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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

56

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-12-15

Day of Death

1961-06-17 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Also Known As

Ira Grossel

Jeff Chandler

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.

Known For

Acting

Foxfire

1955

Foxfire

as

Jonathan Dartland

The Jayhawkers!

1959

The Jayhawkers!

as

Luke Darcy

Ten Seconds to Hell

1959

Ten Seconds to Hell

as

Karl Wirtz

Deported

1950

Deported

as

Vic Smith

Abandoned

1949

Abandoned

as

Chief MacRae

Merrill's Marauders

1962

Merrill's Marauders

as

Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill

Man in the Shadow

1957

Man in the Shadow

as

Ben Sadler

Broken Arrow

1950

Broken Arrow

as

Cochise

War Arrow

1953

War Arrow

as

Major Howell Brady

Female on the Beach

1955

Female on the Beach

as

Drummond Hall

Pillars of the Sky

1956

Pillars of the Sky

as

First Sgt. Emmett Bell

The Invisible Wall

1947

The Invisible Wall

as

Al Conway, henchman

Away All Boats

1956

Away All Boats

as

Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks

Iron Man

1951

Iron Man

as

Coke Mason

Bird of Paradise

1951

Bird of Paradise

as

Tenga

Yankee Buccaneer

1952

Yankee Buccaneer

as

Cmdr. David Porter

The Tattered Dress

1957

The Tattered Dress

as

James Gordon Blane

Drango

1957

Drango

as

Major Clint Drango

Two Flags West

1950

Two Flags West

as

Maj. Henry Kenniston

Jeanne Eagels

1957

Jeanne Eagels

as

Sal Satori

The Lady Takes a Flyer

1958

The Lady Takes a Flyer

as

Mike Dandridge

Return to Peyton Place

1961

Return to Peyton Place

as

Lewis Jackman

The Great Sioux Uprising

1953

The Great Sioux Uprising

as

Jonathan Westgate

Roses Are Red

1947

Roses Are Red

as

John Jones aka The Knuckle

Raw Wind in Eden

1958

Raw Wind in Eden

as

Mark Moore / Scott Moorehouse

Thunder in the Sun

1959

Thunder in the Sun

as

Lon Bennett

Yankee Pasha

1954

Yankee Pasha

as

Jason Starbuck

The Red Ball Express

1952

The Red Ball Express

as

Lt. Campbell

Flame of Araby

1951

Flame of Araby

as

Tamerlane

A Story of David

1960

A Story of David

as

David

The Plunderers

1960

The Plunderers

as

Sam Christy

Sign of the Pagan

1954

Sign of the Pagan

as

Marcian

A Stranger in My Arms

1959

A Stranger in My Arms

as

Maj. Pike Yarnell

Toy Tiger

1956

Toy Tiger

as

Rick Todd

East of Sumatra

1953

East of Sumatra

as

Duke Mullane

Because of You

1952

Because of You

as

Steve Kimberly

Meet Danny Wilson

1952

Meet Danny Wilson

as

Nightclub Patron

Rat Pack

2022

Rat Pack

as

Self (archive footage)

The Spoilers

1955

The Spoilers

as

Roy Glennister

Smuggler's Island

1951

Smuggler's Island

as

Steve Kent

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

1949

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

as

Police Officer #66

Thrill of a Romance

1945

Thrill of a Romance

as

Singer (uncredited)

Johnny O'Clock

1947

Johnny O'Clock

as

Turk

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

as

Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

Son of Ali Baba

1952

Son of Ali Baba

as

Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

as

Self - Singer

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self - Mystery Guest

The World of Hammer

The World of Hammer

as

Self (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing