From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985), born in Waukegan, Illinois, was an American actor. He made his screen debut in 1928, ultimately appearing, throughout his career, in over 140 films, usually in smaller supporting roles. Chandler is perhaps best known for playing the character of Uncle Petrie Martin on the television series Lassie. Early in his performing career he had a vaudeville act, billed as "George Chandler, the Musical Nut", which featured comedy and his violin. He served in the United States Army during World War I. In addition to many film roles throughout the years 1928-1979, Chandler appeared, from 1951 onward, in numerous television series. He was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1960. George Chandler died in Panorama City, California, the result of cancer, on June 10, 1985. He was 86.

Filmography

• 1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again — Elderly Man
• 1978Every Which Way but Loose — Clerk at D.M.V.
• CHiPs
• 1976Griffin and Phoenix — Old Man
• 1975Capone — Robert E. Crowe
• 1975Escape to Witch Mountain — Grocer
• 1975It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! — Jonathan Kent
• Switch — Capt. Roberts
• 1972Pickup on 101 — Pawnshop owner
• The Waltons
• Alias Smith and Jones
• 1971One More Train to Rob — Conductor
• Love, American Style — Harry
• Adam-12 — George Atchison, Ed Mooney
• Here's Lucy — Winston Shelby
• Ironside — George Bentley
• Mannix
• Batman — Grampa
• Run, Buddy, Run
• 1966The Ghost and Mr. Chicken — Judge Harley Nast
• 1965Apache Uprising — Jace Asher
• Green Acres — Doc Stuart
• Laredo
• Run for Your Life — Fred Mackey
• 1964Dead Ringer — George, Chauffeur
• 1964Law of the Lawless — Martin
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Doc Baines
• Petticoat Junction — Dr. Barton Stuart
• Ichabod and Me
• 1960The Slowest Gun in the West — Simpson
• Bonanza — Gus Schultz
• Rawhide — Reverend Jess Lincoln
• The Deputy — George Lake
• The Twilight Zone — Old Man
• The Donna Reed Show
• 1957Gunsight Ridge — Gus Withers
• 1957Spring Reunion — Zimmie (uncredited)
• Tales of Wells Fargo — Captain Billy
• Wagon Train — Cleveland 'Clee' McMasters
• Broken Arrow — Welsh
• 1956Good-bye, My Lady — Reporter
• Telephone Time
• Wire Service — Hoggard
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Partygoer
• 1955Apache Ambush — Chandler
• Frontier — Ames
• Gunsmoke — Silas Hubbard
• Kings Row
• Playwrights '56
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
• Lassie — Uncle Petrie Martin
• 1954Rails Into Laramie — Grimes
• Studio 57 — Mr. Ederly
• Summer Playhouse
• 1954The High and the Mighty — Ben Sneed
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Grocer
• General Electric Theater — Keeley, Ichabod Adams
• 1953Island in the Sky — Rene
• 1953Meet Me at the Fair — Deputy Leach
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
• Adventures of Superman
• Cavalcade of America — Proprietor
• 1952Hans Christian Andersen — Farmer
• 1952My Man and I — Bartender Frankie
• 1952Rose of Cimarron — Deputy Sheriff
• 1952Somebody Loves Me — Stagehand
• The Abbott and Costello Show — First Panhandler, Henry Davis
• The Ford Television Theatre — Hiram
• 1952The Narrow Margin — Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)
• 1952The WAC from Walla Walla — Jud Canova
