Lon Chaney Jr.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1906-02-10

Day of Death

1973-07-12

Place of Birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Lon Chaney Jr.

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (189)

⭐ 0 Role: Self - (archive footage)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

⭐ 10.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

⭐ 7.5 Role: The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

⭐ 6.3 Role: Himself (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

⭐ 9.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

⭐ 0 Role: Hassan (archive footage)

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

⭐ 0 Role: Lyle Talbot (archive footage)

Terror in the Tropics

⭐ 7.6 Role: Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

⭐ 8.7 Role: (archive footage)

Heroes of Horror

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self (archive footage)

Lon Chaney: A thousand faces

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

The American Nightmare

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

⭐ 3.5 Role: Count Dracula (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

⭐ 7.1 Role: (archive footage)

Universal Horror

⭐ 0 Role: Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

The Wolfman's Cure

⭐ 9.0 Role: (archive footage)

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

⭐ 8.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Dracula in the Movies

⭐ 0 Role: Butcher Benton (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash

⭐ 9.0 Role: Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook

⭐ 9.5 Role: Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

⭐ 6.2 Role: Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

⭐ 0 Role: Outtake

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

⭐ 3.8 Role: (archive footage)

The Horror Show

⭐ 4.5 Role: Groton

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

⭐ 5.0 Role: Monti

The Female Bunch

⭐ 6.7 Role: Sammy

Fireball Jungle

⭐ 9.0 Role: Kharis, the mummy

The Mummy's Ghost

⭐ 5.5 Role: Sheriff Tangley

Buckskin

⭐ 6.6 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

⭐ 6.9 Role: Bruno

Spider Baby

⭐ 0 Role: Chief Eagle Shadow

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

⭐ 2.8 Role: Maximillian

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

⭐ 5.3 Role: Avery

Welcome to Hard Times

⭐ 4.5 Role: Dr. Mendell

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

⭐ 6.5 Role: Sheriff Hodges

Johnny Reno

⭐ 7.7 Role: Larry Talbot

The Wolfman

⭐ 6.4 Role: Charlie Russell

Apache Uprising

⭐ 6.8 Role: Charlie Leach

Town Tamer

⭐ 6.3 Role: Kile

Black Spurs

⭐ 4.2 Role: The Mummified Werewolf

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

⭐ 4.1 Role: Belial Desard

House of the Black Death

⭐ 6.4 Role: Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

Stage to Thunder Rock

⭐ 5.6 Role: Bartender

Young Fury

⭐ 6.5 Role: Tiny

Law of the Lawless

⭐ 6.7 Role: Morgan Whitlock

Witchcraft

⭐ 9.0 Role: Chingachcook

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

⭐ 6.7 Role: Simon Orne

The Haunted Palace

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

⭐ 4.7 Role: Satan

The Devil's Messenger

⭐ 9.0 Role: Gordo

Rebellion in Cuba

⭐ 9.0 Role: Jed

The Phantom

⭐ 6.1 Role: The Mummified Werewolf

House of Terror

⭐ 5.6 Role: Manon

The Alligator People

⭐ 5.8 Role: Art Birdwell

Money, Women and Guns

⭐ 7.1 Role: Big Sam

The Defiant Ones

⭐ 4.5 Role: Martin 'Marty' Melville

The Cyclops

⭐ 10.0 Role: Chingachgook

Along the Mohawk Trail

⭐ 4.5 Role: Blackfish

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

⭐ 6.7 Role: Whitey

Pardners

⭐ 6.1 Role: Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

The Black Sleep

⭐ 4.3 Role: Charles "Butcher" Benton

Indestructible Man

⭐ 4.0 Role: Swede

Manfish

⭐ 6.4 Role: Chivington

The Indian Fighter

⭐ 6.2 Role: Big Mac

I Died a Thousand Times

⭐ 6.2 Role: Job Marsh

Not as a Stranger

⭐ 5.5 Role: John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)

