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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

0.9

movie

Known For

High Noon

High Noon

1952

as Martin Howe
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1958

as Big Sam
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace

1963

as Simon Orne
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man

1941

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942

as The Frankenstein Monster
Son of Dracula

Son of Dracula

1943

as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
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
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 7.1
The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace
1963 • as Simon Orne
★ 6.7
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 6.2
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man
1941 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 7.0
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 • as The Frankenstein Monster
★ 5.8
Casanova's Big Night
Casanova's Big Night
1954 • as Emo, the Murderer
★ 6.0
North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police
1940 • as Shorty
★ 6.4
Son of Dracula
Son of Dracula
1943 • as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
★ 5.8
House of Dracula
House of Dracula
1945 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 5.5
House of Frankenstein
House of Frankenstein
1944 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
★ 6.1
The Mummy's Tomb
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 • as The Mummy - Kharis
★ 5.5
The Mummy's Curse
The Mummy's Curse
1944 • as Kharis
★ 5.5
Law of the Lawless
Law of the Lawless
1964 • as Tiny
★ 6.5
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 • as Dollarhide
★ 6.7
One Million B.C.
One Million B.C.
1940 • as Akhoba
★ 5.8
Springfield Rifle
Springfield Rifle
1952 • as Pete Elm
★ 6.4
Spider Baby
Spider Baby
1967 • as Bruno
★ 6.8
Jesse James
Jesse James
1939 • as One Of James Gang
★ 6.6
Only the Valiant
Only the Valiant
1951 • as Trooper Kebussyan
★ 6.5
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
1939 • as Lennie Small
★ 7.3
Not as a Stranger
Not as a Stranger
1955 • as Job Marsh
★ 6.2
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 • as Kharis
★ 5.6
Ace Drummond
Ace Drummond
1936 • as Henchman Ivan
★ 7.0
Welcome to Hard Times
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 • as Avery
★ 5.3
Bride of the Gorilla
Bride of the Gorilla
1951 • as Commissioner Taro
★ 4.8
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
The Indian Fighter
The Indian Fighter
1955 • as Chivington
★ 6.3
The Alligator People
The Alligator People
1959 • as Manon
★ 5.6
The Boy from Oklahoma
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 • as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.7
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 • as Photographer
★ 6.8
The Black Castle
The Black Castle
1952 • as Gargon
★ 6.4
Big House, U.S.A
Big House, U.S.A
1955 • as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
★ 6.5
Cobra Woman
Cobra Woman
1944 • as Hava
★ 5.4
Man-Made Monster
Man-Made Monster
1941 • as Dan McCormick
★ 6.1
Stage to Thunder Rock
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964 • as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.4
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967 • as Maximillian
★ 2.8
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956 • as Blackfish
★ 4.5
Town Tamer
Town Tamer
1965 • as Charlie Leach
★ 6.8
Passport Husband
Passport Husband
1938 • as Bull
★ 7.0
Pardners
Pardners
1956 • as Whitey
★ 6.7
My Favorite Brunette
My Favorite Brunette
1947 • as Willie
★ 6.6
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937 • as Desk Reporter
★ 7.1
Money, Women and Guns
Money, Women and Guns
1958 • as Art Birdwell
★ 5.8
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 • as Scott, the Chauffeur
★ 7.0
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
1941 • as 'Spike' Hudson
★ 5.3
Weird Woman
Weird Woman
1944 • as Prof. Norman Reed
★ 6.0
Dracula in the Movies
Dracula in the Movies
1992 • as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
One Mile from Heaven
One Mile from Heaven
1937 • as Policeman
★ 6.6
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise
1932 • as Thornton
★ 5.1
Follow the Boys
Follow the Boys
1944 • as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Passion
Passion
1954 • as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.4
Behave Yourself!
Behave Yourself!
1951 • as Pinky
★ 6.2
House of the Black Death
House of the Black Death
1965 • as Belial Desard
★ 4.1
The American Nightmare
