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-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Feb 10, 1906 In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 195
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Trap 1922-05-08
- Latest Project:
- Movie Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters 2015-10-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters | Self (archive footage) | 2015-10-02 |
| Movie | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage) | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. | Self (archive footage) | 2010-02-02 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Hassan (archive footage) | 2007-03-10 |
| Movie | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | 2007-10-24 |
| Movie | Terror in the Tropics | Lyle Talbot (archive footage) | 2006-01-31 |
| Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Bruno (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| Movie | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
| Movie | Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | Self (archive footage) | 2000-08-29 |
| Movie | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage) | 2000-10-24 |
| Movie | The American Nightmare | Self | 2000-09-11 |
| Movie | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998-10-08 |
| Movie | Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces | (archive footage) | 1995-10-25 |
| Movie | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Horrible Horror | Clips from Various Movies | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Larry Talbot (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | The Female Bunch | Monti | 1971-09-01 |
| Movie | Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Groton | 1971-09-20 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Buckskin | Sheriff Tangley | 1968-05-01 |
| Movie | Fireball Jungle | Sammy | 1968-10-02 |
| Movie | Gallery of Horror | Dr. Mendell | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | Welcome to Hard Times | Avery | 1967-04-30 |
| Movie | Spider Baby | Bruno | 1967-12-24 |
| Movie | Hillbillys in a Haunted House | Maximillian | 1967-05-01 |
| Movie | Johnny Reno | Sheriff Hodges | 1966-03-09 |
| Series | The Monkees | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Series | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Movie | House of the Black Death | Belial Desard | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | Black Spurs | Kile | 1965-05-28 |
| Movie | Apache Uprising | Charlie Russell | 1965-12-29 |
| Movie | Town Tamer | Charlie Leach | 1965-07-07 |
| Movie | Face of the Screaming Werewolf | The Mummified Werewolf | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk | Chingachcook | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | Witchcraft | Morgan Whitlock | 1964-03-01 |
| Movie | Law of the Lawless | Tiny | 1964-05-13 |
| Movie | Stage to Thunder Rock | Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney) | 1964-11-11 |
| Movie | Young Fury | Bartender | 1964-11-01 |
| Movie | The Haunted Palace | Simon Orne | 1963-08-28 |
| Movie | The Devil's Messenger | Satan | 1961-01-01 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Movie | House of Terror | The Mummified Werewolf | 1960-06-05 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Movie | The Alligator People | Manon | 1959-07-16 |
| Series | 13 Demon Street | Host | 1959-01-01 |
| Series | Lock-Up | Unknown | 1959-09-28 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Series | Johnny Ringo | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Movie | The Defiant Ones | Big Sam | 1958-08-14 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Movie | Money, Women and Guns | Art Birdwell | 1958-10-01 |
| Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Movie | Along the Mohawk Trail | Chingachgook | 1957-01-01 |
| Series | Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans | Chingachgook | 1957-04-03 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Movie | The Cyclops | Martin 'Marty' Melville | 1957-07-28 |
| Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
| Movie | Manfish | Swede | 1956-02-01 |
| Movie | Indestructible Man | Charles "Butcher" Benton | 1956-03-24 |
