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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

133 acting

10 crew

Popularity

1.0

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
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 • as Quasimodo
★ 6.6
The Unknown
The Unknown
1927 • as Alonzo
★ 7.6
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
1920 • as Blind Pew / Merry
★ 7.0
movie
The Higher Law
1914 • as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped
1924 • as Paul Beaumont
★ 7.6
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 • as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Bondage
Bondage
1917 • as Seducer (uncredited)
Danger, Go Slow
Danger, Go Slow
1918 • as Bud
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Outside the Law
Outside the Law
1921 • as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
★ 6.2
movie
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1926
The Penalty
The Penalty
1920 • as Blizzard
★ 7.0
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Victory
Victory
1919 • as Ricardo
★ 6.2
Shadows
Shadows
1922 • as Yen Sin
★ 6.2
Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu
1927 • as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
★ 5.8
movie
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three
1925 • as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
★ 6.7
West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar
1928 • as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
★ 6.9
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Universal Horror
Universal Horror
1998 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928 • as Tito Beppi
★ 7.4
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 Horror Show
The Horror Show
1979 • as (archive footage)
★ 3.4
London After Midnight
London After Midnight
1927 • as Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
★ 6.6
Riddle Gawne
Riddle Gawne
1918 • as Hame Bozzam
The Horror of It All
The Horror of It All
1983 • as The Phantom (archive footage)
★ 8.3
The Trap
The Trap
1922 • as Gaspard the Good
★ 5.8
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three
1930 • as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
★ 5.9
The Tower of Lies
The Tower of Lies
1925 • as Jan
★ 10.0
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
1917 • as Nils Krogstad
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Life in Hollywood
Life in Hollywood
1927 • as Self
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 • as Self (archive footage)
That Devil, Bateese
That Devil, Bateese
1918 • as Louis Courteau
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 3.5
Tell It to the Marines
Tell It to the Marines
1926 • as Sergeant O'Hara
★ 6.5
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
1922 • as Fagin
★ 6.4
The Scarlet Car
The Scarlet Car
1917 • as Paul Revere Forbes
★ 4.6
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Blackbird
The Blackbird
1926 • as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
★ 6.4
Broadway Love
Broadway Love
1918 • as Elmer Watkins
★ 5.1
Where East Is East
Where East Is East
1929 • as Tiger Haynes
★ 6.1
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920 • as Royce Rivers
★ 10.0
The Millionaire Paupers
The Millionaire Paupers
1915 • as Landlord
Richelieu
Richelieu
1914 • as Baradas
The Restless Spirit
The Restless Spirit
1913 • as The Russian Count (uncredited)
★ 10.0
The Gift Supreme
The Gift Supreme
1920 • as Merney Stagg
★ 7.0
Dolly's Scoop
Dolly's Scoop
1916 • as Dan Fisher
For Those We Love
For Those We Love
1921 • as Trix Ulner
★ 7.0
Alas and Alack
Alas and Alack
1915 • as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
★ 5.4
A Mother's Atonement
A Mother's Atonement
1915 • as Ben
★ 5.5
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
1922 • as David Webster
★ 6.2
Fires of Rebellion
Fires of Rebellion
1917 • as Russell Hanlon
The Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts
1921 • as Farallone
★ 6.5
Anything Once
Anything Once
1917 • as Waughnt Moore
London After Midnight
London After Midnight
2002 • as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Tangled Hearts
Tangled Hearts
1916 • as John Hammond
Virtue Its Own Reward
Virtue Its Own Reward
1914 • as Duncan Bronson
The Gilded Spider
The Gilded Spider
1916 • as Giovanni
★ 9.5
Triumph
Triumph
1917 • as Paul Neihoff
Father and the Boys
Father and the Boys
1915 • as Tuck Bartholomew
The Big City
The Big City
1928 • as Chuck Collins
★ 8.0
