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name: "John Chandos"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 July 1917"
died: "21 September 1987"
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average_as: "actor"
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# John Chandos

Actor. Born 27 July 1917 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. Died 21 September 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 July 1917, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 21 September 1987
- **Also known as:** John Chandos McConnell
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chandos_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6225691, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119359

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*49th Parallel*](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md) (79)

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## Biography

John Chandos (born John Chandos McConnell) was a Scottish actor who appeared in film and television from 1941 to 1969.

He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1936. During the Second World War he served with the Seaforth Highlanders, the Parachute Regiment and the GHQ Liaison Regiment.

His film roles include Lohrmann in *49th Parallel* (1941), Krantz in *The First of the Few* (1942), Stub Ear in *The Crimson Pirate* (1952) and Dr. Langmann in *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956). He also appeared as Morgan in a 1967 episode of *The Avengers*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *49th Parallel* (1941), Fi1m 79, as Lohrmann — [page](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Two Gentlemen Sharing* (1969), as Advertising Executive
- *The Little Ones* (1965), as Lord Brantley
- *The Protectors* (1964), series, as Max Shroeder
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Morgan — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Senator Landau
- *I Accuse!* (1958), as Drumont
- *Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!* (1957), series, as Embassy Official
- *Doctor at Large* (1957), as O'Malley
- *Time Without Pity* (1957), as 1st Journalist
- *The Green Man* (1956), as McKechnie
- *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), as Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer
- *One Way Out* (1955), as Danvers
- *The Ship That Died of Shame* (1955), as Raines
- *Simba* (1955), as Settler
- *Carrington V.C.* (1954), Actor
- *Beautiful Stranger* (1954), as Nino
- *The Love Lottery* (1954), as Gulliver Kee
- *36 Hours* (1953), as Orville Hart
- *The Long Memory* (1953), as Boyd
- *The Crimson Pirate* (1952), as Stub Ear
- *Trent's Last Case* (1952), as Tim O'Reilly
- *Derby Day* (1952), as Man on Train (uncredited)
- *Secret People* (1952), as John
- *The Haunted* (1948), as Andrew
- *The First of the Few* (1942), as Krantz
- *The Next of Kin* (1942), as No 16
- *49th Parallel* (1941), as Lohrmann — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md)

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