• 1952This Woman Is Dangerous — Dr. Bill Ryan (Uncredited)
• 1951Across the Wide Missouri — Gowie
• Dragnet — Forrest Simple
• Racket Squad
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Bartender
• The Adventures of Kit Carson
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — (uncredited)
• 1951The Whip Hand — Jed (uncredited)
• 1951Westward the Women — Mackeral Face (uncredited)
• Cameo Theatre — Ed
• 1950Kansas Raiders — Willie
• Lux Video Theatre — Newspaper Man, Fred, Mr. Hollis, Edgar, Joe, Eustace Peabody
• 1950Perfect Strangers — Lester Hubley
• 1950Pretty Baby — Henderson
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Ichabod Lewis
• 1950Singing Guns — Smitty, Piano Player
• 1950The Happy Years — Johnny
• 1950The Next Voice You Hear... — Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
• 1950Triple Trouble — 'Squirrely' Davis, convict
• 1949Canadian Pacific — Telegraph Operator
• 1949Homicide — Police Photographer
• 1949Knock on Any Door — Cashier (uncredited)
• 1949Once More, My Darling — Motel Proprietor
• 1949The House Across the Street — Carl's Boss (uncredited)
• 1948Hollow Triumph — Aubrey - Assistant
• 1948If You Knew Susie — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1948Race Street — Herman (Waiter) (uncredited)
• 1948Reaching from Heaven — Bert Kestner (as Geo. Chandler)
• 1948Silver River — Mr. Rice (uncredited)
• 1948Sons of Adventure — Billy Wilkes
• 1948The Girl from Manhattan — Monty
• 1948The Hunted — Joe, the Bartender
• 1948The Miracle of the Bells — Max
• 1948The Paleface — Patient #1
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1948The Pirate — Carriage Driver (uncredited)
• 1947It Had to Be You — Bus Passenger with Newspaper (uncredited)
• 1947Magic Town — Bus Driver
• 1947Nightmare Alley — Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)
• 1947Road to Rio — Ship's Steward (uncredited)
• 1947Saddle Pals — Pickpocket Dippy
• 1947So You Want to Be in Pictures — Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
• 1947The Judge Steps Out — Train Station Agent (uncredited)
• 1946A Guy Could Change — Gus, Photographer
• 1946Behind the Mask — Shrevvie
• 1946Dead Reckoning — Louis Ord
• 1946Gallant Journey — Man (uncredited)
• 1946Little Giant — O'Brien (salesman)
• 1946Lover Come Back — Bit Role, Walter
• 1946Rendezvous with Annie — Sergeant Harrington (uncredited)
• 1946Strange Impersonation — J W Rinse, plaintiffs' atty.
• 1946Suspense — Joe's Pal at Sandwich Counter (uncredited)
• 1946The French Key — Roomer (uncredited)
• 1946The Glass Alibi — Bartender
• 1946The Kid from Brooklyn — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1946The Last Crooked Mile — Roller Coaster Operator (uncredited)
• 1946The Mask of Diijon — Diner Counterman (Uncredited)
• 1946The Missing Lady — Shrevvie
• 1945It's in the Bag! — 1st Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• 1945Lady on a Train
• 1945Patrick the Great — Bellboy
• 1945Strange Confession — Harper
• 1945Tell It to a Star — Al Marx
• 1945The Great Morgan — Roger the Valet (uncredited)
• 1945The Shanghai Cobra — Joe
• 1945This Man's Navy — Bert Bland
• 1945Without Love — Elevator Boy
• 19443 Men in White — Attendant (uncredited)
• 1944Bride by Mistake — Armed Guard
• 1944Goin' to Town — Jameson
• 1944It Happened Tomorrow — Bob
• 1944Tall in the Saddle — Saddle Maker (uncredited)
• 1943Don't Be a Sucker!
