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Lon Chaney Jr.

Actor / Character Actor | * 02/10/1906 († 67, 07/12/1973) | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
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Creighton Tull Chaney (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr. (or simply Lon Chaney), was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many Universal Horror films, including six films in their 1940s Inner Sanctum series, making him a horror icon. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939) and supporting parts in dozens of mainstream movies, including High Noon (1952), The Defiant Ones (1958), and numerous Westerns, musicals, ... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Two hapless freight handlers find themselves encountering Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and the Wolf Man. ...

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

FSK: 12+ years

1948 | 3.6/5 | 1h 23min
Comedy, Horror
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Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that th ...

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Certification unknown

1943 | 3.1/5 | 1h 14min
Horror
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Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kil ...

High Noon

FSK: 12+ years

1952 | 3.9/5 | 1h 25min
Western, Drama
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After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf. ...

The Wolf Man

FSK: 12+ years

1941 | 3.6/5 | 1h 10min
Horror, Drama
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Movies with Lon Chaney Jr. as Actor(164)

as Self (archive footage)2015 Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
as Self (archive footage)2010 Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
as Himself (archive footage)2007 Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Self (archive footage)2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)2006 Terror in the Tropics
as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Various Roles (Archive Footage)2001 Heroes of Horror
as Self (archive footage)2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)2000 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as (archive footage)1998 Universal Horror
as (archive footage)1995 Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as Larry Talbot (archive footage) (uncredited)1984 Terror in the Aisles
as (archive footage)1979 The Horror Show
as Groton1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein
as Monti1971 The Female Bunch
as Sheriff Tangley1968 Buckskin
as Self (archive footage)1968 The Movie Orgy
as Sammy1968 Fireball Jungle
as Dr. Mendell1967 Gallery of Horror
as Avery1967 Welcome to Hard Times
as Bruno1967 Spider Baby
as Maximillian1967 Hillbillys in a Haunted House
as Sheriff Hodges1966 Johnny Reno
as Bartender1965 Young Fury
as Kile1965 Black Spurs
as Charlie Russell1965 Apache Uprising
as Belial Desard1965 House of the Black Death
as Charlie Leach1965 Town Tamer
as The Mummified Werewolf1965 Face of the Screaming Werewolf
as Tiny1964 Law of the Lawless
as Chingachcook1964 The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)1964 Stage to Thunder Rock
as Morgan Whitlock1964 Witchcraft
as Simon Orne1963 The Haunted Palace
as Satan1961 The Devil's Messenger
as Jed1961 The Phantom
as The Mummified Werewolf1960 House of Terror
as Manon1959 The Alligator People
as Big Sam1958 The Defiant Ones
as Art Birdwell1958 Money, Women and Guns
as Chingachgook1957 Along the Mohawk Trail
as Martin 'Marty' Melville1957 The Cyclops
as Swede1956 Manfish
as Charles "Butcher" Benton1956 Indestructible Man
as Blackfish1956 Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo1956 The Black Sleep
as Whitey1956 Pardners
as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)1955 The Silver Star
as Job Marsh1955 Not as a Stranger
as Big Mac1955 I Died a Thousand Times
as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith (as Lon Chaney)1955 Big House, U.S.A.
as Chivington (as Lon Chaney)1955 The Indian Fighter
as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)1954 The Big Chase
as Castro (as Lon Chaney)1954 Passion
as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)1954 The Boy from Oklahoma
as Padre Felipe1954 The Black Pirates
as Emo, the Murderer1954 Casanova's Big Night
as Pedro Martines1954 Jivaro
as Spurge McManamee1953 A Lion Is in the Streets
as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)1953 Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Martin Howe1952 High Noon
as Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney)1952 Springfield Rifle
as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)1952 Thief of Damascus
as Gargon1952 The Black Castle
as Chief Pontiac1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac
as Artemus Taylor1952 The Bushwhackers
as Trooper Kebussyan1951 Only the Valiant
as Pinky1951 Behave Yourself!
as Commissioner Taro1951 Bride of the Gorilla
as Borka Barbarossa1951 Flame of Araby
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)1951 Inside Straight
as Red Lynch1950 Captain China
as Gus (as Lon Chaney)1950 Once a Thief
as Johnson1949 Fun on the Run
as Johnny Colton1949 There's a Girl in My Heart
as Johnson1949 Kitchen Mechanics
as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)1948 16 Fathoms Deep
as Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man1948 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Louie Struber1948 The Counterfeiters
as Steve Murkill1948 Albuquerque
as Willie1947 My Favorite Brunette
as Lt. Armand Corday1946 Desert Command
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot1945 House of Dracula
as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great1945 The Frozen Ghost
as Wayne Fletcher1945 Pillow of Death
as Jeff Carter1945 Strange Confession
as Johnson1945 Here Come the Co-eds
as Grat Dalton (as Lon Chaney)1945 The Daltons Ride Again
as Hava1944 Cobra Woman
as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)1944 Follow the Boys
as Prof. Norman Reed1944 Weird Woman
as David Stuart1944 Dead Man's Eyes
as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)1944 House of Frankenstein
as Kharis1944 The Mummy's Ghost
as Kharis1944 The Mummy's Curse
as Bear1944 Ghost Catchers
as Chango1943 Frontier Badmen
as Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney)1943 Calling Dr. Death
as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard1943 Son of Dracula
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
as Cameo Appearance1943 Crazy House
as Jim Lane1942 Overland Mail
as The Mummy - Kharis1942 The Mummy's Tomb
as Nate Carson1942 North to the Klondike
as The Frankenstein Monster1942 The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Benny (as Lon Chaney)1942 Eyes of the Underworld
as Marvin Gimble1941 Too Many Blondes
as Jack McCall1941 Badlands Of Dakota
as 'Spike' Hudson1941 Billy the Kid
as Jigsaw Kennedy1941 San Antonio Rose
as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man1941 The Wolf Man
as Dan McCormick1941 Man-Made Monster
as Henchman Butch1941 Riders of Death Valley
as Shorty1940 North West Mounted Police
as Akhoba1940 One Million B.C.
as Pierre1939 City in Darkness
as One Of James Gang1939 Jesse James
as Dollarhide1939 Union Pacific
as Pringle1939 Frontier Marshal
as Lennie1939 Of Mice and Men
as Marine Sentry1938 Submarine Patrol
as Racetrack Mug1938 Speed to Burn
as Bud Casey1938 Road Demon
as Delivery Man1938 Walking Down Broadway
as Policeman1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
as Photographer1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Martin1938 Straight, Place and Show
as Boatman1938 Josette
as Bull1938 Passport Husband
as Joey1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Laborer Killed at Launching1937 Slave Ship
as Policeman1937 One Mile From Heaven
as Maroni1937 Secret Agent X-9
as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank1937 This Is My Affair
as Dutch1937 Wild and Woolly
as Girard1937 Cheyenne Rides Again
as Scott, the Chauffeur1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Desk Reporter1937 Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Gilks1937 Life Begins in College
as Attendant1937 Love and Hisses
as Garage Mechanic1937 Born Reckless
as Detective Erickson1937 Midnight Taxi
as Eddie1937 Angel's Holiday
as Garland - Simms partner1936 The Old Corral
as Second Coffin Man1936 Killer at Large
as Martin1936 The Singing Cowboy
as Capt. Hakur1936 Undersea Kingdom
as Henchman Ivan1936 Ace Drummond
as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox1935 The Shadow of Silk Lennox
as Dave1935 Captain Hurricane
as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain1935 A Scream in the Night
as Chuck1935 Accent on Youth
as Don Cooper1934 Girl o' My Dreams
as Hugo McQueen1934 The Life of Vergie Winters
as Joe Bethel1934 Sixteen Fathoms Deep
as Jack Breen1933 Son of the Border
as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)1933 Scarlet River
as Frankie1933 Lucky Devils
as Lt. Armand Corday1933 The Three Musketeers
as Thornton1932 Bird of Paradise
as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost1932 The Last Frontier
as Henchman1931 The Galloping Ghost

