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Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an American
United States

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 film
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 actor
Actor

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 and singer in the 1950s.

Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Erasmus Hall High School
Erasmus Hall High School

File:Erasmus Hall HS long jeh.JPGErasmus Hall Campus High School is a four-year public high school in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, operated as part of the New York City Department of Education....
, the alma mater of many stage and film personalities. Later, he took a drama course and spent two years in stock companies before serving in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. After being discharged from the military, he was a busy radio
Radio programming

Radio programming is the content that is Broadcasting by radio stations.The original inventors of radio, such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi, expected it to be used for one-on-one communication tasks where telephones and telegraphs could not be used because of the impossibility of stringing wires from one point to another, such as in...
 actor both in drama (such as episodes of Escape
Escape (radio program)

Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7 1947 to September 25 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense , it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production budgets, although ARCO signed on as a sponsor for five months in 1950....
) and comedy (playing bashful biology teacher Phillip Boynton on Our Miss Brooks
Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks, an United States situation comedy, starred Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English studies teacher. It began as a Old Time Radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957....
).






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Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 and singer in the 1950s.

Biography

Born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Erasmus Hall High School
Erasmus Hall High School

File:Erasmus Hall HS long jeh.JPGErasmus Hall Campus High School is a four-year public high school in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, operated as part of the New York City Department of Education....
, the alma mater of many stage and film personalities. Later, he took a drama course and spent two years in stock companies before serving in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. After being discharged from the military, he was a busy radio
Radio programming

Radio programming is the content that is Broadcasting by radio stations.The original inventors of radio, such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi, expected it to be used for one-on-one communication tasks where telephones and telegraphs could not be used because of the impossibility of stringing wires from one point to another, such as in...
 actor both in drama (such as episodes of Escape
Escape (radio program)

Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7 1947 to September 25 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense , it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production budgets, although ARCO signed on as a sponsor for five months in 1950....
) and comedy (playing bashful biology teacher Phillip Boynton on Our Miss Brooks
Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks, an United States situation comedy, starred Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English studies teacher. It began as a Old Time Radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957....
). His first film appearance was in Johnny O'Clock
Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock is a United States crime film noir directed by Robert Rossen and written by Robert Rossen, based on a story written by Milton Holmes....
 (1947).

In the 1950s, Chandler became a star in western and action movies. His first important role was in Sword In the Desert (1948), as an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i freedom fighter
Freedom fighter

"Freedom fighter" is a term for those engaged in an armed struggle, the main cause of which is to achieve, in their or their supporters' view, freedom for themselves or obtain freedom for others....
. He was nominated for an Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
 for his role as Cochise
Cochise

Cochise was a chiefdom of the Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache and the leader of an uprising that began in 1861. Cochise County, Arizona is named after him....
 in Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow (1950 film)

Broken Arrow is a Western film released in 1950. It was directed by Delmer Daves and starred James Stewart and Jeff Chandler . The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won a Golden Globe award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding. It made history as the first major Western movie since the Second World War...
 (1950). The first of three screen appearances as the legendary Apache
Apache

Apache is the collective term for several culturally related groups of Native Americans in the United States. These indigenous peoples of North America speak a Southern Athabaskan languages language, and are related linguistically to the languages of Athabaskan speakers of Alaska and western Canada....
 chief, he repeated the role in The Battle at Apache Pass
The Battle at Apache Pass

The Battle at Apache Pass is a 1952 in film Universal-International western film starring Jeff Chandler as Cochise, the Apache chief of Broken Arrow ....
 (1952) and Taza, Son Of Cochise (1954).

During the latter part of the decade and into the early 1960s, Chandler became a top leading man. His sex appeal, prematurely gray hair, and tanned features put him into drama and costume movies. Among the movies of this period are Female on the Beach
Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach is a Universal-International feature film starring Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler in an story about a widow and her beach bum lover....
 (1955), Foxfire (1955), Away All Boats
Away All Boats

Away All Boats is a 1956 in film American war film produced by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Pevney and produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the novel by Kenneth M....
 (1956), Toy Tiger (1956), Drango (1957), The Tattered Dress (1957), Man in the Shadow
Man in the Shadow

Man in the Shadow is a 1957 in film crime film starring Jeff Chandler , Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander, and John Larch....
 (1957), A Stranger in My Arms (1959), The Jayhawkers! (1959), Thunder in the Sun
Thunder in the Sun

Thunder in the Sun is a 1959 in film Western film made by Carrollton Inc and Seven Arts Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures....
 (1959), and Return to Peyton Place
Return to Peyton Place

Return to Peyton Place is a 1959 novel by Grace Metalious.After the phenomenal success of her first novel, the blockbuster hit Peyton Place , Metalious hastily penned a sequel centering on the life and loves of bestselling author Allison MacKenzie, who ironically follows in the footsteps of her mother by having an affair with a mar...
 (1961).

