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Lon Chaney

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

Born

Mar 31, 1883

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Died

Aug 26, 1930

Known For

Acting

Movies

134 acting

10 crew

Popularity

0.9

movie

Known For

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

as Erik, The Phantom
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923

as Quasimodo
The Unknown

The Unknown

1927

as Alonzo
He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

1924

as Paul Beaumont
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
1925 • as Erik, The Phantom
★ 7.1
Bondage
Bondage
1917 • as Seducer (uncredited)
Victory
Victory
1919 • as Ricardo
★ 6.2
movie
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1926
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 • as Quasimodo
★ 6.5
Riddle Gawne
Riddle Gawne
1918 • as Hame Bozzam
The Trap
The Trap
1922 • as Gaspard the Good
★ 5.8
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
1920 • as Blind Pew / Merry
★ 7.0
Shadows
Shadows
1922 • as Yen Sin
★ 6.2
The Road to Mandalay
The Road to Mandalay
1926 • as Singapore Joe
★ 6.4
The Gift Supreme
The Gift Supreme
1920 • as Merney Stagg
★ 7.0
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
1914 • as Fred Brown, the Lion
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928 • as Tito Beppi
★ 7.4
Richelieu
Richelieu
1914 • as Baradas
The Unknown
The Unknown
1927 • as Alonzo
★ 7.5
A Mother's Atonement
A Mother's Atonement
1915 • as Ben
★ 5.5
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped
1924 • as Paul Beaumont
★ 7.5
Virtue Its Own Reward
Virtue Its Own Reward
1914 • as Duncan Bronson
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922 • as Obadiah Strout
★ 10.0
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
The Restless Spirit
The Restless Spirit
1913 • as The Russian Count (uncredited)
★ 10.0
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
1922 • as David Webster
★ 6.2
London After Midnight
London After Midnight
1927 • as Professor Edward C. Burke/The Vampire
★ 6.5
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
1917 • as Nils Krogstad
The Monster
The Monster
1925 • as Dr. Ziska
★ 5.7
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 • as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Alas and Alack
Alas and Alack
1915 • as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
★ 5.4
For Those We Love
For Those We Love
1921 • as Trix Ulner
★ 7.0
The Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts
1921 • as Farallone
★ 6.5
The Horror Show
The Horror Show
1979 • as (archive footage)
★ 3.4
Tell It to the Marines
Tell It to the Marines
1926 • as Sergeant O'Hara
★ 6.5
The Millionaire Paupers
The Millionaire Paupers
1915 • as Landlord
Nomads of the North
Nomads of the North
1920 • as Raoul Challoner
★ 5.7
All the Brothers Were Valiant
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1923 • as Mark Shore
★ 8.0
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three
1930 • as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
★ 5.9
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 • as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
★ 7.5
The Scarlet Car
The Scarlet Car
1917 • as Paul Revere Forbes
★ 4.6
Universal Horror
Universal Horror
1998 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Poor Jake's Demise
Poor Jake's Demise
1913 • as The Dude
They Came from the Attic
They Came from the Attic
2022 • as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
★ 9.0
Life in Hollywood
Life in Hollywood
1927 • as Self
Where East Is East
Where East Is East
1929 • as Tiger Haynes
★ 6.1
movie
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Outside the Law
Outside the Law
1921 • as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
★ 6.2
West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar
1928 • as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
★ 6.9
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
1918 • as Bethmann-Hollweg
Voices of the City
Voices of the City
1921 • as O'Rourke
★ 7.0
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927 • as Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 3.5
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
1914 • as The Greaser
movie
The Empty Gun
1917 • as Frank
Bits of Life
Bits of Life
1921 • as Chin Chow
★ 10.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Penalty
The Penalty
1920 • as Blizzard
★ 6.9
The Miracle Man
The Miracle Man
1919 • as The Frog
★ 6.0
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three
1925 • as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
★ 6.7
The Mark of Cain
The Mark of Cain
1916 • as Dick Temple
