About
John Davis Chandler (1935–2010) was an American character actor renowned for his distinctive, intense onscreen presence and his prolific career playing villains, outlaws, and shady miscreants. Born in Hinton, West Virginia, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he broke into film in 1961 by landing the title role of real-life 1930s gangster Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll in the biopic Mad Dog Coll. That breakout performance cemented his niche as an exceptional on-screen heavy, enabling him to carve out a nearly 40-year career spanning more than a hundred film and television credits. Throughout his career, Chandler became a familiar face in classic Westerns and gritty crime dramas, notably collaborating multiple times with director Sam Peckinpah in films such as Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Outlaw Josey Wales....
Known for
ColumboSeries • 1971
Star Trek: Deep Space NineSeries • 1993
ERSeries • 1994
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Chicago HopeSeries • 1994
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
Adam-12Series • 1968
AirwolfSeries • 1984
Hill Street BluesSeries • 1981
The VirginianSeries • 1962
Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
CannonSeries • 1971
Walker, Texas RangerSeries • 1993
Hart to HartSeries • 1979
T. J. HookerSeries • 1982
The Incredible HulkSeries • 1977
RenegadeSeries • 1992
Simon & SimonSeries • 1981
Fantasy IslandSeries • 1978
HunterSeries • 1984
Police WomanSeries • 1974
Route 66Series • 1960
The High ChaparralSeries • 1967