Jeff Chandler
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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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.153 |
Birthday | 1918-12-15 |
Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Also Known As | Ira Grossel , |
1955
Foxfire
6/8
A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
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Foxfire
1959
The Jayhawkers!
5.875/20
Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex...
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The Jayhawkers!
1959
Ten Seconds to Hell
6.161/28
Two rivals from a German bomb squad are left to deactivate duds in postwar Berlin.
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Ten Seconds to Hell
1955
Allen in Movieland
5/1
TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."
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Allen in Movieland
1950
Deported
6.2/7
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler pla...
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Deported
1949
Abandoned
6.2/18
A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.
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Abandoned
1962
Merrill's Marauders
6.2/55
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind J...
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Merrill's Marauders
1957
Man in the Shadow
6.8/44
In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He...
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Man in the Shadow
1950
Broken Arrow
6.7/191
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to protec...
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Broken Arrow
1953
War Arrow
5.6/20
A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting Seminole allies, against his superior's wishes, to...
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War Arrow
1952
The Battle at Apache Pass
6.3/16
Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically am...
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The Battle at Apache Pass
1955
Female on the Beach
5.7/31
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn fin...
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Female on the Beach
1956
Pillars of the Sky
5.462/13
First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white se...
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Pillars of the Sky
1947
The Invisible Wall
5.4/7
A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military. Unfortunately, he loses the $20,000 he was suppos...
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The Invisible Wall
1956
Away All Boats
5.1/17
The story of USS 'Belinda', a U.S. naval ship, and its crew during the battle of the Pacific 1943-1945, as it prepares for action and landing troops o...
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Away All Boats
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise
5.6/21
Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war.....
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Taza, Son of Cochise
1951
Iron Man
4.5/11
In Coaltown, Pennsylvania, miner Coke Mason hopes to better himself, buy a radio store, and marry Rose Warren. His gambler brother George thinks Coke...
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Iron Man
1951
Bird of Paradise
5.7/6
Andre Laurence accompanies his college roommate, Tenga, back to Tenga's Polynesian island home. There, Andre becomes attracted to the native life and...
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Bird of Paradise
1952
Yankee Buccaneer
5.8/6
A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on...
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Yankee Buccaneer
1957
The Tattered Dress
5.6/16
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder...
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The Tattered Dress
1957
Drango
5.4/5
A few months after the end of the civil war, Major Drango is sent as military governor in a southern small town, whose citizens he must face the obsti...
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Drango
1950
Two Flags West
6.214/28
A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.
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Two Flags West
1957
Jeanne Eagels
6.2/10
Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.
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Jeanne Eagels
1958
The Lady Takes a Flyer
4.1/4
Change of pace comedy casts Lana Turner and Jeff Chandler as competing pilots who fall in love.
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The Lady Takes a Flyer
1961
Return to Peyton Place
6.7/39
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial...
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Return to Peyton Place
1953
The Great Sioux Uprising
5.7/6
During the Civil War, in Wyoming, horse dealers Joan Britton and Stephen Cook are competing to supply the Union Army with horses. A Cherokee is in the...
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The Great Sioux Uprising
1947
Roses Are Red
5.5/8
A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.
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Roses Are Red
1958
Raw Wind in Eden
5.1/4
Passengers struggle to survive after their plane crashes on a remote island. Director Richard Wilson's 1958 drama stars Esther Williams, Jeff Chandler...
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Raw Wind in Eden
1959
Thunder in the Sun
6/8
A band of Basque immigrants treks through the Old West toward California, where they hope to put down roots and open wineries. When the group's leader...
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Thunder in the Sun
1954
Yankee Pasha
4/2
Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates.
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Yankee Pasha
1952
The Red Ball Express
5.8/16
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the m...
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The Red Ball Express
1951
Flame of Araby
6.1/7
An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.
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Flame of Araby
1960
A Story of David
4.25/4
Directed by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's a...
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A Story of David
1960
The Plunderers
5.818/10
Four young toughs have ridden into Trail City and claimed it as easy pickings for their bullying and gunplay. The whole town will be overrun by lawles...
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The Plunderers
1954
Sign of the Pagan
5.2/4
Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosi...
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Sign of the Pagan
1959
A Stranger in My Arms
2.3/3
An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.
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A Stranger in My Arms
1956
Toy Tiger
6.2/3
Advertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist back to the commercial fold. Meanwhile, Gwen's fath...
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Toy Tiger
1953
East of Sumatra
5.5/2
Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in the jungle. Initially, the natives there are friendly...
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East of Sumatra
1952
Because of You
5.4/5
A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.
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Because of You
1955
The Nat King Cole Musical Story
8/1
This short film shows the musical career of Nat "King" Cole, shows the ups and downs of his career, his conquest of illness, how he switched from bein...
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The Nat King Cole Musical Story
1949
Sword in the Desert
7.3/3
First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.
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Sword in the Desert
1952
Meet Danny Wilson
4/3
A lounge singer sees his career skyrocket after he signs a contract for a mobster nightclub owner.
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Meet Danny Wilson
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Rat Pack
9/2
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...
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Rat Pack
1955
The Spoilers
4.8/6
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.
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The Spoilers
1951
Smuggler's Island
4.333/3
An adventurer about to lose his sloop and diving equipment agrees to dive for illegal gold.
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Smuggler's Island
1949
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
6.7/6
A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1945
Thrill of a Romance
6.2/6
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
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Thrill of a Romance
1947
Johnny O'Clock
6.1/41
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partn...
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Johnny O'Clock
1950
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
6.059/34
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they...
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Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1953
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
0/0
When 78 beauties are assembled from the far corners of the globe in order to select the most beautiful girl in the world, the results are bound to be...
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