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Lane Chandler
Lane Chandler
	Chandler in Open Range (1927)
Born	Robert Clinton Oakes; June 4, 1899; Pisek, North Dakota, U.S.
Died	September 14, 1972 (aged 73); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery Hollywood,California
Years active	1921–1971

Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes,^[1] June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972)^[1] was an American actor specializing mainly in Westerns.

Biography

Early life

Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse rancher.^[2] The family relocated to Helena, Montana, when he was a youngster, and he graduated from high school there. He briefly attended Montana Wesleyan College, but quit to drive a tour bus at Yellowstone National Park.

Career

In the early 1920s, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and started working as an auto mechanic. His real-life experiences growing up on a horse ranch landed bit parts for him in westerns from 1925, for Paramount Pictures. Studio executives suggested changing his name to Lane Chandler, and as such he began achieving leading roles opposite stars like Clara Bow, Greta Garbo, Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston. His first lead role was in The Legion of the Condemned.

As a silent film star, Chandler performed well, but when talkies arrived he was cast more in supporting roles, as in The Great Mike of 1944. He starred in a few low-budget westerns in the 1930s, but was more often cast as the leading man's partner, or saddle pal, or a sheriff or army officer. Many of his films featured alliterative titles such as Riders of the Rio (1931), Primrose Path (1931), The Cheyenne Cyclone (1931), The Hurricane Horseman (1931), Battling Buckaroo (1932), The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932), The Reckless Rider (1932), The Texas Tornado (1932), and Sagebrush Trail with John Wayne; all but two of these films starred Chandler top-billed with his name above the title. With the advent of television Chandler began making appearance on numerous series, often in Westerns such as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Lawman, Have Gun – Will Travel, Rawhide, Maverick, Cheyenne, and Gunsmoke (as “Trumbull” in the S7E10 titled “Indian Ford” in 1961 & as “Luke” in the S8E8’s “The Trappers” in 1962); many of these TV series appearances were bit parts with no billing at all. He continued acting on TV and in films through 1966, retiring comfortably due to his holdings in both residential and commercial properties.

He died in Los Angeles of heart disease in 1972, aged 73.

Selected filmography

The Last Outlaw (1927) – Rancher (uncredited)
Open Range (1927) – Tex Smith
Love and Learn (1928) – Anthony Cowles
Red Hair (1928) (with Clara Bow) – Robert Lennon
The Legion of the Condemned (1928) (with Fay Wray and Gary Cooper) – Charles Holabird
The Big Killing (1928) – George Hicks
The First Kiss (1928) (with Fay Wray and Gary Cooper) – William Talbot
The Wolf of Wall Street (1929) – (uncredited)
The Studio Murder Mystery (1929) – Bill Martin (uncredited)
The Single Standard (1929) (with Greta Garbo) – Ding Stuart
The Forward Pass (1929) – "Assistant Coach Kane"
Firebrand Jordan (1930) – Firebrand Jordan
The Lightning Express (1930, Serial) – Jack Venable
Rough Waters (1930) – Cal Morton
Beyond the Law (1930) – Jack-Knife
Under Texas Skies (1930) – Singer Martin, Secret Service Agent
Riders of the Rio (1931) - Bob Lane
Primrose Path (1931) - Danny McGann
The Cheyenne Cyclone (1931) - Bob Carleton
The Hurricane Horseman (1931) - 'Gun' Smith
Guns for Hire (1932) - Flip LaRue, aka Ken Wayne
Battling Buckaroo (1932) - Jack Winslow
The Reckless Rider (1932) - 'Tex' Wilkins
The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932) - Keene Wallace
Lawless Valley (1932) - Bob Rand
The Texas Tornado (1932) - Tex Robbins
Sagebrush Trail (1933) (with John Wayne and Yakima Canutt) - Joseph Conlon, aka Bob Jones
Via Pony Express (1933) - Lieutenant Bob Grey
War of the Range (1933) - Bull Harris, Henchman
Trouble Busters (1933) - Jim Perkins
The Outlaw Tamer (1935) - 'Tex' Broderick
Idaho Kid (1936) - Jess Peters
The Magnificent Brute (1936) - Steelworker (uncredited)
Winds of the Wasteland (1936) (with John Wayne) - Larry Adams
Heroes of the Alamo (1937) – Davy Crockett
Come On, Rangers (1938) - Ken Rogers
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938, Serial) – Flight Commander [Chs. 2–3]
Two Gun Justice (1938) - Butch, Henchman
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) - Captain of Fouquet's Guards
The Taming of the West (1939) - Turkey (uncredited)
Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
Arabian Nights (1942) – Majordomo (uncredited)
Wild Horse Rustlers (1943) - Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann
Law of the Saddle (1943) - Steve Kinney
Rustlers' Hideout (1944) - Hammond
Terror Trail (1946) - Duke Catlett (uncredited)
Behind Prison Walls (1946)
Gunning for Vengeance (1946) - Jim Clayburn (uncredited)
The Vigilantes Return (1947) - Messenger
Cattle Queen (1951) - Marshal Houston
The Hawk of Wild River (1952) - George, Storekeeper (uncredited)
Thunder Over the Plains (1953) (with Randolph Scott and Phyllis Kirk) - Mike Faraday
Border River (1954) (with Joel McCrea and Yvonne De Carlo) - Anderson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (Season 1 Episode 7: "Breakdown") - Sheriff
Quantrill's Raiders (1958) - Sheriff Alden