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Lon Chaney

Name in Native Language: "Lon Chaney, Sr." (English/EN)
Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter / Make-up Artist / Writer | * 04/01/1883 († 47, 08/26/1930) | Colorado Springs, Colorado (United States of America (USA))
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". ()
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Lon Chaney (born Leonidas Frank Chaney) - nicknamed "Man of a Thousand Faces" - was an American Silent screen star. He died after completing his only sound film.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies. ...

The Unholy Three

Certification unknown

1925 | 3.3/5 | 1h 26min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad eno ...

Tell It to the Marines

Certification unknown

1926 | 3.1/5 | 1h 43min
Action, Comedy, Drama
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A grotesquely disfigured composer known as "The Phantom" haunts Paris' opera house, where he's secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. Luring her to his remote underground lair, The Phan ...

The Phantom of the Opera

NR

1925 | 3.6/5 | 1h 41min
Drama, Horror
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Story of an inventor who, suffering betrayal in life, makes a career of it by becoming a clown whose act consists of getting slapped by all the other clowns. He falls in love with another circus perfo ...

He Who Gets Slapped

NR

1924 | 3.8/5 | 1h 12min
Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Lon Chaney

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Lon Chaney as Actor(115)

2013 A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
as Himself (archive footage)2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Various Roles (archive footage)2008 Nadie inquietó más
as Himself (archive footage)2007 Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Self (archive footage)2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)2002 London After Midnight
as Self (archive footage)2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as (archive footage)1998 Universal Horror
as himself1996 Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
as (archive footage)1995 Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as The Phantom (archive footage)1983 The Horror of It All
as (archive footage)1979 The Horror Show
as (archive footage)1974 The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as (archive footage)1953 Yesterday and Today
as Self (archive footage)1945 Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)1942 Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as (archive footage)1931 The House That Shadows Built
as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady1930 The Unholy Three
as Grumpy Anderson1929 Thunder
as Tiger Haynes1929 Where East Is East
as Tito Beppi1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'1928 West of Zanzibar
as Chuck Collins1928 The Big City
as Dan Coghlan1928 While the City Sleeps
as himself1927 Life in Hollywood No. 3
as Sergei1927 Mockery
as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather1927 Mr. Wu
as Professor Edward C. Burke1927 London After Midnight
as Alonzo the Armless1927 The Unknown
as The Blackbird / The Bishop1926 The Blackbird
as Singapore Joe1926 The Road to Mandalay
as Sergeant O'Hara1926 Tell It to the Marines
as Dr. Ziska1925 The Monster
as Jan1925 The Tower of Lies
as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady1925 The Unholy Three
as Erik, The Phantom1925 The Phantom of the Opera
as Paul Beaumont aka HE1924 He Who Gets Slapped
as Juan Serafin1924 The Next Corner
as Quasimodo1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Wilse Dilling1923 The Shock
as Mark Shore1923 All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Henri Santodos1923 While Paris Sleeps
as Fagin1922 Oliver Twist
as Gaspard the Good1922 The Trap
as Tony Pantelli1922 The Light in the Dark
as David Webster1922 Flesh and Blood
as Obadiah Strout1922 Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Yen Sin1922 Shadows
as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man1922 A Blind Bargain
as Trix Ulner1921 For Those We Love
as Chin Chow1921 Bits of Life
as O'Rourke1921 Voices of the City
as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva1921 Outside the Law
as Mr. Farallone1921 The Ace of Hearts
as Merney Stagg1920 The Gift Supreme
as Blind Pew / Merry1920 Treasure Island
as Blizzard1920 The Penalty
as Raoul Challoner1920 Nomads of the North
as Royce Rivers1920 The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
as The Frog1919 The Miracle Man
as Kindard Powers1919 When Bearcat Went Dry
as Bateese Le Blanc1919 Paid in Advance
as 'Three Card' Duncan1919 A Man's Country
as Karl Eckstrom1919 The False Faces
as Ricardo1919 Victory
as Stoop Connors1919 The Wicked Darling
as Louis Courteau1918 That Devil, Bateese
as Bethmann-Hollweg1918 The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
as Hame Bozzam1918 Riddle Gawne
as 'Kink' Colby1918 A Broadway Scandal
as Bud1918 Danger, Go Slow
as Dan McCarty1918 Fast Company
as Elmer Watkins1918 Broadway Love
as Paul Argos1918 The Grand Passion
as Jack Langhorne1918 The Talk of the Town
as Paul Neihoff1917 Triumph
as Seducer (uncredited)1917 Bondage
as Frank1917 The Empty Gun
as Thomas Holland1917 The Rescue
as Nils Krogstad1917 A Doll's House
as Billy Kilmartin1917 The Piper's Price
as Joe Lawson1917 Pay Me!
as Paul Revere Forbes1917 The Scarlet Car
as Sleter Noble1917 Hell Morgan's Girl
as Waughnt Moore1917 Anything Once
as Hector Maitland1917 The Girl in the Checkered Coat
as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton1917 The Flashlight
as Russell Hanlon1917 Fires of Rebellion
as Dick Temple1916 The Mark of Cain
as Hook Hoover1916 Bobbie of the Ballet
as Jimmie1916 The Grasp of Greed
as Dr. George Ardrath1916 If My Country Should Call
as John Hammond1916 Tangled Hearts
as Edmond Stafford1916 The Price of Silence
as Silas Lacey1916 The Grip of Jealousy
as Jerry Jo1916 The Place Beyond the Winds
as Giovanni1916 The Gilded Spider
as Donald MacDermott1915 The Measure of a Man
as Landlord1915 The Millionaire Paupers
as Ben1915 A Mother's Atonement
1915 The Oyster Dredger
as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate1915 Alas and Alack
1915 The Stool Pigeon
as Lon - the Sculptor1914 Discord and Harmony
as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne1914 The Oubliette
as Wood Dawson1914 The End of the Feud
as Raphael Praz1914 A Ranch Romance
as Frank Lawler, the Clerk1914 By the Sun's Rays
as The Greaser1914 The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
as John Morris1914 The Forbidden Room
as Baradas1914 Richelieu
as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)1914 Damon and Pythias
as The Russian Count (uncredited)1913 The Restless Spirit
1913 The Ways of Fate
as The Dude1913 Poor Jake's Demise

