Person Details

Birthday: 1918-12-15 05:35:04

Death: 1961-06-17 05:35:04

Aliases: Ira Grossel

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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.

Most Famous Work

Broken Arrow
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7

Broken Arrow

(1950) Cochise
Return to Peyton Place
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7

Return to Peyton Place

(1961) Lewis Jackman
The Red Ball Express
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6

The Red Ball Express

(1952) Lt. Campbell
Away All Boats
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5

Away All Boats

(1956) Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks
Merrill's Marauders
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6

Merrill's Marauders

(1962) Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill
Sign of the Pagan
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5

Sign of the Pagan

(1954) Marcian
Ten Seconds to Hell
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6

Ten Seconds to Hell

(1959) Karl Wirtz
Two Flags West
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6

Two Flags West

(1950) Maj. Henry Kenniston

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Jeff Chandler (Images d'archives)
1962 Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill
1961 Lewis Jackman
1960 David
Sam Christy
1959 Luke Darcy
Karl Wirtz
Lon Bennett
Maj. Pike Yarnell
1958 Mark Moore / Scott Moorehouse
Mike Dandridge
1957 Ben Sadler
Sal Satori
James Gordon Blane
Major Clint Drango
1956 First Sgt. Emmett Bell
Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks
Rick Todd
Self - Singer
1955 Roy Glennister
Narrator
Drummond Hall
Jonathan Dartland
Self
1954 Marcian
Jason Starbuck
Cochise
1953 Major Howell Brady
Duke Mullane
Jonathan Westgate
1952 Steve Kimberly
Cmdr. David Porter
Lt. Campbell
Cochise
Nightclub Patron
1951 Tamerlane
Coke Mason
Steve Kent
Tenga
1950 Vic Smith
Maj. Henry Kenniston
Self
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Cochise
Self - Mystery Guest
1949 Chief MacRae
Kurta
Police Officer #66
1947 John Jones aka The Knuckle
Al Conway, henchman
Turk
1945 Singer (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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