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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

191 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.2

movie

Known For

High Noon

High Noon

1952

as Martin Howe
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1958

as Big Sam
The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man

1941

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Jesse James

Jesse James

1939

as One Of James Gang
The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942

as The Frankenstein Monster
The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace

1963

as Simon Orne
House of Dracula

House of Dracula

1945

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
House of Frankenstein

House of Frankenstein

1944

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
High Noon
High Noon
1952 • as Martin Howe
★ 7.7
The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones
1958 • as Big Sam
★ 7.2
Passion
Passion
1954 • as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.4
Passport Husband
Passport Husband
1938 • as Bull
★ 7.0
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man
1941 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 7.0
Sharad of Atlantis
Sharad of Atlantis
1936 • as Capt. Hakur
★ 4.4
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 7.1
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 6.2
Jesse James
Jesse James
1939 • as One Of James Gang
★ 6.6
The Alligator People
The Alligator People
1959 • as Manon
★ 5.6
Captain Hurricane
Captain Hurricane
1935 • as Dave
★ 6.0
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 • as The Frankenstein Monster
★ 5.8
Only the Valiant
Only the Valiant
1951 • as Trooper Kebussyan
★ 6.5
The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace
1963 • as Simon Orne
★ 6.7
House of Dracula
House of Dracula
1945 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 5.5
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 • as Dollarhide
★ 6.7
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
The Phantom
The Phantom
1961 • as Jed
★ 9.0
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
The Indian Fighter
The Indian Fighter
1955 • as Chivington
★ 6.3
Ace Drummond
Ace Drummond
1936 • as Henchman Ivan
★ 7.0
Casanova's Big Night
Casanova's Big Night
1954 • as Emo, the Murderer
★ 6.0
The Trap
The Trap
1922 • as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
★ 5.8
My Favorite Brunette
My Favorite Brunette
1947 • as Willie
★ 6.6
North to the Klondike
North to the Klondike
1942 • as Nate Carson
★ 7.1
The Black Pirates
The Black Pirates
1954 • as Padre Felipe
★ 4.9
House of Frankenstein
House of Frankenstein
1944 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 6.1
Not as a Stranger
Not as a Stranger
1955 • as Job Marsh
★ 6.2
Law of the Lawless
Law of the Lawless
1964 • as Tiny
★ 6.5
Manfish
Manfish
1956 • as Swede
★ 4.0
The Mummy's Curse
The Mummy's Curse
1944 • as Kharis
★ 5.5
North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police
1940 • as Shorty
★ 6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 • as Joey
★ 6.4
I Died a Thousand Times
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 • as Big Mac
★ 6.2
One Million B.C.
One Million B.C.
1940 • as Akhoba
★ 5.8
Man-Made Monster
Man-Made Monster
1941 • as Dan McCormick
★ 6.1
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 • as Groton
★ 4.5
Sally, Irene and Mary
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 • as Policeman
★ 6.4
Spider Baby
Spider Baby
1967 • as Bruno
★ 6.8
City Girl
City Girl
1938 • as Gangster (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937 • as Desk Reporter
★ 7.2
Pardners
Pardners
1956 • as Whitey
★ 6.7
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
1939 • as Lennie Small
★ 7.3
Welcome to Hard Times
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 • as Avery
★ 5.3
The Frozen Ghost
The Frozen Ghost
1945 • as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
★ 6.2
Here Come the Co-Eds
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945 • as Johnson
★ 5.9
The Mummy's Tomb
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 • as The Mummy - Kharis
★ 5.5
Son of Dracula
Son of Dracula
1943 • as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
★ 5.8
Young Fury
Young Fury
1964 • as Bartender
★ 5.6
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Wild and Woolly
Wild and Woolly
1937 • as Dutch
★ 10.0
movie
Too Many Blondes
1941 • as Marvin Gimble
★ 8.0
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 • as Kharis
★ 5.6
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953 • as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.1
Thief of Damascus
Thief of Damascus
1952 • as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.3
Big House, U.S.A
Big House, U.S.A
1955 • as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
★ 6.5
