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Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) was an American actor and singer best remembered for playing Cochise in ''Broken Arrow'' (1950), and for being one of Universal International's most popular male stars of the decade. He was notable for being gray-haired at an early age. ==Early life== Chandler was born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the only child of 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, the alma mater of many stage and film personalities. His 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.〔"Fame Has Its Fee For Jeff Chandler" by Richard L. Coe. ''The Washington Post and ''Washington Times Herald'' 31 Mar 1954: 22.〕 Chandler eventually 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, acting in a performance of ''The Trojan Horse'' with Gordon MacRae and his wife.〔"Big Chief!: As an Indian, Jeff Chandler caused countless feminine hearts to flutter; now, in straight dramatic roles, he's a box office smash". Hopper, Hedda. ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' 9 November 1952: i9.〕 Chandler formed his own company, the Shady Lane Playhouse, in Illinois in 1941. This toured the Midwest with some success before the war came along.〔'Jeff Chandler Is Dead; Blame Blood Poison: Jeff Chandler', ''Los Angeles Times'' 18 June 1961: f1.〕 Chandler served in the United States Army in World War II for four years, mostly in the Aleutians, finishing with the rank of lieutenant.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Chandler (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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