Jeff Chandler (actor)

Jeff Chandler is honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died from a cerebral haemorrhage in Van Nuys, California. He was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Donald Crisp has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1620 Vine St. Shortly after completing his role in Merrill's Marauders (1962), Chandler died in Los Angeles, California at age of 42, from blood poisoning following disc herniation surgery. He was married to the screenwriter Jane Murfin from 1932 until 1944. His leading ladies would include June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Susan Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Russell and Esther Williams. His more than 150 films include Broken Blossoms (1919), The Black Pirate (1926), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Jezebel (1938), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Knute Rockne, All American (1940), Lassie Come Home (1943), The Uninvited (1944), National Velvet (1944)The Valley of Decision (1945) Pollyanna (1960) and Greyfriars Bobby (1961).

Some of his pictures in this period include Away All Boats, Toy Tiger, Drango, The Tattered Dress, Man in the Shadow, Foxfire, A Stranger in My Arms, and Thunder in the Sun. With the advent of talking pictures, Crisp established a career as a versatile character actor, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Welsh father in How Green Was My Valley (1941). His sex appeal, curiously heightened by his prematurely gray hair and tanned features, would put him into drama and costume movies. Although he directed his last film in 1930, the Directors Guild of America voted him a Life Member Award in 1957. The rest of the decade, Chandler turned in a top leading man. During the silent film era, he also directed comedy films, and dramas such as the 1916 version of Ramona. He would be nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), the first of three screen appearances as the legendary Apache chief, followed by The Battle of Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954). Griffith's The Birth of a Nation in 1915.

His first important role was in Sword in the Desert (1948), as an Israeli freedom fighter. W. In the 1950s, Chandler became a star in western and action movies. Born George William Crisp in London, England, he began his film acting career in 1908, and appeared in D. His first film appearance was in Johnny O'Clock (1947). Donald Crisp (July 27, 1880 – May 25, 1974) was a film actor and director. After discharged, he was a busy radio actor both in drama and comedy.

Later, he took a drama course and spent two years in stock companies before serving in World War II. Born Ira Grossel in Brooklyn, New York Chandler attended Erasmus Hall High School, the nucleus of many stage and film personalities. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was a popular American film actor in the 1950s.