His leading ladies included June Allyson, Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce , for which she won the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Actress....
, Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming

Rhonda Fleming , is an American motion picture and television actress.She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most beautiful and glamorous actresses of her day....
, Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara is an Irish people film actor and singer.Born to Charles Stewart Parnell FitzSimons and Marguerita Lilburn in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland not long before partition, the famously red hair O'Hara has been noted for playing fiercely passionate heroines with a highly sensible attitude....
, Kim Novak
Kim Novak

Kim Novak is an United States actor who was one of her nation's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo ....
, Jane Russell
Jane Russell

Jane Russell is an American film actress and sex symbol....
, Esther Williams
Esther Williams

Esther Jane Williams is a retired United States competitive swimmer and legendary MGM feature film movie star, famous for her musical films that featured elaborate performances with swimming and diving....
, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward was an American actress.After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward travelled to Hollywood in 1937 in the hope of playing the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind ....
.

Chandler had a concurrent career as a singer and recording artist, releasing several albums and playing nightclubs.

Personal life

Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle in 1946. The couple had two daughters before divorcing in 1954.

When his friend Sammy Davis Jr. lost an eye in an accident and was in danger of losing the other, Chandler offered to give Davis one of his own eyes. Chandler himself had nearly lost an eye and had been visibly scarred in an auto accident years earlier.

He was romantically linked with Esther Williams
Esther Williams

Esther Jane Williams is a retired United States competitive swimmer and legendary MGM feature film movie star, famous for her musical films that featured elaborate performances with swimming and diving....
, who claimed in her autobiography that she broke off the relationship when she discovered that Chandler was a cross-dresser.

Death

Shortly after completing his role in Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders (film)

Merrill's Marauders is a 1962 in film Cinemascope war film directed and co-written by Samuel Fuller based on the exploits of the jungle warfare unit of the same name in the Burma Campaign....
 in 1961, he injured his back while playing baseball with U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers who served as extras in the movie. Chandler entered a Culver City hospital and had surgery for a spinal disc herniation
Spinal disc herniation

A spinal disc herniation ', incorrectly called a "slipped disc", is a medical condition affecting the Vertebral column, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc ' allows the soft, central portion to hernia....
, on May 13, 1961. There were severe complications; an artery
Artery

Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. All arteries, with the exception of the pulmonary and umbilical arteries, carry oxygenated blood....
 was damaged and Chandler hemorrhaged
Bleeding

Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging or haemorrhaging is the loss of blood from the circulatory system. Bleeding can occur internally, where blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body or externally, either through a natural opening such as the vagina, Mouth , nose, or anus, or through a break in the skin....
. In a seven-and-a-half-hour emergency operation over-and-above the original surgery, he was given 55 pints of blood. Another operation followed, date unknown, where he received an additional 20 pints of blood. He died on June 17, 1961. His death was deemed malpractice
Malpractice

In law, malpractice is a type of negligence in which the misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance of a professional, under a duty of care, fails to follow generally accepted professional standards, and that breach of duty is the proximate cause of injury to a plaintiff who suffers damages....
 and resulted in a large lawsuit and settlement for his children.

Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis is an United States film acting. He is best known for light comic roles, especially as a musician on the run from gangsters in Some Like It Hot with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe....
 and Gerald Mohr
Gerald Mohr

Gerald Mohr was a radio, film and television character actor who appeared in over 500 radio plays, 73 films and over 100 television shows.The New York City-born actor was educated in Dwight Preparatory School in New York, where he learned to speak fluent French language and German language, and also learned to ride horses and play the pian...
 were among the pallbearers at Chandler's funeral. He was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery

The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, in Culver City, California, USA. A number of prominent individuals of the Jewish faith, including a number from the entertainment industry, are buried or entombed here, such as:...
, in Culver City, California
Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County....
.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Jeff Chandler has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, that serves as an entertainment hall of fame....
, at 1770 Vine Street
Vine Street

Vine is a street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that runs north-south from Melrose Avenue up past Hollywood Boulevard. The intersection of Hollywood and Vine was once a symbol of Hollywood itself....
.

