George Chandler

 George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985)

He was an actor best known for playing the character of "Uncle Petrie Martin" on the CBS television series Lassie. Chandler also served in the United States Army during World War I. Early in his career, he had a vaudeville act, billed as "George Chandler, the Musical Nut," which featured comedy and his violin. Chandler appeared six times in Bill Williams's western series The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1955) in episodes titled "Law of Boot Hill", "Lost Treasure of the Panamints", "Trails Westward", "The Wrong Man", "Trail to Bordertown", and "Gunsmoke Justice". He guest starred on the Reed Hadley CBS legal drama The Public Defender. He appeared as the character Ames in the two-part episode "King of the Dakotas" in the 1955 NBC western anthology series Frontier. In 1954–1955, he was cast in two episodes of the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life. He appeared in the 1956 episode "Joey and the Stranger" of the NBC children's western series, Fury. He was cast as Clay Hunnicutt in the 1957 episode "The Giveaway" of Jackie Cooper's NBC sitcom, The People's Choice. In 1960, Chandler was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. Chandler died in Panorama City, California of cancer, on June 10, 1985, at the age of 86. He is interred at Forest Lawn-Glendale.