[4] He served for four years, mostly in the Aleutians, finishing with the rank of lieutenant. Loving brother of Dawn (Steve) Keller. [4], In a 1960 interview Chandler said his favourite films were Broken Arrow, Battle of Apache Pass, Two Flags West, Because of You ("my first real love story"), Sign of the Pagan, The Toy Tiger ("a change for me"), Drango, Raw Wind in Eden ("beautiful locale"), and The Lady Takes a Flyer ("I had Lana Turner with me").[85]. Around this time, Chandler expressed his dissatisfaction with acting in film as opposed to radio: [Radio actors] have to make their roles come alive, and they only have their voices with which to do it, but in pictures, the technique is quite different. He was meant to make Death on a Sidestreet[19] and The Lady Count[20] but neither ended up being made. [2] He was raised by his mother after his parents separated when he was a child. Chandler stated: I don't want to make pictures in other countries; I want to stay home. "Jeff Chandler Sought for 'Angry River;' Wanger Plans Mounties Movie" Schallert, Edwin. Council Opens Campaign to Halt Cheaper Production Abroad by U. S. Studios Special to The New York Times". [78] He was buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City. [65] The court ordered Chandler to continue paying $1,500 per month. While working on Merrill's Marauders in the Philippines, on April 15, 1961, Chandler injured his back while playing baseball with U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers who served as extras in the film. Chandler appeared in an expensive (for Universal) epic, playing the Emperor Marcian in Sign of the Pagan and co-starred with Jane Russell in Foxfire (1955), which he enjoyed because, "I don't have to be so darned monosyllabic in this one. by THOMAS M. PRYOR. Chandler appeared in Return to Peyton Place for Fox. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. [16], - Maureen O'Hara on acting with Chandler in War Arrow (2004), Writer-director Delmer Daves was looking for an actor to play Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950) at 20th Century Fox. Jeffrey Todd Chandler Jr. 3 The third result is Jeffrey Todd Chandler Jr. age 20s in Mesa, AZ in the Lehi neighborhood. She is survived by her daughter and two granddaughters. [77], At the time of his death, Chandler was involved with British actress Barbara Shelley. [70], He was linked with Esther Williams, who wrote in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the relationship. Some injuries people incur include slipping on a pool deck at a hotel, tripping in the bathtub at a resort, wave runner and jet ski accidents, boating incidents, golf cart accidents, moped accidents, and many more. HEDDA HOPPER'S STAFF. The actor is only a small part of the performance. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Chandler has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1770 Vine Street. He was killed by a surgical complication. For a number of years, film exhibitors voted Chandler among the top stars at the box office. They have also lived in Washington, UT and Seattle, WA. "Tribune GO-TO-MOVIE GUIDE: Tony Martin Gives Views on Career" Cross-dressing is the last thing I would expect of Jeff. [47], In 1956, Universal gave Chandler a leave of absence from his contract with them "for a period of several months" to enable him to make his own movie for Earlmar. Above all, he was impossibly handsome. 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