| Movie | The Black Sleep | Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo | 1956-06-15 |
| Movie | Pardners | Whitey | 1956-08-01 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer | Blackfish | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Big House, U.S.A | Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith (as Lon Chaney) | 1955-03-03 |
| Movie | The Silver Star | John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney) | 1955-04-07 |
| Movie | The Indian Fighter | Chivington (as Lon Chaney) | 1955-12-21 |
| Movie | I Died a Thousand Times | Big Mac | 1955-11-09 |
| Movie | Not as a Stranger | Job Marsh | 1955-07-01 |
| Movie | Casanova's Big Night | Emo, the Murderer | 1954-04-07 |
| Movie | The Boy from Oklahoma | Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney) | 1954-02-27 |
| Movie | Jivaro | Pedro Martines | 1954-02-12 |
| Movie | The Big Chase | Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney) | 1954-06-18 |
| Series | The Whistler | Unknown | 1954-07-13 |
| Movie | The Black Pirates | Padre Felipe | 1954-12-24 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Movie | Passion | Castro (as Lon Chaney) | 1954-10-06 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | A Lion Is in the Streets | Spurge McManamee | 1953-09-23 |
| Movie | Raiders of the Seven Seas | Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney) | 1953-05-27 |
| Movie | High Noon | Martin Howe | 1952-06-09 |
| Movie | Thief of Damascus | Sinbad (as Lon Chaney) | 1952-04-01 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Springfield Rifle | Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney) | 1952-10-22 |
| Movie | Battles of Chief Pontiac | Chief Pontiac | 1952-12-08 |
| Movie | The Black Castle | Gargon | 1952-11-20 |
| Movie | Behave Yourself! | Pinky | 1951-09-22 |
| Movie | Inside Straight | Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney) | 1951-03-01 |
| Movie | Only the Valiant | Trooper Kebussyan | 1951-04-13 |
| Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
| Movie | Bride of the Gorilla | Commissioner Taro | 1951-10-01 |
| Movie | Flame of Araby | Borka Barbarossa | 1951-12-18 |
| Movie | The Bushwhackers | Artemus Taylor | 1951-12-07 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | Captain China | Red Lynch | 1950-02-02 |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| Movie | Once a Thief | Gus (as Lon Chaney) | 1950-07-07 |
| Movie | There's a Girl in My Heart | Johnny Colton | 1949-12-19 |
| Movie | The Counterfeiters | Louie Struber | 1948-05-28 |
| Movie | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein | The Wolfman | 1948-06-15 |
| Movie | Albuquerque | Steve Murkill | 1948-02-20 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | 16 Fathoms Deep | Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney) | 1948-07-25 |
| Movie | My Favorite Brunette | Willie | 1947-03-19 |
| Movie | Desert Command | Lt. Armand Corday | 1946-05-31 |
| Movie | Strange Confession | Jeff Carter | 1945-10-05 |
| Movie | The Frozen Ghost | Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great | 1945-06-01 |
| Movie | Here Come the Co-eds | Johnson | 1945-02-02 |
| Movie | The Daltons Ride Again | Grat Dalton (as Lon Chaney) | 1945-11-23 |
| Movie | House of Dracula | Lawrence Stewart Talbot | 1945-12-07 |
| Movie | Pillow of Death | Wayne Fletcher | 1945-12-14 |
| Movie | Cobra Woman | Hava | 1944-05-12 |
| Movie | Follow the Boys | Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited) | 1944-05-05 |
| Movie | Ghost Catchers | Bear | 1944-06-16 |
| Movie | Weird Woman | Prof. Norman Reed | 1944-03-01 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Ghost | Kharis | 1944-07-07 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Curse | Kharis | 1944-12-22 |
| Movie | House of Frankenstein | Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man) | 1944-12-01 |
| Movie | Dead Man's Eyes | David Stuart | 1944-11-10 |
| Movie | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man | 1943-03-05 |
| Movie | Frontier Badmen | Chango | 1943-08-05 |
| Movie | Son of Dracula | Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard | 1943-11-05 |
| Movie | Calling Dr. Death | Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney) | 1943-12-17 |
| Movie | Crazy House | Cameo Appearance | 1943-10-08 |