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
1941 • as 'Spike' Hudson
★ 5.3
The Boy from Oklahoma
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 • as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.7
Cobra Woman
Cobra Woman
1944 • as Hava
★ 5.4
Pillow of Death
Pillow of Death
1945 • as Wayne Fletcher
★ 6.6
movie
The Marriage Bargain
1935 • as Bob Gordon
★ 8.0
This Is My Affair
This Is My Affair
1937 • as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
★ 7.3
Money, Women and Guns
Money, Women and Guns
1958 • as Art Birdwell
★ 5.8
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934 • as Joe Bethel
★ 4.0
Apache Uprising
Apache Uprising
1965 • as Charlie Russell
★ 6.4
Jivaro
Jivaro
1954 • as Pedro Martines
★ 5.2
Springfield Rifle
Springfield Rifle
1952 • as Pete Elm
★ 6.4
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise
1932 • as Thornton
★ 5.1
Bride of the Gorilla
Bride of the Gorilla
1951 • as Commissioner Taro
★ 4.8
Buckskin
Buckskin
1968 • as Sheriff Tangley
★ 5.5
A Lion Is in the Streets
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 • as Spurge McManamee
★ 5.4
The Female Bunch
The Female Bunch
1971 • as Monti
★ 4.8
Follow the Boys
Follow the Boys
1944 • as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Flame of Araby
Flame of Araby
1951 • as Borka Barbarossa
★ 6.2
Dracula in the Movies
Dracula in the Movies
1992 • as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
Riders of Death Valley
Riders of Death Valley
1941 • as Henchman Butch
★ 6.8
The Black Castle
The Black Castle
1952 • as Gargon
★ 6.4
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 • as Photographer
★ 6.8
Town Tamer
Town Tamer
1965 • as Charlie Leach
★ 6.8
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 • as Scott, the Chauffeur
★ 7.0
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
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal
1939 • as Pringle
★ 6.3
The Life of Vergie Winters
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 • as Hugo McQueen
★ 5.7
City in Darkness
City in Darkness
1939 • as Pierre
★ 6.6
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956 • as Blackfish
★ 4.5
Behave Yourself!
Behave Yourself!
1951 • as Pinky
★ 6.2
Johnny Reno
Johnny Reno
1966 • as Sheriff Hodges
★ 6.5
Black Spurs
Black Spurs
1965 • as Kile
★ 6.3
The Horror Show
The Horror Show
1979 • as (archive footage)
★ 3.4
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Indestructible Man
Indestructible Man
1956 • as Charles "Butcher" Benton
★ 4.3
The Silver Star
The Silver Star
1955 • as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.5
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep
1956 • as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
★ 6.2
One Mile from Heaven
One Mile from Heaven
1937 • as Policeman
★ 6.6
The Devil's Messenger
The Devil's Messenger
1962 • as Satan
★ 4.7
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Dead Man's Eyes
Dead Man's Eyes
1944 • as David Stuart
★ 6.5
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier
1932 • as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
★ 7.0
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967 • as Dr. Mendell
★ 4.5
Eyes of the Underworld
Eyes of the Underworld
1942 • as Benny
★ 5.6
House of the Black Death
House of the Black Death
1965 • as Belial Desard
★ 4.1
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
1933 • as Lt. Armand Corday
★ 5.7
Universal Horror
Universal Horror
1998 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Stage to Thunder Rock
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964 • as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.4
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952 • as Chief Pontiac
★ 5.7
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi
1937 • as Detective Erickson
★ 6.2
Slave Ship
Slave Ship
1937 • as Laborer Killed at Launching
★ 5.1
Girl o' My Dreams
Girl o' My Dreams
1934 • as Don Cooper
★ 4.8
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.5
A Scream in the Night
A Scream in the Night
1935 • as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
★ 5.0
movie
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
★ 6.2
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 • as Count Dracula (archive footage)
★ 3.5
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967 • as Chief Eagle Shadow
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
1948 • as Steve Murkill
★ 6.5
movie
What We Are Fighting For
1943 • as Bill Wallace
★ 10.0
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
Inside Straight
Inside Straight
1951 • as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
★ 4.9
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967 • as Maximillian
★ 2.8
There's a Girl in My Heart
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949 • as Johnny Colton
★ 7.0
Badlands of Dakota
Badlands of Dakota
1941 • as Jack McCall
★ 6.0