TV Shows/Series with Lon Chaney Jr. as Actor(29)

1966 The Monkees
1966 Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1960 Surfside 6
as Poppa Duplessis1960 Route 66
as Lon Chaney1960 Route 66
as Colby1960 Route 66
as Ben Rafferty1959 Johnny Ringo
as Jesse Childress1959 Rawhide
as Rock1959 Rawhide
as Host1959 13 Demon Street
1959 Lock Up
as Trader One Arm1959 Adventures in Paradise
1958 The Texan
as Sheriff Lon Paulson1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Rance Fletcher1958 Bat Masterson
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
as Chingachgook1957 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
as Michael Peters1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 Telephone Time
as Frank Wiggins1954 Climax!
as Old Man Hawley1954 Climax!
as Bucknell1953 GE Theater
as Old Jeff Harris1952 Cavalcade of America
as Zeke Wells1952 Cavalcade of America
as Sgt. Williams1951 The Red Skelton Show
as Alaskan Trapper1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 Tales of Tomorrow
as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Actor1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Lon Chaney
Born: Saturday, 02/10 1906 (February) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 07/12 1973 (July) in San Clemente (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Children: Ronald Creighton Chaney
Father: Lon Chaney
Mother: Frances Cleveland Creighton
Other names for Lon Chaney Jr. (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Creighton Tull Chaney"
"Creighton Chaney"
"Lon Chaney"
"Лон Чейни-мл."
"Лон Чейни младший"
"Лон Чейни мл."
"Lon Chaney junior"
Lon Chaney Jr. frequently works together with these people:
Russell A. Gausman (22x, Crew)
Claude Akins (21x, Actor)
William Schallert (21x, Actor)
Harry Townes (21x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (19x, Actor)
John Dehner (19x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (19x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (19x, Actor)
Don Taylor (18x, Crew)
Michael Pate (18x, Actor)
John P. Fulton (18x, Crew)
Willis Bouchey (18x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:28280, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024