Chandler, Jeff (1918-61)

Actor. Chandler made a number of non-Westerns during his Hollywood career yet he is likely to remain closely identified with the genre in a quite specific way. His role as Cochise, the Apache chief in Broken Arrow, created a striking impression and he was to repeat it in The Battle at Apache Pass and in Taza, Son of Cochise. He played other Western char?acters, lawmen and cavalrymen for example, but it is as the famous Indian chief that his place in the history of the genre is guaranteed.