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 Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio dramas and comedies until he was signed by Universal. It was in the fifties that Jeff would become a star, making westerns and action pictures. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). He followed this by playing the role of Cochise in two sequels: The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954). While his premature gray hair and tanned features served him well in his westerns and action pictures, the studio also put him into soaps and costume movies. In his films, his leading ladies included Maureen O'Hara, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, and June Allyson. Shortly after his last film Merrill's Marauders (1962), Jeff died, at 42, from blood poisoning after an operation for a slipped disc.
Bio:
Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio dramas and comedies until he was signed by Universal. It was in the fifties that Jeff would become a star, making westerns and action pictures. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). He followed this by playing the role of Cochise in two sequels: The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954). While his premature gray hair and tanned features served him well in his westerns and action pictures, the studio also put him into soaps and costume movies. In his films, his leading ladies included Maureen O'Hara, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, and June Allyson. Shortly after his last film Merrill's Marauders (1962), Jeff died, at 42, from blood poisoning after an operation for a slipped disc.
Tivia:
His death from blood poisoning following surgery was deemed malpractice and resulted in a large lawsuit and settlement for his children.Had concurrent success as a recording artist, wrote music, played violin, and owned Chandler Music, a publishing company.Possessed of a fine singing voice, at the height of his film fame, he recorded several successful albums for Liberty Records.After his friend Sammy Davis Jr. lost an eye in an accident and was in danger of losing the other, Chandler offered to give Davis one of his own eyes. However this would have been impossible due to the billions of nerves.Childhood friend and neighbor of actress Susan HaywardHe stood 6' 4" by the time he was fifteen, and started to gray when he was eighteen.Both daughters, Jamie (1947-2003) and Dana (1948-2002) died of cancer, as did his mother, maternal aunt, uncle and grandfather.The Jonny Quest character "Race Bannon" was modeled on Jeff Chandler.Tony Curtis was a pallbearer at Chandler's funeral.Studio make-up departments had to shave Chandler's thick body hair in many of his films. He reportedly had to spend much of his career in itchy discomfort because of the razor stubble on his chest and back.Scar across eye received in a truck accident.Following his Oscar nominated performance as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), Chandler carved a solid niche for himself playing Native American Indians, although his movies seldom rose above co-feature level.Portrayed Philip Boynton on CBS Radio's "Our Miss Brooks" (1948-1957).In November 1956 his public support for Israel's invasion of the Sinai peninsula during the Suez Crisis led to his films being banned in Arab countries.He was very proud of his Jewish heritage.A very committed Zionist activist, he starred in the first Biblical film to be made in Israel, A Story of David: The Hunted (1960). During filming he met the Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.Daughter, Dana Chandler Grossel (Grossel was her father's real last name), gave him two grandsons. His other daughter, Jamie Tucker, gave him granddaughter Jana Fourtune.Gerald Mohr was a pallbearer at his funeral.He was the one who encouraged character actor Jimmy Murphy to go to Hollywood. Murphy appeared with Chandler in Jeanne Eagels (1957).He was mentioned as the possible lead for the television police drama "The Asphalt Jungle" when that show was in development in 1960.Both Chandler (whose second portrayal of Chiricahua Apache Chief Cochise this is) and his "The Battle at Apache Pass" co-star, Susan Cabot (real name Harriet Pearl Shapiro), were Jewish, following in a long line of distinctly non-Indian actors playing Indians in Hollywood Westerns.A liberal Democrat, he was part of the Hollywood contingent that worked for the election of John F. Kennedy as President in 1960.His former lover Esther Williams, in her tell-all 1999 autobiography, put Chandler back in the headlines after asserting that he was a cross-dresser. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.".Daughter Jamie was a teacher.Daughter Jamie C.Tucker had 2 granddaughters, not 1.He wrote the lyrics to the title song to Six Bridges to Cross.He was a heavy smoker. |