Filmography

  • Johnny O'Clock
    Johnny O'Clock

    Johnny O'Clock is a United States crime film noir directed by Robert Rossen and written by Robert Rossen, based on a story written by Milton Holmes....
     (Uncredited, 1947)
  • The Invisible Wall (1947)
  • Roses Are Red (1947)
  • Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (Uncredited, 1949)
  • Sword in the Desert
    Sword in the Desert

    Sword in the Desert is a 1949 in film United States war film directed by George Sherman....
     (1949)
  • Abandoned
    Abandoned (1949 film)

    Abandoned is a United States crime film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman. The drama features Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, among others....
     (1949)
  • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
    Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

    Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion is a 1950 in film film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello....
     (Uncredited, Voice, 1950)
  • Broken Arrow
    Broken Arrow (1950 film)

    Broken Arrow is a Western film released in 1950. It was directed by Delmer Daves and starred James Stewart and Jeff Chandler . The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won a Golden Globe award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding. It made history as the first major Western movie since the Second World War...
     (1950)
  • Deported (1950)
  • The Desert Hawk
    The Desert Hawk

    The Desert Hawk is a Columbia Pictures Serial . It was the 23rd serial produced by Columbia....
     (Uncredited, 1950)
  • Two Flags West
    Two Flags West

    Two Flags West is a 1950 in film American Civil War drama that tells the story of a large squadron of imprisoned Confederate Army soldiers, who will be given complete amnesty, only if they choose to fight alongside Indians....
     (1950)
  • Double Crossbones (Uncredited, 1951)
  • Bird of Paradise (1951)
  • Smuggler's Island (1951)
  • Iron Man (1951)
  • Flame of the Desert (1951)
  • Yankee Pasha (1952)
  • The Battle at Apache Pass
    The Battle at Apache Pass

    The Battle at Apache Pass is a 1952 in film Universal-International western film starring Jeff Chandler as Cochise, the Apache chief of Broken Arrow ....
     (1952)
  • Red Ball Express (1952)
  • Son of Ali Baba (Uncredited, 1952)
  • Because of You (1952)
  • Girls in the Night (Uncredited, Voice, 1952)
  • The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
  • East of Sumatra (1953)
  • War Arrow (1953)
  • Taza, Son of Cochise (Uncredited, 1954)
  • Yankee Pasha (1954)
  • Sign of the Pagan (1954)
  • Foxfire (1955)
  • Female on the Beach
    Female on the Beach

    Female on the Beach is a Universal-International feature film starring Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler in an story about a widow and her beach bum lover....
     (1955)
  • The Spoilers
    The Spoilers (1955 film)

    The Spoilers is a 1955 film directed by Jesse Hibbs, adapted to sceen by Oscar Brodney and Charles Hoffman from the novel and play by Rex Beach....
     (1955)
  • The Toy Tiger (1956)
  • Away All Boats
    Away All Boats

    Away All Boats is a 1956 in film American war film produced by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Pevney and produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the novel by Kenneth M....
     (1956)
  • Pillars of the Sky (1956)
  • The Tattered Dress (1957)
  • Jeanne Eagels
    Jeanne Eagels (film)

    Jeanne Eagels is a 1957 in film fictionalised biographical film of the life of stage star Jeanne Eagels, made by Columbia Pictures. It was produced and directed by George Sidney from a screenplay by John Fante, Daniel Fuchs and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Fuchs....
     (1957)
  • Drango (1957)
  • Man in the Shadow
    Man in the Shadow

    Man in the Shadow is a 1957 in film crime film starring Jeff Chandler , Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander, and John Larch....
     (1957)
  • Lion in the Sky (1958)
  • The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
  • Raw Wind in Eden (1958)
  • A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
  • Thunder in the Sun
    Thunder in the Sun

    Thunder in the Sun is a 1959 in film Western film made by Carrollton Inc and Seven Arts Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures....
     (1959)
  • Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
  • The Jayhawkers!
    The Jayhawkers!

    The Jayhawkers! is a movie set in pre-American Civil War Kansas starring Jeff Chandler and Fess Parker, and directed by Melvin Frank....
     (1959)
  • The Plunderers (1960)
  • Return to Peyton Place
    Return to Peyton Place

    Return to Peyton Place is a 1959 novel by Grace Metalious.After the phenomenal success of her first novel, the blockbuster hit Peyton Place , Metalious hastily penned a sequel centering on the life and loves of bestselling author Allison MacKenzie, who ironically follows in the footsteps of her mother by having an affair with a mar...
     (1961)
  • Merrill's Marauders
    Merrill's Marauders (film)

    Merrill's Marauders is a 1962 in film Cinemascope war film directed and co-written by Samuel Fuller based on the exploits of the jungle warfare unit of the same name in the Burma Campaign....
     (1962)

Television

  • A Story of David (1960)
  • What's My Line? (1954)


Award nominations


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