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Chick Chandler

Chick Chandler

14 movies on Netflix

Biography

Chick Chandler was an American actor who worked in film, television, and vaudeville. He was born in Kingston, New York, and by age 12 was dancing and entertaining in local stage shows. During the 1920s he worked in vaudeville and burlesque as a dancer and comic. In 1930 he joined the radio program Liberty Bell Filling Station, and two years later he appeared in the Broadway play The Great Magoo. David O. Selznick saw him there and signed him to RKO, where his first contract films were Sweepings and Melody Cruise in 1933. He became a supporting player, often comic, in nearly 120 movies over 36 years, and in the late 1930s he was a regular at Twentieth Century-Fox as wiseguy sidekicks. He reached his greatest fame starring as Toubo Smith in the 1955 series Soldiers of Fortune, and later was a regular on the 1961 NBC comedy One Happy Family. He retired in 1971 and died in 1988.

83years old at death

  • Born Kingston
  • Died Laguna Beach
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
14
Career span
25 years1938 to 1963

Genres

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  1. Big break

    Chick Chandler was spotted by producer David O. Selznick while appearing in the Broadway play The Great Magoo, and Selznick signed him to a film contract at RKO.

  2. Behind the camera

    Using the name Guy Fehmer, Chandler wrote a racing screenplay called The Quitter. Nothing shows the film was ever made.

Chick Chandler movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Lost Continent1951 Adventure, Sci-Fias Lt. Danny Wilson

    IMDb rating 3.52.0K votes

  2. I Wake Up Screaming1941 Crime, Mysteryas Reporter

    IMDb rating 7.26.0K votes

  3. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963as Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat

    IMDb rating 7.452K votes

  4. The Great Rupert1950as Phil Davis

    IMDb rating 6.41.9K votes

  5. The Big Shot1942as Frank 'Dancer' Smith

    IMDb rating 6.71.6K votes

  6. Show Boat1951as Trocadero Stage Assistant

    IMDb rating 6.85.8K votes

  7. The Bride Came C.O.D.1941as Reporter

    IMDb rating 6.94.1K votes

  8. Baby Face Morgan1942as Oliver Harrison

    IMDb rating 5.2282 votes

Most often with

Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Chet Brandenburg, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Chet BrandenburgWhit Bissell, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Whit BissellJack Carson, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jack CarsonMurray Alper, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Murray AlperFrank Orth, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Frank OrthSue Casey, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Sue Casey

Films together

  • Chet Brandenburg2 films together, 1951 to 1954
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    • 3 Ring Circus1954IMDb rating 5.9Chandler as Drop-the-Dip PitchmanBrandenburg as Circus Roustabout
    • Show Boat1951IMDb rating 6.8Chandler as Trocadero Stage AssistantBrandenburg as Man at New Years Celebration
  • Whit Bissell2 films together, 1951 to 1954
    Whit Bissell's page
  • Jack Carson2 films together, 1941 to 1950
    Jack Carson's page
    • Bright Leaf1950IMDb rating 6.7Chandler as Tobacco AuctioneerCarson as Chris Malley
    • The Bride Came C.O.D.1941IMDb rating 6.9Chandler as ReporterCarson as Allen Brice
  • Murray Alper2 films together, 1942 to 1951
    Murray Alper's page
    • Lost Continent1951IMDb rating 3.5Chandler as Lt. Danny WilsonAlper as Air Police Sergeant
    • The Big Shot1942IMDb rating 6.7Chandler as Frank 'Dancer' SmithAlper as Quinto, a Convict
  • Frank Orth2 films together, 1941 to 1950
    Frank Orth's page
  • Sue Casey2 films together, 1951 to 1954
    Sue Casey's page
    • 3 Ring Circus1954IMDb rating 5.9Chandler as Drop-the-Dip PitchmanCasey as Circus Snake Charmer
    • Show Boat1951IMDb rating 6.8Chandler as Trocadero Stage AssistantCasey as New Year's Eve Cutie
  • Also two films together2 more actors
    • Ethel MermanIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
    • Joe E. BrownIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Show Boat (1951)

    When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

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