John Davis Chandler
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John Davis Chandler (1935–2010) was an American character actor renowned for his distinctive, intense onscreen presence and his prolific career playing villains, outlaws, and shady miscreants. Born in Hinton, West Virginia, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he broke into film in 1961 by landing the title role of real-life 1930s gangster Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll in the biopic Mad Dog Coll. That breakout performance cemented his niche as an exceptional on-screen heavy, enabling him to carve out a nearly 40-year career spanning more than a hundred film and television credits. Throughout his career, Chandler became a familiar face in classic Westerns and gritty crime dramas, notably collaborating multiple times with director Sam Peckinpah in films such as Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Mainstream audiences also recognize him for playing the sneering gang leader Bleak in the 1987 action-comedy Adventures in Babysitting, alongside feature work in Capone, Only the Lonely, and Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead. In addition to his extensive film resume, he was a ubiquitous television guest star, appearing on classic programs ranging from The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Adam-12, and Columbo to Murder, She Wrote. Science fiction fans also remember him for his appearance as the Orion character Flith in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sixth-season episode "Honor Among Thieves". He passed away on February 16, 2010, at the age of 75 in Toluca Lake, California, due to cancer.
Known for
Credits
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
as First Bounty Hunter
Body of Evidence (1993)
as Dr. Novaro
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
as Bleak
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
as Norris
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
as Guard 1
Major Dundee (1965)
as Jimmy Lee Benteen
Only the Lonely (1991)
as Duane Earl Tyrone
Ride the High Country (1962)
as Jimmy Hammond
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
as Deuce
Walking Tall Part II (1975)
as Ray Henry
Moon of the Wolf (1972)
as Tom Jr.
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
as Henry
Return of the Gunfighter (1967)
as Sundance
Capone (1975)
as Hymie Weiss
Those Calloways (1964)
as Ollie Gibbons
Shoot Out (1971)
as Skeeter (as John Chandler)
The Young Savages (1961)
as Arthur Reardon
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983)
as Mason
Crash and Burn (1990)
as Bud
Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
as Charlie
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016)
as Himself
Love Among Thieves (1987)
as San Francisco Desk Clerk
Once a Thief (1965)
as James Arthur Sargatanas, Walter's Henchman
Chase (1973)
as Thomas L. Traylor
Confessions of the D.A. Man (1978)
as Robin Saydo (as John Chandler)
Barquero (1970)
as Fair
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)
as Al Garver, the Henchman
Scorchy (1976)
as Nicky
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976)
as Dr. Cheech
The Shadow of Chikara (1977)
as Rafe
Mad Dog Coll (1961)
as Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll
Inside Out 2 (1992)
Actor
Double Revenge (1988)
as Big Charlie
The Little Dragons (1980)
as Carl
Ricochet (1961)
as Kelso
Sharon's Secret (1995)
as Stan
Hitched (1973)
as Jannis
The Ultimate Thrill (1974)
as Evans
Doc Hooker's Bunch (1978)
as Roy
Whiskey Mountain (1977)
as Rudy
The Desperate Miles (1975)
as Truck Driver
The Hooked Generation (1968)
as Acid
Drag Racer (1972)
as Dave