John Davis Chandler

John Davis Chandler 19352010 was an American character actor renowned for his distinctive intense onscreen presence and his prolific career playing villains outlaws and shady miscreants Born in Hinton West Virginia and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City he broke into film in 1961 by landing the title role of reallife 1930s gangster Vincent Mad Dog Coll in the biopic Mad Dog Coll That breakout performance cemented his niche as an exceptional onscreen heavy enabling him to carve out a nearly 40year career spanning more than a hundred film and television credits Throughout his career Chandler became a familiar face in classic Westerns and gritty crime dramas notably collaborating multiple times with director Sam Peckinpah in films such as Ride the High Country Major Dundee Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and The Outlaw Josey Wales Mainstream audiences also recognize him for playing the sneering gang leader Bleak in the 1987 actioncomedy Adventures in Babysitting alongside feature work in Capone Only the Lonely and Phantasm III Lord of the Dead In addition to his extensive film resume he was a ubiquitous television guest star appearing on classic programs ranging from The Rifleman Gunsmoke Adam12 and Columbo to Murder She Wrote Science fiction fans also remember him for his appearance as the Orion character Flith in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine sixthseason episode Honor Among Thieves He passed away on February 16 2010 at the age of 75 in Toluca Lake California due to cancer