Lon Chaney Jr.

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-02-10 (67 years old)

Deathday

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.

Acting

1952

High Noon

as Martin Howe

1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein

as The Frankenstein Monster

1943

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

1944

House of Frankenstein

as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1940

1963

The Haunted Palace

as Simon Orne

1952

1951

Bride of the Gorilla

as Commissioner Taro

1958

1945

House of Dracula

as Lawrence Stewart Talbot

1956

Pardners

as Whitey

1943

Son of Dracula

as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

1939

1944

Follow the Boys

as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)

1945

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1941

The Wolf Man

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

2001

Heroes of Horror

as (archive footage)

1956

The Black Sleep

as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

1967

Spider Baby

as Bruno

1971

1942

The Mummy's Tomb

as The Mummy - Kharis

1944

1945

Strange Confession

as Jeff Carter

1944

1943

Crazy House

as Cameo Appearance

1957

The Cyclops

as Martin 'Marty' Melville

1948

Albuquerque

as Steve Murkill

1938

1955

Big House, U.S.A

as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

1943

Calling Dr. Death

as Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney)

1945

Pillow of Death

as Wayne Fletcher

1944

Dead Man's Eyes

as David Stuart

1945

The Frozen Ghost

as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great

1944

Weird Woman

as Prof. Norman Reed

1944

1956

Indestructible Man

as Charles "Butcher" Benton

1922

The Trap

as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)

1939

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

1950

Once a Thief

as Gus (as Lon Chaney)

1964

Witchcraft

as Morgan Whitlock

1932

Bird of Paradise

as Thornton

1951

Only the Valiant

as Trooper Kebussyan

1941

Man-Made Monster

as Dan McCormick

1948

16 Fathoms Deep

as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)

1937

1955

Not as a Stranger

as Job Marsh

1954

Casanova's Big Night

as Emo, the Murderer

1955

The Indian Fighter

as Chivington (as Lon Chaney)

1936

The Old Corral

as Garland - Simms partner

1941

Badlands of Dakota

as Jack McCall

1954

The Big Chase

as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)

1967

Gallery of Horror

as Dr. Mendell

1941

San Antonio Rose

as Jigsaw Kennedy

1966

Johnny Reno

as Sheriff Hodges

2000

1967

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as Chief Eagle Shadow

1954

Passion

as Castro (as Lon Chaney)

1965

House of the Black Death

as Belial Desard

1933

Son of the Border

as Jack Breen

1933

The Three Musketeers

as Lt. Armand Corday

1958

Money, Women and Guns

as Art Birdwell

1953

A Lion Is in the Streets

as Spurge McManamee

1952

Springfield Rifle

as Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney)

1941

Billy the Kid

as 'Spike' Hudson

1954

Jivaro

as Pedro Martines

1956

Manfish

as Swede

1939

1931

1932

The Last Frontier

as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)

1991

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

1936

1964

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

as The Mummified Werewolf

1946

Desert Command

as Lt. Armand Corday

1934

1934

Girl o' My Dreams

as Don Cooper

1935

The Shadow of Silk Lennox

as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox

1964

Young Fury

as Bartender

1968

Buckskin

as Sheriff Tangley

1953

Raiders of the Seven Seas

as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

1937

Charlie Chan on Broadway

as Desk Reporter

1937

1965

Apache Uprising

as Charlie Russell

1936

Ace Drummond

as Henchman Ivan

1934

1952

Thief of Damascus

as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)

1951

1954

The Boy from Oklahoma

as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)

1965

1961

1948

The Counterfeiters

as Louie Struber

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)

1938

1952

Battles of Chief Pontiac

as Chief Pontiac

1965

Town Tamer

as Charlie Leach

1933

Scarlet River

as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)

1954

The Black Pirates

as Padre Felipe

1964

Stage to Thunder Rock

as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

1938

1949

1949

Fun on the Run

as Johnson

1937

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

as Scott, the Chauffeur

1938

Josette

as Boatman

1939

Jesse James

as One Of James Gang

1937

Midnight Taxi

as Detective Erickson

1952

Frankenstein

as The Monster

1933

Lucky Devils

as Frankie

1938

Road Demon

as Bud Casey

1955

The Silver Star

as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)

1937

Love and Hisses

as Attendant

1936

Rose Bowl

as Sierra Football Player

1950

Captain China

as Red Lynch

1951

Inside Straight

as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)

2007

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

as Himself (archive footage)

2007

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

as Hassan (archive footage)

1939

Union Pacific

as Dollarhide

1937

The Lady Escapes

as Reporter (uncredited)

1943

1938

Submarine Patrol

as Marine Sentry

1942

North to the Klondike

as Nate Carson

1941

Riders of Death Valley

as Henchman Butch

1941

Too Many Blondes

as Marvin Gimble

1935

A Scream in the Night

as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

1936

Sharad of Atlantis

as Capt. Hakur

1937

This Is My Affair

as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank

1951

The Bushwhackers

as Artemus Taylor

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Bruno (archive footage)

1937

1949

1951

Flame of Araby

as Borka Barbarossa

1960

House of Terror

as The Mummified Werewolf

1998

The Wolfman's Cure

as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

1942

Overland Mail

as Jim Lane

1937

Born Reckless

as Garage Mechanic

1935

1945

The Daltons Ride Again

as Grat Dalton (as Lon Chaney)

2006

Terror in the Tropics

as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)

1957

Along the Mohawk Trail

as Chingachgook

1938

Walking Down Broadway

as Delivery Man

1937

Slave Ship

as Laborer Killed at Launching

1968

1938

Speed to Burn

as Racetrack Mug

2000

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

as Self (archive footage)

1995

2015

1944

1937

1936

Killer at Large

as Second Coffin Man

1998

Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1961

1943

1994

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