The Silver Star

⭐ 6.6 Role: Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

Big House, U.S.A

⭐ 4.9 Role: Padre Felipe

The Black Pirates

⭐ 5.4 Role: Castro (as Lon Chaney)

Passion

⭐ 4.8 Role: Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)

The Big Chase

⭐ 6.1 Role: Emo, the Murderer

Casanova's Big Night

⭐ 5.7 Role: Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)

The Boy from Oklahoma

⭐ 5.4 Role: Pedro Martines

Jivaro

⭐ 5.4 Role: Spurge McManamee

A Lion Is in the Streets

⭐ 6.1 Role: Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

Raiders of the Seven Seas

⭐ 5.7 Role: Chief Pontiac

Battles of Chief Pontiac

⭐ 6.4 Role: Gargon

The Black Castle

⭐ 6.4 Role: Pete Elm

Springfield Rifle

⭐ 7.7 Role: Martin Howe

High Noon

⭐ 6.7 Role: Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)

Thief of Damascus

⭐ 10.0 Role: The Monster

Frankenstein

⭐ 6.2 Role: Borka Barbarossa

Flame of Araby

⭐ 5.9 Role: Artemus Taylor

The Bushwhackers

⭐ 4.8 Role: Commissioner Taro

Bride of the Gorilla

⭐ 6.2 Role: Pinky

Behave Yourself!

⭐ 6.5 Role: Trooper Kebussyan

Only the Valiant

⭐ 4.9 Role: Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)

Inside Straight

⭐ 5.3 Role: Gus (as Lon Chaney)

Once a Thief

⭐ 5.5 Role: Red Lynch

Captain China

⭐ 9.0 Role: Johnny Colton

There's a Girl in My Heart

⭐ 7.5 Role: Johnson (archive footage)

Kitchen Mechanics

⭐ 8.0 Role: Johnson

Fun on the Run

⭐ 5.6 Role: Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)

16 Fathoms Deep

⭐ 7.1 Role: The Wolfman

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

⭐ 6.3 Role: Louie Struber

The Counterfeiters

⭐ 6.8 Role: Steve Murkill

Albuquerque

⭐ 6.6 Role: Willie

My Favorite Brunette

⭐ 4.2 Role: Lt. Armand Corday

Desert Command

⭐ 6.7 Role: Wayne Fletcher

Pillow of Death

⭐ 5.5 Role: Lawrence Stewart Talbot

House of Dracula

⭐ 5.0 Role: Grat Dalton

The Daltons Ride Again

⭐ 6.9 Role: Jeff Carter

Strange Confession

⭐ 6.4 Role: Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great

The Frozen Ghost

⭐ 5.8 Role: Johnson

Here Come the Co-Eds

⭐ 5.5 Role: Kharis

The Mummy's Curse

⭐ 6.0 Role: Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

House of Frankenstein

⭐ 6.6 Role: David Stuart

Dead Man's Eyes

⭐ 5.6 Role: Kharis

The Mummy's Ghost

⭐ 6.1 Role: Bear

Ghost Catchers

⭐ 5.4 Role: Hava

Cobra Woman

⭐ 5.7 Role: Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)

Follow the Boys

⭐ 6.0 Role: Prof. Norman Reed

Weird Woman

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Mark Steel

Calling Dr. Death

⭐ 5.8 Role: Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

Son of Dracula

⭐ 6.0 Role: Cameo Appearance

Crazy House

⭐ 7.0 Role: Chango

Frontier Badmen

⭐ 6.2 Role: Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

⭐ 10.0 Role: Bill Wallace

What We Are Fighting For

⭐ 5.5 Role: The Mummy - Kharis

The Mummy's Tomb

⭐ 5.6 Role: Benny

Eyes of the Underworld

⭐ 10.0 Role: Jim Lane

Overland Mail

⭐ 5.8 Role: The Frankenstein Monster

The Ghost of Frankenstein

⭐ 7.1 Role: Nate Carson

North to the Klondike

⭐ 7.0 Role: Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jack McCall

Badlands of Dakota

⭐ 8.0 Role: Marvin Gimble

Too Many Blondes

⭐ 6.8 Role: Henchman Butch

Riders of Death Valley

⭐ 7.0 Role: Jigsaw Kennedy

San Antonio Rose

⭐ 5.3 Role: 'Spike' Hudson

Billy the Kid

⭐ 6.2 Role: Dan McCormick

Man-Made Monster

⭐ 6.4 Role: Shorty

North West Mounted Police

⭐ 5.8 Role: Akhoba

One Million B.C.