The American Nightmare
2000 • as Self
★ 6.8
Calling Dr. Death
Calling Dr. Death
1943 • as Dr. Mark Steel
★ 6.4
A Lion Is in the Streets
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 • as Spurge McManamee
★ 5.4
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 • as Groton
★ 4.5
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953 • as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.1
Young Fury
Young Fury
1964 • as Bartender
★ 5.6
Jivaro
Jivaro
1954 • as Pedro Martines
★ 5.2
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
1933 • as Lt. Armand Corday
★ 5.7
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal
1939 • as Pringle
★ 6.3
Here Come the Co-Eds
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945 • as Johnson
★ 5.9
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Indestructible Man
Indestructible Man
1956 • as Charles "Butcher" Benton
★ 4.3
Riders of Death Valley
Riders of Death Valley
1941 • as Henchman Butch
★ 6.8
Life Begins in College
Life Begins in College
1937 • as Gilks
★ 8.0
This Is My Affair
This Is My Affair
1937 • as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
★ 7.3
Dead Man's Eyes
Dead Man's Eyes
1944 • as David Stuart
★ 6.5
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Johnny Reno
Johnny Reno
1966 • as Sheriff Hodges
★ 6.5
Black Spurs
Black Spurs
1965 • as Kile
★ 6.3
Sally, Irene and Mary
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 • as Policeman
★ 6.4
Manfish
Manfish
1956 • as Swede
★ 4.0
The Horror Show
The Horror Show
1979 • as (archive footage)
★ 3.4
The Daltons Ride Again
The Daltons Ride Again
1945 • as Grat Dalton
★ 5.0
City in Darkness
City in Darkness
1939 • as Pierre
★ 6.5
Slave Ship
Slave Ship
1937 • as Laborer Killed at Launching
★ 5.1
The Female Bunch
The Female Bunch
1971 • as Monti
★ 4.8
Desert Command
Desert Command
1946 • as Lt. Armand Corday
★ 4.2
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
★ 9.5
Apache Uprising
Apache Uprising
1965 • as Charlie Russell
★ 6.4
Captain China
Captain China
1950 • as Red Lynch
★ 5.5
Born Reckless
Born Reckless
1937 • as Garage Mechanic
★ 5.4
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967 • as Dr. Mendell
★ 4.5
Sharad of Atlantis
Sharad of Atlantis
1936 • as Capt. Hakur
★ 4.4
The Phantom
The Phantom
1961 • as Jed
★ 9.0
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 6.3
The Black Pirates
The Black Pirates
1954 • as Padre Felipe
★ 4.9
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
1948 • as Steve Murkill
★ 6.5
Crazy House
Crazy House
1943 • as Cameo Appearance
★ 6.0
Ghost Catchers
Ghost Catchers
1944 • as Bear
★ 6.1
Overland Mail
Overland Mail
1942 • as Jim Lane
★ 10.0
Straight, Place and Show
Straight, Place and Show
1938 • as Martin
★ 7.0
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952 • as Chief Pontiac
★ 5.7
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Bushwhackers
The Bushwhackers
1951 • as Artemus Taylor
★ 5.9
Buckskin
Buckskin
1968 • as Sheriff Tangley
★ 5.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.5
Secret Agent X-9
Secret Agent X-9
1937 • as Maroni
★ 7.2
Flame of Araby
Flame of Araby
1951 • as Borka Barbarossa
★ 6.2
The Trap
The Trap
1922 • as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
★ 5.8
The Frozen Ghost
The Frozen Ghost
1945 • as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
★ 6.2
House of Terror
House of Terror
1960 • as The Mummified Werewolf
★ 6.1
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965 • as The Mummified Werewolf
★ 4.2
There's a Girl in My Heart
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949 • as Johnny Colton
★ 7.0
Thief of Damascus
Thief of Damascus
1952 • as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
★ 6.3
Cheyenne Rides Again
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937 • as Girard
★ 6.0
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
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
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 • as Count Dracula (archive footage)
★ 3.5
Universal Horror
Universal Horror
1998 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.1
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
Son of the Border
Son of the Border
1933 • as Jack Breen
★ 7.3
A Scream in the Night
A Scream in the Night
1935 • as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
★ 5.0
The Devil's Messenger
The Devil's Messenger
1962 • as Satan
★ 4.6
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935 • as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
★ 5.6
San Antonio Rose
San Antonio Rose
1941 • as Jigsaw Kennedy
★ 7.0
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
1936 • as Sierra Football Player