• 1943Gildersleeve's Bad Day — Mailman (uncredited)
• 1943Lady of Burlesque — Jake, stage hand (uncredited)
• 1943Sweet Rosie O'Grady — Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
• 1943Swing Fever — Hamburger Vendor, Hamburger Vendor (uncredited)
• 1943Swing Shift Maisie — Fred (Uncredited)
• 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
• 1943The Ox-Bow Incident — Jimmy Carnes (uncredited)
• 1943The Powers Girl — Harry, Nancy's Boyfriend (uncredited)
• 1942A Night to Remember — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1942Castle in the Desert — The Bus Driver
• 1942Isle of Missing Men — Ship's bartender
• 1942Night in New Orleans — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1942Obliging Young Lady — Skip - the Bellboy
• 1942Pardon My Sarong — George Peabody (uncredited)
• 1942Roxie Hart — Amos Hart
• 1942Scattergood Survives a Murder — Sam Caldwell
• 1942That Other Woman — Man Carrying Rifle in Woods
• 1942The Forest Rangers — Keystone Cop (uncredited)
• 1942The Great Gildersleeve — Messenger
• 1941Design for Scandal — First Cabbie (uncredited)
• 1941Hellzapoppin' — Movie Cameraman (uncredited)
• 1941Miss Polly — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1941Model Wife — Mr. Williams
• 1941Reaching for the Sun — Jerry
• 1941Remember the Day — Telegraph clerk
• 1941Repent at Leisure — Bus Conductor
• 1941Sleepers West
• 1941The Great Man's Lady — Forbes
• 1941Three Sons o' Guns — Tailor
• 1941Tobacco Road — Hotel Desk Clark
• 1941Western Union — Herb
• 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois — Minor Role (uncredited)
• 1940Arizona — Haley
• 1940Broadway Melody of 1940 — Mr. Jones (uncredited)
• 1940Charter Pilot — Bob, the soundman
• 1940Dr. Kildare Goes Home — Parkersville Counterman (uncredited)
• 1940Edison, the Man — Gold Exchange Clerk
• 1940Melody Ranch — Taxi Driver
• 1940Shooting High — Charley
• 1940The Mad Doctor — Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
• 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — First Clerk
• 1940The Return of Frank James — Roy
• 1940Trail of the Vigilantes — Railroad Station Attendant
• 193920,000 Men a Year — Soda Jerker
• 1939Beau Geste — Legionnaire Cordier (uncredited)
• 1939Blondie Meets the Boss — Laundryman (uncredited)
• 1939Calling Dr. Kildare — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• 1939Everybody's Baby — G. Randolph (uncredited)
• 1939Everything's on Ice
• 1939Exile Express — Marvln McGee
• 1939I Stole a Million — Herbert (uncredited)
• 1939It's a Wonderful World — Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
• 1939Jesse James — Roy
• 1939King of the Turf — 2nd Tout
• 1939Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation — Cameraman (uncredited)
• 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1939Second Fiddle — Taxi Driver
• 1939The Flying Irishman — Airport Gas Attendant
• 1939The Jones Family in Hollywood — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1939The Light That Failed — First Man (Voice)
• 1939The Secret of Dr. Kildare — Pay Orderly (uncredited)
• 1939Thou Shalt Not Kill — Johnny
• 1939Young Mr. Lincoln — Loafer (uncredited)
• 1938Gateway — Reporter
• 1938In Old Chicago — Onlooker (uncredited)
• 1938Joy of Living — Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
• 1938Mannequin — 'Swing' Magoo (Uncredited)
• 1938Men with Wings — Cody
• 1938Mr. Moto's Gamble — Boxing Spectator (Uncredited)
• 1938One Wild Night — Rutherford (uncredited)
• 1938Rascals — Waiting Room Patient
• 1938Straight, Place and Show — Cabbie
• 1938The Cowboy and the Lady — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1938The Mad Miss Manton — Newspaper Staff (uncredited)
• 1938The Shining Hour — Press Agent (uncredited)
• 1938There Goes My Heart — Tailor (uncredited)
• 1938Three Comrades — First comic with singer (uncredited)
• 1938Three Loves Has Nancy — Jim, the Baggage Master (uncredited)
• 1938While New York Sleeps — Gus - Piano Player
• 1937A Star Is Born — Deliveryman (uncredited)
• 1937Big Town Girl — Red Evans
• 1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics — Ship's Radio Operator
• 1937Danger – Love at Work — Garage attendant
