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Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

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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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Born

Feb 10, 1906

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died

Jul 12, 1973

Known For

Acting

Movies

187 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.8

Known For

High Noon
High Noon
1952 as Martin Howe
★ 7.7
The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones
1958 as Big Sam
★ 7.1
The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace
1963 as Simon Orne
★ 6.7
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man
1941 as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 7.0
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 6.2
Jesse James
Jesse James
1939 as One Of James Gang
★ 6.6
One Million B.C.
One Million B.C.
1940 as Akhoba
★ 5.8
The Indian Fighter
The Indian Fighter
1955 as Chivington
★ 6.3
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
★ 7.1
North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police
1940 as Shorty
★ 6.4
Not as a Stranger
Not as a Stranger
1955 as Job Marsh
★ 6.2
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 as Dollarhide
★ 6.7
Pardners
Pardners
1956 as Whitey
★ 6.7
Springfield Rifle
Springfield Rifle
1952 as Pete Elm
★ 6.4
House of Dracula
House of Dracula
1945 as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
★ 5.5
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 as Self - (archive footage)
I Died a Thousand Times
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 as Big Mac
★ 6.2
movie
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Welcome to Hard Times
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 as Avery
★ 5.3
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Young Fury
Young Fury
1964 as Bartender
★ 5.6
Town Tamer
Town Tamer
1965 as Charlie Leach
★ 6.8
Son of Dracula
Son of Dracula
1943 as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
★ 5.8
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
1939 as Lennie Small
★ 7.3
Only the Valiant
Only the Valiant
1951 as Trooper Kebussyan
★ 6.5
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 as The Frankenstein Monster
★ 5.8
Law of the Lawless
Law of the Lawless
1964 as Tiny
★ 6.5
Spider Baby
Spider Baby
1967 as Bruno
★ 6.8
My Favorite Brunette
My Favorite Brunette
1947 as Willie
★ 6.6
Cobra Woman
Cobra Woman
1944 as Hava
★ 5.5
Casanova's Big Night
Casanova's Big Night
1954 as Emo, the Murderer
★ 6.1
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 as Kharis
★ 5.6
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 as Photographer
★ 6.8
House of Frankenstein
House of Frankenstein
1944 as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
★ 6.1
Passport Husband
Passport Husband
1938 as Bull
★ 7.0
Badlands of Dakota
Badlands of Dakota
1941 as Jack McCall
★ 6.1
The Female Bunch
The Female Bunch
1971 as Monti
★ 4.8
Johnny Reno
Johnny Reno
1966 as Sheriff Hodges
★ 6.5
Passion
Passion
1954 as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.4
Captain Hurricane
Captain Hurricane
1935 as Dave
★ 6.0
The Mummy's Tomb
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 as The Mummy - Kharis
★ 5.5
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The American Nightmare
The American Nightmare
2000 as Self
★ 6.8
A Lion Is in the Streets
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 as Spurge McManamee
★ 5.4
Bride of the Gorilla
Bride of the Gorilla
1951 as Commissioner Taro
★ 4.8
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
★ 7.3
Here Come the Co-Eds
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945 as Johnson
★ 5.9
Follow the Boys
Follow the Boys
1944 as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937 as Desk Reporter
★ 7.1
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal
1939 as Pringle
★ 6.3
The Mummy's Curse
The Mummy's Curse
1944 as Kharis
★ 5.5
Dracula in the Movies
Dracula in the Movies
1992 as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.5
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953 as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.1
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 as Groton
★ 4.5
The Bushwhackers
The Bushwhackers
1951 as Artemus Taylor
★ 5.9
Black Spurs
Black Spurs
