Acting

Eddy Chandler

Born March 10, 1894 · Wilton Junction [now Wilton], Iowa, USA

Died March 23, 1948 · aged 54

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eddy Chandler (March 12, 1894 – March 23, 1948) was an American actor who appeared, mostly uncredited, in more than 300 films. Three of these films won the Academy Award for Best Picture: It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938), and Gone with the Wind (1939). Chandler was born in the small Iowa city of Wilton Junction and died in Los …

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window · 1944

The Woman in the Window

MovieCrimeDrama

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Tarzan's New York Adventure · 1942

Tarzan's New York Adventure

MovieActionAdventure

Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties · 1939

The Roaring Twenties

MovieCrimeDrama

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night · 1934

It Happened One Night

MovieComedyRomance

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

Topper

MovieComedyFantasy

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

In This Our Life

In This Our Life · 1942

In This Our Life

MovieDramaRomance

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

Filmography

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Sergeant at Hospital (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

Reporter (uncredited)

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window · 1944

The Woman in the Window

MovieCrimeDrama

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

Police Driver (uncredited)

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Tarzan's New York Adventure · 1942

Tarzan's New York Adventure

MovieActionAdventure

Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.

Bailiff (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties · 1939

The Roaring Twenties

MovieCrimeDrama

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

Second Detective

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night · 1934

It Happened One Night

MovieComedyRomance

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

Bus Driver (uncredited)

Topper

MovieComedyFantasy

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

In This Our Life

In This Our Life · 1942

In This Our Life

MovieDramaRomance

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

Policeman Fallon (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes · 1939

Invisible Stripes

MovieCrimeDrama

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Police Driver (uncredited)

The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton · 1938

The Mad Miss Manton

MovieComedyCrime

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she and her group of friends prove them wrong.

Detective with Machine Gun (uncredited)

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch · 1942

I Married a Witch

MovieRomanceFantasy

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.

This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire · 1942

This Gun for Hire

MovieCrimeThriller

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

Demolition Foreman (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night · 1940

They Drive by Night

MovieDramaCrime

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

Driver (uncredited)

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison · 1940

Young Tom Edison

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.

Mr. Briggs

Nora Prentiss

Nora Prentiss · 1947

Quiet, organised Dr. Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings, they become heavily involved, and Talbot finds himself faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.

Detective (uncredited)

Topper Returns

Topper Returns · 1941

MovieComedyFantasy

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington, the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.

Jim - Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Belle of the Yukon

Belle of the Yukon · 1944

Belle of the Yukon

MovieWesternComedy

Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.

Messenger (uncredited)

It Happened Tomorrow

It Happened Tomorrow · 1944

It Happened Tomorrow

MovieFantasyComedy

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees · 1942

The Pride of the Yankees

MovieDramaFamily

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Motorcycle Cop #2 (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You · 1938

You Can't Take It with You

MovieComedyRomance

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail · 1940

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

Armory Guard (uncredited)

Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad · 1937

MovieCrimeDrama

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

Title Fight Announcer (uncredited)

The Informer

The Informer · 1935

MovieCrimeDrama

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?

House Patron (uncredited)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang · 1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

Job Foreman (uncredited)