London After Midnight
London After Midnight
2002 • as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 • as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
The Horror of It All
The Horror of It All
1983 • as The Phantom (archive footage)
★ 8.3
The Blackbird
The Blackbird
1926 • as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
★ 6.4
Danger, Go Slow
Danger, Go Slow
1918 • as Bud
The Price of Silence
The Price of Silence
1916 • as Edmond Stafford
That Devil, Bateese
That Devil, Bateese
1918 • as Louis Courteau
The Tower of Lies
The Tower of Lies
1925 • as Jan
★ 10.0
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
1915 • as The Duke of Safoulrug
While the City Sleeps
While the City Sleeps
1928 • as Dan Coghlan
★ 6.3
When Bearcat Went Dry
When Bearcat Went Dry
1919 • as Kindard Powers
★ 10.0
The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town
1918 • as Jack Langhorne
★ 1.0
While Paris Sleeps
While Paris Sleeps
1923 • as Henri Santodos
★ 10.0
Bobbie of the Ballet
Bobbie of the Ballet
1916 • as Hook Hoover
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
1929 • as Erik, The Phantom
★ 8.0
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
1922 • as Fagin
★ 6.4
A Man's Country
A Man's Country
1919 • as 'Three Card' Duncan
★ 8.0
Hell Morgan's Girl
Hell Morgan's Girl
1917 • as Sleter Noble
The Grasp of Greed
The Grasp of Greed
1916 • as Jimmie
By the Sun's Rays
By the Sun's Rays
1914 • as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
★ 4.8
Paid in Advance
Paid in Advance
1919 • as Bateese Le Blanc
★ 6.5
Discord and Harmony
Discord and Harmony
1914 • as Lon - the Sculptor
Broadway Love
Broadway Love
1918 • as Elmer Watkins
★ 5.1
Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu
1927 • as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
★ 5.8
The Forbidden Room
The Forbidden Room
1914 • as John Morris
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920 • as Royce Rivers
★ 10.0
A Blind Bargain
A Blind Bargain
1922 • as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
★ 8.0
The Piper's Price
The Piper's Price
1917 • as Billy Kilmartin
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
1917 • as Hector Maitland
movie
The Sin of Olga Brandt
1915 • as Stephen Leslie
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
1995 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Grip of Jealousy
The Grip of Jealousy
1916 • as Silas Lacey
Father and the Boys
Father and the Boys
1915 • as Tuck Bartholomew
Nadie inquietó más
Nadie inquietó más
2008 • as Various Roles (archive footage)
★ 7.2
The Light in the Dark
The Light in the Dark
1922 • as Tony Pantelli
★ 5.7
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
2013
Fires of Rebellion
Fires of Rebellion
1917 • as Russell Hanlon
Triumph
Triumph
1917 • as Paul Neihoff
If My Country Should Call
If My Country Should Call
1916 • as Dr. George Ardrath
★ 6.5
movie
The Higher Law
1914 • as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
Mockery
Mockery
1927 • as Sergei
★ 6.9
Damon and Pythias
Damon and Pythias
1914 • as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
★ 5.0
The Big City
The Big City
1928 • as Chuck Collins
★ 8.0
The Wicked Darling
The Wicked Darling
1919 • as Stoop Connors
★ 5.6
movie
The End of the Feud
1914 • as Wood Dawson
Tangled Hearts
Tangled Hearts
1916 • as John Hammond
The Shock
The Shock
1923 • as Wilse Dilling
★ 5.3
The Oubliette
The Oubliette
1914 • as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
★ 3.3
Thunder
Thunder
1929 • as Grumpy Anderson
★ 9.0
The Place Beyond the Winds
The Place Beyond the Winds
1916 • as Jerry Jo
★ 6.0
movie
Stronger Than Death
1915 • as Attorney
Dolly's Scoop
Dolly's Scoop
1916 • as Dan Fisher
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928 • as Self
The False Faces
The False Faces
1919 • as Karl Eckstrom
★ 5.3
A Broadway Scandal
A Broadway Scandal
1918 • as 'Kink' Colby
movie
The Measure of a Man
1915 • as Donald MacDermott
movie
The Flashlight
1917 • as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
The Rescue
The Rescue
1917 • as Thomas Holland
Fast Company
Fast Company
1918 • as Dan McCarty
The Next Corner
The Next Corner
1924 • as Juan Serafin
★ 10.0
movie
A Night of Thrills
1914 • as The Visitor
movie
The Honor of the Family
1912
★ 7.0
Pay Me!
Pay Me!
1917 • as Joe Lawson
The Grand Passion
The Grand Passion
1918 • as Paul Argos
★ 1.0
The Gilded Spider
The Gilded Spider
1916 • as Giovanni
★ 9.5
Anything Once
Anything Once
1917 • as Waughnt Moore
Back to Life
Back to Life
1913 • as The Rival
The Oyster Dredger
The Oyster Dredger
1915
movie
The Stool Pigeon
1915
movie
A Ranch Romance
1914 • as Raphael Praz
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
2015