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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 gritt…
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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.
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John Davis Chandler's Filmography
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They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
as Himself
Sharon's Secret
as Stan
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
as Henry
Body of Evidence
as Dr. Novaro
Inside Out 2
Only the Lonely
as Duane Earl Tyrone
Crash and Burn
as Bud
Double Revenge
as Big Charlie
Adventures in Babysitting
as Bleak
Love Among Thieves
as San Francisco Desk Clerk
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
as Mason
The Sword and the Sorcerer
as Guard 1
The Little Dragons
as Carl
Doc Hooker's Bunch
as Roy
Confessions of the D.A. Man
as Robin Saydo (as John Chandler)
The Shadow of Chikara
as Rafe
Whiskey Mountain
as Rudy
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
as Dr. Cheech
Scorchy
as Nicky
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as First Bounty Hunter
Mako: The Jaws of Death
as Charlie
Walking Tall Part II
as Ray Henry
Capone
as Hymie Weiss
The Desperate Miles
as Truck Driver
The Ultimate Thrill
as Evans
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Norris
Hitched
as Jannis
Chase
as Thomas L. Traylor
Moon of the Wolf
as Tom Jr.
Drag Racer
as Dave
Shoot Out
as Skeeter (as John Chandler)
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Al Garver, the Henchman
Barquero
as Fair
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Deuce
The Hooked Generation
as Acid
Return of the Gunfighter
as Sundance
Once a Thief
as James Arthur Sargatanas, Walter's Henchman
Major Dundee
as Jimmy Lee Benteen
Those Calloways
as Ollie Gibbons
Ride the High Country
as Jimmy Hammond
Ricochet
as Kelso
The Young Savages
as Arthur Reardon
Mad Dog Coll
as Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll