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John Davis Chandler is a Actor American born on 28 january 1935 at Hinton (USA)

John Davis Chandler

John Davis Chandler
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Nationality USA
Birth 28 january 1935 at Hinton (USA)
Death 16 february 2010 (at 75 years) at Toluca Lake, Los Angeles (USA)

John Davis Chandler (January 28, 1935 – February 16, 2010) was an American actor. He portrayed the gangster Vincent Coll in the 1961 film, Mad Dog Coll. He appeared in several of Sam Peckinpah's Western films, and on television between the 1960s and 1990s in such series as The Rifleman, Route 66, The Virginian, Walker, Texas Ranger, Gunsmoke and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Chandler was born in Hinton, West Virginia. He died at age 75 in Toluca Lake, California.

Biography

Au cinéma, John Davis Chandler apparaît dans trente-quatre films américains (ou co-productions), sortis entre 1961 et 1995, dont des westerns. Mentionnons Le Temps du châtiment de John Frankenheimer (son deuxième film, 1961, avec Burt Lancaster et Dina Merrill), Coups de feu dans la Sierra de Sam Peckinpah (1962, avec Joel McCrea et Randolph Scott), Capone de Steve Carver (1975, avec Ben Gazzara dans le rôle-titre), L'Épée sauvage d'Albert Pyun (1982, avec Lee Horsley), Nuit de folie de Chris Columbus (1987, avec Elisabeth Shue), ou encore Body d'Uli Edel (1993, avec Madonna et Willem Dafoe).

Pour la télévision, à partir de 1960, John Davis Chandler contribue à huit téléfilms, au feuilleton Flamingo Road (un épisode, 1981), ainsi qu'à cinquante séries, dont Le Fugitif (deux épisodes, 1963-1967), Columbo (un épisode, 1974), L'Île fantastique (quatre épisodes, 1978-1981) et Arabesque (deux épisodes, 1955-1986). Son ultime prestation est dans un épisode, diffusé en 1998, de Star Trek : Deep Space Nine.

Usually with

Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah
(3 films)
Slim Pickens
Slim Pickens
(3 films)
Royal Dano
Royal Dano
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Davis Chandler (29 films)

