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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

131 acting

10 crew

Popularity

0.5

movie

Known For

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923

as Quasimodo
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

as Erik, The Phantom
The Unknown

The Unknown

1927

as Alonzo
He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

1924

as Paul Beaumont
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 • as Quasimodo
★ 6.5
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
1925 • as Erik, The Phantom
★ 7.1
The Penalty
The Penalty
1920 • as Blizzard
★ 6.9
The Unknown
The Unknown
1927 • as Alonzo
★ 7.5
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three
1925 • as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
★ 6.7
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped
1924 • as Paul Beaumont
★ 7.5
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 • as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.6
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three
1930 • as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
★ 5.8
The Blackbird
The Blackbird
1926 • as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
★ 6.3
West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar
1928 • as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
★ 6.8
The Horror Show
The Horror Show
1979 • as (archive footage)
★ 3.8
Universal Horror
Universal Horror
1998 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.1
The Trap
The Trap
1922 • as Gaspard the Good
★ 5.2
The Monster
The Monster
1925 • as Dr. Ziska
★ 5.6
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 3.5
The Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts
1921 • as Farallone
★ 6.5
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928 • as Tito Beppi
★ 7.3
Mockery
Mockery
1927 • as Sergei
★ 6.7
Outside the Law
Outside the Law
1921 • as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
★ 6.0
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
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
Anything Once
Anything Once
1917 • as Waughnt Moore
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Where East Is East
Where East Is East
1929 • as Tiger Haynes
★ 5.8
The Light in the Dark
The Light in the Dark
1922 • as Tony Pantelli
★ 5.5
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 • as Self (archive footage)
movie
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Triumph
Triumph
1917 • as Paul Neihoff
Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu
1927 • as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
★ 5.7
A Blind Bargain
A Blind Bargain
1922 • as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
★ 6.0
The Horror of It All
The Horror of It All
1983 • as The Phantom (archive footage)
★ 8.0
They Came from the Attic
They Came from the Attic
2022 • as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
★ 9.0
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920 • as Royce Rivers
London After Midnight
London After Midnight
1927 • as Professor Edward C. Burke
★ 6.5
Bondage
Bondage
1917 • as Seducer (uncredited)
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
1922 • as Fagin
★ 6.3
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Shock
The Shock
1923 • as Wilse Dilling
★ 5.1
The Piper's Price
The Piper's Price
1917 • as Billy Kilmartin
Tangled Hearts
Tangled Hearts
1916 • as John Hammond
Tell It to the Marines
Tell It to the Marines
1926 • as Sergeant O'Hara
★ 6.4
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953 • as (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
A Man's Country
A Man's Country
1919 • as 'Three Card' Duncan
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
1917 • as Hector Maitland
All the Brothers Were Valiant
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1923 • as Mark Shore
Shadows
Shadows
1922 • as Yen Sin
★ 6.2
The Tower of Lies
The Tower of Lies
1925 • as Jan
While the City Sleeps
While the City Sleeps
1928 • as Dan Coghlan
★ 5.9
Fast Company
Fast Company
1918 • as Dan McCarty
Voices of the City
Voices of the City
1921 • as O'Rourke
The Oubliette
The Oubliette
1914 • as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
★ 3.3
The Scarlet Car
The Scarlet Car
1917 • as Paul Revere Forbes
★ 4.6
Father and the Boys
Father and the Boys
1915 • as Tuck Bartholomew
The Road to Mandalay
The Road to Mandalay
1926 • as Singapore Joe
★ 6.1
The Big City
The Big City
1928 • as Chuck Collins
Richelieu
Richelieu
1914 • as Baradas
Dolly's Scoop
Dolly's Scoop
1916 • as Dan Fisher
The Grasp of Greed
The Grasp of Greed
