew)
Joseph Pevney (9x, Crew)
Frank Skinner (8x, Crew)
Jayne Meadows (7x, Actress)
Oliver Emert (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1410051, Added: 09/05/2019, Last updated: 04/21/2024