Lon Chaney Jr.
Acting
Born: February 10, 1906 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Died: July 12, 1973 (aged 67)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
High Noon
1952
The Wolf Man
1941
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
The Defiant Ones
1958
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
The Haunted Palace
1963
House of Frankenstein
1944
Spider Baby
1967
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
House of Dracula
1945
Son of Dracula
1943
Jesse James
1939
Photos (9)
Movies (169)
High Noon
Martin Howe
The Haunted Palace
Simon Orne
The Wolf Man
Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Defiant Ones
Big Sam
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
The Wolfman
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Frankenstein Monster
Union Pacific
Dollarhide
The Indian Fighter
Chivington
House of Dracula
Lawrence Stewart Talbot
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
Captain Hurricane
Dave
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
North West Mounted Police
Shorty
My Favorite Brunette
Willie
Jesse James
One Of James Gang
Sharad of Atlantis
Capt. Hakur
Spider Baby
Bruno
Passport Husband
Bull
Only the Valiant
Trooper Kebussyan
House of Frankenstein
Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
Casanova's Big Night
Emo, the Murderer
Son of Dracula
Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
Pardners
Whitey
Man-Made Monster
Dan McCormick
Welcome to Hard Times
Avery
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Groton
Law of the Lawless
Tiny
I Died a Thousand Times
Big Mac
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
Submarine Patrol
Marine Sentry
The Black Sleep
Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Overland Mail
Jim Lane
Springfield Rifle
Pete Elm
Of Mice and Men
Lennie Small
Passion
Castro (as Lon Chaney)
The Frozen Ghost
Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
Billy the Kid
'Spike' Hudson
The Alligator People
Manon
Follow the Boys
Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Crazy House
Cameo Appearance
Johnny Reno
Sheriff Hodges
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Outtake
The Mummy's Curse
Kharis
North to the Klondike
Nate Carson
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Joey
City Girl
Gangster (uncredited)
Black Spurs
Kile
The Mummy's Ghost
Kharis
Indestructible Man
Charles "Butcher" Benton
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Photographer
This Is My Affair
Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
Bird of Paradise
Thornton
Town Tamer
Charlie Leach
Young Fury
Bartender
Not as a Stranger
Job Marsh
The Mummy's Tomb
The Mummy - Kharis
One Million B.C.
Akhoba
Cobra Woman
Hava
Albuquerque
Steve Murkill
The Boy from Oklahoma
Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Frontier Marshal
Pringle
Weird Woman
Prof. Norman Reed
Manfish
Swede
Here Come the Co-Eds
Johnson
Big House, U.S.A
Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
Badlands of Dakota
Jack McCall
Flame of Araby
Borka Barbarossa
The Phantom
Jed
The Three Musketeers
Lt. Armand Corday
Stage to Thunder Rock
Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
Slave Ship
Laborer Killed at Launching
Captain China
Red Lynch
Apache Uprising
Charlie Russell
The Trap
Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
A Lion Is in the Streets
Spurge McManamee
Sally, Irene and Mary
Policeman
Love and Hisses
Attendant
Ace Drummond
Henchman Ivan
The Cyclops
Martin 'Marty' Melville
Jivaro
Pedro Martines
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Desk Reporter
Wild and Woolly
Dutch
Desert Command
Lt. Armand Corday
The Counterfeiters
Louie Struber
Calling Dr. Death
Dr. Mark Steel
The Bushwhackers
Artemus Taylor
Pillow of Death
Wayne Fletcher
The Black Castle
Gargon
The Female Bunch
Monti
Dead Man's Eyes
David Stuart
Killer at Large
Second Coffin Man
Thief of Damascus
Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
Riders of Death Valley
Henchman Butch
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Walking Down Broadway
Delivery Man
Once a Thief
Gus (as Lon Chaney)
Angel's Holiday
Eddie
The Life of Vergie Winters
Hugo McQueen
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
(archive footage)
The Lady Escapes
Reporter (uncredited)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Midnight Taxi
Detective Erickson
The Old Corral
Garland - Simms partner
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Blackfish
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Joe Bethel
The Black Pirates
Padre Felipe
Money, Women and Guns
Art Birdwell
City in Darkness
Pierre
Life Begins in College
Gilks
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Chief Pontiac
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Chief Eagle Shadow
Bride of the Gorilla
Commissioner Taro
Born Reckless
Garage Mechanic
Rose Bowl
Sierra Football Player
The Devil's Messenger
Satan
Witchcraft
Morgan Whitlock
Son of the Border
Jack Breen
Behave Yourself!
