James Chandler

James Chandler was an American actor who worked in film, stage and television. A San Francisco, California native, he started out in theater during the 1940s with productions of Thunder Rock and Our Town. In 1952, he made his first screen appearance on the NBC crime anthology Gangbusters, and the following year he was seen on the CBS anthology The Web. In 1957, he played Sergeant Reagan in The Tracer, a syndicated police thriller, and after that show ended in 1958, he took the recurring part of Lt. Gerard on the ABC private detective series Bourbon Street Beat. His many guest spots included Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Perry Mason, Mannix, Mission: Impossible and The Guns of Will Sonnett. Among his films were Don't Knock the Twist, Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) and Heaven with a Gun (1969). He retired in 1983, after appearing on the CBC children's series The Kids of Degrassi Street.