1965 as Kile
★ 6.3
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 as Joey
★ 6.4
Man-Made Monster
Man-Made Monster
1941 as Dan McCormick
★ 6.1
Money, Women and Guns
Money, Women and Guns
1958 as Art Birdwell
★ 5.8
Sally, Irene and Mary
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 as Policeman
★ 6.8
Sharad of Atlantis
Sharad of Atlantis
1936 as Capt. Hakur
★ 4.4
Stage to Thunder Rock
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964 as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.4
Riders of Death Valley
Riders of Death Valley
1941 as Henchman Butch
★ 6.8
The Boy from Oklahoma
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.7
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
★ 9.5
The Frozen Ghost
The Frozen Ghost
1945 as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
★ 6.3
The Alligator People
The Alligator People
1959 as Manon
★ 5.6
The Black Castle
The Black Castle
1952 as Gargon
★ 6.4
Universal Horror
Universal Horror
1998 as (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Son of the Border
Son of the Border
1933 as Jack Breen
★ 7.3
The Life of Vergie Winters
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 as Hugo McQueen
★ 5.7
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
One Mile from Heaven
One Mile from Heaven
1937 as Policeman
★ 6.6
Submarine Patrol
Submarine Patrol
1938 as Marine Sentry
★ 6.7
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 as Count Dracula (archive footage)
★ 3.5
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
1941 as 'Spike' Hudson
★ 5.3
Buckskin
Buckskin
1968 as Sheriff Tangley
★ 5.6
Witchcraft
Witchcraft
1964 as Morgan Whitlock
★ 6.6
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967 as Dr. Mendell
★ 4.5
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956 as Blackfish
★ 4.5
House of the Black Death
House of the Black Death
1965 as Belial Desard
★ 4.1
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep
1956 as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
★ 6.2
Indestructible Man
Indestructible Man
1956 as Charles "Butcher" Benton
★ 4.4
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967 as Maximillian
★ 2.8
Straight, Place and Show
Straight, Place and Show
1938 as Martin
★ 7.0
Apache Uprising
Apache Uprising
1965 as Charlie Russell
★ 6.4
City in Darkness
City in Darkness
1939 as Pierre
★ 6.5
The Daltons Ride Again
The Daltons Ride Again
1945 as Grat Dalton
★ 5.0
Slave Ship
Slave Ship
1937 as Laborer Killed at Launching
★ 5.1
Calling Dr. Death
Calling Dr. Death
1943 as Dr. Mark Steel
★ 6.4
Dead Man's Eyes
Dead Man's Eyes
1944 as David Stuart
★ 6.6
Big House, U.S.A
Big House, U.S.A
1955 as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
★ 6.5
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 as Scott, the Chauffeur
★ 7.0
City Girl
City Girl
1938 as Gangster (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Ace Drummond
Ace Drummond
1936 as Henchman Ivan
★ 7.0
The Trap
The Trap
1922 as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Flame of Araby
Flame of Araby
1951 as Borka Barbarossa
★ 6.2
Secret Agent X-9
Secret Agent X-9
1937 as Maroni
★ 7.3
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952 as Chief Pontiac
★ 5.7
The Phantom
The Phantom
1961 as Jed
★ 9.0
Life Begins in College
Life Begins in College
1937 as Gilks
★ 8.0
There's a Girl in My Heart
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949 as Johnny Colton
★ 7.0
North to the Klondike
North to the Klondike
1942 as Nate Carson
★ 7.1
Eyes of the Underworld
Eyes of the Underworld
1942 as Benny
★ 5.6
Manfish
Manfish
1956 as Swede
★ 4.0
The Cyclops
The Cyclops
1957 as Martin 'Marty' Melville
★ 4.5
Lucky Devils
Lucky Devils
1933 as Frankie
★ 6.4
The Devil's Messenger
The Devil's Messenger
1962 as Satan
★ 4.7
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
★ 7.0
The Horror Show
The Horror Show
1979 as (archive footage)
★ 3.4
The Lady Escapes
The Lady Escapes
1937 as Reporter (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
1948 as Steve Murkill
★ 6.8
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi
1937 as Detective Erickson
★ 6.2
This Is My Affair
This Is My Affair
1937 as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
★ 7.3
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
1933 as Lt. Armand Corday
★ 5.7
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise
1932 as Thornton
