Lon Chaney Jr.
Known for Acting · 222 credits
- Born
- 1906-02-10
- Died
- 1973-07-12
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- Creighton Tull Chaney · Creighton Chaney · Lon Chaney · Лон Чейни-мл. · Лон Чейни младший · Лон Чейни мл.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. He is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry.
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Known For
TV Shows (33)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Wagon Train
1957
as Louis Roque / Carstairs
Climax!
1954
as Frank Wiggins / Old Man Hawley
The Rifleman
1958
as Charlie Gordo
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as William Ceilbleu / O'Connor - Inmate
Lawman
1958
as Jess Bridges
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Michael Peters
Rawhide
1959
as Jesse Childress / Rock
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Sgt. Williams / Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man / George / Mad Scientist / Lon Chaney
Route 66
1960
as Poppa Duplessis / Colby / Lon Chaney
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Sheriff Lon Paulson
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Monkees
1966
as Lenny
Bat Masterson
1958
as Rance Fletcher
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Frankenstein Monster
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Trader One Arm
Surfside 6
1960
Telephone Time
1956
as Jules Samenian
The Texan
1958
as Wylie Ames
The Deputy
1959
as Tom Arnold
Studio 57
1954
as Jubal Pickett
Lock-Up
1959
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Ex-Marshal Daggett
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Old Jeff Harris / Zeke Wells
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Ben Rafferty
Stagecoach West
1960
as Ben Wait
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
as Chingachgook
The Whistler
1954
General Electric Theater
1953
as Bucknell
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Alaskan Trapper
13 Demon Street
1959
as Host
Movies (189)
High Noon
1952
as Martin Howe
Only the Valiant
1951
as Trooper Kebussyan
The Wolf Man
1941
as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
Apache Uprising
1965
as Charlie Russell
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Shorty
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
as The Wolfman
Indestructible Man
1956
as Charles "Butcher" Benton
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
The Alligator People
1959
as Manon
Jesse James
1939
as One Of James Gang
Desert Command
1946
as Lt. Armand Corday
Cobra Woman
1944
as Hava
The Phantom
1961
as Jed
Rose Bowl
1936
as Sierra Football Player
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Haunted Palace
1963
as Simon Orne
Jivaro
1954
as Pedro Martines
Lucky Devils
1933
as Frankie
Crazy House
1943
as Cameo Appearance
Witchcraft
1964
as Morgan Whitlock
Young Fury
1964
as Bartender
House of Dracula
1945
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
Love and Hisses
1937
as Attendant
Spider Baby
1967
as Bruno
Slave Ship
1937
as Laborer Killed at Launching
Passport Husband
1938
as Bull
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Dave
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Big Sam
The Indian Fighter
1955
as Chivington
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Photographer
Inside Straight
1951
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Big Mac
Passion
1954
as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
Union Pacific
1939
as Dollarhide
Son of Dracula
1943
as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
The Trap
1922
as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Lennie Small
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
Follow the Boys
1944
as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Groton
Ace Drummond
1936
as Henchman Ivan
Pillow of Death
1945
as Wayne Fletcher
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Capt. Hakur
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Captain China
1950
as Red Lynch
Pardners
1956
as Whitey
Billy the Kid
1941
as 'Spike' Hudson
Not as a Stranger
1955
as Job Marsh
Submarine Patrol
1938
as Marine Sentry
Behave Yourself!
1951
as Pinky
The Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Armand Corday
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as The Frankenstein Monster
The Lady Escapes
1937
as Reporter (uncredited)
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Spurge McManamee
Buckskin
1968
as Sheriff Tangley
Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)
The Black Pirates
1954
as Padre Felipe
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Joey
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Johnson
The Bushwhackers
1951
as Artemus Taylor
The Cyclops
1957
as Martin 'Marty' Melville
Flame of Araby
1951
as Borka Barbarossa
Johnny Reno
1966
as Sheriff Hodges
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Eddie
The Devil's Messenger
1962
as Satan
Springfield Rifle
1952
as Pete Elm
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as The Mummy - Kharis
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Emo, the Murderer
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
as Chief Eagle Shadow
Calling Dr. Death
1943
as Dr. Mark Steel
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
One Million B.C.
1940
as Akhoba
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Jack McCall
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Avery
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Willie
Black Spurs
1965
as Kile
Bride of the Gorilla
1951
as Commissioner Taro
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
as Desk Reporter
Man-Made Monster
1941
as Dan McCormick
The Black Sleep
1956
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Detective Erickson
Manfish
1956
as Swede
Walking Down Broadway
1938
as Delivery Man
This Is My Affair
1937
as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
The Mummy's Curse
1944
as Kharis
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Scott, the Chauffeur
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Bird of Paradise
1932
as Thornton
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
as Johnny Colton
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Kharis
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Henchman Butch
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967
as Dr. Mendell
The Female Bunch
1971
as Monti
Strange Confession
1945
as Jeff Carter
Overland Mail
1942
as Jim Lane
Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
Road Demon
1938
as Bud Casey
Josette
1938
as Boatman
Town Tamer
1965
as Charlie Leach
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Pringle
Frontier Badmen
1943
as Chango
Once a Thief
1950
as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
Thief of Damascus
1952
as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
Weird Woman
1944
as Prof. Norman Reed
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
as Maximillian
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Tiny
Albuquerque
1948
as Steve Murkill
City in Darkness
1939
as Pierre
North to the Klondike
1942
as Nate Carson
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
as David Stuart
The Frozen Ghost
1945
as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
About Lon Chaney Jr.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. He is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC… With 222 credits spanning from 1922 to 2025, Lon Chaney Jr. has appeared in 189 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lon Chaney Jr. Movies
- High Noon (1952) — as Martin Howe
- Only the Valiant (1951) — as Trooper Kebussyan
- The Wolf Man (1941) — as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) — as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
- Apache Uprising (1965) — as Charlie Russell
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