⭐ 7.3 Role: Lennie Small

Of Mice and Men

⭐ 6.5 Role: Pierre

City in Darkness

⭐ 6.3 Role: Pringle

Frontier Marshal

⭐ 6.7 Role: Dollarhide

Union Pacific

⭐ 6.5 Role: One Of James Gang

Jesse James

⭐ 10.0 Role: Bud Casey

Road Demon

⭐ 6.7 Role: Marine Sentry

Submarine Patrol

⭐ 7.0 Role: Martin

Straight, Place and Show

⭐ 7.0 Role: Bull

Passport Husband

⭐ 7.5 Role: Racetrack Mug

Speed to Burn

⭐ 7.2 Role: Boatman

Josette

⭐ 6.8 Role: Photographer

Alexander's Ragtime Band

⭐ 6.4 Role: Joey

Mr. Moto's Gamble

⭐ 6.8 Role: Delivery Man

Walking Down Broadway

⭐ 6.8 Role: Policeman

Sally, Irene and Mary

⭐ 6.5 Role: Gangster (uncredited)

City Girl

⭐ 10.0 Role: Attendant

Love and Hisses

⭐ 8.0 Role: Gilks

Life Begins in College

⭐ 7.1 Role: Desk Reporter

Charlie Chan on Broadway

⭐ 7.0 Role: Scott, the Chauffeur

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

⭐ 6.6 Role: Policeman

One Mile from Heaven

⭐ 7.0 Role: Reporter (uncredited)

The Lady Escapes

⭐ 10.0 Role: Dutch

Wild and Woolly

⭐ 5.4 Role: Garage Mechanic

Born Reckless

⭐ 5.1 Role: Laborer Killed at Launching

Slave Ship

⭐ 6.0 Role: Eddie

Angel's Holiday

⭐ 7.3 Role: Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank

This Is My Affair

⭐ 7.2 Role: Maroni

Secret Agent X-9

⭐ 6.2 Role: Detective Erickson

Midnight Taxi

⭐ 6.0 Role: Girard

Cheyenne Rides Again

⭐ 7.5 Role: Garland - Simms partner

The Old Corral

⭐ 7.0 Role: Sierra Football Player

Rose Bowl

⭐ 8.0 Role: Second Coffin Man

Killer at Large

⭐ 7.0 Role: Henchman Ivan

Ace Drummond

⭐ 4.5 Role: Capt. Hakur

Sharad of Atlantis

⭐ 4.5 Role: Martin

The Singing Cowboy

⭐ 5.6 Role: John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox

The Shadow of Silk Lennox

⭐ 6.7 Role: Chuck

Accent on Youth

⭐ 4.9 Role: Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

A Scream in the Night

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dave

Captain Hurricane

⭐ 8.0 Role: Bob Gordon

The Marriage Bargain

⭐ 4.8 Role: Don Cooper

Girl o' My Dreams

⭐ 5.7 Role: Hugo McQueen

The Life of Vergie Winters

⭐ 4.0 Role: Joe Bethel

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

⭐ 7.3 Role: Jack Breen

Son of the Border

⭐ 5.7 Role: Lt. Armand Corday

The Three Musketeers

⭐ 5.6 Role: Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)

Scarlet River

⭐ 6.4 Role: Frankie

Lucky Devils

⭐ 7.0 Role: Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

The Last Frontier

⭐ 5.0 Role: Thornton

Bird of Paradise

⭐ 4.5 Role: Henchman

The Galloping Ghost

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney

⭐ 5.8 Role: Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)

The Trap