Movies with Lon Chaney as Crew(8)

Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1930 The Unholy Three
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1925 The Phantom of the Opera
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Writing/Story1922 The Trap
Directing/Director1915 The Oyster Dredger
Writing/Writer1915 The Oyster Dredger
Directing/Director1915 The Stool Pigeon
Writing/Writer1914 The Tragedy of Whispering Creek

Additional Information

Official websites:
lonchaney.com
Full Name: Lon Chaney
Born: Sunday, 04/01 1883 (April) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 08/26 1930 (August) in Los Angeles (aged: 47)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Children: Lon Chaney Jr.
Father: Frank H. Chaney
Mother: Emma Alice Kennedy
Related to: Ancel Keys
Other names for Lon Chaney (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Leonidas Frank Chaney"
"Man of a Thousand Faces"
"Лон Чейни"
"Alonzo Chaney" (Pseudonym)
"Lon Chaney senior"
Lon Chaney frequently works together with these people:
Joseph De Grasse (27x, Crew)
Ida May Park (27x, Crew)
Tod Browning (22x, Crew)
Dorothy Phillips (18x, Actress)
Cedric Gibbons (14x, Crew)
William Stowell (14x, Actor)
Irving Thalberg (13x, Crew)
King D. Gray (12x, Crew)
Pauline Bush (9x, Actress)
Murdock MacQuarrie (9x, Actor)
Waldemar Young (9x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:52591, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 01/17/2025