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922 • as Obadiah Strout
★ 10.0
movie
The Empty Gun
1917 • as Frank
While Paris Sleeps
While Paris Sleeps
1923 • as Henri Santodos
★ 10.0
They Came from the Attic
They Came from the Attic
2022 • as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
★ 9.0
Nomads of the North
Nomads of the North
1920 • as Raoul Challoner
★ 5.7
Fast Company
Fast Company
1918 • as Dan McCarty
movie
The Flashlight
1917 • as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
A Man's Country
A Man's Country
1919 • as 'Three Card' Duncan
★ 8.0
The Price of Silence
The Price of Silence
1916 • as Edmond Stafford
The Rescue
The Rescue
1917 • as Thomas Holland
The Shock
The Shock
1923 • as Wilse Dilling
★ 5.3
While the City Sleeps
While the City Sleeps
1928 • as Dan Coghlan
★ 6.3
Pay Me!
Pay Me!
1917 • as Joe Lawson
The Wicked Darling
The Wicked Darling
1919 • as Stoop Connors
★ 5.6
The Grand Passion
The Grand Passion
1918 • as Paul Argos
★ 1.0
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Grasp of Greed
The Grasp of Greed
1916 • as Jimmie
Paid in Advance
Paid in Advance
1919 • as Bateese Le Blanc
★ 6.5
Bits of Life
Bits of Life
1921 • as Chin Chow
★ 10.0
The Road to Mandalay
The Road to Mandalay
1926 • as Singapore Joe
★ 6.4
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
1914 • as Fred Brown, the Lion
Damon and Pythias
Damon and Pythias
1914 • as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
★ 5.0
All the Brothers Were Valiant
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1923 • as Mark Shore
★ 8.0
When Bearcat Went Dry
When Bearcat Went Dry
1919 • as Kindard Powers
★ 10.0
The Place Beyond the Winds
The Place Beyond the Winds
1916 • as Jerry Jo
★ 6.0
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
1918 • as Bethmann-Hollweg
Poor Jake's Demise
Poor Jake's Demise
1913 • as The Dude
The Grip of Jealousy
The Grip of Jealousy
1916 • as Silas Lacey
The Monster
The Monster
1925 • as Dr. Ziska
★ 5.7
movie
Stronger Than Death
1915 • as Attorney
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927 • as Self
The Piper's Price
The Piper's Price
1917 • as Billy Kilmartin
Bobbie of the Ballet
Bobbie of the Ballet
1916 • as Hook Hoover
Mockery
Mockery
1927 • as Sergei
★ 6.9
Hell Morgan's Girl
Hell Morgan's Girl
1917 • as Sleter Noble
A Blind Bargain
A Blind Bargain
1922 • as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
★ 8.0
The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town
1918 • as Jack Langhorne
★ 1.0
The Forbidden Room
The Forbidden Room
1914 • as John Morris
By the Sun's Rays
By the Sun's Rays
1914 • as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
★ 4.8
Nadie inquietó más
Nadie inquietó más
2008 • as Various Roles (archive footage)
★ 7.3
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
1929 • as Erik
★ 10.0
A Broadway Scandal
A Broadway Scandal
1918 • as 'Kink' Colby
The Oyster Dredger
The Oyster Dredger
1915
The False Faces
The False Faces
1919 • as Karl Eckstrom
★ 5.3
Voices of the City
Voices of the City
1921 • as O'Rourke
★ 7.0
Thunder
Thunder
1929 • as Grumpy Anderson
★ 9.0
The Oubliette
The Oubliette
1914 • as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
★ 3.3
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
1914 • as The Greaser
movie
The Measure of a Man
1915 • as Donald MacDermott
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
1917 • as Hector Maitland
If My Country Should Call
If My Country Should Call
1916 • as Dr. George Ardrath
★ 6.5
movie
The End of the Feud
1914 • as Wood Dawson
Discord and Harmony
Discord and Harmony
1914 • as Lon - the Sculptor
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
1995 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Light in the Dark
The Light in the Dark
1922 • as Tony Pantelli
★ 5.7
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
movie
The Sin of Olga Brandt
1915 • as Stephen Leslie
movie
A Ranch Romance
1914 • as Raphael Praz
Back to Life
Back to Life
1913 • as The Rival
The Miracle Man
The Miracle Man
1919 • as The Frog
★ 6.0
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
1915 • as The Duke of Safoulrug
The Next Corner
The Next Corner
1924 • as Juan Serafin
★ 10.0
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928 • as Self
The Mark of Cain
The Mark of Cain
1916 • as Dick Temple
movie
The Stool Pigeon
1915
movie
A Night of Thrills
1914 • as The Visitor
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
movie
The Honor of the Family
1912
★ 7.0