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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-02-10 (119 years old)

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.

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Known For

Acting

2015

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)

2010

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire as Himself (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Hassan (archive footage)

2006

Terror in the Tropics as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Bruno (archive footage)

2001

Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces as Self (archive footage)

1999

1998

Universal Horror as (archive footage)

1995

Svengoolie as Lawrence Talbot

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

1990

1979

The Horror Show as (archive footage)

1971

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Buckskin as Sheriff Tangley

1967

Spider Baby as Bruno
Gallery of Horror as Dr. Mendell
Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Chief Eagle Shadow

1966

Johnny Reno as Sheriff Hodges
The Monkees as Lenny

1965

House of the Black Death as Belial Desard
Apache Uprising as Charlie Russell
Black Spurs as Kile
Town Tamer as Charlie Leach

1964

Witchcraft as Morgan Whitlock
Face of the Screaming Werewolf as The Mummified Werewolf
Young Fury as Bartender
Stage to Thunder Rock as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

1963

The Haunted Palace as Simon Orne

1962

1961

1960

House of Terror as The Mummified Werewolf
Route 66 as Poppa Duplessis
Stagecoach West as Ben Wait
Route 66 as Colby
Route 66 as Lon Chaney

1959

Rawhide as Jesse Childress
Adventures in Paradise as Trader One Arm
Johnny Ringo as Ben Rafferty
The Deputy as Tom Arnold
Rawhide as Rock

1958

The Defiant Ones as Big Sam
Money, Women and Guns as Art Birdwell
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Sheriff Lon Paulson
Bat Masterson as Rance Fletcher
The Texan as Wylie Ames
The Rifleman as Charlie Gordo
Lawman as Jess Bridges

1957

The Cyclops as Martin 'Marty' Melville
Along the Mohawk Trail as Chingachgook
Tombstone Territory as Ex-Marshal Daggett
Wagon Train as Louis Roque
Wagon Train as Carstairs
Have Gun, Will Travel as William Ceilbleu
Have Gun, Will Travel as O'Connor - Inmate

1956

Pardners as Whitey
The Black Sleep as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Indestructible Man as Charles "Butcher" Benton
Manfish as Swede
Telephone Time as Jules Samenian

1955

Big House, U.S.A as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
Not as a Stranger as Job Marsh
The Indian Fighter as Chivington (as Lon Chaney)
The Silver Star as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)

1954

Casanova's Big Night as Emo, the Murderer
The Big Chase as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
Passion as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
Jivaro as Pedro Martines
The Boy from Oklahoma as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
The Black Pirates as Padre Felipe
Climax! as Frank Wiggins
Climax! as Old Man Hawley
Studio 57 as Jubal Pickett

1953

A Lion Is in the Streets as Spurge McManamee
Raiders of the Seven Seas as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

1952

High Noon as Martin Howe
Springfield Rifle as Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney)
Thief of Damascus as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
Battles of Chief Pontiac as Chief Pontiac
Frankenstein as The Monster
Cavalcade of America as Old Jeff Harris
Cavalcade of America as Zeke Wells

1951

Bride of the Gorilla as Commissioner Taro
Only the Valiant as Trooper Kebussyan
Inside Straight as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
The Bushwhackers as Artemus Taylor
Flame of Araby as Borka Barbarossa
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Alaskan Trapper
The Red Skelton Show as Sgt. Williams
The Red Skelton Show as Lon Chaney
The Red Skelton Show as Mad Scientist
The Red Skelton Show as Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man

1950

Once a Thief as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
Captain China as Red Lynch
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self - Frankenstein Monster

1949

Fun on the Run as Johnson

1948

Albuquerque as Steve Murkill
16 Fathoms Deep as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
The Counterfeiters as Louie Struber

1947

1946

Desert Command as Lt. Armand Corday

1945

House of Dracula as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
Strange Confession as Jeff Carter
Pillow of Death as Wayne Fletcher
The Frozen Ghost as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
The Daltons Ride Again as Grat Dalton (as Lon Chaney)

1944

House of Frankenstein as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
Follow the Boys as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Dead Man's Eyes as David Stuart
Weird Woman as Prof. Norman Reed
Cobra Woman as Hava

1943

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
Son of Dracula as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
Crazy House as Cameo Appearance
Calling Dr. Death as Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney)
Frontier Badmen as Chango
What We Are Fighting For as Bill Wallace

1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein as The Frankenstein Monster
The Mummy's Tomb as The Mummy - Kharis
North to the Klondike as Nate Carson
Overland Mail as Jim Lane

1941

The Wolf Man as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Man-Made Monster as Dan McCormick
Badlands of Dakota as Jack McCall
San Antonio Rose as Jigsaw Kennedy
Billy the Kid as 'Spike' Hudson
Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Butch
Too Many Blondes as Marvin Gimble

1940

1939

Of Mice and Men as Lennie
Frontier Marshal as Pringle
Jesse James as One Of James Gang
Union Pacific as Dollarhide

1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band as Photographer
Josette as Boatman
Road Demon as Bud Casey
Submarine Patrol as Marine Sentry
Walking Down Broadway as Delivery Man
Speed to Burn as Racetrack Mug

1937

Charlie Chan on Broadway as Desk Reporter
Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Scott, the Chauffeur
Midnight Taxi as Detective Erickson
Love and Hisses as Attendant
The Lady Escapes as Reporter (uncredited)
This Is My Affair as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
Born Reckless as Garage Mechanic
Slave Ship as Laborer Killed at Launching

1936

The Old Corral as Garland - Simms partner
Ace Drummond as Henchman Ivan
Rose Bowl as Sierra Football Player
Sharad of Atlantis as Capt. Hakur
Killer at Large as Second Coffin Man

1935

The Shadow of Silk Lennox as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
A Scream in the Night as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

1934

Sixteen Fathoms Deep as Joe Bethel
Girl o' My Dreams as Don Cooper

1933

Son of the Border as Jack Breen
The Three Musketeers as Lt. Armand Corday
Scarlet River as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
Lucky Devils as Frankie

1932

Bird of Paradise as Thornton
The Last Frontier as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

1931

1928

1922

The Trap as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)

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