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George Chandler
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Actor Born: June 30, 1898 in Waukegan, IL Death: June 10, 1985 in Panorama City, CA Biography:Comic actor "George Chandler" entered the University of Illinois after World War I service, paying for his education by playing in an orchestra. He continued moonlighting in the entertainment world in the early 1920s, working as an insurance salesman by day and performing at night. By the end of the decade he was a seasoned vaudevillian, touring with a one-man-band act called "George Chandler, the Musical Nut." He began making films in 1927, appearing almost exclusively in comedies; perhaps his best-known appearance of the early 1930s was as "W.C.Fields"' prodigal son Chester in the 1932 2-reeler "The Fatal Glass of Beer". Chandler became something of a good-luck charm for director "William Wellman", who cast the actor in comedy bits in many of his films; Wellman reserved a juicy supporting role for Chandler as "Ginger Rogers"' no-good husband in "Roxie Hart" (1942). In all, Chandler made some 330... Full Biography
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