Jeff Chandler (actor)

Jeff Chandler is honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [1] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cromwell_richard.shtml)[2] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cromwell_oliver.shtml) [3] (http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon48a.html). He was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
. 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.
. His leading ladies would include June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Susan Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Russell and Esther Williams. He retired to obscurity, going into exile on the Continent under the soubriquet of "John Clarke", but returning in 1680 to live out the remainder of his life in Britain.

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. Unlike his father, Richard was not held accountable for the death of King Charles I. His sex appeal, curiously heightened by his prematurely gray hair and tanned features, would put him into drama and costume movies. This was the beginning of a short period of restoration of the Commonwealth of England but led to a state of anarchy that resulted in the return of the exiled King Charles II of England and the English Restoration. The rest of the decade, Chandler turned in a top leading man. He gave it up with little hesitation, resigning or "abdicating" after a demand by the Rump Parliament. 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). Richard was an unlikely successor, coming to prominence only because his two elder brothers both died before their father. Having previously sat in parliament, but only having joined the Council of State a year before his appointment as Protector, he had neither the political experience nor the interest required to maintain his position.

His first important role was in Sword in the Desert (1948), as an Israeli freedom fighter. Richard Cromwell's enemies called him Tumbledown Dick. In the 1950s, Chandler became a star in western and action movies. Richard Cromwell (October 4, 1626- July 12, 1712) was the third son of Oliver Cromwell, and was Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, for little over eight months, from September 3, 1658 until May 25, 1659. His first film appearance was in Johnny O'Clock (1947). 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.