
Also known as: Robert Chandler Oakes, Lane R. Chandler, Lane Arnold, Robert C. Oakes
Lane Chandler (1899–1972) was an American actor specializing in Westerns. In the early 1920s he moved to Los Angeles, California, and started working as an auto mechanic. His real-life experiences growing up on a horse ranch landed him bit parts in westerns from 1925, for Paramount Pictures. Studio executives suggested changing his name to Lane Chandler, and as such he began achieving leading roles, the first being The Legion of the Condemned. As a silent film star Chandler performed well, but when talkies arrived he was cast more in supporting roles, as in The Great Mike of 1944. He starred in a few low-budget westerns in the 1930s, but was more often cast as the leading man's partner, or saddle pal, or a sheriff or army officer. With the advent of television Chandler began making appearance on numerous series, often in Westerns such as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Lawman, Have Gun – Will Travel, Rawhide, Maverick, Cheyenne, and Gunsmoke. He continued acting on TV and in films through 1966. He died in Los Angeles of heart disease in 1972, aged 73.
Acting
June 2, 1899
September 14, 1972
73 years old
1.0

One More Train to Rob
Party Guest (uncredited)

Requiem for a Gunfighter
Bryan Comer

Get Smart
Gate Guard (uncredited)

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Sheriff

Gunslinger
Town Marshal

Noose for a Gunman
Ed Folsey

Rawhide
Sheriff

Quantrill's Raiders
Sheriff

The Left Handed Gun
Townsman on Street with Mason (uncredited)

Lawman

Maverick
Lawson (uncredited)

The Californians

Have Gun, Will Travel

Sugarfoot
Sheriff Jim Harkness

The First Texan
Col. James Fannin (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger
Chip Walker

Great Day in the Morning
Northern Loyalist (uncredited)

Creature with the Atom Brain
Gen. Saunders (uncredited)

Tall Man Riding
Hap Sutton

The Man from Bitter Ridge
Crow's Nester (uncredited)

Apache Ambush

The Indian Fighter
Head Settler (uncredited)

Shotgun
Fletcher

Cheyenne

Gunsmoke
Sam

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sheriff

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Return to Treasure Island
Capt. Cardigan

Border River
Anderson

Living It Up
Policeman (uncredited)

Calamity Jane
Prospector (uncredited)

Thunder Over the Plains
Mike Faraday

The San Francisco Story
Morton

The Lusty Men
4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Greatest Show on Earth
Dave (uncredited)

The Lion and the Horse
Sheriff

The Big Trees
Brother Dorn (uncredited)

Rancho Notorious
Sheriff Hardy (uncredited)

The Hawk of Wild River
George/Storekeeper
Gang Busters

Mr. & Mrs. North

The Well
Deputy Stan

Prairie Roundup
Red Dawson (uncredited)

Cattle Queen
Marshal Houston

Along the Great Divide
Sheriff (uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Earl Samson

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Outcasts of Black Mesa
Ted Thorp

Montana
Sheriff Jake Overby (uncredited)

The Cisco Kid
Sheriff

Dynamite
Aggressive Motorist (uncredited)

Riders of the Whistling Pines
Forest Ranger (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Policeman Detaining Marta and Jamison

Samson and Delilah
Teresh

The Lone Ranger
Flynn

Belle Starr's Daughter
Marshal Evans

Money Madness
Policeman

The Street with No Name
Policeman at Arcade (Uncredited)

Big Town Scandal
Irate Store Owner (uncredited)

Campus Sleuth
Police Officer

Northwest Stampede
Scrivner

California's Golden Beginning

Song of My Heart
Policeman

Red River
Colonel (uncredited)

Caged Fury
Policeman (uncredited)

Albuquerque
Mr. Clark (uncredited)

The Vigilantes Return
Messenger

The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Prison Guard

Pursued
A Callum

The Dark Mirror
Intern (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life
Policeman (uncredited)

Tomorrow Is Forever
Hamilton Lab Technician

Two-Fisted Stranger
Brady (uncredited)

Gunning for Vengeance
Jim Clayburn (uncredited)

A Guy Could Change
Mr. Schroeder

Blonde Alibi
Policeman #2 (Uncredited)

Little Giant
Lost Motorist (uncredited)

Duel in the Sun
Cavalry Captain (uncredited)

Along Came Jones
Boone

Saratoga Trunk
Al (uncredited)

Manhunt of Mystery Island
Police Insp. Reed

Senorita from the West
Cop (uncredited)

Rustlers' Hideout
Hammond - Gambler

Sagebrush Heroes
Colton

Incendiary Blonde
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)

The Great Mike
Sam Hildur

Laura
Detective (uncredited)

Silver City Kid
Steve Clayton

Trigger Law
Tex

Trigger Trail
Slade

The Lady and the Monster
Ranger White (Uncredited)

Strange Affair
Mounted Officer (uncredited)

Men on Her Mind
Frank Tuttle

Heavenly Days
Minute Man

Follow the Boys
Ship Officer (uncredited)

Phantom of the Opera
Officer (uncredited)

Wild Horse Rustlers
Smoky Moore / Hans Beckmann

Law of the Saddle
Steve Kinney

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Duke Merrick

Riders of the Rio Grande
Townsman

A Lady Takes a Chance
Slim

Crazy House
Policeman (uncredited)

Invisible Agent
German Sentry (uncredited)

Reap the Wild Wind
Sam

The Pride of the Yankees
Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)