★ 7.0
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
1952 • as The Monster
★ 8.0
The Silver Star
The Silver Star
1955 • as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.5
Wild and Woolly
Wild and Woolly
1937 • as Dutch
★ 10.0
Josette
Josette
1938 • as Boatman
★ 7.2
The Cyclops
The Cyclops
1957 • as Martin 'Marty' Melville
★ 4.4
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep
1956 • as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
★ 6.2
City Girl
City Girl
1938 • as Gangster (uncredited)
★ 6.5
movie
Heroes of Horror
2001 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.7
The Singing Cowboy
The Singing Cowboy
1936 • as Martin
★ 4.5
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 • as Hassan (archive footage)
Girl o' My Dreams
Girl o' My Dreams
1934 • as Don Cooper
★ 4.8
movie
Too Many Blondes
1941 • as Marvin Gimble
★ 8.0
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
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964 • as Chingachcook
★ 9.0
Halloween Monster Bash
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 • as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
★ 3.0
The Lady Escapes
The Lady Escapes
1937 • as Reporter (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Witchcraft
Witchcraft
1964 • as Morgan Whitlock
★ 6.5
Once a Thief
Once a Thief
1950 • as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.3
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934 • as Joe Bethel
★ 4.0
The Galloping Ghost
The Galloping Ghost
1931 • as Henchman
★ 4.7
Along the Mohawk Trail
Along the Mohawk Trail
1957 • as Chingachgook
★ 10.0
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Old Corral
The Old Corral
1936 • as Garland - Simms partner
★ 7.5
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990 • as Outtake
Terror in the Tropics
Terror in the Tropics
2006 • as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
Inside Straight
Inside Straight
1951 • as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
★ 4.9
Captain Hurricane
Captain Hurricane
1935 • as Dave
★ 6.0
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier
1932 • as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
★ 7.0
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
The Big Chase
The Big Chase
1954 • as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
★ 4.8
Love and Hisses
Love and Hisses
1937 • as Attendant
★ 10.0
movie
The Marriage Bargain
1935 • as Bob Gordon
★ 8.0
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi
1937 • as Detective Erickson
★ 6.2
Scarlet River
Scarlet River
1933 • as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
★ 5.6
Angel's Holiday
Angel's Holiday
1937 • as Eddie
★ 6.0
Kitchen Mechanics
Kitchen Mechanics
1949 • as Johnson (archive footage)
★ 7.5
16 Fathoms Deep
16 Fathoms Deep
1948 • as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
★ 5.6
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967 • as Chief Eagle Shadow
Submarine Patrol
Submarine Patrol
1938 • as Marine Sentry
★ 6.7
movie
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
★ 6.2
Fireball Jungle
Fireball Jungle
1968 • as Sammy
★ 6.7
Accent on Youth
Accent on Youth
1935 • as Chuck
★ 6.7
Frontier Badmen
Frontier Badmen
1943 • as Chango
★ 7.0
The Life of Vergie Winters
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 • as Hugo McQueen
★ 5.7
movie
Oysters and Muscles
1948 • as Strangler Johnson
Killer at Large
Killer at Large
1936 • as Second Coffin Man
★ 8.0
Badlands of Dakota
Badlands of Dakota
1941 • as Jack McCall
★ 6.0
Pillow of Death
Pillow of Death
1945 • as Wayne Fletcher
★ 6.6
movie
What We Are Fighting For
1943 • as Bill Wallace
★ 10.0
Lucky Devils
Lucky Devils
1933 • as Frankie
★ 6.4
movie
Fun on the Run
1949 • as Johnson
★ 8.0
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Rebellion in Cuba
Rebellion in Cuba
1961 • as Gordo
★ 9.0
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost
1968 • as Kharis, the mummy
★ 9.0
Walking Down Broadway
Walking Down Broadway
1938 • as Delivery Man
★ 6.8
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
movie
The Redmen and the Renegades
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
Strange Confession
Strange Confession
1945 • as Jeff Carter
★ 6.7
movie
The Black Ghost
1932 • as Tom Kirby, alias 'The Black Ghost'
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters
1948 • as Louie Struber
★ 6.3
Speed to Burn
Speed to Burn
1938 • as Racetrack Mug
★ 7.5
movie
The Pathfinder and the Mohican
1957 • as Chingachgook
movie
Road Demon
1938 • as Bud Casey
★ 10.0
Producing Schlock: The Career of Al Adamson
Producing Schlock: The Career of Al Adamson
2009 • as Groton (archive footage)