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Actor

Carnosaur 2, 1h23
Directed by Louis Morneau
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about computing, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Cyberpunk films
Actors John Savage, Cliff De Young, John Davis Chandler, Don Stroud, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., Neith Hunter
Roles Zeb
Rating37% 1.863461.863461.863461.863461.86346
At the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, repair crews are puzzled to find power cables ripped out from the ceiling. Meanwhile, a young hacker boy named Jesse is caught trying to steal dynamite. His uncle bails him out, and a workman teaches him how to operate a forklift, which contains a remote control to open the door to a deep elevator shaft. That night, an animal appears at the repository's mess hall and kills everyone but Jesse.
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, 1h31
Directed by Don Coscarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Gloria Lynne Henry, Cindy Ambuehl, John Davis Chandler, Angus Scrimm
Roles Henry
Rating59% 2.997852.997852.997852.997852.99785
Immediately after his apparent demise at the end of Phantasm II, a new Tall Man emerges from a dimensional portal. At the same time, the hearse that carries Liz and Mike explodes. Reggie finds Liz dead but saves Mike from the Tall Man by threatening to kill them all with a grenade. The Tall Man retreats with Liz's body and threatens to return for Mike when he's well again. After Mike spends two years comatose in the hospital, he has a near death experience in which his dead brother Jody and the Tall Man appear. As he wakes from his coma, he is attacked by a demonic nurse, but Reggie appears and helps him to fight her off. Back at home, the Tall Man arrives via dimensional fork, fights off Reggie, transforms Jody into a charred sphere, and draws Mike through the gate with him.
Body of Evidence, 1h39
Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Julianne Moore, Anne Archer, Michael Forest
Roles Dr. Novaro
Rating46% 2.304022.304022.304022.304022.30402
An older man, Andrew Marsh, views a homemade pornographic tape. It is later revealed the man died from complications stemming from erotic asphyxiation. The main suspect is the woman who has sex with Marsh in the film, Rebecca Carlson, who after being charged with murder is represented by lawyer Frank Dulaney. The trial begins in Portland, Oregon, and it is not long before Carlson and Dulaney enter a sadomasochistic sexual relationship behind the back of Dulaney's unsuspecting wife.
Only the Lonely, 1h44
Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Quinn, Kevin Dunn, James Belushi
Roles Duane Earl Tyrone
Rating62% 3.148123.148123.148123.148123.14812
Danny Muldoon (John Candy), a 38-year-old Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing Irish mother, Rose Muldoon (Maureen O'Hara). A lonely bachelor, Danny falls in love with Theresa Luna (Ally Sheedy), an introverted, lonely girl who works in her father's funeral home as a cosmetician. On their first date, he takes her to Comiskey Park (shortly before it was torn down) and has a picnic on the field. Their courtship eventually becomes very difficult because Rose begins to feel threatened that Theresa is trying to steal her son away; the fact that Theresa is not Irish (she is Sicilian and Polish) only exacerbates the situation.
Crash and Burn, 1h25
Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Paul Ganus, Megan Ward, Ralph Waite, Jack McGee, Bill Moseley, Eva LaRue
Roles Bud
Rating50% 2.5014652.5014652.5014652.5014652.501465
Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to ensure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability." When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm."
Adventures in Babysitting, 1h42
Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Calvin Levels, Vincent D'Onofrio
Roles Bleak
Rating68% 3.4498353.4498353.4498353.4498353.449835
After her boyfriend Mike unexpectedly cancels their anniversary date, Chris Parker invites her friend Brenda over to cheer her up, but is eventually convinced by her mother to babysit the Andersons' daughter, 8-year-old Sara, while they attend a party in Chicago. Fifteen-year-old Brad is originally supposed to go to his friend Daryl Coopersmith's house to spend the night, but he changes his mind when Chris comes over to visit. After receiving a frantic phone call from Brenda, who ran away to the bus station downtown, using all of her money for the cab ride, Chris plans to go alone to pick her up, but is coerced by Brad, Sarah and Daryl to take them with her. On the freeway, the Buick Electra station wagon suffers a flat tire and they are picked up by a kind tow-truck driver, "Handsome" John Pruit, who offers to pay for the tire when Chris realizes she left her purse at the Andersons'. En route, Pruit gets a call from his boss Dawson with evidence that his wife is cheating on him, and he rushes to his house to confront the infidelity. In the ensuing fight, Chris' mother's car is damaged and they hide in a Cadillac, which is then car-jacked by a thief named Joe Gipp.
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse, 1h26
Directed by John Hough
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Richard Harris, Michael Beck, Vaughn Armstrong, Anne Seymour, Buck Taylor, Simón Andreu
Roles Mason
Rating53% 2.664392.664392.664392.664392.66439
Now in his 60s, Morgan is the chief of the Sioux and is much hated by white men because "many's a white man's died from the tricks he taught the Sioux." However, the government calls Horse to peace talks. But someone with a rifle assassinates him and his men after the meeting.
The Sword and the Sorcerer, 1h40
Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Richard Lynch, Richard Moll, Simon MacCorkindale, Anthony De Longis
Roles Guard 1
Rating55% 2.7500952.7500952.7500952.7500952.750095
The film opens as King Cromwell (Richard Lynch) and his men land ashore of Tomb Island in search of Xusia of Delos (Richard Moll), a long-dead sorcerer who may be the key to overthrowing his rival King Richard, whose land of Ehdan is the richest in the world. Using one of Xusia's worshipers to awaken him, Cromwell convinces Xusia to join his cause. With the sorcerer's black magic at his command, Cromwell easily lays waste to Richard's formidable army.
The Little Dragons, 1h30
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Charles Lane, Ann Sothern, Chris Petersen, Sally Boyden, Rick Lenz, Joe Spinell
Roles Carl
Rating41% 2.098572.098572.098572.098572.09857
Brothers, Zack and Woody (portrayed by real-life brothers Chris and Pat Petersen) are young karate students who embark on a weekend camping trip with their grandfather J.J. (Charles Lane). Along the way they meet a new friend, Carol Forbinger (Sally Boyden) and her parents (Rick Lenz and Sharon Clark). When the Forbinger family encounters a tough-talking backwoods mother (Ann Sothern) and her two bumbling sons (Joe Spinell and John Davis Chandler) who decide to hold Carol captive believing they can collect a sizeable ransom, the "karate kids" must find a way to use their martial arts skills to rescue the Forbinger girl with a little help from their grandfather and some new friends they meet along the way.
The Shadow of Chikara, 1h54
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Western
Actors Betty Bronson, Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ford Sterling, Joy N. Houck, Jr., Louise Dresser
Roles Rafe
Rating54% 2.704282.704282.704282.704282.70428
Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure: diamonds hidden in a cave. However, the soldiers find they are being followed by a mysterious hunter (or hunters) who may have a connection to a mythic eagle spirit.
The Outlaw Josey Wales, 2h15
Directed by Clint Eastwood, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, John Vernon, Bill McKinney, John Russell
Roles First Bounty Hunter
Rating77% 3.8974153.8974153.8974153.8974153.897415
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood), a Missouri farmer, is driven to revenge by the murder of his wife and young son by a band of pro-Union Jayhawker militants. The Union murderers were from Senator James H. Lane's Kansas Brigade, which included Captain Terrill.
Mako: The Jaws of Death, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about sharks, Natural horror films
Actors Richard Jaeckel, Harold Sakata, John Davis Chandler, Luke Halpin
Roles Charlie
Rating43% 2.1627652.1627652.1627652.1627652.162765
Sonny Stein, who is played by Richard Jaeckel, learns while working as a marine salvager in the Philippine Islands, that he has a connection with Mako sharks, and is given a medallion by a Filipino shaman. Becoming alienated from society, Stein lives alone in a small stilt house offshore of Key West, Florida. He develops an ability to telepathically communicate with sharks. He then sets out to destroy anybody who harms sharks. People enter into his strange world to exploit his abilities and his shark "friends," including an unethical shark research scientist and a morbidly obese strip club owner (Buffy Dee) who wants to use a shark in his dancers' acts. Stein then uses these sharks to get revenge on anybody he considers a threat.