1916 • as Jimmie
The Miracle Man
The Miracle Man
1919 • as The Frog
★ 4.5
By the Sun's Rays
By the Sun's Rays
1914 • as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
★ 4.8
The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town
1918 • as Jack Langhorne
★ 1.0
The Wicked Darling
The Wicked Darling
1919 • as Stoop Connors
★ 5.3
Fires of Rebellion
Fires of Rebellion
1917 • as Russell Hanlon
movie
The Stool Pigeon
1915
While Paris Sleeps
While Paris Sleeps
1923 • as Henri Santodos
Riddle Gawne
Riddle Gawne
1918 • as Hame Bozzam
movie
The Sin of Olga Brandt
1915 • as Stephen Leslie
For Those We Love
For Those We Love
1921 • as Trix Ulner
movie
The Empty Gun
1917 • as Frank
Hell Morgan's Girl
Hell Morgan's Girl
1917 • as Sleter Noble
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 • as Self (archive footage)
Broadway Love
Broadway Love
1918 • as Elmer Watkins
★ 5.1
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
1920 • as Blind Pew / Merry
The Grip of Jealousy
The Grip of Jealousy
1916 • as Silas Lacey
Nomads of the North
Nomads of the North
1920 • as Raoul Challoner
★ 5.5
Pay Me!
Pay Me!
1917 • as Joe Lawson
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
1917 • as Nils Krogstad
The False Faces
The False Faces
1919 • as Karl Eckstrom
★ 5.0
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
1914 • as The Greaser
Bobbie of the Ballet
Bobbie of the Ballet
1916 • as Hook Hoover
The Rescue
The Rescue
1917 • as Thomas Holland
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922 • as Obadiah Strout
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 6.3
movie
The Measure of a Man
1915 • as Donald MacDermott
Danger, Go Slow
Danger, Go Slow
1918 • as Bud
movie
The Flashlight
1917 • as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
The Gift Supreme
The Gift Supreme
1920 • as Merney Stagg
movie
The End of the Feud
1914 • as Wood Dawson
A Broadway Scandal
A Broadway Scandal
1918 • as 'Kink' Colby
movie
A Night of Thrills
1914 • as The Visitor
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
1922 • as David Webster
★ 5.9
The Price of Silence
The Price of Silence
1916 • as Edmond Stafford
The Restless Spirit
The Restless Spirit
1913 • as The Russian Count (uncredited)
movie
The Higher Law
1914 • as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
Paid in Advance
Paid in Advance
1919 • as Bateese Le Blanc
London After Midnight
London After Midnight
2002 • as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
★ 6.9
Nadie inquietó más
Nadie inquietó más
2008 • as Various Roles (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
1918 • as Bethmann-Hollweg
The Place Beyond the Winds
The Place Beyond the Winds
1916 • as Jerry Jo
★ 6.0
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928 • as Self
Bits of Life
Bits of Life
1921 • as Chin Chow
The Gilded Spider
The Gilded Spider
1916 • as Giovanni
★ 9.5
Thunder
Thunder
1929 • as Grumpy Anderson
A Mother's Atonement
A Mother's Atonement
1915 • as Ben
★ 5.5
Alas and Alack
Alas and Alack
1915 • as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
★ 5.4
If My Country Should Call
If My Country Should Call
1916 • as Dr. George Ardrath
★ 6.5
The Grand Passion
The Grand Passion
1918 • as Paul Argos
★ 1.0
The Next Corner
The Next Corner
1924 • as Juan Serafin
The Forbidden Room
The Forbidden Room
1914 • as John Morris
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927 • as Self
That Devil, Bateese
That Devil, Bateese
1918 • as Louis Courteau
The Millionaire Paupers
The Millionaire Paupers
1915 • as Landlord
Back to Life
Back to Life
1913 • as The Rival
The Mark of Cain
The Mark of Cain
1916 • as Dick Temple
Damon and Pythias
Damon and Pythias
1914 • as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
★ 5.0
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
1995 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
When Bearcat Went Dry
When Bearcat Went Dry
1919 • as Kindard Powers
Victory
Victory
1919 • as Ricardo
★ 5.8
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
1914 • as Fred Brown, the Lion
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
1929 • as Erik
★ 10.0
Poor Jake's Demise
Poor Jake's Demise
1913 • as The Dude
Discord and Harmony
Discord and Harmony
1914 • as Lon - the Sculptor
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
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
1915 • as The Duke of Safoulrug
Virtue Its Own Reward
Virtue Its Own Reward
1914 • as Duncan Bronson
movie
A Ranch Romance
1914 • as Raphael Praz
movie
The Honor of the Family
The Oyster Dredger
The Oyster Dredger
1915
movie
Stronger Than Death
1915 • as Attorney