• 1937Fair Warning — Hotel Clerk
• 1937Hot Water — Photographer (uncredited)
• 1937Nothing Sacred — Photographer (uncredited)
• 1937One Mile from Heaven — Herman
• 1937Small Town Boy — Bill Clipper
• 1937Soak the Poor — Briggs (uncredited)
• 1937The Go-Getter — Business Card Printer (uncredited)
• 1937They Gave Him a Gun — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1937Thoroughbreds Don't Cry — Jim - Racetrack Usher (uncredited)
• 1937Time Out for Romance — Simpson
• 1937Wake Up and Live — Janitor
• 1937Woman Chases Man — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1936Fury — Milton Jackson
• 1936Here Comes Trouble — Purser Brooks
• 1936High Tension — Man at Honolulu Dock
• 1936Libeled Lady — Bell Hop
• 1936Old Hutch — Cigar Store Clerk
• 1936Sing, Baby, Sing — Hospital Interne
• 1936Speed — 'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance
• 1936Sworn Enemy — Lunch Stand Man (uncredited)
• 1936The Accusing Finger — Reporter
• 1936The Country Doctor — Greasy
• 1936The Princess Comes Across — Film Man (uncredited)
• 1936Women Are Trouble — Reporter
• 1935Broadway Gondolier — Photographer
• 1935Don't Bet on Blondes — Henry Purdy (Uncredited)
• 1935Flicker Fever — Bob Adams
• 1935Front Page Woman — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1935It's in the Air — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1935Mary Burns, Fugitive — Stadium Cashier
• 1935Star of Midnight — Witness (uncredited)
• 1935Stars Over Broadway — Charlie
• 1935The Murder Man — Sol Hertzberger
• 1935The Payoff — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1935The Woman in Red — First Reporter (uncredited)
• 1935While the Patient Slept — Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)
• 19346 Day Bike Rider — Abner (uncredited)
• 1934Big Hearted Herbert — Murphy (uncredited)
• 1934Dark Hazard — Soapy Sam Lambert
• 1934Fog Over Frisco — Taxi Driver
• 1934Happiness Ahead — Window Washer
• 1934He Was Her Man — Highway Service Station Counterman
• 1934Hi, Nellie! — Sullivan
• 1934Music in the Air — Assistant Stage Manager
• 1934Rough Necking — Joe Cuttlehammer Jr.
• 1933Bureau of Missing Persons — Homer Howard
• 1933Elmer, the Great — Cubs Player (uncredited)
• 1933Footlight Parade — Pharmacist (uncredited)
• 1933Lady Killer — George Thompson (uncredited)
• 1933Parachute Jumper — Chauffeur (uncredited)
• 1933Picture Snatcher — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1933Son of a Sailor — Sailor
• 1933The Fatal Glass of Beer — Chester Snavely
• 1933The Kennel Murder Case — Reporter at Police Station (uncredited)
• 1933The Keyhole — Joe - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• 1933The Mind Reader — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1933The World Changes — Piano Player (uncredited)
• 1932Afraid to Talk — Pete (bellhop)
• 1932Blessed Event — Hanson
• 1932Me and My Gal — Eddie Collins
• 1932The Famous Ferguson Case — Depot Loafer (uncredited)
• 1932The Sport Parade — Pullman Ticket Agent (uncredited)
• 1932The Strange Love of Molly Louvain — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1932The Tenderfoot — Beggar (uncredited)
• 1932Union Depot — Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)
• 1931A Holy Terror — Joe, Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
• 1931Crashing Hollywood
• 1931Doctors' Wives — Dr. Roberts
• 1931Everything’s Rosie — Jail Guard
• 1931Man of the World — Fred
• 1931Sob Sister — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1931The Back Page — The Aspiring Reporter
• 1931The Great Junction Hotel — The Elevator Operator
• 1931The Lure of Hollywood — George
• 1931The Wide Open Spaces — Townsman in Saloon
• 1931The Woman Between — Sweet a Waiter (uncredited)
• 1931Too Many Cooks — Ned
• 1931Up Pops the Duke
• 1930In Gay Madrid — Enrique
• 1930Love in the Rough
• 1930Only Saps Work — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• 1930The Florodora Girl — Georgie Smith
• 1930The Light of Western Stars — Slig Whalen
• 1929Devil-May-Care — Timid Royalist (uncredited)
• 1928The Cloud Dodger — Post Commander

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)