| Movie | North to the Klondike | Nate Carson | 1942-01-23 |
| Movie | Overland Mail | Jim Lane | 1942-09-22 |
| Movie | The Ghost of Frankenstein | The Frankenstein Monster | 1942-03-13 |
| Movie | Eyes of the Underworld | Benny | 1942-10-02 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Tomb | The Mummy - Kharis | 1942-10-23 |
| Movie | Billy the Kid | 'Spike' Hudson | 1941-05-30 |
| Movie | Man-Made Monster | Dan McCormick | 1941-03-28 |
| Movie | Riders of Death Valley | Henchman Butch | 1941-07-01 |
| Movie | San Antonio Rose | Jigsaw Kennedy | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | The Wolf Man | Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man | 1941-12-12 |
| Movie | Badlands Of Dakota | Jack McCall | 1941-09-15 |
| Movie | Too Many Blondes | Marvin Gimble | 1941-08-01 |
| Movie | One Million B.C. | Akhoba | 1940-04-05 |
| Movie | North West Mounted Police | Shorty | 1940-10-22 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Dollarhide | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Jesse James | One Of James Gang | 1939-01-14 |
| Movie | City in Darkness | Pierre | 1939-11-15 |
| Movie | Of Mice and Men | Lennie | 1939-12-24 |
| Movie | Frontier Marshal | Pringle | 1939-07-28 |
| Movie | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Photographer | 1938-05-24 |
| Movie | Walking Down Broadway | Delivery Man | 1938-03-11 |
| Movie | Sally, Irene and Mary | Policeman | 1938-03-04 |
| Movie | Josette | Boatman | 1938-06-03 |
| Movie | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Joey | 1938-04-07 |
| Movie | Submarine Patrol | Marine Sentry | 1938-11-25 |
| Movie | Speed to Burn | Racetrack Mug | 1938-06-07 |
| Movie | Road Demon | Bud Casey | 1938-12-02 |
| Movie | Straight, Place and Show | Martin | 1938-09-30 |
| Movie | Passport Husband | Bull | 1938-07-15 |
| Movie | This Is My Affair | Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank | 1937-05-28 |
| Movie | Angel's Holiday | Eddie | 1937-06-07 |
| Movie | Slave Ship | Laborer Killed at Launching | 1937-06-16 |
| Movie | Cheyenne Rides Again | Girard | 1937-02-01 |
| Movie | Born Reckless | Garage Mechanic | 1937-06-25 |
| Movie | Love Is News | Newsman (uncredited) (unconfirmed) | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | Midnight Taxi | Detective Erickson | 1937-04-04 |
| Movie | Secret Agent X-9 | Maroni | 1937-04-12 |
| Movie | Love and Hisses | Attendant | 1937-12-21 |
| Movie | Wild and Woolly | Dutch | 1937-07-19 |
| Movie | Life Begins in College | Gilks | 1937-10-01 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan on Broadway | Desk Reporter | 1937-09-22 |
| Movie | The Lady Escapes | Reporter (uncredited) | 1937-07-22 |
| Movie | One Mile from Heaven | Policeman | 1937-08-18 |
| Movie | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Scott, the Chauffeur | 1937-09-17 |
| Movie | Sharad of Atlantis | Capt. Hakur | 1936-05-30 |
| Movie | The Singing Cowboy | Martin | 1936-05-11 |
| Movie | Ace Drummond | Henchman Ivan | 1936-10-18 |
| Movie | The Old Corral | Garland - Simms partner | 1936-12-21 |
| Movie | Killer at Large | Second Coffin Man | 1936-10-27 |
| Movie | Rose Bowl | Sierra Football Player | 1936-11-30 |
| Movie | Captain Hurricane | Dave | 1935-03-01 |
| Movie | A Scream in the Night | Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain | 1935-07-29 |
| Movie | The Shadow of Silk Lennox | John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox | 1935-12-11 |
| Movie | Accent on Youth | Chuck | 1935-08-23 |
| Movie | Sixteen Fathoms Deep | Joe Bethel | 1934-01-01 |
| Movie | The Life of Vergie Winters | Hugo McQueen | 1934-06-14 |
| Movie | Girl o' My Dreams | Don Cooper | 1934-11-16 |
| Movie | Lucky Devils | Frankie | 1933-02-03 |
| Movie | Scarlet River | Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney) | 1933-03-10 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Lt. Armand Corday | 1933-04-07 |
| Movie | Son of the Border | Jack Breen | 1933-05-05 |
| Movie | Bird of Paradise | Thornton | 1932-08-12 |
| Movie | The Last Frontier | Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost | 1932-09-04 |
| Movie | The Galloping Ghost | Henchman | 1931-09-01 |
| Movie | The Trap | Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited) | 1922-05-08 |