The Valley of Vanishing Men
Major Stacy Roberts

Sundown Jim
Nat Oldroyd

Don Winslow of the Navy
Henchman Corley

Among the Living

Six-Gun Gold
Brad Cardigan

Sergeant York
Corporal Savage (uncredited)

The Spider Returns
Police Lab Fingerprint Man

The Roundup
Taggert

Lady from Louisiana
Courtroom Police Officer

They Died with Their Boots On
Sentry (uncredited)

Pioneers of the West
Steve Carson

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Cop Car-Chasing Foranti

Charlie Chan in Panama
Powerhouse Search Officer

The Green Hornet
Acme Driver Bill (uncredited)

Pony Post
Ed Fairweather, Pony Express Rider

Santa Fe Trail
Adjutant (uncredited)

Virginia City
Irby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)

My Little Chickadee
Porter (uncredited)

North West Mounted Police
Constable Fyffe

Deadwood Dick
Wild Bill Hickok

The Howards of Virginia
Major

Midnight Limited
Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)

Junior G-Men
Second Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Ming's Soldier (uncredited)

Hi-Yo Silver
Dick Forrest

The Great Plane Robbery
Jill Whitcomb

Southward Ho!
Jim Crawford

Three Little Sew and Sews
Shore Patrolman (uncredited)

Union Pacific
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Saga of Death Valley
Roy's Father

The Phantom Creeps
Henchman with Rankin

Secret Service of the Air
U.S. Border Patrol Officer

Buck Rogers
Army Official at Wade's Lab

The Oregon Trail
Corporal in Sherman's Office

Made for Each Other
Ranger on Telephone (uncredited)

Blackwell's Island
Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)

The Man in the Iron Mask
Captain of Fouquet's Guards

Oklahoma Frontier
Sergeant

Outpost of the Mounties
Mountie Cooper

Code of the Streets
Policeman

Invisible Stripes
Detective (uncredited)

The Man from Montreal
Constable Rankin

Land of Fighting Men
Cliff - Henchman

Two Gun Justice
Butch - Henchman

Come On, Rangers
Ken Rogers

Mutts to You
Doug Manning (uncredited)

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Flight Commander

The Lone Ranger
Dick Forrest

Start Cheering
Field Judge

Girls on Probation
Second Detective

The Daredevil Drivers
Policeman (uncredited)

Heart of the North
Frank (uncredited)

Heart of Arizona
Trimmer Winkler

Over the Wall
Boiler Room Guard

The First Hundred Years
Doorman (uncredited)

The Jury's Secret
Spectator

Marie Antoinette
Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
Cameraman (uncredited)

Alcatraz Island
Federal Officer (uncredited)

Sea Devils
Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)

The Firefly
Captain of Guards (uncredited)

Kid Galahad
Title Fight Knockdown Timekeeper (uncredited)

Law of the Ranger
? (unconfirmed - pressbook name, Cal Williams)

Heroes of the Alamo
Davy Crockett

Sea Racketeers
Lt. Hays (radio voice) / Insp. L. McGrath

Wells Fargo
Tom - Wells Fargo Messenger

Public Wedding
Reporter

She Loved a Fireman
Bill Patton

Missing Witnesses
Prison Guard (uncredited)

Rosalie
Army Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)

Tim Tyler's Luck
Patrolman Kelly

Confession
Actor (uncredited)

The Wrong Road
Detective (uncredited)

Fly Away Baby
Policeman Announcing Miss Sayre (uncredited)

Winds of the Wasteland
Larry Adams

The Lawless Nineties
Bridger

The Stagecoach Race
Larry Adams

Sharad of Atlantis
Darius

Law and Lead
Cattleman Detective Ned

The Idaho Kid
Jess Peters

Stormy Trails
Foreman Dunn

A Face in the Fog
Policeman (uncredited)

Crash Donovan
Henchman (uncredited)

Flash Gordon
Ming's Soldier

North of Arizona
Ray - Express agent

The Outlaw Tamer
'Tex' Broderick

Public Hero Number 1
Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Lone Bandit
Lane Cartwright

The Affairs of Cellini
Jailer (uncredited)

The Merry Widow
Soldier Reporting to Popoff (uncredited)

Sagebrush Trail
Joseph Conlon

War of the Range
Henchman Bull Harris

Fighting With Kit Carson
Army Sergeant

Trouble Busters
Jim Perkins

The Eagle and the Hawk
Flier (uncredited)

Corruption
Assistant District Attorney King

The Devil's Brother
Lorenzo's Lieutenant

Deluge
Jack

Fugitive
Joseph

Via Pony Express
Lieutenant Bob Grey

Lawless Valley
Bob Rand

The Wyoming Whirlwind
Keene Wallace "The Wolf"

Texas Tornado
Tex Robbins - Posing as Wolf Cassidy

The Reckless Rider
'Tex' Wilkins

The Devil Horse
Elliott Norton [Chs. 1, 9, 11] (uncredited)

Guns for Hire
Flip LaRue

The Primrose Path
Danny McGann

The Hurricane Horseman
'Gun' Smith

Riders of the Rio
Bob Lane

The Cheyenne Cyclone
Bob Carleton

Firebrand Jordan
Firebrand Jordan

Under Texas Skies
Singer Martin - Secret Service Agent

Beyond the Law
Jack-Knife

Rough Waters
Cal Morton

The Single Standard
Ding Stuart

The Forward Pass
Assistant Coach Kane

The Legion of the Condemned
Charles Holabird

Red Hair
Robert Lennon

The First Kiss
William Talbot

The Big Killing
George Hicks

Love and Learn
Anthony Cowles

Open Range
Tex Smith

The Last Outlaw
Rancher