| Name: |
Jeff Chandler |
Type: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
| Category: |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Model rank: |
2549 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:41:29 |
| Height: |
6' 4' (1.93 m) |
| Biography: |
Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. After he was discharged from the service, he beca |
| Trivia: |
His death from blood poisoning following surgery was deemed malpractice and resulted in a large lawsuit and settlement for his children.Had concurrent success as a recording artist, wrote music, played violin, and owned Chandler Music, a publishing company.Possessed of a fine singing voice, at the height of his film fame, he recorded several successful albums for Liberty Records.After his friend Sammy Davis Jr. lost an eye in an accident and was in danger of losing the other, Chandler offered to give Davis one of his own eyes. However this would have been impossible due to the billions of nerves.Childhood friend and neighbor of actress Susan HaywardHe stood 6' 4" by the time he was fifteen, and started to gray when he was eighteen.Both daughters, Jamie (1947-2003) and Dana (1948-2002) died of cancer, as did his mother, maternal aunt, uncle and grandfather.The Jonny Quest character "Race Bannon" was modeled on Jeff Chandler.Tony Curtis was a pallbearer at Chandler's funeral.Studio make-up departments had to shave Chandler's thick body hair in many of his films. He reportedly had to spend much of his career in itchy discomfort because of the razor stubble on his chest and back.Scar across eye received in a truck accident.Following his Oscar nominated performance as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), Chandler carved a solid niche for himself playing Native American Indians, although his movies seldom rose above co-feature level.Portrayed Philip Boynton on CBS Radio's "Our Miss Brooks" (1948-1957).In November 1956 his public support for Israel's invasion of the Sinai peninsula during the Suez Crisis led to his films being banned in Arab countries.He was very proud of his Jewish heritage.A very committed Zionist activist, he starred in the first Biblical film to be made in Israel, A Story of David: The Hunted (1960). During filming he met the Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.Daughter, Dana Chandler Grossel (Grossel was her father's real last name), gave him two grandsons. His other daughter, Jamie Tucker, gave him granddaughter Jana Fourtune.Gerald Mohr was a pallbearer at his funeral.He was the one who encouraged character actor Jimmy Murphy to go to Hollywood. Murphy appeared with Chandler in Jeanne Eagels (1957).He was mentioned as the possible lead for the television police drama "The Asphalt Jungle" when that show was in development in 1960.Both Chandler (whose second portrayal of Chiricahua Apache Chief Cochise this is) and his "The Battle at Apache Pass" co-star, Susan Cabot (real name Harriet Pearl Shapiro), were Jewish, following in a long line of distinctly non-Indian actors playing Indians in Hollywood Westerns.A liberal Democrat, he was part of the Hollywood contingent that worked for the election of John F. Kennedy as President in 1960.His former lover Esther Williams, in her tell-all 1999 autobiography, put Chandler back in the headlines after asserting that he was a cross-dresser. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.".Daughter Jamie was a teacher.Daughter Jamie C.Tucker had 2 granddaughters, not 1.He wrote the lyrics to the title song to Six Bridges to Cross.He was a heavy smoker. |
| Trademarks: |
Prematurely gray hair
Often starred in westerns, usually as a Native American Indian |
| Quotes: |
[To columnist Sheilah Graham about his role in Jeanne Eagels (1957)] I thought that for once I could keep my shirt on and not have to shave my chest. But today, for a man to be a hit on the screen, he has to take his shirt off. |
| Salaries: |
Jeanne Eagels (1957) - $200,000 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
Songwriter: "Six Bridges to Cross".
Radio: Member (usually uncredited) of regular cast in CBS Radio's "The Hallmark Playhouse".
(1950s) Radio: Appeared (as "Mr. Boynton") in series "Our Miss Brooks".
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| Spouse: |
Marjorie Hoshelle (October 13, 1946 - July 29, 1954) (divorced, 2 children) |
| Parents: |
Phillip Grossel
Anna Grossel |
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