Lon Chaney Jr.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 10 February 1906 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- 12 July 1973
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
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- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2015Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
- 2010Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire as Himself (archive footage)
- 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Hassan (archive footage)
- 2006Terror in the Tropics as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
- 2004Los Angeles Plays Itself as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
- 2004The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Bruno (archive footage)
- 2004Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
- 2001Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)
- 2000Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces as Self (archive footage)
- 2000The American Nightmare as Self
- 2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self (archive footage)
- 2000The Many Faces of Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
- 1998Universal Horror as (archive footage)
- 1998The Wolfman's Cure as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
- 1995Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces as (archive footage)
- 1994Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld as Self (archive footage)
- 1992Dracula in the Movies as (archive footage)
- 1991Halloween Monster Bash as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
- 1991Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
- 1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
- 1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
- 1990Abbott and Costello in the Movies as Outtake
- 1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1971Dracula vs. Frankenstein as Groton
- 1971The Female Bunch as Monti
- 1968Fireball Jungle as Sammy
- 1968The Mummy's Ghost as Kharis, the mummy
- 1968Buckskin as Sheriff Tangley
- 1968The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1967Spider Baby as Bruno
- 1967Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Chief Eagle Shadow
- 1967Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Maximillian
- 1967Welcome to Hard Times as Avery
- 1967Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors as Dr. Mendell
- 1966Johnny Reno as Sheriff Hodges
- 1966The Wolfman as Larry Talbot
- 1965Apache Uprising as Charlie Russell
- 1965Town Tamer as Charlie Leach
- 1965Black Spurs as Kile
- 1965Face of the Screaming Werewolf as The Mummified Werewolf
- 1965House of the Black Death as Belial Desard
- 1964Stage to Thunder Rock as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
- 1964Young Fury as Bartender
- 1964Law of the Lawless as Tiny
- 1964Witchcraft as Morgan Whitlock
- 1964The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk as Chingachcook
- 1963The Haunted Palace as Simon Orne
- 1962Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
- 1962The Devil's Messenger as Satan
- 1961Rebellion in Cuba as Gordo
- 1961The Phantom as Jed
- 1960House of Terror as The Mummified Werewolf
- 1959The Alligator People as Manon
- 1958Money, Women and Guns as Art Birdwell
- 1958The Defiant Ones as Big Sam
- 1957The Cyclops as Martin 'Marty' Melville
- 1957Along the Mohawk Trail as Chingachgook
- 1956Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer as Blackfish
- 1956Pardners as Whitey
- 1956The Black Sleep as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
- 1956Indestructible Man as Charles "Butcher" Benton
- 1956Manfish as Swede
- 1955The Indian Fighter as Chivington
- 1955I Died a Thousand Times as Big Mac
- 1955Not as a Stranger as Job Marsh
- 1955The Silver Star as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
- 1955Big House, U.S.A as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
- 1954The Black Pirates as Padre Felipe
- 1954Passion as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
- 1954The Big Chase as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
- 1954Casanova's Big Night as Emo, the Murderer
- 1954The Boy from Oklahoma as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
- 1954Jivaro as Pedro Martines
- 1953A Lion Is in the Streets as Spurge McManamee
- 1953Raiders of the Seven Seas as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
- 1952Battles of Chief Pontiac as Chief Pontiac
- 1952The Black Castle as Gargon
- 1952Springfield Rifle as Pete Elm
- 1952High Noon as Martin Howe
- 1952Thief of Damascus as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
- 1952Frankenstein as The Monster
- 1951Flame of Araby as Borka Barbarossa
- 1951The Bushwhackers as Artemus Taylor