Josette
Josette
1938 • as Boatman
★ 7.2
Calling Dr. Death
Calling Dr. Death
1943 • as Dr. Mark Steel
★ 6.4
House of Terror
House of Terror
1960 • as The Mummified Werewolf
★ 6.1
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Kitchen Mechanics
Kitchen Mechanics
1949 • as Johnson (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Submarine Patrol
Submarine Patrol
1938 • as Marine Sentry
★ 6.7
Scarlet River
Scarlet River
1933 • as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
★ 5.6
Secret Agent X-9
Secret Agent X-9
1937 • as Maroni
★ 7.2
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990 • as Outtake
The American Nightmare
The American Nightmare
2000 • as Self
★ 6.8
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
★ 9.5
Straight, Place and Show
Straight, Place and Show
1938 • as Martin
★ 7.0
Crazy House
Crazy House
1943 • as Cameo Appearance
★ 6.0
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964 • as Chingachcook
★ 9.0
Witchcraft
Witchcraft
1964 • as Morgan Whitlock
★ 6.6
The Cyclops
The Cyclops
1957 • as Martin 'Marty' Melville
★ 4.4
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965 • as The Mummified Werewolf
★ 4.2
The Bushwhackers
The Bushwhackers
1951 • as Artemus Taylor
★ 5.9
Desert Command
Desert Command
1946 • as Lt. Armand Corday
★ 4.2
Rebellion in Cuba
Rebellion in Cuba
1961 • as Gordo
★ 9.0
Weird Woman
Weird Woman
1944 • as Prof. Norman Reed
★ 6.0
Terror in the Tropics
Terror in the Tropics
2006 • as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
Lucky Devils
Lucky Devils
1933 • as Frankie
★ 6.4
Love and Hisses
Love and Hisses
1937 • as Attendant
★ 10.0
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
The Lady Escapes
The Lady Escapes
1937 • as Reporter (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Overland Mail
Overland Mail
1942 • as Jim Lane
★ 10.0
The Galloping Ghost
The Galloping Ghost
1931 • as Henchman
★ 4.7
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
1952 • as The Monster
★ 8.0
Life Begins in College
Life Begins in College
1937 • as Gilks
★ 8.0
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Daltons Ride Again
The Daltons Ride Again
1945 • as Grat Dalton
★ 5.0
Along the Mohawk Trail
Along the Mohawk Trail
1957 • as Chingachgook
★ 10.0
movie
Oysters and Muscles
1948 • as Strangler Johnson
San Antonio Rose
San Antonio Rose
1941 • as Jigsaw Kennedy
★ 7.0
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935 • as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
★ 5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost
1968 • as Kharis, the mummy
★ 9.0
movie
Fun on the Run
1949 • as Johnson
★ 8.0
Son of the Border
Son of the Border
1933 • as Jack Breen
★ 7.3
Captain China
Captain China
1950 • as Red Lynch
★ 5.5
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 • as Hassan (archive footage)
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Singing Cowboy
The Singing Cowboy
1936 • as Martin
★ 4.5
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Speed to Burn
Speed to Burn
1938 • as Racetrack Mug
★ 7.5
Once a Thief
Once a Thief
1950 • as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.3
Cheyenne Rides Again
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937 • as Girard
★ 6.0
Ghost Catchers
Ghost Catchers
1944 • as Bear
★ 6.1
Angel's Holiday
Angel's Holiday
1937 • as Eddie
★ 6.0
Born Reckless
Born Reckless
1937 • as Garage Mechanic
★ 5.4
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
1936 • as Sierra Football Player
★ 7.0
The Old Corral
The Old Corral
1936 • as Garland - Simms partner
★ 7.5
movie
Heroes of Horror
2001 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.7
Frontier Badmen
Frontier Badmen
1943 • as Chango
★ 7.0
Strange Confession
Strange Confession
1945 • as Jeff Carter
★ 6.7
Halloween Monster Bash
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 • as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
★ 3.0
Walking Down Broadway
Walking Down Broadway
1938 • as Delivery Man
★ 6.8
16 Fathoms Deep
16 Fathoms Deep
1948 • as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.6
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
movie
Road Demon
1938 • as Bud Casey
★ 10.0
Fireball Jungle
Fireball Jungle
1968 • as Sammy
★ 6.7
Killer at Large
Killer at Large
1936 • as Second Coffin Man
★ 8.0
Accent on Youth
Accent on Youth
1935 • as Chuck
★ 6.7
The Big Chase
The Big Chase
1954 • as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
★ 4.8
movie
The Black Ghost
1932 • as Tom Kirby, alias 'The Black Ghost'
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters
1948 • as Louie Struber
★ 6.3
movie
The Pathfinder and the Mohican
1957 • as Chingachgook
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928 • as Self
movie
The Redmen and the Renegades
1957 • as Chingachgook
Producing Schlock: The Career of Al Adamson
Producing Schlock: The Career of Al Adamson
2009 • as Groton (archive footage)