John Davis Chandler
Character actor John Davis Chandler, who made a career out of villainous turns, was on the pre-med track at Princeton before joining the U.S. Army and discovering his passion for performing. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and made his film debut in 1961, landing the title role in the chilling biopic of a 1930s gangster, "Mad Dog Coll." This established his niche as an excellent on-screen weasel, and soon he was scoring numerous roles playing underhanded criminals. Perhaps most memorably, he played a menacing cowboy named Jimmy Hammond in Sam Peckinpah's Western "Ride the High Country" and the sneering gang leader, Bleak, in the 1980s action-comedy "Adventures in Babysitting." When not playing notable heavies, Chandler balanced his film roles with one-offs on a variety of popular television programs, from the docudrama crime series "The Untouchables" to the superhero saga "The Incredible Hulk" to the science-fiction spin-off "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." He made his final onscreen appearance on the last, ending a career that spanned nearly 40 years. Chandler died in 2010, a victim of cancer, but his legacy lives on in his characters, whom audiences love to hate.
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John Davis Chandler
Filmography
Movies
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Sharon's Secret | Stan (Character) | - | 1995 |
38% |
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Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead | Henry (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Revenge | Big Charlie (Character) | - | 1988 |
72% |
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Adventures in Babysitting | Bleak (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Little Dragons | Carl (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whiskey Mountain | Rudy (Character) | - | 1977 |
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Wishbone Cutter | Rafe (Character) | - | 1977 |
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Mako: The Jaws of Death | Charlie (Character) | - | 1976 |
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Scorchy | Nicky (Character) | - | 1976 |
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Part 2, Walking Tall | Ray Henry (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Desperate Miles | Truck driver (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chase | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Moon of the Wolf | Tom Jr. (Character) | - | 1972 |
20% |
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Shootout | Skeeter (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Operation Cobra | Unknown (Character) | - | 1971 |
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Barquero | Fair (Character) | - | 1970 |
17% |
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Deuce (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hooked Generation | Acid (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Alligator Alley | Acid (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Once a Thief | James Arthur Sargatanas, Walter's Henchman (Character) | - | 1965 |
97% |
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Major Dundee | Jimmy Lee Benteen (Character) | $14.9K | 1965 |
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Those Calloways | Ollie Gibbons (Character) | - | 1964 |
89% |
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Ride the High Country | Jimmy Hammond (Character) | - | 1962 |
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Mad Dog Coll | Vincent `Mad Dog' Coll (Character) | - | 1961 |
44% |
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The Young Savages | Arthur Reardon (Character) | - | 1961 |
TV
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91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Flith (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Thomberg (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Charlie (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Airwolf | Gentry (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Gilbert Stoner (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978-1979 1981-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.J. and the Bear | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Nolan (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Lou Denbo (Character) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Willie Tomsen (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Eddie Kane (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Velos' Henchman (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Lou Mason (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Quimby (Guest Star) | 1963 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Frank Lauderbeck (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Law and Mr. Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |