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Jeff Chandler

Jeff Chandler

Birthday: 1918-12-15 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) was an American actor, film producer and singer best remembered for playing Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), for which he was Oscar nominated. He was one of Universal Pictures's most popular male stars of the 1950s, his best known other credits including Sword in the Desert (1948), Deported (1950), Female on the Beach (1955) and Away All Boats (1956). In addition to his acting, he was known for his good looks, his distinguished gray hair, and for his musical recordings. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Chandler (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1962
Merrill's Marauders

as    Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill

1961
Return to Peyton Place

as    Lewis Jackman

1960
The Plunderers

as    Sam Christy

1959
Ten Seconds to Hell

as    Karl Wirtz

1959
Thunder in the Sun

as    Lon Bennett

1959
The Jayhawkers!

as    Luke Darcy

1957
Man in the Shadow

as    Ben Sadler

1957
The Tattered Dress

as    James Gordon Blane

1957
Drango

as    Major Clint Drango

1956
Away All Boats

as    Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks

1956
Pillars of the Sky

as    First Sgt. Emmett Bell

1955
Female on the Beach

as    Drummond Hall

1955
Foxfire

as    Jonathan Dartland

1954
Taza, Son of Cochise

as    Cochise

1953
Iron Man

as    Coke Mason

1953
East of Sumatra

as    Duke Mullane

1953
The Great Sioux Uprising

as    Jonathan Westgate

1953
War Arrow

as    Major Howell Brady

1952
Yankee Buccaneer

as    Cmdr. David Porter

1952
The Battle at Apache Pass

as    Cochise

1951
Smuggler's Island

as    Steve Kent

1951
Flame of Araby

as    Tamerlane

1951
Bird of Paradise

as    Tenga

1950
Two Flags West

as    Maj. Henry Kenniston

1949
Abandoned

as    Chief MacRae

1949
Sword in the Desert

as    Kurta

1947
The Invisible Wall

as    Al Conway, henchman