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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-12-15

Deathday

1961-06-17 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Also Known As

Ira Grossel

Jeff Chandler

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) was an American actor, film producer and singer best remembered for playing Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), for which he was Oscar nominated. He was one of Universal Pictures's most popular male stars of the 1950s, his best known other credits including Sword in the Desert (1948), Deported (1950), Female on the Beach (1955) and Away All Boats (1956). In addition to his acting, he was known for his good looks, his distinguished gray hair, and for his musical recordings.

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Acting

2022

Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)

1962

Merrill's Marauders as Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill

1961

Return to Peyton Place as Lewis Jackman

1960		A Story of David as David
1960		The Plunderers as Sam Christy

1959		The Jayhawkers! as Luke Darcy
1959		Ten Seconds to Hell as Karl Wirtz
1959		Thunder in the Sun as Lon Bennett
1959		A Stranger in My Arms as Maj. Pike Yarnell

1958		Raw Wind in Eden as Mark Moore / Scott Moorehouse
1958		The Lady Takes a Flyer as Mike Dandridge

1957		Man in the Shadow as Ben Sadler
1957		Jeanne Eagels as Sal Satori
1957		The Tattered Dress as James Gordon Blane
1957		Drango as Major Clint Drango

1956		Pillars of the Sky as First Sgt. Emmett Bell
1956		Away All Boats as Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks
1956		Toy Tiger as Rick Todd
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer

1955		The Spoilers as Roy Glennister
1955		The Nat King Cole Musical Story as Narrator
1955		Female on the Beach as Drummond Hall
1955		Foxfire as Jonathan Dartland
1955		Allen in Movieland as Self

1954		Sign of the Pagan as Marcian
1954		Yankee Pasha as Jason Starbuck
1954		Taza, Son of Cochise as Cochise

1953		War Arrow as Major Howell Brady
1953		East of Sumatra as Duke Mullane
1953		The Great Sioux Uprising as Jonathan Westgate
1953		The World's Most Beautiful Girls as Self

1952		Because of You as Steve Kimberly
1952		Yankee Buccaneer as Cmdr. David Porter
1952		The Red Ball Express as Lt. Campbell
1952		The Battle at Apache Pass as Cochise
1952		Meet Danny Wilson as Nightclub Patron

1951		Flame of Araby as Tamerlane
1951		Iron Man as Coke Mason
1951		Smuggler's Island as Steve Kent
1951		Bird of Paradise as Tenga

1950		Deported as Vic Smith
1950		Two Flags West as Maj. Henry Kenniston
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
1950		Broken Arrow as Cochise
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949		Abandoned as Chief MacRae
1949		Sword in the Desert as Kurta
1949		Mr. Belvedere Goes to College as Police Officer #66

1947		Roses Are Red as John Jones aka The Knuckle
1947		The Invisible Wall as Al Conway, henchman
1947		Johnny O'Clock as Turk

1945

Thrill of a Romance as Singer (uncredited)

Production

1960

The Plunderers as Executive Producer