Lon Chaney Jr.
Known for Acting · 222 credits
- Born
- 1906-02-10
- Died
- 1973-07-12
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- Creighton Tull Chaney · Creighton Chaney · Lon Chaney · Лон Чейни-мл. · Лон Чейни младший · Лон Чейни мл.
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Sgt. Williams / Ug / George / Mad Scientist / Lon Chaney
The Rifleman
1958
as Charlie Gordo
Wagon Train
1957
as Louis Roque / Carstairs
Climax!
1954
as Frank Wiggins / Old Man Hawley
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as William Ceilbleu / O'Connor - Inmate
TV Shows (33)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Sgt. Williams / Ug / George / Mad Scientist / Lon Chaney
The Rifleman
1958
as Charlie Gordo
Wagon Train
1957
as Louis Roque / Carstairs
Climax!
1954
as Frank Wiggins / Old Man Hawley
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as William Ceilbleu / O'Connor - Inmate
Lawman
1958
as Jess Bridges
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Frankenstein Monster
Rawhide
1959
as Jesse Childress / Rock
Bat Masterson
1958
as Rance Fletcher
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Michael Peters
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Sheriff Lon Paulson
Route 66
1960
as Poppa Duplessis / Colby / Lon Chaney
The Deputy
1959
as Tom Arnold
Telephone Time
1956
as Jules Samenian
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Trader One Arm
The Monkees
1966
as Lenny
Surfside 6
1960
Studio 57
1954
as Jubal Pickett
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Ex-Marshal Daggett
Lock-Up
1959
The Texan
1958
as Wylie Ames
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Old Jeff Harris / Zeke Wells
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Ben Rafferty
Stagecoach West
1960
as Ben Wait
The Whistler
1954
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
as Chingachgook
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
as Chief Eagle Shadow
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Alaskan Trapper
General Electric Theater
1953
as Bucknell
13 Demon Street
1959
as Host
Movies (189)
High Noon
1952
as Martin Howe
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Dave
Passport Husband
1938
as Bull
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Capt. Hakur
House of Dracula
1945
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
The Wolf Man
1941
as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Haunted Palace
1963
as Simon Orne
Passion
1954
as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Only the Valiant
1951
as Trooper Kebussyan
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Shorty
The Indian Fighter
1955
as Chivington
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as The Frankenstein Monster
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Big Sam
Ace Drummond
1936
as Henchman Ivan
Buckskin
1968
as Sheriff Tangley
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Emo, the Murderer
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
as The Wolfman
The Alligator People
1959
as Manon
Jesse James
1939
as One Of James Gang
Man-Made Monster
1941
as Dan McCormick
Son of Dracula
1943
as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
Union Pacific
1939
as Dollarhide
Manfish
1956
as Swede
Springfield Rifle
1952
as Pete Elm
Frankenstein
1952
as The Monster
The Mummy's Curse
1944
as Kharis
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Avery
The Phantom
1961
as Jed
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Big Mac
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Groton
The Frozen Ghost
1945
as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
Not as a Stranger
1955
as Job Marsh
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Spurge McManamee
Spider Baby
1967
as Bruno
The Wolfman
1966
as Larry Talbot
Kitchen Mechanics
1949
as Johnson (archive footage)
Too Many Blondes
1941
as Marvin Gimble
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Willie
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Kharis
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Lennie Small
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as The Mummy - Kharis
Young Fury
1964
as Bartender
Dracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
Follow the Boys
1944
as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Joey
The Black Pirates
1954
as Padre Felipe
Thief of Damascus
1952
as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Policeman
Johnny Reno
1966
as Sheriff Hodges
Bird of Paradise
1932
as Thornton
Bride of the Gorilla
1951
as Commissioner Taro
Desert Command
1946
as Lt. Armand Corday
Billy the Kid
1941
as 'Spike' Hudson
The Trap
1922
as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
The Cyclops
1957
as Martin 'Marty' Melville
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)
The Silver Star
1955
as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
Universal Horror
1998
as (archive footage)
Money, Women and Guns
1958
as Art Birdwell
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956
as Blackfish
The Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Armand Corday
Wild and Woolly
1937
as Dutch
House of the Black Death
1965
as Belial Desard
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967
as Dr. Mendell
The Black Sleep
1956
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Behave Yourself!
1951
as Pinky
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Jack McCall
Pardners
1956
as Whitey
Flame of Araby
1951
as Borka Barbarossa
City Girl
1938
as Gangster (uncredited)
This Is My Affair
1937
as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
Pillow of Death
1945
as Wayne Fletcher
Jivaro
1954
as Pedro Martines
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934
as Joe Bethel
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Photographer
Indestructible Man
1956
as Charles "Butcher" Benton
Love and Hisses
1937
as Attendant
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
Rebellion in Cuba
1961
as Gordo
The Black Castle
1952
as Gargon
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Henchman Butch
Slave Ship
1937
as Laborer Killed at Launching
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
as David Stuart
Black Spurs
1965
as Kile
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Hugo McQueen
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Tiny
Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Johnson
The Bushwhackers
1951
as Artemus Taylor
Town Tamer
1965
as Charlie Leach
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Pringle
Captain China
1950
as Red Lynch
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Mummy's Ghost
1968
as Kharis, the mummy
North to the Klondike
1942
as Nate Carson
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Bob Gordon
The Devil's Messenger
1962
as Satan
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
as Chief Eagle Shadow
Walking Down Broadway
1938
as Delivery Man
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
Submarine Patrol
1938
as Marine Sentry
Crazy House
1943
as Cameo Appearance
Oysters and Muscles
1948
as Strangler Johnson
The Female Bunch
1971
as Monti
Apache Uprising
1965
as Charlie Russell
One Million B.C.
1940
as Akhoba
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
as Desk Reporter
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
as Benny
City in Darkness
1939
as Pierre
About Lon Chaney Jr.
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… With 222 credits spanning from 1922 to 2025, Lon Chaney Jr. has appeared in 189 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lon Chaney Jr. Movies
- High Noon (1952) — as Martin Howe
- Captain Hurricane (1935) — as Dave
- Passport Husband (1938) — as Bull
- Sharad of Atlantis (1936) — as Capt. Hakur
- House of Dracula (1945) — as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
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