An avid practitioner of yoga.
Attended Charleston High School, where he was vice president of the student council and played piano with the symphony. Chandler graduated from Charleston High School in 1952.
Born in West Virginia but raised in Southern California.
Briefly enrolled in Princeton as a pre-med student. Chandler eventually dropped out of college and served in the U.S. Army, where he was stationed in Germany.
Had an older brother named Arthur Chandler, Jr.
His father Arthur C. Chandler was a family physician.
Studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
Was a proficient tennis player in his grade school days.
Wife, Martha R. Matthews, born September 9, 1930 in Oklahoma.