Jeff chandler movies western
Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio dramas and comedies until he was signed by Universal. It was in the fifties that Jeff would become a star, making westerns and action pictures. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). He followed this by playing the role of Cochise in two sequels: The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954). While his premature gray hair and tanned features served him well in his westerns and action pictures, the studio also put him into soaps and costume movies. In his films, his leading ladies included Maureen O'Hara, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, and June Allyson. Shortly after his last film Merrill's Marauders (1962), Jeff died, at 42, from blood poisoning after an operation for a slipped disc.
BornDecember 15, 1918
DiedJune 17, 1961(42)
The Plunderers (1960 film)
1960 film by Joseph Pevney
The Plunderers is a 1960 American Western film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, John Saxon and Dolores Hart. It was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1960.
Plot
Unruly cowboys Rondo, Jeb, Mule and Davy ride into town. They can't pay for their drinks, so Sheriff McCauley jails them for a night. Then they refuse to pay clerk Ellie Walters at the general store, and take rooms at Kate Miller's hotel.
The rancher Sam Christy is asked for help. He is an American Civil War hero, but has lost the use of one arm and is tired of fighting. When the cowboys beat up the saloon keeper and McCauley is killed by Jeb, however, Sam offers to do what he can. Meanwhile, the four cowboys go through the town and gather up everyone's guns, leaving the townsfolk defenseless.
Sam goes to his ranch to get his gun, but is ambushed by two of the cowboys and beaten. Ellie finds him at the ranch and tends to him and they kiss. In town, Sam gathers the men in the stable to hatch a plan. They decide to separate the cowboys and capture them one by one. Davy is upset by what's happening and wants the cowboys to leave. He decides to go on his own, but when he goes to the stable to get his horse, he is captured by Sam and the townspeople. Ellie is attacked by Rondo but she fights him off and he is captured by Sam using Davy's gun. In the stable Rondo comes at Sam with a knife and Ellie shoots him. Sam then kills Mule in a fight and shoots the fleeing Jeb. He allows the remorseful Davy to leave town.
Cast
Production
The film was made by August Productions for Allied Artists. August was a production company established by Jeff Chandler in association with writer Bob Barbash and publicist Jess Rand. Chandler described the film as "not a Western though the locale is the West." John Saxon had played many Mexican parts.
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Jeff Chandler
American actor (1918–1961)
For other people named Jeff Chandler, see Jeff Chandler (disambiguation).
Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was one of Universal Pictures' more popular male stars of the 1950s. His other credits include Sword in the Desert (1948), Deported (1950), Female on the Beach (1955), and Away All Boats (1956). He also performed as a radio actor and as a singer.
Early life
Chandler was born Ira Grossel in Brooklyn, New York City, the only child of Jewish parents Anna (née Herman) and Phillip Grossel. He was raised by his mother after his parents separated when he was a child.
He attended Erasmus Hall High School, where he acted in school plays; his schoolmates included Susan Hayward. Chandler's father was connected with the restaurant business and got his son a job as a restaurant cashier. Chandler said he always wanted to act, but courses for commercial art were cheaper, so he studied art for a year and worked as a layout artist for a mail-order catalogue at $18 a week.
Eventually, he saved up enough money to take a drama course at the Feagin School of Dramatic Art in New York. He worked briefly in radio, then got a job in a stock company on Long Island as an actor and stage manager. He worked for two years in stock companies, including a performance of The Trojan Horse opposite famous singers and actors Gordon MacRae and his wife Sheila MacRae, who became his good friends.
Chandler formed his own company, the Shady Lane Playhouse, in Illinois in the summer of 1941. The company toured the Midwest with some success, presenting such plays as The Bad Man, Seventh Heaven, The New Minister, and Pigs. When America e List of the best Jeff Chandler movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Jeff Chandler's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Jeff Chandler movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Jeff Chandler movies will be at the top of the list. Jeff Chandler has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Jeff Chandler movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Jeff Chandler films to end the squabble once and for all. If you think the best Jeff Chandler role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Jeff Chandler performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand. List contains films like PIllars of the Sky, Johnny O'Clock.