1. George Chandler was born in Waukegan, Illinois, on June 30,1898.
11 Facts About George Chandler
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George Chandler played incidental and background roles in dozens of movies.
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In Footlight Parade, George Chandler plays the druggist who sells Chester Kent aspirin, and explains how the low price comes from the drugstore chain buying in large quantities, which starts off the premise of the movie.
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George Chandler appeared as the character Ames in the two-part episode "King of the Dakotas" in Frontier.
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George Chandler appeared in the 1956 episode "Joey and the Stranger" of Fury.
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George Chandler was cast as Clay Hunnicutt in the 1957 episode "The Giveaway" of the sitcom The People's Choice.
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In 1958, George Chandler appeared as Cleveland McMasters in the episode "The Cassie Tanner Story" on Wagon Train.
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In 1956, George Chandler was cast as homespun philosopher Ichabod Adams in an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents entitled "Goodbye, Grey Flannel", and he reprised the role in 1957 in another Montgomery episode titled "One Smart Apple".
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In 1960, George Chandler brought back the Ichabod Adams role in "Adams' Apples", an episode of General Electric Theater.
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In 1960, George Chandler was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild.
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George Chandler died in Panorama City, California, of cancer, on June 10,1985, at the age of 86.