Walter Brennan

. Jeff Chandler is honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On his death in 1974, Walter Brennan was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. He was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1970. Shortly after completing his role in Merrill's Marauders (1962), Chandler died in Los Angeles, California at age of 42, from blood poisoning following disc herniation surgery. He also made a few recordings, the most popular being "Old Rivers" in 1962. His leading ladies would include June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Susan Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Russell and Esther Williams.

In the 1950s, he starred in the television series The Real McCoys, and appeared in several other movies and television programs, usually as an eccentric "old-timer". Some of his pictures in this period include Away All Boats, Toy Tiger, Drango, The Tattered Dress, Man in the Shadow, Foxfire, A Stranger in My Arms, and Thunder in the Sun. Other films included Red River, Rio Bravo, My Darling Clementine, Meet John Doe, The Pride of the Yankees, To Have and Have Not, Bad Day at Black Rock and How the West Was Won. His sex appeal, curiously heightened by his prematurely gray hair and tanned features, would put him into drama and costume movies. After working as an extra and a stunt man, he began receiving more substantial roles in the 1930s, culminating with the receiving of the very first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1937 for Come and Get It. The rest of the decade, Chandler turned in a top leading man. After serving in World War I, he moved to Guatemala and raised pineapples, before settling in Los Angeles, California. He would be nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), the first of three screen appearances as the legendary Apache chief, followed by The Battle of Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954).

While in school, he became interested in acting, and began to perform in vaudeville. His first important role was in Sword in the Desert (1948), as an Israeli freedom fighter. Brennan was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and studied engineering in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In the 1950s, Chandler became a star in western and action movies. He holds the distinction of having won more Academy Awards for acting than any other male actor. His first film appearance was in Johnny O'Clock (1947). Walter Brennan, (25 July 1894 - 21 September 1974) was a veteran character actor, notably in westerns. After discharged, he was a busy radio actor both in drama and comedy.

1937 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Come and Get It. Later, he took a drama course and spent two years in stock companies before serving in World War II. 1939 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Kentucky. Born Ira Grossel in Brooklyn, New York Chandler attended Erasmus Hall High School, the nucleus of many stage and film personalities. 1941 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Westerner. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was a popular American film actor in the 1950s. 1942 - Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Sergeant York.