Actor,born in Hinton, West Virgina, to a prominent opthamologist.Noted for his roles of playing a heavy. Chandler first appeared in Young Savages with Burt Lancaster and Shelly Winters portraying the character of Arthur Reardon,a sadistic killer.From that point he was typecast to play psychotic killers,and crazed characters. He even had the lead role in Mad Dog Coll in the early 60's In later years he played in t.v shows,"ER", "Hill Street Blues","Gunsmoke","Columbo","Route 66" and "Fantasy Island" His film career spanned over 40 movies and 60 plus t.v. productions.Growing up he was small and sickly but excelled in track, cross country,tennis and basketball.Chandler attended Princeton intending to become a doctor but instead dropped out and joined the Army and played tennis and boxed for them.In the 50's he attended New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts.Chandler's resume of movies include "The Outlaw Josey Wales", where he played a bounty hunter,Sam Peckinpah's, "Ride the High Country","Major Dundee" and other westerns.Ironically,he was found living in the same apartment he lived in when first coming to Hollywood in the 60's,by neighbors in Toluca,California.His wife had died years before his passing. Chandler lived a reclusive life and authorities found residual checks from movies that he had never cashed.A lot of his money he made he had given to religious groups.
Actor,born in Hinton, West Virgina, to a prominent opthamologist.Noted for his roles of playing a heavy. Chandler first appeared in Young Savages with Burt Lancaster and Shelly Winters portraying the character of Arthur Reardon,a sadistic killer.From that point he was typecast to play psychotic killers,and crazed characters. He even had the lead role in Mad Dog Coll in the early 60's In later years he played in t.v shows,"ER", "Hill Street Blues","Gunsmoke","Columbo","Route 66" and "Fantasy Island" His film career spanned over 40 movies and 60 plus t.v. productions.Growing up he was small and sickly but excelled in track, cross country,tennis and basketball.Chandler attended Princeton intending to become a doctor but instead dropped out and joined the Army and played tennis and boxed for them.In the 50's he attended New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts.Chandler's resume of movies include "The Outlaw Josey Wales", where he played a bounty hunter,Sam Peckinpah's, "Ride the High Country","Major Dundee" and other westerns.Ironically,he was found living in the same apartment he lived in when first coming to Hollywood in the 60's,by neighbors in Toluca,California.His wife had died years before his passing. Chandler lived a reclusive life and authorities found residual checks from movies that he had never cashed.A lot of his money he made he had given to religious groups.
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