Pinky
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Maximillian
16 Fathoms Deep
Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
Dr. Mendell
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
The Mummified Werewolf
Inside Straight
Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
Buckskin
Sheriff Tangley
Secret Agent X-9
Maroni
House of the Black Death
Belial Desard
Josette
Boatman
The Big Chase
Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
Strange Confession
Jeff Carter
Lucky Devils
Frankie
The Singing Cowboy
Martin
Scarlet River
Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
Fireball Jungle
Sammy
One Mile from Heaven
Policeman
Eyes of the Underworld
Benny
Frontier Badmen
Chango
There's a Girl in My Heart
Johnny Colton
Ghost Catchers
Bear
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Scott, the Chauffeur
Straight, Place and Show
Martin
Accent on Youth
Chuck
The Daltons Ride Again
Grat Dalton
The Wolfman's Cure
Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
Speed to Burn
Racetrack Mug
Halloween Monster Bash
Butcher Benton (archive footage)
Rebellion in Cuba
Gordo
The Silver Star
John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
Cheyenne Rides Again
Girard
Terror in the Tropics
Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
The Wolfman
Larry Talbot
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
San Antonio Rose
Jigsaw Kennedy
House of Terror
The Mummified Werewolf
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Hassan (archive footage)
The Galloping Ghost
Henchman
Girl o' My Dreams
Don Cooper
The Last Frontier
Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
Kitchen Mechanics
Johnson (archive footage)
Along the Mohawk Trail
Chingachgook
Frankenstein
The Monster
The Mummy's Ghost
Kharis, the mummy
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
Chingachcook
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
A Scream in the Night
Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
TV Shows (42)
The Rifleman
Charlie Gordo · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Louis Roque · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Carstairs · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
William Ceilbleu · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
O'Connor - Inmate · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Sgt. Williams · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
George · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Lon Chaney · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Mad Scientist · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Ug · 1 eps
Climax!
Frank Wiggins · 1 eps
Climax!
Old Man Hawley · 1 eps
Rawhide
Jesse Childress · 1 eps
Rawhide
Rock · 1 eps
Lawman
Jess Bridges · 1 eps
Route 66
Poppa Duplessis · 1 eps
Route 66
Colby · 1 eps
Route 66
Lon Chaney · 1 eps
Surfside 6
1 eps
Bat Masterson
Rance Fletcher · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Michael Peters · 1 eps
Telephone Time
Jules Samenian · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Lon Paulson · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Trader One Arm · 1 eps
Tales of Tomorrow
1 eps
Tombstone Territory
Ex-Marshal Daggett · 1 eps
The Monkees
Lenny · 1 eps
The Deputy
Tom Arnold · 1 eps
The Texan
Wylie Ames · 1 eps
Studio 57
Jubal Pickett · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Old Jeff Harris · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Zeke Wells · 1 eps
Lock-Up
1 eps
Johnny Ringo
Ben Rafferty · 1 eps
Stagecoach West
Ben Wait · 1 eps
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Chingachgook · 39 eps
The Whistler
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Bucknell · 1 eps
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
2 eps
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Chief Eagle Shadow · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Alaskan Trapper · 1 eps
13 Demon Street
Host · 13 eps
Self / Appearances (15)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Frankenstein Monster · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
Self
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Self (archive footage)
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Self (archive footage)
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Self