 Above, Lane Chandler battles stuntman and supporting player Yakima Canutt in BATTLING BUCKAROO (Kent, 1932).  Above is a stained and well worn title lobby card from BATTLING BUCKAROO (Kent, 1932), one of Chandler's eight for producer Willis Kent. Kent would later sign Northwestern University fullback Lafayette H. 'Reb' Russell to a contract for a series of western flicks in the mid 1930s.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above, the 1935 trade mag announcement from Empire on the Phantom Rider series, noting "6 PHANTOM RIDER fast-action Westerns with famous cowboy stars".  Above, from L-to-R are Harry Strang, Chandler, Tim McCoy (in his Mexican disguise), John Merton and Betty Compson in the McCoy oater, TWO GUN JUSTICE (Monogram, 1938).  The picture above shows Lane Chandler in one of his most remembered roles --- as one of the five Texas Rangers in THE LONE RANGER (Republic, 1938) chapterplay. In this serial, Chandler played Dick Forrest, the third Ranger to be killed off as the cliffhanger progresses. A variety of sources mention that the original shooting script had Chandler's 'Dick Forrest' character as the Lone Ranger, but this was changed when filming began and Lee Powell would ultimately be the Lone Ranger. The 5 Rangers were, from top-to-bottom: George Letz (George Montgomery), Lee Powell, Herman Brix (Bruce Bennett), Wally Wales/Hal Taliaferro, and Chandler. |
Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Lane Chandler. Click HERE.
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