★ 5.1
Inside Straight
Inside Straight
1951 as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
★ 4.9
Ghost Catchers
Ghost Catchers
1944 as Bear
★ 6.1
Jivaro
Jivaro
1954 as Pedro Martines
★ 5.2
The Black Pirates
The Black Pirates
1954 as Padre Felipe
★ 4.9
Behave Yourself!
Behave Yourself!
1951 as Pinky
★ 6.2
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965 as The Mummified Werewolf
★ 4.2
Overland Mail
Overland Mail
1942 as Jim Lane
★ 10.0
A Scream in the Night
A Scream in the Night
1935 as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
★ 5.0
Wild and Woolly
Wild and Woolly
1937 as Dutch
★ 10.0
Captain China
Captain China
1950 as Red Lynch
★ 5.5
Thief of Damascus
Thief of Damascus
1952 as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.7
Crazy House
Crazy House
1943 as Cameo Appearance
★ 6.0
Desert Command
Desert Command
1946 as Lt. Armand Corday
★ 4.2
Love and Hisses
Love and Hisses
1937 as Attendant
★ 10.0
Girl o' My Dreams
Girl o' My Dreams
1934 as Don Cooper
★ 4.8
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 as Hassan (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
Scarlet River
Scarlet River
1933 as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
★ 5.6
The Old Corral
The Old Corral
1936 as Garland - Simms partner
★ 7.5
Walking Down Broadway
Walking Down Broadway
1938 as Delivery Man
★ 6.8
Strange Confession
Strange Confession
1945 as Jeff Carter
★ 6.8
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967 as Chief Eagle Shadow
The Silver Star
The Silver Star
1955 as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.5
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
1952 as The Monster
★ 10.0
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 as Himself (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Along the Mohawk Trail
Along the Mohawk Trail
1957 as Chingachgook
★ 10.0
Josette
Josette
1938 as Boatman
★ 7.2
Weird Woman
Weird Woman
1944 as Prof. Norman Reed
★ 6.0
Kitchen Mechanics
Kitchen Mechanics
1949 as Johnson (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934 as Joe Bethel
★ 4.0
House of Terror
House of Terror
1960 as The Mummified Werewolf
★ 6.1
Born Reckless
Born Reckless
1937 as Garage Mechanic
★ 5.4
16 Fathoms Deep
16 Fathoms Deep
1948 as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.6
movie
What We Are Fighting For
1943 as Bill Wallace
★ 10.0
The Big Chase
The Big Chase
1954 as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
★ 4.8
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964 as Chingachcook
★ 9.0
movie
Heroes of Horror
2001 as (archive footage)
★ 8.7
Once a Thief
Once a Thief
1950 as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.3
Pillow of Death
Pillow of Death
1945 as Wayne Fletcher
★ 6.6
San Antonio Rose
San Antonio Rose
1941 as Jigsaw Kennedy
★ 7.0
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
1936 as Sierra Football Player
★ 7.0
Fireball Jungle
Fireball Jungle
1968 as Sammy
★ 6.7
The Galloping Ghost
The Galloping Ghost
1931 as Henchman
★ 4.7
movie
Too Many Blondes
1941 as Marvin Gimble
★ 8.0
Speed to Burn
Speed to Burn
1938 as Racetrack Mug
★ 7.5
Angel's Holiday
Angel's Holiday
1937 as Eddie
★ 6.0
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935 as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
★ 5.6
Accent on Youth
Accent on Youth
1935 as Chuck
★ 6.7
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters
1948 as Louie Struber
★ 6.3
movie
The Marriage Bargain
1935 as Bob Gordon
★ 8.0
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier
1932 as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
★ 7.0
movie
Oysters and Muscles
1948 as Strangler Johnson
Frontier Badmen
Frontier Badmen
1943 as Chango
★ 7.0
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Cheyenne Rides Again
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937 as Girard
★ 6.0
Rebellion in Cuba
Rebellion in Cuba
1961 as Gordo
★ 9.0
The Singing Cowboy
The Singing Cowboy
1936 as Martin
★ 4.5
Killer at Large
Killer at Large
1936 as Second Coffin Man
★ 8.0
movie
Fun on the Run
1949 as Johnson
★ 8.0
Terror in the Tropics
Terror in the Tropics
2006 as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost
1968 as Kharis, the mummy
★ 9.0
movie
Road Demon
1938 as Bud Casey
★ 10.0
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015 as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0