
Lon Chaney Jr.
Known for Acting · 221 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
TV Shows (33)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Wagon Train
1957
as Louis Roque / Carstairs

The Rifleman
1958
as Charlie Gordo

Climax!
1954
as Frank Wiggins / Old Man Hawley

Lawman
1958
as Jess Bridges

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as William Ceilbleu / O'Connor - Inmate

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Michael Peters

Rawhide
1959
as Jesse Childress / Rock

The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Sgt. Williams / Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man / George / Mad Scientist / Lon Chaney

Route 66
1960
as Poppa Duplessis / Colby / Lon Chaney

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Sheriff Lon Paulson

Bat Masterson
1958
as Rance Fletcher

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Frankenstein Monster

Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Trader One Arm

Surfside 6
1960

The Monkees
1966
as Lenny

The Texan
1958
as Wylie Ames

The Deputy
1959
as Tom Arnold

Telephone Time
1956
as Jules Samenian

Studio 57
1954
as Jubal Pickett

Tales of Tomorrow
1951

Tombstone Territory
1957
as Ex-Marshal Daggett

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Old Jeff Harris / Zeke Wells

Lock-Up
1959

Johnny Ringo
1959
as Ben Rafferty

Stagecoach West
1960
as Ben Wait

Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
as Chingachgook
The Whistler
1954

General Electric Theater
1953
as Bucknell

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Alaskan Trapper

13 Demon Street
1959
as Host
Movies (188)

High Noon
1952
as Martin Howe

Only the Valiant
1951
as Trooper Kebussyan

The Wolf Man
1941
as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)

North West Mounted Police
1940
as Shorty

Indestructible Man
1956
as Charles "Butcher" Benton

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
as The Wolfman

The Haunted Palace
1963
as Simon Orne

Union Pacific
1939
as Dollarhide

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

Cobra Woman
1944
as Hava

Jesse James
1939
as One Of James Gang

Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

The Alligator People
1959
as Manon

Slave Ship
1937
as Laborer Killed at Launching

The Indian Fighter
1955
as Chivington

House of Dracula
1945
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot

The Defiant Ones
1958
as Big Sam

Spider Baby
1967
as Bruno

Rose Bowl
1936
as Sierra Football Player

Captain Hurricane
1935
as Dave

Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Photographer

Desert Command
1946
as Lt. Armand Corday

Witchcraft
1964
as Morgan Whitlock

The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)

The Phantom
1961
as Jed

The Trap
1922
as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)

Apache Uprising
1965
as Charlie Russell

Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Groton

Lucky Devils
1933
as Frankie

Jivaro
1954
as Pedro Martines

I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Big Mac

Springfield Rifle
1952
as Pete Elm

Of Mice and Men
1939
as Lennie Small

The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as The Frankenstein Monster

Billy the Kid
1941
as 'Spike' Hudson

Pardners
1956
as Whitey

Captain China
1950
as Red Lynch

Love and Hisses
1937
as Attendant

House of Frankenstein
1944
as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)

Young Fury
1964
as Bartender

Not as a Stranger
1955
as Job Marsh

The Bushwhackers
1951
as Artemus Taylor

The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as The Mummy - Kharis

Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Jack McCall

Crazy House
1943
as Cameo Appearance

Son of Dracula
1943
as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

Submarine Patrol
1938
as Marine Sentry

A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Spurge McManamee

Johnny Reno
1966
as Sheriff Hodges

Bride of the Gorilla
1951
as Commissioner Taro

Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Emo, the Murderer

Passion
1954
as Castro (as Lon Chaney)

One Million B.C.
1940
as Akhoba

The American Nightmare
2000
as Self

Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Johnson

The Mummy's Curse
1944
as Kharis

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)

Flame of Araby
1951
as Borka Barbarossa

Midnight Taxi
1937
as Detective Erickson

Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Joey

Behave Yourself!
1951
as Pinky

Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Kharis

Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
as Desk Reporter

The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Hugo McQueen

Black Spurs
1965
as Kile

Calling Dr. Death
1943
as Dr. Mark Steel

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)

Strange Confession
1945
as Jeff Carter

Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Capt. Hakur

City in Darkness
1939
as Pierre

There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
as Johnny Colton

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967
as Dr. Mendell

Josette
1938
as Boatman

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (archive footage)

Buckskin
1968
as Sheriff Tangley

Passport Husband
1938
as Bull

Man-Made Monster
1941
as Dan McCormick

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

Follow the Boys
1944
as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)

The Black Sleep
1956
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Avery

Inside Straight
1951
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)

Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
as Chief Eagle Shadow

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (archive footage)

Weird Woman
1944
as Prof. Norman Reed

Pillow of Death
1945
as Wayne Fletcher

Frontier Marshal
1939
as Pringle

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
as Self (archive footage)

The Cyclops
1957
as Martin 'Marty' Melville

The Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Armand Corday

Angel's Holiday
1937
as Eddie

The Black Pirates
1954
as Padre Felipe

Town Tamer
1965
as Charlie Leach

Thief of Damascus
1952
as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)

The Lady Escapes
1937
as Reporter (uncredited)

This Is My Affair
1937
as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank

The Frozen Ghost
1945
as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
Too Many Blondes
1941
as Marvin Gimble

Law of the Lawless
1964
as Tiny

Overland Mail
1942
as Jim Lane

Universal Horror
1998
as (archive footage)

Albuquerque
1948
as Steve Murkill

My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Willie
Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)

Bird of Paradise
1932
as Thornton

Frontier Badmen
1943
as Chango

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956
as Blackfish

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
as Himself (archive footage)

Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952
as Chief Pontiac

Walking Down Broadway
1938
as Delivery Man

Dracula in the Movies
1992

The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Count Dracula (archive footage)

Born Reckless
1937
as Garage Mechanic

Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
as Maximillian

The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)

One Mile from Heaven
1937
as Policeman
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 221 credits spanning from 1922 to 2025, Lon Chaney Jr. has appeared in 188 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lon Chaney Jr. Movies
- High Noon (1952) — as Martin Howe
- Only the Valiant (1951) — as Trooper Kebussyan
- The Wolf Man (1941) — as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) — as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
- North West Mounted Police (1940) — as Shorty
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