- 1951Bride of the Gorilla as Commissioner Taro
- 1951Behave Yourself! as Pinky
- 1951Only the Valiant as Trooper Kebussyan
- 1951Inside Straight as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
- 1950Once a Thief as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
- 1950Captain China as Red Lynch
- 1949There's a Girl in My Heart as Johnny Colton
- 1949Fun on the Run as Johnson
- 1949Kitchen Mechanics as Johnson (archive footage)
- 194816 Fathoms Deep as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
- 1948Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as The Wolfman
- 1948The Counterfeiters as Louie Struber
- 1948Albuquerque as Steve Murkill
- 1948Oysters and Muscles as Strangler Johnson
- 1947My Favorite Brunette as Willie
- 1946Desert Command as Lt. Armand Corday
- 1945Pillow of Death as Wayne Fletcher
- 1945House of Dracula as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
- 1945The Daltons Ride Again as Grat Dalton
- 1945Strange Confession as Jeff Carter
- 1945The Frozen Ghost as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
- 1945Here Come the Co-Eds as Johnson
- 1944The Mummy's Curse as Kharis
- 1944House of Frankenstein as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
- 1944Dead Man's Eyes as David Stuart
- 1944The Mummy's Ghost as Kharis
- 1944Ghost Catchers as Bear
- 1944Cobra Woman as Hava
- 1944Follow the Boys as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
- 1944Weird Woman as Prof. Norman Reed
- 1943Calling Dr. Death as Dr. Mark Steel
- 1943Son of Dracula as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
- 1943Crazy House as Cameo Appearance
- 1943Frontier Badmen as Chango
- 1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
- 1943What We Are Fighting For as Bill Wallace
- 1942The Mummy's Tomb as The Mummy - Kharis
- 1942Eyes of the Underworld as Benny
- 1942Overland Mail as Jim Lane
- 1942The Ghost of Frankenstein as The Frankenstein Monster
- 1942North to the Klondike as Nate Carson
- 1941The Wolf Man as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
- 1941Badlands of Dakota as Jack McCall
- 1941Too Many Blondes as Marvin Gimble
- 1941Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Butch
- 1941San Antonio Rose as Jigsaw Kennedy
- 1941Billy the Kid as 'Spike' Hudson
- 1941Man-Made Monster as Dan McCormick
- 1940North West Mounted Police as Shorty
- 1940One Million B.C. as Akhoba
- 1939Of Mice and Men as Lennie Small
- 1939City in Darkness as Pierre
- 1939Frontier Marshal as Pringle
- 1939Union Pacific as Dollarhide
- 1939Jesse James as One Of James Gang
- 1938Road Demon as Bud Casey
- 1938Submarine Patrol as Marine Sentry
- 1938Straight, Place and Show as Martin
- 1938Passport Husband as Bull
- 1938Speed to Burn as Racetrack Mug
- 1938Josette as Boatman
- 1938Alexander's Ragtime Band as Photographer
- 1938Mr. Moto's Gamble as Joey
- 1938Walking Down Broadway as Delivery Man
- 1938Sally, Irene and Mary as Policeman
- 1938City Girl as Gangster (uncredited)
- 1937Love and Hisses as Attendant
- 1937Life Begins in College as Gilks
- 1937Charlie Chan on Broadway as Desk Reporter
- 1937Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Scott, the Chauffeur
- 1937One Mile from Heaven as Policeman
- 1937The Lady Escapes as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1937Wild and Woolly as Dutch
- 1937Born Reckless as Garage Mechanic
- 1937Slave Ship as Laborer Killed at Launching
- 1937Angel's Holiday as Eddie
- 1937This Is My Affair as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
- 1937Secret Agent X-9 as Maroni
- 1937Midnight Taxi as Detective Erickson
- 1937Cheyenne Rides Again as Girard
- 1936The Old Corral as Garland - Simms partner
- 1936Rose Bowl as Sierra Football Player
- 1936Killer at Large as Second Coffin Man
- 1936Ace Drummond as Henchman Ivan
- 1936Sharad of Atlantis as Capt. Hakur
- 1936The Singing Cowboy as Martin
- 1935The Shadow of Silk Lennox as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
- 1935Accent on Youth as Chuck
- 1935A Scream in the Night as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
- 1935Captain Hurricane as Dave
- 1935The Marriage Bargain as Bob Gordon
- 1934Girl o' My Dreams as Don Cooper
- 1934The Life of Vergie Winters as Hugo McQueen
- 1934Sixteen Fathoms Deep as Joe Bethel
- 1933Son of the Border as Jack Breen
- 1933The Three Musketeers as Lt. Armand Corday
- 1933Scarlet River as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
- 1933Lucky Devils as Frankie
- 1932The Last Frontier as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
- 1932Bird of Paradise as Thornton
- 1931The Galloping Ghost as Henchman
- 1928Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney as Self
- 1922The Trap as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)